HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1896-08-07, Page 2CHAPTER I.
' I believ01hot the last story that I told
you, sty triontlowas about how I trt'elvo
at the balding of the rlt}pernr the tier
for valor which I had. if I luny bo allow-
ed to say so, sa long 1lsrrved, Hero upon
the lupo1 of my coat you may seo the rib-
bon, but rho medal itself 1 keep in a
leathern potudt at home, told 1 never do
talc)
it on.
t unless zh,e 7
ono 4f tl3a 11
ode
rn
peace C generals, Pe 13,1 Q ,.
g t I ho
ui0 f rr
o iglu 3 of dls-
#lnetion '(rho finds himself iu our little
'town'ti
, (Y '
14114[+S t
t d'(7u11h1„0 of the apport(tuity
to pay ids respects t the well-known
$ri
1dx
t t Gerard. .til. hn
'T I place 0 it upon
P
t
my hrctast, ant11 ive p
g any mnstaachv the
old Mart'ngo twist w1i1 '11 brings a gray
polutinto either eve. 'et with it all 1
f that neither t -lc t ].e' ' , ..
tilicz 1 .
t nor1(v
you, either,
my friends, will real o the man that I
was, You know loo • my as a civilian—.
wit
ill an airand n 131
01 0811 r
e t
i is tru0—
btt
G
still zoology as a cloth u. Had you seen
ono its I stood, i11 the c orwa7 of the inn
at Alamo on the first- day of July in the
year 1810 you would • then haw known
what tilO hussar non, attain to.
1147• month .111.11 ++,
t IIYnd '
Snt,crl.(t in that no -
coned village, and as 1 on account of a
lance thrust in lay kbl which made it
impossible for mo to 1(t niy foot to the
ground, Tluero were three elf us at first --
old BQ21Pe
t, of tIo Il tsars; Jacques Reg -
liter, of the euirassio. s, and a fumy littio
voltiguer captain wilt se name I forgot -
but they all got wet and hurried on to
the front, while I so gnawing any fingers
and tearing my hair, and even, as I must
oonfess, weeping fro] i time to time as I
-thought of my hossa , and the deplorable
condition in which t ;y must find them-
selves when deprive( of their colonel. I
was not yet a brigad -.r yet, you under-
stand, although I atiready carried )myself
Tike one. But I was the youngest colonel
in the whole service, rand my regiment
was wife and chicken to one. It went to
my boort that they should bo followed. It .
Is true the: YiIlaret, the senior major, ryas
an excellent soldier, but still even among
the best there ate. degrees of merit.
Ali, that happy Jul, day of which I '
speak when first I rim eel to the door and
stood in tho ;olden o=pt aisle sunsh4tle! It
was but the ove'niilg 1 efOro that I had
heard from the reg]]nel . T'h0y were at
Pastoros oil the other r,*tdo of tho monis- '
tains face to face with stthe English --not ;
forty miles from me by1 road. Bnt how
was I to. get to then)? 1141) same thrust
which had pierced no ankle had slain
my charger, I took a vice from Goma,
the landlord, and from an old priest who
had slept that night n the inn, but
neither of then) could cT 1110(01111111 aSSID-o
200 that theft` was not (1 111U,'!3 as a colt
left upon the who!„ as tntry side. The
log Ile jerked his bels into his horse's
flunks and was off in to cloud of dust.
My faith, it waseuotl;h to I1u41;(• a loan
twelve(
/01411 to see this fellul riding away so
s gayly to join his boo introits and his
brandy casks, and thou to think of lay 1
live hundred beautirui hussars without 1
their leader. I was gazing after him with
bitter thoughts in my • mind when who 1
should tont'h lea on the 'Ibosy but the lit -
1
ll
, priest
r whom 11.1
11(4'0) !
lin
do +
1111 .
,.
Itis „
i
who St1q '
({ 1 • 1a
alt help 1
1 a
u said d
he, I.
an .,
t zuvscif tr1Y1(tin,n. tol tla.„
I put 1(1 arms about • gnu and as lay
111. l(
L' ,
z gtart • t
way at Thn alae moment we
Dearly rolled upon the 'aund together.
"Get ale to Pastors';,” url('(I, "ttud you
shall boots 17a-
zc rosary of
i s1 Wen tion l'
i ca(
)t
I
hod t/}kell one from the ' nvont of 14piritu
Saucto. It shows lIowoo:ess:try it is to
take w.lat you can whim you 4111 upon 14
('alnp(Ign, and how NI most unlikely
things now bceolll0 usnf1 t.
.
