Do you swear to do it ?' And the whole army answered 'Si! si! juramos!' (yes, we swear.) Again he kissed the flag, and laid his sword across it, and, to be sure, then another shout.

It was a very clever thing, I assure you, Senora, and it sent every soldier to the battery with a great heart." The Senora's easily touched feelings were all on fire at the description.

"I wish I could have seen the blessing of the banner," she said; "it is a ceremony to fill the soul.

I have always wept at it.
Mark, Antonia! This confirms what I assured you of--the Mexicans make war with a religious feeling and a true refinement.

And pray, Captain Ortiz, how will the Americans oppose these magnificent soldiers, full of piety and patriotism ?" "They have the Alamo, and one hundred and eighty-three men in it." "And four thousand men against them ?" "Si.