The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10
4 BANDITS GRATITUDE.
How Traveller In spain Was Saved b. Silver
Cross.

adventure In his Spanish travels. and
IL had come Mt last 1t had been his
fortune TO save the life OF q captain oil
the brIgands. who presented him in
parting with curious silver cross
This worthy had fallen from the rocks
and Harry had assisted him TO escape.
Five years later he was In Spain
again. and. wandering among the
mountains, he found he hna lost his
way. A storm was coming up, and
what hc feared came only too soon. A
hoarse shout startled him, and he
found himself surrounded by a band OF
cutthroats
A smart stroke from the butt oil
Harry Whites heavy whip felled the
foremost nah. but the rest at once
dragged him from his horse. and. IN
spite OF his furious struggles. bound
him hand and foot
LET me Kill. the dogl" roared the
injured robber. whose head was bleed
ing freely 'Ho shall never strike a
Spaniard again.
Not so fast. Brother Juan" said
another. ''Hc looks like an English-
man and the English are oil rich.
Wen make him pay f.t ransom"
"And IL he don't pay it quickly"
put IN n third. with significant whisk
OF his knife close TO the prisoners ear,
This friends won't find him SO hand
some the noxt time they sec him"
Harry's blood ran cold Mt the
horrible threat and the roar OF brutal
laughter that followed H. lie was now
completely disenchanted, for the
brilliant and chivalrous bandits OF his
boyish dreams were utterly different
from these ragged, hang dog rutfians.
who almost chokcd him with the
stiiling odor OF garlic and tobacco.
Then his horror turned TO rage at
the thought OF being plundered and
insulted by these brutal rascals, and
he lnwardly vowed that when he did
get free he would spend all the money
he had in hunting them down.
The robbers laid their prisoner on a
horse and led him mp steep. zigz,g
path 10 kind oil rocky platform.
walled in on three sides by unscslable
cliffs. while on the fourth lny a
precipice OF several hundred feet
Here about twenty more brigands
were encamped; and Harry White,
suddenly remembering his silver cross,
looked eagerly 10 see IL the man who
had given IL 10 him was one OF tho
band; but he could SEQ no one in tho
least like him.
just then "A hnsty step wac heard be-
low, and tall. d lrk figure springing
up the rocks as nimble as n mountain
goat came bounding mp the platform.
up with you. comrades!" shouted
the newcomer. who was no other thau
the formidable Pedro Gonsalvcz him.
self. 1--WE have been betrayed, and
all the soldiers from la Redonda are
on our trail. We must retreat at once.
Ali Who Is this IA prisoner'n
1--WE took him in the valley yonder,
and have kept him for ransom re-
| piled one OF the bandits.
There Is no time TO think OF ransom
now. when our very lives are at stakel'
said the robber chief, sternly. Take
what money he has on him aud thon
fling him over tho precipice.
Instantly dozen eager hands were
,,foi,, If,..vsa ,,n,trotg. md ~, h.., a, -
lad giving himself up for lost pre-.
p red TO die like a man. But, as hi:
watch was drawn forth by the robbers
the silver cross that hung TO It's chain
caught the eye OF Gonsalvez. who
sprang forward and asked. "WherC
did you get that CROSSE"
lit was given TO me five years age
by II smugglcr OF these parts. whom
helped TO escape whom he was crippled
by fall" replied Harry. looking
iixedly at him.
And / ann the nan who gave IT, Y
said Gonsalvez. grasping his hand
warmly; 'nnd for that good deed you
shall depart free and unharmed.
Comrades. give him back all that yor
have taken. Follow that path, which
will lead you to the village OF Sau
Tomas; aud when you tell this story
10 your friends. tell them also that
| kindness Is never thrown away. even
upon "A brigand BOSTON Globe.
RcllzioaI 0bservanc,s Amony thu Japancls.
The religion OF the Japanese women
must appear worry complicated and