S will take you,„sail 110, in very ex-
cellent Month'
"not Nkomo.) I imp() for
re
any war'tt, but 1) (4mo it is 1117
way always to do what Ikon to servo my
eoUntlyillet1, and that as oily I nam so be-
loved wherovcsr I go.” \ itbl that he led t 1
The down t `
l
to
the village 4110
o
a
u 1
$'of
2 cow
house in which wo found tumbledown tt
sort Of diligence such as tl ny uso(1 to run
e!urly in this century bobsveen sono 9f I s
our more remote vi11ag0L Thew were #
Oren old 1111(100, too, )noutoof which were 1
strong enough to tarry a 4101.0, but to-
gether they might thaw 1110 coach. The s
sight of their gaunt ribs Land s pnvinod
logs gave nee fluoro delisht than rho, e
whole two 11ar.drod and tttenty hunters
1L
of the emperor's which I halo seen in their
status tit ]'outniueblaotl. Til ten minute
the owner was harnessing ahem into the
coach, with no very good 1'081, however,
for he was in mortal dread t(f this tcrriblo
(lucllillo. It was only by Ii1'wnIsin y him
Tithes i11 this world, sol it. tilO priest
threatened him with &muttation in the
n
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"IT s
I 11011 •
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cox
I
landlord would not hear
the lnoant'iatns withouti
assured 300 that 1 I Cud
guerrilla chief, was out
his band, and that it
torture to fall into his
priest obsreved, howuve
think a 1+'rench hussar r
by that, and if I had
'would of course have be
remark.
But 811orse ! How w s I to got ono? I
Was standing In the d000m ay plotting and
planning when 1 heard o clink of shoes,
and, Iooking up 1 saw a great hoarded
man with a blue cloak oggecl across in
LI.1 1( '
)I "
l of my crossing
an escort, for he
Iilo, the Spanish
that way with
leant a death by
lands. The old
that ho did not
3111(1 be deterred
137 doubts they
n decided by his
k
:military fashion cumin towards ate. He
'Ivies riding a big bloc Ilorsa With One
'White stocking on. his n ar foreleg,
"Hullo, comrade!" s d I, as he came
np to 31)0.
>t „
Tt
r
I .l Ili)
said
e
4'1 ant Col. Gavard, f the hussars"
said I. "I 11800 lain Ile, e wounded for a&
month and I am now r
ady
torejoin coin
m
j
y
regiment at x'80101('1'8."
"I a221 M. Vidal, of 51
ole answered, "and I all.
way to Pastures. I s11011
C011lllllssariat,8"
myself upon lay
1bo10111(1to"
lava
701tr company, colonel for I fear that
the mountains aro far fr in safe."
"Alas!" said I, "I ha c no horse. But
if you will soil nue your I will pronlis° ,
that 1411 escort of hu.. 3 shall be sent
back for you."
Ito would not hear of it, and it was in
vain that the landlord ld hint dreadful
stories of 1110 doings of 1 Cuvhhiil0, and }
that I pointed out the ty which owed
the army and to the ('0 airy, Il:o 40)431(1 '
?lot oven argots but colic loudly for a cup 4
of Wine. I craftily (1 ke( 111)1 to di43110t3t1t
and to drink with ane, 1t h(t must have ; 1
peon too •col. n f', toy- ft r., for he shook
his heat, and then go 111)prancb(1 hint ; t
With t, ft1i thought of s ring hint by the
,,...E ,AU ST 7, i.S I.i.
sight of bis bea1y nosy 8nd 'bold, block
tees 700 aro not likely to at1iFH 101(011 at
what is going on. ,~till u' slegv is uiwa,•s
a poor sort of plc1;•aud-shovo1 husincss,
and thew were bitter prospects With tay-
Itussllrs I1t front of the English, Every
mile that pa8s0d 1117 boort grew Itghe4'r
mid ligiao ' ltm II I fount) amysrlf a )lou l ing
and siilgiug illi(• a young 1,0sign fresh
from t 8ttlt (kyr, just to think of seeing
{vs soo tho nulrks of a lar o 11•
nil my lir,,.+ bort(:K and my gallant folia
(11100 Il(are.
As w0 penetrote(1 tbo ulout}tius the road
grow rougher and the pass mal•) Savugo.
At first we met 0 few luuletee):$, but flow
the+ wlbolo country t•eenletl t1vrurted, which
is not to be wou(lered 8t whet you 11ti111C
that the Enoch, 41)0 English .101(1 talo
guerrillas hod ('0011 10 turn had eoninland
01'40 it, So bic:lak and wild was it, ono
great browu wrinklcc1c11ta sueceeciing an -
tabor, ((31(1 the pass ga'owing narr*wasr
and nerruwer, that 1 &08001 to look out,
but slut .I 8410008 thiosking .of this and
that, of woolen whorl. I bad loved and of
horses W1)icll I Mut Jlaudleel, I was sod -
to 311y brtlrlgltt baelc trona 3117 (lrralus,
lowover, by observing the difficulties of
my companion, 'who wits trying with a
tart of bradawl whlc4i be had drawn ont
ill bore It 2b
hole t
her
u I T l
the loot -hero g cri(,1
n 011.8.
