Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-11-17
Confined from First paga.,.

friends to see and some little COM
missions to perform, obliged me to
remain at least three or four days in
the ancient capital of the Moorish
princess.
AS soon as / reappeared at the
Convent of the Dominicans one of
the fathers, who had always shown
much interest in my researches up
on the location Of Munda, received
me with open arms and cried,
praised be the name ofthe Lord,
You are heartily welcome, my dear
friend. We all considered you as
dead, and who am talking to you,
have recited many pGters and ares
which do not regret, for the repose
of your soul. So then you have not
been assassinated, for robbed we
knew you to be-"
SHOW is that ?'' / asked in some
surprise.
Eyes! you well know that beau
tiful watch which you were in the
habit of making strike in the libra
ry when we told you it was time to
go to mass? Well, it has been found,
and they will return it to you"
"That is to say" interrupted /, a
little abashed, "that / had lost it"
''The rascal is under lock and
key, and as they knew he was
man capable of shootinga Christian
to rob him of franc, we were dy-
ing of apprehension that he had
killed you. j will go with you to
the corregidor and we will make
him surrender your watch. And
then will you say that Justice does
not understand her trade in Spain?"
81 will avow," said /, that
would rather lose my watch than
appear as witness before the judge
to help hang poor devil, especially
because-because-"
"Oh! Don't be uneasy on that
score; he is already well recon-
mended, and they can't hang him
more than once. When / say hang
/ am mistaken. Your robber is
hidalgo, and he will be gdTrOted
tomorrow without reprieve. Only
gentlemen of rank are garroted.
You see a robbery more or less will
not affect his standing. Would to
God he had only robbed but he
has committed several murders.
each more horrible than the other"
"What is his name?"
"They know him in this country
as Jose Navarro but he has an
other Basque name that neither
you nor L will ever pronounce.
Stop, he is a man worth seeing, and
as you love to see all the curiosities
of the country, you should not fail
to learn how the rascals are sent out
of the world in Spain. He is now
in our chapel, and Father Martinez
will conduct you to him."
The Dominican insisted so strong
~ that should see the preparations
for pretty little execution" that
i could not resist, | went to see the
prisoner, fortified with bunch OF
cigars which hoped would cause
him to excuse my lack of discre-
ton.
They introduced Inc to Don Jose
while he was eating his supper.
He greeted me very cOldly, and
politely thanked me for the present
/ brought him. After counting the
cigars of the package l had put in
his hand, he chose certain number
and returned the rest, observing
that he would have no use for any
more.
l asked him if with some money
and the influence of my friends |
could in any way mitigate the eX-
tent of the punishment. At first he |
shrugged his shoulders and smiled |
sadly, then changing his mind, he
begged me TO have mass said for |
the repOse of his soul.
"Will you" he added timidly, |
twill YOU have another said for |
some one who has offended your"
Certainly, my FRIEND" said l !;
but no one that l am aware of has |
ever offended me in this country"
He took my hand and pressed it |
with a grave air. After a moment |
of silence he began. "May dare !
to request of you just one favor. !
When you return to your own
country, perhaps you will pass |
through Navarro, at least yOn will |
go through Vittoria, which is not |
very far from it,"
YES" said /. 81 will certainly |
go through VittOria, but it is not
improbable that l will go out of the
way to pass Pampeluna, and for |
your sake / will do it willingly"
every well, if you go to Pampe-
luna you will see much that will
interest you. 1t is beautiful city. |
/ will give you this medal s(he
showed me little silver medal that
was attached to a string around his
neck) and will you wrap it up in
some papers Che stopped an instant
to control his emOtiOns), and will |
YOU give it or have it given to |
lady whose address / will tell you.
Say to her that ] am dead. Don't |
tell her in what way L died"
/ promised to fulfill his commits |
sion. saw him the following day |
and passed several hours with him. !
From his own mouth | learned his |
sad story which follows:
TO BE CONTINUED.