The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-07
..ponnn Rosarlo de solia." he answered,

donna Rosario de soils" he answered.,
~ saint who has made her plrgatory
rpan earth. for God has left her her bus-
band and permitted the theft from her OF
her sou. SIZE sees him always In her
thoughts, she waits upon him, but her
place il the oratory, not the box Of the
c~orregidor. Stay, The struggle besinsl'
Even ns he spoke q chulo entered the
arena holding By the collar two enormous
doe. \ handsome fellow, this chulo,
well built, w.th heavy eyebrows and long,
aqniline no-e. All the same the specta'
tors saw bat the ~dogs-slready preclpi-
tating themselves upon the bull, bis eyes,
now red and blOodsho', bent angri!y upon
his advessaries and upun the man who
had entered with ;hen 10 defy him. Tue
chulo advanced, erect and fearless.
viva el chulol' the women shrieked.
"Viva el chulo." shaking over the arena
the perfume OF their scarfs and handker-
chiefs and showcriug upon him u rain OF
roses. With q smile. a Dow, a wonderful
bound, the youth responded, sprang Tor
ward, rose into the air, 70 seat himself n
moment later astrido the back OF the
taureau, his hands locked firmly about
the horns Of the animal, his cachettc, a
sort Of poniard, ready in his belt. Even
the Donna Rosario moved from her stony
calm, leaned from the c~orrcgidor's loge.
her eyes fixed in terror upon that scene OF
daring.
And you say" said TO my oblig.ng
neighbor, ''the wife OF the fiscal takes no
interest in these cOurses-see her now.'
But even rs | spoke, az Il sign from
her husband. mindful OF the attention she
was attracting, Donna Rosario shrank
again into the shelter 81 her curtains,
nevertheless. not before | had eeen chat
the eyes of the chulo, IN spite Of his danger
Gus position, had sought and crossed with
those Of the wife o. tie corregidor.
The struggle between tic taureau and
his assailants has become friGhtful; bell
lowing, paving the dust, and covered
with foam from his efforts 10 dislodgc his
burden, the creature, Ike a mammoth
centaur. plunged about the arena, the
dogs, bleeding from q 100 wounds, snap
ping at his heels, the l0mo tipped jaye-
Inns OF the waiting t0gcr05 meUac'ns and
driving him from rail 20 rail The brute
however, wac stronger than tie nan. and
the strength Of the chulO was failing him
but al the instant when, swayiug from
side 10 side. it seemed that be must fal
from his seat to lie gored ana ground by
the horns Of bis enemy, he lifted himself
ike q dancer upon q tight rope, gLded 70
the earth acroas the open space and
turned a. bay. bis lips compressed, his
bearing proud and scornful
As the brave torcro thus boldly faced the
onslaught in the arena. | saw nHd heard
p sudden connection arise at the gates Of
the barriers among the Royal volunteers
who guarded them; also that q group o.
men hastily entered the box Of the cor
regidOr; that a woman figure leaned
from the railing OF the box, her eyes like
Goals of Gre In her pall.d face, her hands
| uplifted. and crying inperiously m q
voice that md nothing human in IL:
'Mcurc, chulo! Meurc chulo.' And the
| young man, lifting his eyes 10 the face
| above him, docilc and ohedient as "a son
TO tie commands Of n mother. cast his
poniard from him, and thus disarmcd
awaited the end-an end not long coming
"a roar from the taurcau, a thUd, Il cry
from the Donna Rosario, for = was she
who had thrown 10 the chulo th2t hurried
| order, and all was over for Cristoyal the
| AAANAANc4Atf
Cristoval the t%rabucaire; Ay, recog-
nized not only by the fiscal and his wife
az Cristoyal, their son. but by the authori-
ties rs well as the hunted brigand, who
would be seized and imprisoned at the
moment OF his leaving the arena.
II was this the men who had entered
! the box Of the corle-.dor at the moment
of The encounter had come to tell him,
| this that had induced the heroic mother
| to command her son TO die rather than
| live to lie d|ishonored. Cristoyal, worthy
OF this great heart, Obeyed.
Three months later Rosario. too, was
dead-a victim 10 the scourgings and cx-
| ccssiyc penalties that she imposed upon
| herself in order 10 cypiatc that which she
called "the crime OF her pride.
How did all this come about2 Bravado!
To see his mother, TO keep his word 70 the
man whom, nevertheless, be refused 10
acknowledge as his father, the unfortunate
boy disguised a. q chulo, had entered the
| city and entered it to bis death.
'
Who told me the beginning and the end
Of this sorrOwful story Don Andres him
| self, and the tongue OF Valladolid and all
| Madrid-Translated from the French Of
Emanuel Gonzales fos Tho New York
Mercury by L. {. Waggoner.