P
wli' bold
2 ch
u> his
r( Oar flask. As 110
worked with twitvblt g fingers tho strap
emoted, 41 d hist grasp lou the wooden 11()1110
MI ti ut
t vfeet. son i )ed
to pick '
1 1 1* it ftp,
and as I did so the prI, St silently 10alped
upon 107 shoulders ani drew his bradawl
into my eye.
1'
iv friends, x all, as ort know, a Ilan
steeled to faeq every angor. When one
has served f1'0211 the sit) a of Gorton to that
hist fatal day of Watci 00, and has had
the < h tic•
1811
i medal, -
toe i
11 wh±
bl I ya
, t at home
P n
a
in a 10851)Orn pouch, 11 (120 afford to
o21fess when one is f ightoned. It may
00054)10 some Of y0 whoa your own
nerves play you tricks to romeln1etr that
SOB1
1158
b heard c rd ..
1'(021 !
1111
Bit !
1 1014 r
+ ( Ger-
3rd 5
1,
•1(y that I have been seared. And
tes4dos ln7 terror at this horrible 34558011,
11(1 the maddening pain of my '(wound,
114 torte) or 7101r 1 it:Isl :ls, Wa 181110 aG.
last to a place, where; the path wooed
over 0 M go and tloseentle 11lpon tho othor
shd01 hrough t11it+k pito trees Into al valley
width optimal to the south. In rima of
110800 t lull) little doubt that the vllb►1tis
W04'o nil smugglers 410(1 that rhos) were
the seer0t polo bywllieh tle;V 02'OSse(1 the
1'ortttguetio frontion Thou worn 01811
mull+ tools, 10111 onc0 I was sutprieed to
hero was 41 0(110100 feeling of loathing
rich as you Illigllt fool were some filthy
tarantula tot strum it. fangs into you. I
latched the 00385010 in both hands and
holing hint onto tin floor of the coalali I
tromped on him wit.I 1111' heavy boots, Ifo
tad drawn aL pistol f an the front of his
utanc, but I l:4cici it out of his hand,
MI, again I fell wi It my knees on bis
hest. 'Tbian for tlse il 't 141110 he screamed
0rribl7, while I, 11x1 blinded, bolt about
for 5110 sword which he had so Cunningly
c0nceltloa. My hand had. just lighted
pen it, and I was clashing the blood
tron13117 flava to se0 r\licro ho lay that I
Might transfix llilu,wllen the whale coach
turned over upon its 1de, and 1117 weapon
Cot thiol' t5'r - r{ 3(S joked
at last gut I1i1 t ,i'ufal I 1 >cd out of lav
u, box with the rein; Before I eould recon
was burst open anis I
heels on to the road.
tl I3 upon
Then c 011 his
fingers. lie/sI ho Wits in sttC11 a hurry to
got off out of fear lest WO should find ami-
(fives in the dark in the pisses, that he
hardly gave 1)3)1 5110 to rcn4w 1117 1'0rvs
to the inuk0eper's dallgilter,i I cannot at
this moment recall hernan1Q, butWowept
together 88 we parted, and I' von 10)3tCm-
0213' 1.1; $C111::15(I D i#olu11nLT.
ber that she was 0 you 113 .utifttl woman.
You will understand, 1u friend,, that
when a 3101 like m0, whg111as fought rho
men and kissed lila w0uf0u 411 fourtoea
separate kingdoms, gives'n word of praise
to the ono or the othc- it has a little
mooning 0f its own.
The Iittle priest bad,teeelned a trifle• ]
grave when we kissed good-bye, but h.
soon proved himself the $ best of colnpan
ions in 1 +.
the diligence. n •
to
1, AU tho
rya}
11
y
amused oto with tales obis Iittle parasol
lip Ill the mountains 2121a I In my turn
told hien stories about trite comp, but 321y,
faith flout to pick my 0eps, tor when 1
said a word too 1110011 1'1.e would ftclgvt in
his 80215 and his fuse wopld show the pain
that. I had given hit). And of course It is
not. the act of at gentleman to talk in any-
thing i,ut tL proper maxima to a roligious
ani413, though with all: the caro in ilio
world one's wards 11187 got out of 1111311
sometimes-. He 11801 0)4110 front the north
of Spain, its ht told 100, and ova:. going
to see his slather In a village of Estrt'nia-
durn, and os Ito Fpokd about her little
peasant homy, and ou=r, joy In setting hila,
it itlougllt 111y motilnr so vividly to my
thoughts that the tears started to 307
eyes. In his simplicity 18' $how(.d tele the
little gifts which he was taking to her,
and so >kindly
'(ruv his manner that #could
readily 'believe flim when Ito said
that Im was loved w110rCVOr ho stent. IIv
0::a nt'
t Ine11
n
Uw71
Y uniform with as much
('urie,ity as t4 ('1111(2, admiring the p111200
of my busby and Passing his fingers
through the sable with watch lay dolman
wits tl'inlnuul. Ile ih'ew my sword, too,
and then I told him .)low many+ 11011 I
Lad clot clown with it, and set lav fin•. '
rs
'n1 the notch made! by the. 8110(1lder boll(3
of t11r, Russian emperor's )11(l0 -de -camp,
111! $'lltddorOcl an(I pia
CIIAP
Bnt 0.0021 as I wa torn out onto
flint stones and rob zecl that thirty r
ons were 858,114111 around mo, I
idle*) with. joy, for ny Iiulisso had
pulled over 111y boo in the struggle
wits covering ono 0 - lay eyes, and it was
with my '(('001)401 )yo that 11t:as seeing
'32r -
hilt
but
stream ball soft04(ed rho trlurk. '!.'hest.
