Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-15

to entertain as such a laboring
man, his neighbor, who was poor and
had number of children, but yet very
fit for the office. With this resolution he
took the road which led to his own vii
lage. The knight had not travelled far, |
voice complaining in thicket on his right |
hand. II thank Heaven" said he, when
he heard the cries, ''for favoring me so
soon with an opportunity to perform
the duty of my profession, and reap the
fruits of my desire; for these complaints
are certainly the means of some distressed
creature who wants my present help
Then turning to that side with all the
speed which Rozinante could make, he
no sooner came into the wood but he
found a mare tied to an oak, and to anoth-
er a young lad about fifteen years of age,
naked from the waist upwards. This
was he who made such a lamentable out
cry and not without cause, for Il lusty
country-fcllow was strapping him sound
ly with a girdle, at every stripe putting
him in mind of a proverb, Keep yor
mouth shut, md your eyes open. Good
MASTER" cried the boy, ''I'll do so no
more; indeed, master, hereafter I'll take
more care of your goods" Don QuiXote
seeing this, cried in angry tone, "Dis-
courteous knight, It's an unworthy act to
strike person who is not able to defend
himself: come. bestride thy steed, and
take thy lance, then I'll make thee know
thou hast acted the part of coward"
The country-fellow, who gave himself up
for lost at the sight of an apparition in
armor brandishing his lance at his face,
answered him in mild and submissive
words: 'Sir Knight cried he, ''ths
boy, whom am chastising, is my SER
want; and because | correct him for his
carelessness or his knavcry. he says | dc
it out of covetousncSS, to defraud him OF
his wages: but. upon my life and soul
he bellies me- "Sayest thou this in my
presence, vile rustic" cried Don QuiXOte;
''for thy insolent speech, have a gooG
mind to run thee through the body will
my lance Pay the boy this instant
without any more words, or | will imme
diately despatch and annihiate thee: UNI
bind him, | say, this moment" Tn,
cOuntryman hung down his head, ant
+ without any further reply unbound the
boy; who being asked by Don QuiXotc
what his master owed him, told him i
was nine months wages, at seven reals a
: month. The knight having cast it up
found it came to siXty-three reals in all
which he ordered the farmer to pay tn,
= fellow Immediately, unless he intended
+ to lose his life that very moment. "Th'
: worst is, sir knight" cried the farmer
''that | have no money about me; Blu
let Andres 90 home with me, and I'll pay
= him every piece out of hand" "What,
90 home with him - cried the youngster
r IL know better things for he'd no soon
t er have me by himself, but he'd tlay M
? alive, like another St. Bartholomew.
''IIe will not dare" replied Don QuiXote
| 81 command him and that's sufficient
therefore, provided he will swear by tn
t order of knighthood which has been con
2 ferred upon him, that he will duly oh
: serve this regulation, | will freely let hin
l 90, and then thou art secure of thy mon
r ey." Good sir, take heed what yo
, say" cried the boy; "for my master i
: no knight, nor ever was of any order i
e his life; he's John lIaldudo, the ric
: farmer of Quintinar." This signitie
l little" answered Don QuiXote, "for Their
t may be knights among the IIaldudos
: besides, the brave man carves out hi
/ fortune and every man is the son of hi
: own works. "That's true, sir" quot
: Andres "but of what works can thi
/ master of mine be the son, who denic
t me my wages which have earned wit
t the sweat of my brows;' II do not dc
/, ny to pay thee thy wages, honest Al
V drcs,'' cried the master; ''do but go alon
: with me, and by all the orders of knight
/ every piece, as said" BE sure" sal
: Don QuiXote, "you perform your prom
r Use; for if you fail, | will assuredly rt
J. turn and find you out, and punish yo
e moreover, though you should hide your
4 self as close as lizard. And if you wi
G be informed who it is that lays these ii
/ functions ON you, that you may under
r stand how highly it concerns you to OF
d serve them, know, | am Don QuiXote d
= la Mancha, the Fighter of wrongs, tn
h revenger and redresser of grievances an
If so farewell: but remember what yo
IS have promised and sworn, as you wi
T.. answer for it at your peril" This sal
d he clapped spurs to Rozinante, and quicl
N w left them behind.
= The countryman, who followed hi
with both his eyes, no sooner perceive
- that he was passed the woods, and quit
out of sight, than he went back to h
= boy Andres. "Come, child" said he
=, will pay thee what | owe thee, rs tn;
y Fighter of wrongs and redresser of grie'