, 1890-02-13


here unu There by gigantic Cuuusi and
then set ont uiuot and alone down the
valley OF the uruigu tDNrHd tic ul4Cn
capital Of ,-puIu. quaint and runnus
Nal.1dpltd. This impaticuco brought
mo q singular adventure Illustrative oi
the Return ut bread Gust upon the waters,
At NilltWudu two roads, the nOrihprn
via Medina thc southern by tho way OF
la Mutn lead to NullluJlid. The latter
drcurv aud unuclucntcd, breaks into
numerous mountain iool-phihs in
dc Iorcao'. briefly, was lost
and, wandering for half day
in q Wild and fofudding district, as good
ur bad luck would have 1t, came ur
ON u lonely mountain Chola at night
whetg | was at first refused admittans1
hy ~ only inmate, u starved and hend'
ish.luOking hag OF - or 80 years.
| slowed myself away upon the arm
iul uf miiIyt suuM shu gave uc, aud,
without food, passed Wrytched night.
My !rrums were filled with all manner
ut di,ustor, and In the hour, lluid awake,
lIouIcrld iorruodinply over , vicious
remark my unwilling hostess had made,
that the men OF MIntos dc IOrezOs re
paid tho visits Of strangers to their
homes when ,hCy were absent with the
''cHr,~s OF the knife | would II We
sworn, too, that sometime that night
this woman conferred outside the chOIa
IN earnest tones with some man, no
doubt her husband who had unexpect.
cdIy returned,
IltOHwAyM
Whom morning came gave her some
coin, and received directions from her
how to cross the mountains TO NaladO-
lid. The cXplicitncss of these worried
mo as trudpod along. Hut surely she
had told me the way trutnullyi for on
tuning through Il -hauoNy gorge there
lay tue great valley OF the pisucrga, with
the spirp, and dOmCs of NIlladolid away
tu the east. and here almost 1t tlie noun.
tlu base the vfim walls OF ssWauuas,
whtr', hamlet though the place H. may
be found toe richest HtDge Ot ancient
nrChiNes iu al spain, just u little way
beyond nic were some innocent enough
looking peasants with a few bundles vi
wood, % couple OF juuIs, two or three old
bluudCrbusscs anu us many mgugy dogs
apparently a group Of suuplu mountain
patan-, or peasants, resting idiy 10y the
way. They responded 20 my saiuatlon
pleasantly, whuruupOn | IrOllgryd each
u cigarette. These were accepted with
many "gwcils," and turned 10 90.
'Arto! C"lialt Jcricd. one IL a low
Int flru voice of command. A. turned
ANAAAlf NtN A'HlhlVk ~ NN' lh'' va NAA'N
rusty old trabuCus or bluudCrb rbu-Scs.
um not sure but had run Tor IL to-
want NuIlOdu'id could have Out-dis-
tauyed either the shots rom their rusty
tuhucOs or their much more dangerous
legs. But | simply raised my hands
walked squIruly up TO them, with a
smile and sutd: Most excellent scn0rcs
ui dc I1rczos, You are les, poor than | e,
but It'll welcome 10 all puss IS.
lIUYaf hu.a all e. SIanfs u
coin, tor my luggage ami crelit letters
had gone truW Astlrga 10 NlllAdulid by
rml-iu moment 1 then claimed the
privilege OF resting little time with
thum, and puu.tiuliUs them about their
manner OF getting ON IN thc world. one
old rheumatic villain distorted mis-
shapcn, almost physically hclplscs
was the only genuine bandit among
them, All the Others, save one, were
tie most simple. hearted souls that
live That one was u brave, ilne fellow.
going wrong under heart heavy load of
inuisuity and grief His wife had been
my unwilling hostess Of the previous
night Sho had sent me across the
mountains with u particularly Of di-
rcctiun that made my acquaintance with
her husband compulsory. 10 him ap-
pealed for the reasons why hc should
leave an honest peasants life, and, un-
der the influence Of the unhung old
wretch Of his little band, start Straight
in this sort ut Lie for the gunfdu's bullet
of death ut the l.arfutC, Ii , story was u
long one but, briefly told, he was he
coming an luCpirnt outlaw because h ;
youngest brother whom he had loved
better than his own life, who had been
sent to Cuba as q con script had bc0n
shot ike dog At Moro castle for at
tempted doscrIiOn, after suffering untold
iuIiguItIcs.
\ TRAGIC RENtSIsCEScE
shot at Moro2-And In lSsG?-Aud
had he blue eyes, light hair and "A tine,
fair taco2' Hcs, yes, yes, and yes again.
Then there In the mountain way, where
! had been robbed OF 50 mean u sum that
| was ashamed oft told thi, man as
best ! could fact OF my own experience,
which | will be pnrdoncd for telling to
your readers in slightly different way
"El dosor,arl' "El dcscrturm were
the low-,oncd clnculations | heard all
about INC one April morning. in iSsG, In
the Cnbin of the ierry-buat, "I.dOunrd
fesser." rs II left the Rcgla side for the
two.milo trip across Havana bay 60 the
city. The cabin was well fillcd, and i'm a
moment there came tussing and fuming
through the narrow passage TO the for
NNEl Nublu HpllllNn htlEctnt anu u
guard having IN charge "A man of most
pitiful appearance. made room
quickly so that two seats were vacant
near me In which the guard and his
prisoner sat, the latter next me, while
the sergeant, bearing o uaper with IA
dangling seal, strobe forward u bit.
pompous with the importance of his
mission and charge. These ferries carry
I he guyest of crowds between Hayann
a . hauUttftl aNhVtVhg -. h..
but the entrance Of the party hJShed the
laughter and pleasant snllies of men and
women instantly. All present seemed
eNertlng themselves to ignore
tho presence of the little group, but
every ono from time to time stole
secret glances nt the dosortor,
and, well for humanity, not Il
hurd look fell upon him, Some old
priests near seemed to b0 ~ owing their
,ips as il in prayer Tor him, and behind
many fan | could see the flce of some
beautiful sonora or senorita In .tears.
know well enough what IL all meant
having once been n soldier myself, hut
did NOT catch the full import of tho bru-
tai celebrity OF Spanish military revenge
until tue guard-on closing u fllppant
recital To passenger next MIN to the ef-
feet that tho man had deserted from the
.orccs At Moro castle some weeks before,
after n tremendous logging for some
slight infraction Of discipline, had got so
far as the Jaruco mountains where he
batiicd pursuit for some time, until
finally run down by blood houuds-rc-
marked uirily; "Ah, yes. lie will re-
ally not even neod breakfa again. The
,onsci 10 de guerra (Cuurt maTtiulD i5 al
ready awaiting his arrival"
This desgrter was but "a boy. He had
A fair face too, round, almost boyish,
even through the hunt,d look that had
mace him an old man III terror and dos
perate cllort during thosa few weeks in
iho ohaparral. Ills cloth ng was in rags,
aud his'bar flesh, SCARED and bloody,
sh wei through. Ills feet were partly