worn explal110d upon retwlllug a place
where the4Y!''('((8 (1 Blearing In rho lllwoo(1,
I stew the 81111na41 itself l101ttlred to tL f131 -
.i. was loft with only three 1 081.18 Walt•
ing to boar 01y foto. 1Io took up ids pot.
and, topping hisfolrellead with tits handle
of it, 110 pursed- up ids lips a11t1 looked
out (1f the earlier of 1418 eyes at the t'uu1
of the grotto,
"I suppose," said be at last, speaking
r'('ry r+xoti£0nt Noeuell, "Butt you aro not.
able to suggest a rhynly for tho word
(lo{•ilhn"
•I azisWCr0t1 that illy aegUIl3litance with
the Spanish (14 Umtata tbitt
I was 11844110 to obi'igo iiim.
"'It is t4 very 11013 language," sid(1 he
"but loss pr011fio Ill thymes than ('1(1433'
137
Ill:
I
loo
,nl'.
tit+
ion tree, ;117 eyett lnirdly zest);} upon 4t
when I recognized the great b1(u'k limbs
and the white hoar the foreleg. It was
Mt 1 e'y horse which I bud bogged
for in the morning.
What then had become of Ommuissaslat
1"1(11312 Was it 1>ossibl0 that them 1818
13notlu'2' 1+tnncltntlll i)1 as perilous t4 plight
138 lnysel1? The till 1) ht had hardly ! -
t
(n
tzl ) `
do
h(
bead wile y r 1t of
party stopped
1 3
amd ono of Bunn utteretl a peculiar cry,
It was 14n$Wered front among the br44113-
bles which lined the baso of a cliff at olio
Fide of the clearing, and all instant ltitor t
ton Or 44 105011 more brig4113ds come out
front amongst Blom
t
g1(i t I
let
two
parties
('(ie +
i
ti
F
dla't
each tar. ) +
i
u Ito
t vc )nl ! •
< cos
EIII•-
r01 T•
t. 1111(1 my Mona 1(t the bradawl with i
cries of =r]'f
t and 111 s•i
f, r 1 1 3111 '
)1 t 1
and , 4
tI
1 n
to •1(i
) ng upon 1121 tht:}• brttnditii)ed their j
knives 11111 howled at flat 111413 But gang, tit F
1
f(
i
the G'ernu4n or 5110 English. That is w
our best work has been done in bin
303380, a. form of literat-3u 3 which, as
need not (x+111111(1 n Fooliebman, is 02Lp01
of reaching groat bights, But I fi
14041 such subjects aro stnllewhat 4ut81
th0 range of a hussar,"
I was about to answer that if they were
good 0110ug14 for (4 guerrilla they could
oat batoo11131011 for the light cavalry, but.
3m "mos 41x34447 stooping over 1118 halt'-
ilnished verse. Plosuntly loo throw down
11m heli with all (x0]atttlti0n of ttlt181'IW-
11aI1 and ieh
( t. 11(. 41 t1•
f \{ Hues
which
'( a 1'P
{ 4 t O 4
1 8)111'
t Stll from 1 fl 1 tI 0
1 a 1114'110
ruinous who bold me. His broad fats
gushed
liko
tl 7)1109 girl who rtaeir•oE
1'1'fi'
( first 1 i •
t t 0 2 )
111118 i .
it
2
"The oxides aro buoy favor, it apiletu's,"
aid he. "\\'o 1114311SO otu'selvvs 111 011
011g evenings by singing our own hal-
ask
I o nal.'
, y tt t rzstt4ncl; I Iu4vn rx)au1 little
malty in 11041 direr ion and I (10 not at
LIl (l('spair of suoing 8012)0 Uf 2117 Moor
iron's in print before long, and '(1'.1.41
Madrid' upon the t.itlo pogo too. But
Ger-
Ate DMA got back to 1111814(05(1, May
I
as• what
„ „
Y
i. r{ I Lt o r
1 tome 4
y in ?
v i s
"Etienne t
„
la 4vr-
11(.14,
Ittbulc?„ •
""00101101. "
„G•,U3'psr'
" 1'hO Third bosom."
