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A Serious Necessity

           Theyappearedtohavestoppedforthepurposeofholdingacouncilwitheachother,fortheyshoutedandgesticulatedatagreatrate.Glenarvandeterminedtogouptothem;buthehadnosoonermovedforwardthanthewholebandwheeledround,anddisappearedwithincrediblespeed.Itwouldhavebeenuselessforthetravelerstoattempttoovertakethemwithsuchwornouthorses.

           "Thecowards!"exclaimedPaganel.

           "Theyscamperedofftooquickforhonestfolks,"saidMcNabbs.

           "WhoaretheseIndians,Thalcave?"askedPaganel.

           "Gauchos."

           "TheGauchos!"criedPaganel;and,turningtohiscompanions,headded,"weneednothavebeensomuchonourguard;therewasnothingtofear."

           "Howisthat?"askedMcNabbs.

           "BecausetheGauchosareinoffensivepeasants."

           "Youbelievethat,Paganel?"

           "CertainlyIdo.Theytookusforrobbers,andfledinterror."

           "Iratherthinktheydidnotdaretoattackus,"repliedGlenarvan,muchvexedatnotbeingabletoenterintosomesortofcommunicationwiththoseIndians,whatevertheywere.

           "That’smyopiniontoo,"saidtheMajor,"forifIamnotmistaken,insteadofbeingharmless,theGauchosareformidableout-and-outbandits."

           "Theidea!"exclaimedPaganel.

           AndforthwithcommencedalivelydiscussionofthisethnologicalthesissolivelythattheMajorbecameexcited,and,quitecontrarytohisusualsuavity,saidbluntly:

           "Ibelieveyouarewrong,Paganel."

           "Wrong?"repliedPaganel.

           "Yes.Thalcavetookthemforrobbers,andheknowswhatheistalkingabout."

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