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heavens were dafhenod o. heavy
cioUIs; l0ui bursts " thunder fenr
tie air. and ile earth was dolueet
with rain md FItlng haik
The king ordered that he IRON por
iaI should be closed; bit tic door va
innovable, and the cavaliers wcf,
dismayed by the tremendous lnn0i
and tie mingled shouts aud groans iha
icontinucd 20 prevail within. nv,
hing and hts train FASTENED back 9,
Toledo, pursued and pcltcd by ",
tempest The mountains shook an,
echoed with thunder, trees were up
rooted and blown down. and the Ia
gus ragged and reared, and flowed q
bove It's banks. IL seemed 10 the al
frlghtcd courtiers as if the phantom
legends of the tower had issued fort
and mingled with the storm; for ami
the claps Of thunder, and the howin
of the wind, they fancied they hear
, the sound of the drums and trumpett
the shouts of armies, and the rush {
stecds. Thus beaten by tempest, an
, ovcrwhelcmed with horror, the kin
and his courtiers arrived at Toledo
gathering across the bridge Of til
Tagus, and entering the gate in heat
} long confusion, as though they ha
: been pursued by an enemy.
In the mornig the heavens were ;
r gain serene, and all nature was rest
e red to tranquility. The king, Their,
fore, issued forth with cavaliers, an
: took the road to the tower, followe
# by great multitude, for he was an
d ious once more to close the iron doc
if and shut up those evils that threatent
: to overwhelm the land. But 10! G
coming in sight of the tower, wo
g der met their eyes. An eagle appea
o ed high in the air, seeming to descer
e from heaven. He bore in his beak
n burning brand, and lighting on ii
r. summit of the tower, famed the Fl
is with his wings. In a little while Il
IS edifice burst forthin blaze, as thou,
Is it had been built of rosin, and Il
S, flame mountedinto the air with br
rs liancy more dazzling than the sun; n
i did they cease until every stone w
n consumed, and the whole was red
ri ced to a heap of ashes. Then the
y came vast flight of birds, small
size and sable Of hue, darkening {
ne sky like cloud; and they descend
IS ad wheeled in circ cs round the ash
lie causing so great wind with thu
ed wings, that Che whole was borne
into the air and scattered throughc
Sc all Spain; and wherever particle
m those ashes fell it was stain of bloc
Oh 1t is further more recorded by ancie
all men and writer's of former days, Il
'fi, all those on whom this dust
re were Afterwards slain in battle, VIII
he the country was conquered by
nd Arabs, and that the destruction
th this necromatlc tower was a sign q
ad token of the approaching perdition
nd Spain.
he "Want thome maple thugar?" S
Ter little lisping urchin who dropped
mt yesterday with a basket full of ma
De- sugar jimcracks. "We iGsst r.,
nd lad-what do yon ask" "a tbiII
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