„You oro young fora colonel."
"'My career hits beim 1131 eventful
"Tut, that 1nakas it the sadder," said
o, with a blond Emjl0.
I outdo no aanswer to that, but I trial
to short' 111111 by my 1)c'araug -that I was
really for the very worst which could be-
falllna. r
"By tato way, I rather fancy that we
have 802110 of your corps bore," said he,
turning oscu the pages of his big, brown
register. ',\Vo 011(leat'0r to It(3ep 8, record
of our operations. Hort 18 a heeding
under Jane 24. Have you nota young
0111001 081(10(1 ;zoubirou, a tall, slight
youth wi(11 light bail„
"Cortai111y, "
"1 see that w0 hurried hila upon that
Clair, "
``Fool lad!" I critic. "'And flow did he
0141(?"
"Wo•burietl hi1n,"
`114 5' b/.folo ,von buried hila?"
'arms misunderstand, 00102101, he was
.not (loud boforo WO buried laiin.''
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KNIVES.
assassins that 11iey'wore, So froom)! r ore
1110]1' gestures that was convinced that
Illy end had 00010, al i was. just bra
myself to meet it in ab antimer which should
I)0 worthy of my pasts reputation when
;dor, and I wa8
rho little glade to
ch this 31)10 band
ft through them
silo of tllo ti
grasp by the shook. 000 of 111)111 gave all
r myself the door dragged roughly (1or0ss
as dragged by the
the brionbios from wh
had emerged.
A narrow pathway 1
TOR II. - to tL deep grotto In th
The sun was already se ting 81X4
the r 1; outside 83(1
tiff!- 41) 5110 VIVO itself it W011 41 ht3r•e be011 quite
was dark but for a pair of 1 mhos which 1)1218'
been ed from a socket on eft] or side. Between
and Cum there was sitting at a roil) table a
1 tllie hand of brim . as. you Hen for 71
self by this puck (111(1 scar how the 5
blade passed betas 'en socket and ball,
1 it was )1)17 at th t moment 'when I v
dragger from tho ,.'each that I underst
that lay sight WIl» not gout: iortval'.
creature's int(sut nos, duul)CIOss, was
tlrlvo it through 17 brain Land, Wily
loo loo-c ne(1 ha121' portion of the 411
bona of toy ]u'a(l, , hat I aftx'r:valr,ls h
more trouhla tam 3 that wound than fr
any one of tho s \•entceu 34111oh I h
received.
(
They dragged e out, these sons
i cloth, with moles 11(1 oxeCrattions,bcutti
! 1t IC with their fist anti kicking 1043 SSS 71
on the ground. I I (1 t.oqui'n,iy obset•(
that tho mountain err worts cloth swath
round thrix feet, I) 4 never did I imagine
that I should have so notch mom to 2143
thankful for it. 'ro$eutly, sc'eilmg the
blond upon lily hoot , and than I lay quiet,
they thought that I was lnlcons1lous,
Whereas I wAs St;( log (very ugly Mee
among them in m 11113111ory, so that I
night Soo then} nil ; 1•f01y hanged if Over
uychanc.3 emote are ']d. Brawny rascals
'hey Were, with y 'llow Ilahnclkorel)i(fs
1'1)31114 their 11('sttis, a 1(d great rod sashes
o stuffed with rv(lapo 1s. 'T110y had rolled
t• ,.
two
riot ,
1(1 •I -v
L >
1, a'rr -.
C ht1
)t
L IS
t
whore '
tool-
short
1 f o
3t
Ye'•n
.) at '
t r6 was those which
had torn off ono of the wheels of tho
coach and unset us. s to the reptile tel
had acted the' Priest •140 cleverly and ha
told me so 111 tel of his parish and h
luotiler, 110, of 0011110 , had known who
til' autbmst'atl( moot 1•. id, and had attempt-
ed to put ]aa. b(yond 111 resist -oleo at 51
111ome13t when .('3 re; ehod it.
I cannot tell 701.1 11'11' frantic their rag
was When 51047 tiro v him out of th
coach and sale 1110 sti to to which I Iota
reduced him, If ate 1111 not. gat all hi
(b't('rli the luta at Its st something as
s•nivenior of his; tau'' ting with I(lt1('inu
(x: rtu'ci, far his log. dan911.11 811211(280
alma-, and though th'' tlpp0l' hart off hi
body wits convulsed ,'4144 rat:(' at11(1 p1141
]t() sat t;trait(J)t (tow mon 10s feet whet
tiu'y tri'( se ! . ,
trial to .et hi ttj]lt;.;.)a. 1,011 al
tho 1811(0 his two 11tH blo01 17130, ('11101
had seemed. SO kiiitn7 Una so ]8110001.5 1
I
very singular looking verson,rvhollt I saw
instantly, from tho rospeet with which
the others.110111essed him, .0002(2 be nano
other than 5110 bri„:Lnd chaff who iota re-
('civtl, on amount of his dreadful elotote-
m ter, do sinister mono of El Cuellil]o, The
00(1 man x{•111)121 I had inj mod h(4(1 boon earriQd .
