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without much difficulty, b~cause Arredondo's anger was great and Don. Antonio was not his friend. Again placed at liberty by the generosity of a man whom he had so deeply wronged, his reform consisted of nothing more than changing one sort of crime for another. Don Farfulla-a nickname by which Santa Anna was known at that time-in company with another officer left Monterrey for a neighboring village. These two petty officers, with a number of recruits, were commanded to complete the bat- talion of regulars at Veracruz, but instead of complying with their orders faithfully, they adopted the following system of robbery and plunder in order to fill their pockets. The country people, not wish- ing to change the plow for the sword, were told by those bribers that they would be exempt from the service on condition that each one would pay them what he could, a proposal which the country people. accepted joyously, some giving five, and some giving ten and fifteen dollars. Those who did not have money gave horses, hogs, fowls and other things sufficient to satisfy their greediness. 'This conduct and other actions, equally shameful, reached Arredondo's ears, and this officer immediately ordered them to be arrested and placed in the fort of San Juan de Ulua. · The legal proceedings brought against Santa Anna for his forgery and robbery remained in the archives of the office of the Interior States of the East until Don Felipe de la Garza, with the consent of his worthy friend, Santa Anna, withdrew them while he held that office, and as a reward for this service Santa Anna did not take any steps against Garza for his cowardice and treachery during the Barradas expedition. This was the same Garza who shot Iturbide. It is said that Santa Anna courted a very beautiful young lady, a sister of Don Antonio Navarro of Bexar and that his pretentions were disdained because of his act of forgery. It is also declared that for this reason Santa Anna kept Mr. Navarro a prisoner at Perote after he had liberated the remaining unfortunate members of the Santa Fe expedition. We cannot vouch for the truth of this story. This period of Santa Anna's life is not filled with heroic deeds worthy of a young soldier. It is only known that in Veracruz, he undertook to court the favor of the Spanish Governor Davila; but in spite of all the indulgence with which this old man treated him, Santa Anna's conduct became so intemperate . and shameful that this wicked young man found himself under the necessity of leaving the city. He went to the Capital and presented himself to the Viceroy Apodaca. There, as in Veracruz, he flattered the public authorities until finally he succeeded in attaining the appointment of Field-Aide to the Vice- roy. A little later he was appointed captain and given the command of Taralios in the province of Veracruz. While he was holding this office, he continued the ordinary course of his life until the battle cry of Iturbide opened up a new field to Don Farfulla for his designs. As we have stated in the introduction to our sketch, the second revolution came to an end with but little bloodshed. The greater part, perhaps all that was shed was due to the crimes of Santa Anna. The people against whom the Independent forces marched generally sur- rendered without offering much resistance. The part which our hero took in this conflict from the Iguala revolt until the liberator's tri-
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