He has made himself dictator, and, because our authorities have protested against the change, they have been driven from office by a military force.

I tell you, sir, the petty outrages everywhere perpetrated by petty officials have filled the cup of endurance.

It is boiling over.

Now, doctor, what are you going to do?
Are you with us, or against us ?" "I have told you that I have been with my countrymen always--heart and soul with them." The doctor spoke with some irritation, and Houston laid his closed hand hard upon the table to emphasize his reply: "Heart and soul! Very good! But we want your body now.

You must tuck your bowie-knife and your revolvers in your belt, and take your rifle in your hand, and be ready to help us drive the Mexican force out of this very city." "When it comes to that I shall be no laggard." But he was deathly pale, for he was suffering as men suffer who feel the sweet bonds of wife and children and home, and dread the rending of them apart.