Thu in and Wawa upon the top of a barmaids
to 1181phos logs dangling(4bo115 in front of
1(d, hint and lois eat.'s cies still darting ;;lances
1103> of •ilatr('d at 3110. 12 ildorstood from the
•
214 euat0hcs of talk Whit' T 0(00101 follow bo- 1
,0121 tweet) the Odor 11111 ilin that he was the •
ave lieutenalit of tho 118) (1, find. that part of
Iris duties Was to 11 in wait, with his
of smooth tongue }incl Itt1's 11aaceful garb, for
lag 1rav11018 lit.} ]071481131 'When 15110229115 of
ay
flow many gallant c1' loots nloy loot. been
'e(1 lured to their (Nath )y this Il1011ster of
hypocrisy it
ea •- T) y boyo inn 11 frl,l:v Of piniLstzrO
. to wanton
:ulster the leathern cushion, declaring
.1(115 it mad() him sick: to look at it.
\Voll, 4o had been Soiling and 0reakin,1
'11 our way whilst this talk had been going
.,rwar(1, 14I1d1 as wo . reached the luso of
i,o lnounta►ins wet cen1I(1 heat the 1'1u31h-
Ing of cannon far away upon tbo right.
this came front Mrssena who was, 438 x
know, 11(35109109 (h)ljtlad Rodrigo. Thera
:as nothilag I shoultl(14vo wisir0(7 better
hon to have ono straight to hint, for
vas t}1(( best Jew t 111 I had heard of
ince Joshua's time, /anti if you are
10 w
is
osisa
10 "HE WAS NO C ll,,.1l3 30131•:4 rl'1 11CralID nose."
50 51111114 tlatt I had brought his villaiuius
to all 000l—though I fon:tool it would bo
o
at the cost of aL lifo whioilnoifhor the cmn-
44 p(sror nor the! tunny coup) well spare
s As the injured mon, stilt suppor'te4 on
tL the barrel by two C(ultrades, ryas explain-
() in in Spanish ail that had befall on
ly Ilion, I was held by several of the 11111405
s in front of tho taboo at which rho chief
I was seabted,a}1(t had an ex(30110111 opportun-
ity1
of U hehillghaws 11
0
l 'P
I 3131,711(130 who Was less liko m i a
y 4104 of
a
brigand, amt especially of aL brigand with
such a-
n c reputation 1 )that in a )anti of cruelty
lie had earned so dark a nickname, }11t4
faro was 1111/X, a181 broad and bland,
with rudely cheeks buil CO21ttortabbo littbo
' tufts of side rrlliskcraa which gavo
the appearance of fl Svull-to-(lo groom.liof
this Rao 5t, Antoine. Ito hood not any of
Mom flaring 0(101100 or gloaming w014p0115
which distinguisho(I his followers, but on
the contrary he Wore a good broad cloth
coat liko 11 r3spectabte father of it family,
and Savo his brown leggings there runs
not•311ng to indicate ab Iifo an101)9 the
lnomttaina, His -surroundings, toe, cor-
responded with )'(118 '1f, nod beside Ills
snufi box upon the fable tiler» stood a
great brown hoop, which looked like a
emtunereial ledger. Many other books
tiro coach, Were gin <; ng at 1110 like a
wounded cat, and he spat and spat and
spat in my direction. 17 AIM), whoa til(
wretches jerkoil 1110 to 2115 foot Again,
and when I was dr *SE off up ono of
the mountain paths, . '.nlderstootl that a4
tit10 -vas coaling wh+11 I was to 1)001 t111
my courage and readnI 'e, My 01102.17 11'1(14
carried upon the sht'alders of the men
behind 1)10 and 104)0:I. hear his bitaintt
and polling first in ;to ears and then in
tho other as I wall 11111 '04 1(1) the wind-
ing track.
I suppose that it . lust have been an
boor that wo asc03810c 81(01 '('011(41 with
11)7 satundcd ankle len tho pain from 1117
eye, at1(1 the fear lost. 18 Wott11(1 shaul(i
have epoilc(1 3115 gond . ioks, I have outdo
110 journey to which I look book with less
pleasure. I have never been a goad
elin11)er at any time, but 1t 114 astonishing
what y0t1 can (lo, eveit t'1th (1stiff anklet
when you lute) a. copper-colar(sd briltend
1)
CHAPTER III,
"You buried hila alive?" Par a, lno-
metlt I was too stunned to act, Then I
hosted myself 31pa1) the 111111, as hu site
with that placid 8111110 of his upon his
lips, tool I wo22111 have torn his throat
out had to Oro) (vrol cites not dragged
ale away front kiln. i1.natin and again T
*node for hint, panting and cursing, shalt--
int; off this 311)111 and tinct. straining and
wrenching, but novcli quite free. At
last, with 3117 jacket pearly torn off lay
back and the blood dripping front my
wrists, I was hauled 1aultwards i1( tho
bight of a rope and cords passed around
my a03(1(8 and 217 arias.
