Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-01-27

necromancer who carried away my books
has transformed these giants into wind
mills to deprive me of the honor OF vic
tory"
In his next encounter he put to flight
two monks, who hurried off, making
more signs of the cross than if satan Ind
been after them.
Stopping ut another inn, which he also
took for castle, our hero loftily refused
to pay, and, brandishing his lance, made
of without opposition. But Sancho was
seized by some stout fellows, who tossed
him in II blanket like puppy. Nor wts
he much consoled by his masters sage
conclusion
"Honost Sancho, that castle is ell
chanted for they who so cruelty sported
with thee, what could they be but
phantoms ?"
The squires attention was soon di-
verted, however, by two clouds of dust,
which the elated knight informed him
concealed two prodigious armies about to
engage in mortal combat
"Hearest thou not the trumpets and
drums ?' cried Don Quixote.
81 hear nothing" answered Sancho,
"but the bleating of sheep and lambs "
Nevertheless, Don Quixote rushed
courageously on the enemy, and did not
rest until he had slain seven sheep, and
been knocked off his horse by the shep-
herds, who left him for dead on the
ground. Sancho, who had been tearing
his beard at a safe distance, now came to
his aid, and the two resumed their Jour-
ney, hungry and forlorn.
That night Don Quixote routed a doz-
en- white robed ecclesiastics, who thought
him satan broke loose to seize the corpse
they We're conveying in litter. When
he discovered who they were, he hand
somely begged pardon-Sancho having
meantime prudently ransacked mule
which these pious men had with them,
well loaded with eatables.
Next night dreadful din of irons and
rafting chains and heavy strokes held
them in suspense, and started many
alarming srlrmises, till morning showed
that harmless f,llliHg mill had caused
their uneasiness.
The knights next exploit was the dis
comtiting of a barber, whose basin hs
seized upon as golden helmet. Pres
/ entity the adventurers encountered Il
dozen galley slaves, strung like beads by
the necks in great iron chain. Com
passionating their misery, Don Quixote
helped them to break their bonds and
pat their guards to flight. which service
they promptly requited by robbing
their delivcrer and making off with San
cho's cloak and ass The loleful squire
was soon consoled for his misalventures,
however, by finding a portmanteau con.
tanning fine linen and hundred gold
crowns, which his master bade him keep
The Knight of the Sorrowful Figure
as Sancho had aptly styled him, now re-
solved to enact the raNing and furious
lover, in imitation of Amadis dc Gall,
and having chosen a lonely spot, he bade
his squire convey a letter to his "sov-
ereign Lady Dulcinea, otherwise Aldonza
Lorenzo"
"I knew her." quoth Sancho
"straight and vigorous, and what
voice and not at all coy, but bold as
court lady Sir Knight, you may justly
run mad for her and hang yourself p
While Don Quixote was performing
strange antics and craving plaintive
verses on the trees, Sancho journeyel
homsward. Meeting the barber and
curate, he described his masters con-
dition, and they thereupon disguised
the barber as distressed damsel and set
out to entice Don Quixote home. On
the way they fell in with Cardenio, Il
lover in despair at the faithlessness of
his beloved Lucinda, and also with
Dorothea, a beautiful bride, disconso-
late over her husbands desertion. How
ever, she joined their plot against Don
Quixote, representing herself as the
Princess Micomicona, and obtained his
promise to undertake no more alven-
lures till he had slain the giant Panda-
tilando, the usurper of her kingdom.
Sancho, with an eye to his own prefer
ment, exhorted his master to marry the
princess straightway, but Don Quixote
would hear no such treason against his
Dulcinea.
Setting out all together, they stopped
at an inn, where the knight in his sleep
assaulted some wine skins that stood la
his room so desperately that he set the
whole chamber ahoat with good wine,
imagining all the time that he was VAIL
gushing the giant Pandafilando.
In the meanwhile Dorothea's husband
arrived at the inn, by chance, with the
same Lucinda whom Cardenio had
thought faithless. This suspicion was
now proved false, and Lucinda's abduc-
tor was persuaded to restore her to Car
denio, and receive again his deserted
Dorothea. ALI were delighted at this,
save Sancho, whose hopes of prefer
ment were suddenly extingl,ished. Don
Qulxote was not easily undeceived and
it was finally resolved to make large
cage on poles and convey him in it on an
OK cart. Ho' ;ng been persuaded that
this was enchantment, he submitted very
contentedly, ad they got him safe home.
Here he tarried for about month, and
then set forth again with Sancho to at
tend solemn tournament at Saragossa.
On the way they stopped near Toboso,
and Don Quixote sent his squire to bring
him news Of his Dulcinea.
Being unable to find her, Sancho re-
turned and cunningly told his master
that three country girls, coming that
way on asses, were the Lady Dulcinea
and two of her dansels, riding in state to
greet her true knight. fastening to .
salute her, Don Quixote was shocked 10 {
find that wicked enchantment had
changed his peerless Dulcinea into