With the little Spanish then at my command, I explained to him that he might save property by opening the door, and he certainly would save himself from becoming a prisoner, for a time at least; and besides, I intended to go in whether he consented or not.

He began to see his duty in the same light that I did, and opened the door, though he did not look as if it gave him special pleasure to do so.

The gun was carried to the belfry and put together.

We were not more than two or three hundred yards from San Cosme.

The shots from our little gun dropped in upon the enemy and created great confusion.