"You sleek 42002111,." I criod. "If over
I have you at 1117 sworclspoint I will telacIh
you to maltreat one of my lads. You
will find, you bloodthirsty beast, that my
emperor has long flints, and, though you
lie here like a rat in 4 hole, the 511310 will
come when ho w111 tear you, out of it,
and 70'11 and your vermin will potash to•
gothor."
My faith, I have a': rough silo to my
tongue, and there wits not a hard word
that I bud learn01 iii fourteen campaigns
which I diel not let %1 at )aim, but he sat
with the handle o his pen tapping
against his forehand (1 his eyes squint-
ing up at tho roof as f he had conceive(
1110 idea of some DOW 11111511. It WAS this
occupation of his wh '11 showed me llo'(v
I
m1
1U
got
my PUill
upon n
i1Y
"You
1spawn," said "you link
that 7013 ale
safe hero, but your 1 o may be as short
as that of your 14bs11 verses, and God
knows it could not 1 shorter than that."
ound
fraIn b islchai '(011011 bad sshould lut aid the words.
This vile monster, '(0130 dispensed death
and torture as aL grocer serves out figs,
had ono raw nerve which I could prod2 at
pleasure. His 1x00 3 ore grow livid and
those little bourgeot side whiskers quiv-
ered and thrilled wit) his passion.
ery good, colo 'I. Yott have said
enough," he cried, i la choking voice.
You say that' you 118 Is had a very Clio
tinguishod tamer; I 1 (noise you also a
very distinguished 0)1 ing. Col. 1'utionno
Gerard, of the 12121rd hussars, shall have
a (lead) of 1111301(11, "
"And
sau
only b('
,,
said
X, ,.
fiat
you
010 not co111.1'IOmora4 1 it in .verso." I had
one or two other )1 tie ironies to utter,
but he out nut shot with a furious go-
turo which Cattsc laly three gtnards to
drug ono from the v0.
Our interview, r deb, I have told 7013
as nearly ns ]: can )lender it, must limn
lasted some time, r it -vas quito Clark
(011(311 w0 04300 alt and tho ]Boon Was
shining very olt'ar1 . lit th011e8vons.
brigands had 1191 eel a great firo of rho
dried blanches of the fir trees, not of
course for warmth, 813100 tho night was
l2llt'1Ltly very sultry but to cook their
0001111)g meal. A. 1 go 00ppor pot hung
over tho 3(11150, and to mantis SVOr0 Lying
all around iii the y lore glare, so that
the mom looked lilt ono of those picture;;
which Intuit stole 0 t of Madrid. Them
aro sonic motions wit profess to care loo-
ti ing for art and 311 'lake, but I Bayo al•
uy5 been drawn ward it myself, 411
toll respect I show sty good. taste /me
breeding. 1: r01 Ruler, for example,
t when t1(0y Wort tilling the plunder
sr the fall of Dan' g, I bought a very !!
picture called i"Nnphs htlr rlsecl Iii
Vootl,`'W 8311 I , carried it with
over) ranged along a plank between two 1
powder casks, ancithere was a4 great lit, or
-va
of parlors some of which haat) v0rees
Hod upon the»). All this I took in W11110 1117
Le, loaning indolently back in his chair, thtt
MIS l3,sening to rho report of hit Houten- aft(
telt. Tlatvittg hot 'd everythibug hC order- 11413
,•d
at each elln3W and a nine -inch blade with- the crinnlut
o I e caroled out moon, ono a
a sor011 :1 Lilo) 1!4a13)p 44LPH t117tt 1y cilal'gor
bud tho mistartuuo to his 110)011
though 1t,
101117 toll 5041 11348, ha 'or, to shops
fou tlilit 1 w44.8 (20ver(4 1I . rd rough 60l(11(tr
like ltapn or L efe11v1'v. As I lay` Irl that
18594111411 ('a,tip. I batt little time or in-
011404tiQu to think a41)011t Fault ninttors.
zany had thrown me down un(100 a 5243(t,
tho throe '0111133)18 equatting round au4
smoking their olgarette8 witllla>, )land's
touch of ate, Whitt to do I could not int-
891120. :in ley wl}olo carom I do not suptar
-
pose that 111(00 toil times boon in 1(I/
I>poloss 11 (45(8151011, "Bat courage,"
thought I, eotirago, 107 bravo boy, you
were not 1118(1° a colonel of Iowans at
twenty -night beeatts° you Co111(1 1114118(4 44
cotillion, You 440 t4 picked num, I(ltioune,
An.
luau 11:0 11418 0;111) thrh 1 10ro 5112314
t4 1uu1(2ra01 aflndrs 1131(1 1111°8" 44111) 0110 ie
-surely not going to bo tho fast." I began
es orl y . o gloom F5 y t g1 1(L •o about for some tl)n'zlcrt
to 084344103, a11(2 (4B I 011(1 S0 I 834w 8011111-
thingp1110121111011 X440 with great astonish -
mut.
