OF COUNSEL FOR IT Meanwhile Roscommon had waited.

Then, in Garcia's name, and backed by him, he laid his case before the Land Commissioner, filing the application (with forged indorsements) to Governor Micheltorena, and alleging that the original grant was destroyed by fire.

And why?
It seemed there was a limit to Miss Carmen's imitative talent.

Admirable as it was, it did not reach to the reproduction of that official seal, which would have been a necessary appendage to the Governor's grant.

But there were letters written on stamped paper by Governor Micheltorena to himself, Garcia, and to Miguel, and to Manuel's father, all of which were duly signed by the sign manual and rubric of Mrs.-Governor-Micheltorena-Carmen-de-Haro.