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sight Of our lonely traveller and his steed.
After the usual morning salute, answered by
Cant. Turner with an unmistakable English
accent, the Spaniard reined up his horse,
and with the usual - aVG an. con Dl0S, -
turned 10 the rightab1ut; but before going
many Yards sang out at the top Of his voice
e. NJ rGle nada, mot worth anything1
! few more hours found our friend in that
long, narrow street which leads to Plassa.
where the principal hotel in Grenada was
then situated; where, after resting himself
and ordering his dinner, he stroled out to
hear the military band perform in front Of
the Governors house.
Grenada is much gaver than post Spanish
towns generally are, having several good
Gales, capital theatre, and many other
places Of public amusement. The next day
our young friend found there were no less
than three English families in the hotel,
besides several Others residing IN the town.
/ Capt. Turner very soon made the acquain-
tance Of two young men staying in the same
hotel, who, having been there for some time,
volunteered TO lionize MIN all over the place.
They did 1t to perfection, showing him all
The principal r0olas ~ the Alhambra, anu,
with the aid o.! an old map they had pur-
chased, described what that beautiful palace
must have been before hing Ferdinand
thought fit to demolish part Of 1t and build
stables for his horses.
After a walk through tic curious old gar
dens, and good look at the tree under which
the last Of the Moorish kings was slain, the
+ Iarty descended into the town. and after du-
" inspecting all that was To be seen there
] returned 70 the hotel. Here, again, our
I friend was advised not e. undertake his rash
/ journey. ior at the table d'h0te, happening
10 be seated next 10 an English lady, the con
yersation turned on the state OF the country,
and when she heard Of Capt. Turner intend
ed uip to Madrid. she did all in her power to
persuade him not TO % further
Having spent three very pleasant days in
Grenada, where for the tir,t time since he
left Gibraltar ne had heard his native Ian
guace spoken, Capt. Turner started for the
mountainous hlt picturesque road which lead.
YOU % Cindad Real, over the ridge called the
Sierra Morena- 1t was on the seventeenth
day of our friends departure from Gibraltar
that, late IN tine afternoon, wc find him trot-
ting up the above named mountain, hoping
u reach "a small roadside inn ere the sun had
dipped behind same of the enormous rocks
that surrounded him, when be Was 0yc-akau
hy Sraniard ou horseback
Vt hr-t Capt Turner thought it was the
same person be ad met before reaching Gen
ada but on second looks hc soon discovered
that it was a far higher stamp of man Khan
the one before described
In dress both We're much alike. but the
appearance of the latter was So ari-trJciatir.
and the way De managed his beautiful black
harc which seemed to understand every
word bis master aid to him. so delighted
taUt. Turner, THAI l.r time De was az l5--
which q admire most. the man or tle horse.
Like all STau.ard-, who delight in aimir
tiun, our newcomer rode ON for few MIN
utts without attending 10 anything hu- his
horse, and after showing the ull.. animal
of To the greatest advantage te inquired #
our friend where he was going, and finding
Spanish was not familiar o. hm, Immediate
lv began the conversation iu French.
"l suppose. said tae SFlnari, " tLat
you intend spending the ught 80 the lttie
inn yonder, i1r You would haye very long
ride before Won could get to the next one
besides. there are SO many roads branching
on this that Won would nos know which o.
take If You have not Travelled tti- way be-
fore"
On arriving at the i'm. Capt. Turner re-
marked how very attentive everybody was
to hls fellow miaui0u. l- was evident be
was no stranger To them all.
viii see that your horse IS well cared
for, Scnor. and il you have 10 objections.
w VIII dine together.
This beng agreed upgn, they both SAT-
down % a very z od meal, which, considering
the wild part of the country they were in,
appeared ycrv much ais some one Of im-
I -tance had been expected Ate dinner
the conversation turned lu Mai-ii. and
after inquirins where be was going. the
STniarl in q joking way remarked he had
better look out for Jose Maria and his and,
who were IN great force in these parts.
CAPS. Turner, either from feelings ui
greet confidence and liking ior his new ae-
quaintance, OF from feeling Of disgust at
every 0nc warning him against tie bandit
chief, began singing his praises as If be were
bis hest friend and after repeating the same
words be had made Usc Of in the mc,s-ralm
on tie memorable evening when the bets
were made, confdci to bis companion oil
chat had taken place in Gibraltar, and what
bad induced him To take this trp % Madrid.
The SFanilrd seemed greatly amused by
all thi, and altc- a couple t hours chat
during which time great many of Can't.
Turner cigars had been smoked. they rose
q retire u resi-
'' shall De of very early iu the morn
ing. said our friend "ani as you seem
to ike my cigars, pray allow me to offer
YOU bundle of them
- Thank YOU. answered the Smuari
" Thank you, answered the unIarI
o. they are certainly very good. And now
let me offer YOU something in e. change.
and drawing has large Spanish kni. from bis
belt. he cut one 0f Jbe silver butt lns of hi,
Jacket. " There, said he b. is pass for
you all through Spain. Tomorrow, before
you have gone many miles, You VIII be stop
ped. but the moment YOU see the men aI-
Tr1aching, show them this buttln- and not
one of them viii interfere with You, for ]
am Jose Maria
lie then shook hands warmly with Capt.
Turner and retired
The latter could not sleeurfor several hours.
thinking over his strange adventure. and re-
gretting be had not sooner discovered who
the stranger was.
The following morning, ere Ee started.
Capt. Turner looked everywhere. hoping %
see the great man again, bat was forced t.
take his departure without dong SO. 4 few
miles from the inn he found himself over
taken by four men on horseback, who began
talking to him in Spanish. Rec ollccting the
button, he took it from bis pocket and
showed it to them The effect was magical.
three OF them took path leadi y up the side
Of the mountain and disa ppeared the
fourth fell back and accompa MED the Cap
tain but at q respectful distg nee The lat
ter now considered himself perfectly faic,
hut soon found out his mi-tas for on com
ing to a sharp turn IN the roa L. be suddenly
found himself surrounded. 80 men seized
his reins, two more laid hold OF his saddle
bags while the others pointed their carbine-
at him. Luckily for him. lie ore he could
get the button out-for he w SO taken by
surprise that he lost his prese nee Of mind
his mounted escort rode up tull gallOp,
crying out at the top of his voice. - But
ton, button he has button ' All hands
were OF at once, and the men retired behind
a rock TO their hidn,-place.
We must DOW follow Capt ain Turner to
Madrid, the remainder Of h,r Journey hav-
iug been performed without any further ad-
venture. his mounted esco T never having
left him till within five miles IF the capital.
! fortnight after his arr ivai IN Madrid.
Captain Turner was induce d by some of his
friends to 90 with them to a masked ball. it
being Carnival time. The had Just done
supper VIXEN a very hand ome woman came
up to the table where ley were sitting.
leaning on the arm Of 4 tall fnc-looking
man In a moment the Captain recognized
Jose NARRATOR it was hc-and. jumping
up, was going to greet hi N. when he was ar
rested n his movements. by warning ges-
ture from the latter. nc rtly after, having
conducted the lady to he seat, Jose ap-
preached Captain Turner and said in low
voice.
" You were once in n : power | am now
IN yours If you wish to win your bets,
and return in safety TO c ibraltsr, be silent. -
, AEer pleasant stay IN Madrid, Captain
Turner thoncht !. t.-ne Z . 1880 Lis sters n