I have already told 7011 that a large fire
Was burning 311 the canto) of the glade,
What 115- 1 •
\ tt'(1 t its glare i 1 4
old
1. waist at 1v.
>. with
it
s
moonlight ns)31ih
t uvar thin
g y g was as clear 115 p4s-
sable. Ou t11n other (14(10 of the glad0 flare
•21S f
n ► jiitgIo toll Sr free rvhiv1) aLttraOted
r) -attention
b1(. 1 {
Cti F(
yt itstrunk
nn(1
To{ear
n1►t)eltcs wen 018001ozed,. (414 if tL largo
Iro had recoutly' boon lit underneath it,
clump of bushes grow i1( front of it
11 11 to
fc 1(r('t !
31((1 tato baso. Well, os I look -
towards it I was F1u'prised to 1400 pro,
tattoo ttbore the bash, incl fustoued zip.
arolltly to the tree, a pair of fine riding
toots n ih rvitl too; 4(b n '(•
I1(L11.
ts.
1 At r
F
A tI
bought ,
ni t t
fi lila they were 14004 dove, but as
loolc0c11)1101431 I so that they word soma
(t by a groat nail 1v111011 was banunered
through 3310 foot of each. And then sod --
only, '(('1111 14 thrill of horror, I undo(-
aU
t d that they were not empty boots,
1(d, )caving 1117 Mesad t4 little to the tight, :-
rolls ab1(1 to sae 11040 it .afi that had 11004 f y
1stened thorn and why a fire hail been lit
ontsath the 1100, It is not pleasant to
peak or think of horrors, ma friends,
11(1 I do not wish to giro 41117 of you batt
reams to -night, but I cannot take you
hung tho Spanish guOrrI11as without
lowing you what kind of noon they
urn and the sort of Wa)'f(1ro that they
aged. I will only say that I nucl0rstootl
1)7 Monsieur Vidal's horse was waiting
astorl0F1 in 5110 grave, dud t11(4t I hoped
at 3m haul not this torrible foto with
sightliness and courage, as a good,
'runchnlau ought.
It was not a very ebeering sight for
t, as you Ca11 inntgine. When I had
on with their thief ill the grotto I had
00 •o
h carried away by my 1'iLt-,U at t114
not (loath of young Moubito3, who was
n of the brightest lads who ova( threw
s thigh over 11 chalrg00, that I had never
en a thought to 11)7 own position,
(haps it would have boot more polltio
(1 I woken the ruffian fair, but it was
11410 now, The code was drawl} and
oust (Train the ovine. Besides, if tho
1311143(1(1 Commlosaria45. 10811 waS put to
11 a death, what laop0 was time for
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118
sec
"COL, 61;11,4431) SMUT, 11A'('13 A 111:.4T13 OI`
BI8 OWN."
the, who had snapped tate repine of thole
lieutcm)111t? No, I was (loomed, in any
case, so it ryas 1114 '(0(311, perhaps, that I
should 11avo put the bust face on the mat-
ter.
e,
is .
It bea1
sta
c 1(1
d
be n1
'04113Sthat
r os. a
t
Etionuo Gavial had 11401 as ho had lived,
and that ono prisoner at least bad not
quailed before him. I Tay there thinking
of tho various girls Who would mourn
for 1310, and of 3317 'dear old mother,
1113 5.l11) .i PEW 'WORDS TO THE HAND,
and of the dopl0rabld loss that I should be
both to my regiment and to the emperor,
and I (111 not ashamed to confoss to you
that ]: shed tears as I thought of the gen-
eraandl wconotulstcl girrllave tioni (iso rv111033 my premature
to,
But all the tinea I was taking tho Doty
31001YOSt notice of everything which (night
possibly hoIp mo. x ant not a num who
would 110111to a sick /torso waiting for
CIO farriar sergeant out the pole ax, I''irst
I Would giv) a little tug at 1117 ankcla
cords, and 511043 an0th0r at thoso that
Wore aroutnd my Wrists, and all tha timo
T was trying to looms them I was peer-
ing round to sea if 'could And so]mothing
whieIl
lt '♦0118111woes lay ]FVOryavooevir. '1d414mro5,A bwa1( )s OnIleoo
t])img ivi)ie
Is but=11aif IF0rined without 14 horse, and
111050 Was lily other half quiotJ3 grazing