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To the great surprise of all and in spite of their
cries, he leaped down into the enclosure.
"Take this knife!" called Crisostomo to him, holding out a wide Toledo
blade, but already the water was splashing up in a thousand jets and
the depths closed mysteriously.
"Jesus, Maria, y Jose!" exclaimed the old women. "We're going to have
an accident!"
"Don't be uneasy, ladies," said the old boatman, "for if there is
any one in the province who can do it, he's the man."
"What's his name?" they asked.
"We call him 'The Pilot' and he's the best I've ever seen, only he
doesn't like the business."
The water became disturbed, then broke into ripples, the fence shook;
a struggle seemed to be going on in the depths. All were silent
and hardly breathed. Ibarra grasped the handle of the sharp knife
convulsively.
Now the struggle seemed to be at an end and the head of the youth
appeared, to be greeted with joyful cries. The eyes of the old women
filled with tears. The pilot climbed up with one end of the rope in
his hand and once on the platform began to pull on it.


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