The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-02

us frequently to hold long and earnest converse
lions with cowled and banketed personages, who
endeavored to look innocent and shepherd-liks,
and returned from those interviews with stories
condrmatory OF the terrible attitude OF the H. 600
bloodthirsty cpayos who were anxiously awaiting
NJ immediately behind that sc cond mountain
over yonder" At first ali we could do WAS to beg
him to take us to some house, On either side OF the
line where we might recruit exhausted nature
To this he consented and nature was recruited
the recruits being chiefly eggs.
DEsERTION.
For my part made up my mind, most unkindly
that our guide was simply an arrant coward, a
grand rascal and by profession q snugger l
opened my mind to the gentleman from Wicklow,
the chaplain OF our party and another. We agreed
unanimously, that we had been badly sold and
that II possible we should get rid OF our guide at
once. We were IN q house on the Spanish side,
distant quarter Of an hour from the frontier, and
while there Matching our little plans our guide
was making his own arrangements to get rid OF us,
Is we presently discovered. 1t was clear he had
come upon little smuggling expedition OF more
Importance to him than our own comfort. We
passed ten or twelve miserable hours In that
wretched cabin, and at two O'Clock In the morn
ing were called up to run or at once into
France, the entire force OF 1900 cipayos being
then upon forced march to capture and immediate
US upon the affairs Of the Spanish Republic. THIS
wretched invention was our guide's plan to get
rid OF us, and he succeeded; for we had to 70
when ana where he told US, not knowing what else
TO do. SO we bundled out among the wild winds
ana SHADOWS OF the night as quickly as we could
and climbed mountain. On the way our
guide divided rs into two groups, one
being destined, poor fellows, to return
TO The limbo n hor IN 90 In q
tain country house couple Of hours march on the
French side. had the good fortune to accompany
the latter. Our guide then took leave Of US, first
presenting us small youth Of nine or ten springs
who was to conduct us to our place Of refuge. At
parting ne anectiOnately gave his hand to the
american prince, possibly in the belief that that
exalted person was q fool and would leave q rich
and valuable souvenir in the clutch OF those iron
fingers. That time he did not calculate correctly
He promised to call for us in 'three, four Ave or
Six days" and carry US through all dangers and
dimculties right straight to the headquarters Of
Don Alfonso. We smiled at his unnattering esti-
mate Of rs, while inwardly and sincerely hoping
never to see him again.
ONCE MORE en- THE ROAD.
A succession Of violent rain storms detained our
party Of four nearly three days at the country
house to which We had gone. and then having pro-
cured guide we started In good earnest for the
Carlist headquarters. We reached Camprodon-
campus rotundus Of the Romans-before sun
set, and making . detour Of some miles
to avoid the town, lest there might be republican
troops there. continued our march through those
terrible mountains till about ten O'Clock that night
when We reached house, whore we were allowed
to stay few hours. About four O'Clock next morn.
ing we were aroused and conducted, two at q
time, to wood ON the top Of . steep hill There
we found . couple OF moth-eaten cloaks, . rock
under tree and scraps OF letter from Sabslls to
some one who had previously occupied the same
hiding place. Those little bits Of paper looked to
me like the bones OF some poor traveller who had
persisted on that lonely hill, dsvoured Of course,
by wild ctpdyoS. We were told to keep perfectly
still; that column Of those terrible fellows was
now on the road, within less than an hours march
Of US, and that II the enemy only suspected our
presence they would begin by burning the house OF
our host and 80 forth. think portion Of our
party was somewhat scared, but the hope or break
fast cheered all, and we lay low ana waited.
In about an hour, true enough col.
umn OF some four or five hundred OF
1.-THE enemy passed us, going from the
the neighboring village Of San Pau to Camprodon.
When the foe had disappeared in the distance q
youth Of the country. Injured to the situation, con
vcyed TO US the intelligence that the straggIers
were more to be feared than the column. In short
we stayed there, lying upon the rock, in that
frtghtful wood till eight O'Clock that night, when
we were mercifully permitted to return to the
house.
We now resolved to secure two guides-one to
act as q scout, the other to remain with us-and
push on with all our strength to q certain house
near the town Of San Quirce, the owners Of which
were known to our chaplain. We rose at three
O'Clock and In half an hour more were on the road.
Passing San Pau, we were joined by one of Saballs
"guides" returning to join his battalion, and by
him informed that We were In the very midst Of
hostile columns. For our security, therefore, we
were obliged to take the most dlfhcult out-oi.
the-way paths through the woods upon the noun.
tain sides.
THE MARCH TO SAN QUIRCE
was destined to be our hardest and most trying.
To u.s. unused to those mountain paths and un-
accustomed to wear the peculiar sandals deemed
30 necessary in Catalonia, the march was painful
enough Yet we kept up boldly and resoiutcly.
Our scout constantly brought information Of
danger in this, that or the other direction shall
never forget the town Of Val Fozona around which
we marched during seven weary hours, following
no paths through the mountains, avoiding them
rather, lest any field glass in the hands OF any
ocer Of the troops In the town should discover us
as We toiled along Yet in the midst Of our
fatigue. dangers and alarms 1t was impossible not
to admire the
GRANDEUR AND BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY
through which we were passing. Throw in Q
couple Of lakes. II you are fond OF water, and It
beats Switzerland. The farther South we went
the more enchanting we found the scenery. Range
after range OF wooded, green-clad mountains rose
before u.s. regaling us when We plunged into
their umbrayeo depths with the incense Of their
wild thyme and rosemary. In those glorious
woods We felt safe, for no human eye could dis.
cover us moving beneath their grateful shelter.
Early In the afternoon the tswn OF Maullen and
others In what is called the Plain OF vich could be
deserted in the distance and, though we could now
have descended to more level country, we pre-.
ferred sticking to the friendly mounsai in order
TO escape observation. We dlned under . rock by
the side OF roaring torrent and while 80 doing
were inform ed by kind old gentleman, who was
possibly looking after q few goats, that the enc.
my's sentines were upon the crest Of the mountain