Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-29

"but sit thee down for the humble shall
be eXalted:" and so pulling him by the
arms, he forced him to sit by him.
The knight and his squire continued
their journey, and on quitting an inn,
which, notwithstanding the remonstran-
ces of Sancho, the Don, as usual, insisted
was a castle, all the people in the yard,
above twenty in number, stood gazing at
him; and, among the rest, the hosts
daughter, while he on his part removed
not his eyes from her, and ever and anon
sent forth sigh, which seemed to pro-
coed from the bottom of his heart.
Being now both mounted, and at the
door of the inn, he called to the host, and,
in grave and solemn tone of voice, said
to him: "Many and great are the favours,
signor governor, which in this your cas-
tie have received, and am bound to be
grateful to you all the days of my life. If
| can make you some compensation by
taking vengeance on any proud mscreant
who hath insulted you, know that the
duty of my profession is no other than to
strengthen the weak, to revenge the in
iured, and to chastise the perfidious. Con-
slider, and if your memory recall any
thing of this nature to recommend to me,
you need only declare it; for | promise
you, by the order of knighthood | have
received, to procure you satisfaction and
amends to your hearts desired" The host
answered with the same gravity; "Sir
knight, | have no need of your worship's
avenging any wrong for me; | know how
to take the proper revenge when any
injury is done me; all | desire of your
worship is, to pay me for what you have
had in the inn, as well for the straw and
barley for your two beasts as for your
supper and lodging" "What is this an
inn? exclaimed Don QuiXote. GAY,
and very creditabe one," answered
the host. " Hitherto, then, | have been
in an error" answered Don Quixote ;
" for in truth | took it for castle, but
since it is indeed no castle, but an inn. all
that you have now to do is to excuse the
payment; for | cannot act contrary to
the law of knights-errant, of whom |
certainly know (having hitherto read
nothing to the contrary that they never
paid for lodging or anything else in the
inns where they reposed; because every
accommodation is legally and justly due
to them, in return for the insutferable
hand ehinS thoNr an1trn Nybilo in If
adventures, by night and by day, in win
ter and in summer, on foot and on horse
back, with thirst and with hunger, with
heat and with cold; subject to all the in
clemencies of heaven, and to all the in
conveniences of earth" IL see little to my
purpose in all this" answered the host
"pay me what is my due, and let us have
none of your stories and knght-erran.
tries; all | want is to get my own
''Thou art a blOckhead, and pitiful inn
keeper" answered Don QuiXote: so clap
ping spurs to Rozinante, and brandishiug
his lance. he sailed out of the inn with.
out opposition, and, never turning to sec
whether his squire followed him, wa,
soon good way off.
f The host, seeing him 90 without pay
ing, ran to seize on Sancho Panza, who
said that since his master would not pay
neither would he pay; for being squire tC
IA knight-errant, the same rule and reason
, held as good for him as for his master
| The inn-keeper, irritated on hearing this
Int Io Il 4 l. l.
A should repent his obstinacy.
Poor Sancho's ill-luck would have i
: that, among the people in the inn, ther
= were four cloth-workers of Segovia. tire,
: needle-makers from the fountain of Cor
= dova, and two neighbours from the mar
e ket-place of Seville, -frolicksom fellows
2 who instigated and moved by the self
V same spirit, came up to Sancho, and, hav
d ing dismounted him, one of them pro
t duced "A blanket from the landlords bed
: into which he was Immediately thrown
5 but perceiving that the ceiling was to-
e low, they determined TO execute tbei
It purpose in the yard, WHICH was bound
V ed above only by the sky. Thithe
f Sancho was carried; and, being placed il
e the middle of the blanket, they began t
V toss him aloft, and divert themselve
a with him as with dog at ShrovetidC
d The cries which the poor blankete
It squire sent forth were 10 many and 5
n loud that they reached his masters ears
d who, stopping to listen attentively, be
n lieved that some new adventure was q
Is hand, until he plainly recognised tn
= voice of his squire; then turning tn
V reins, he perceived the wicked sport the
2, were making with his squire. He say
1t him ascend and descend through the ri
d with so much agility, that, if his indign;
d ton would have suffered him, he certainl
T. would have laughed outright. But the
IS suspended neither their laughter nor the
ID labOur; nor did the flying Sancho ceas
III TO pour forth lamentations, mingled no.