The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
CHAPTER XVIII CONTINUED.

4, ,he s,yt L,soE IN tha v,lI va uirrsd IA tho
,,ch, r,s,.J through , sor, NJ s,ockede and
to,,d ou,s.Jves IN a s,reet crowded with small
i'''' ~ "
"ooheh bo''rs anu Hnh'I"e WIN Ue rlhg VI
hammers upon dnNllS
n,, ru,I. ,,,,d, ON and No followed But
a.,
W. hdd not gone lar "h'h y cry "'h' up am W.
began 10 hear the tread OF feet ~hurrylng toward
MS from every direction and TO seq many paorla
,L . Sr na.,
running ahl 'Slls \" '"'n o'h't o""f VI "'N'
were casting of h~lacksmith's aprons, that they
might run the faster Some these were women
.,L l,.t, -, halle noh, ,na, man .u.
win uuNAs 'a''Sl S"'""H "o"r ""' "e" '"'N
wait Tor them TIL they could com" or :" Al least
iutrrpretel their auarul Us crvIngs
p,,,,l, a., Lo,,,,. Ga. ,,rt,, ~, . ,L,,,g
iirT"uH W. WAN" VI" '"' " " ''''"N
al quaintdr'SNeH. Whose "rarrts pushed ana stroNe
.troye and rlbowed about Us But our guide
.n,,, hs s,,g =, r,rb, and lcu .ri,;,,- ,b.r,
'"'F' "' 40" w. ~ NV N ''"
with the Suunde,t 81 thWacks Whereupon they
wen hastily back, one treaiing ON the toes Of an
a,h,r p,s,,ur 49,, .,,rn,J l.tr ~, -,
''u'I '"H'""F v" '"''"' '"'"' n S""' VI
midway between t""ga''Nih'ln 'a'h "'h'ra'' the
distance Of rather more than n hundred yards
nu, c,il, ,n,,.,I ., ~, ~, IA, l,f, hand an,
'' ~" ~ '' wv
We followed lam,
lie lifted a knuyker SHAPED like a crucifx and
Lu,,laJ I,uLly wicket ,u.n,Ju the li,ila
." 49,
door at the sd" 81 tn" anger gate and a face looked
through a face which nigh, have been that
81 ,.,L, Lr,,h, ,ru., , tomb -, ,n, o,l
"'' ~" ''," " '"' "'"s o"'
puTloN'iMl u seemed, f"r the br"w was hidden
in white napkin. as though bound up for the
grave. and from the dead whlteneSs Of the skin
Arg. dark eyes luukai forth muurnfuliy and
.lulAle,sl,
The monk sail something in a low tone and stood
aside 10 l.tthe guardian Of the portal see rs Then
H. hui, WILT shut To- again. ami behind
IL w. heard the buIlIug murmur nf the crowd
md the silent hregthinE Of many folk
We storl therr for what seemed a long space
80 -
md black on the hlnIlng whi,anrS. If The wall
Then the liltla win low was again opened. and
this time another fac. was seen also n pale face
tlings But the feature, were more delicate, and
a certain quick irallty If temper had thinned
the nostrils an! drawu burrows across the brow
Our guide bent CnurtruuIN aud brgan to slp,ak
Then there ensual between them a long WHISPERED
co,louuy. When this was finished the monk turn.
ed to US and said something in Spanish which did
not understand
-We arr To retire YOU an! | and ha. Eborra trans
lates briefly. pointing last NJ VIII bowman
With much r,gret. ana baca us. We were h~ripless
among 50 many, let \nna 60 from my side
and left the tnrA, women standing together The
monk himself also stepped back with n bow low
"a a reverence hnfor' an altar
Then heard the ualli woman behind the grat-
ing begin To speak IN a low and pleasant voice.
and Eborra : mother ultrrIug replies IN Spanish
But the words w"r' inaudIblr 10 me-, even had |
understood the language
Then the door uprued, and first the I'D witch
woman entered, then my mother who was So
dear H. me- and lastly AnuH.
IS the door shut upon the three | started for
ward, as II L. go too, but Ebprra land his hand
up1n my arm. and the monk mptioned Us i'm.
patavay IN the rirht uttered n vnnd thr,,eb
a barred wicket ana in a moment more We fund
ourseives within the great walled inclrs,,re If
rho muu,starv ~ SIN linn do Hrr1ns
md 10 a NortIrru hrv III, uunda, ~ !, tina
hourly growing surpuSp' saw scores unrn
scnroS of Lrrvn rIgd minis u,Xlrr La,a md ,Ir,.
s,bf . J,gn mr,"n r,,' r" praJJ" Srd ho q, nT'y uf az" Lm'lr
,mh.d nr,s,i, ts 1r hos ,nd i, w ~" "wU
n,ni, ',rL,,,a, r HI ,i,, a,.7
fibNuyht H., - A., LINT 81 hahn AN Iii So
ioS sem LIa ttm M, " ~ "''" "" "'''" '"'
M Nh. 49,. - =, I,hr 80, .. 40,
buit ,brnnrb', = 81. ,,ns Ina dn,rr,aII" va
afito ma , n 81, r,nrh, ,ty TA,, -,
~ g /" ana ~, and ,Hn, nn n, I, H. a fn ,, "u
hsH sr,a,d a,, ,b -" ' ,urb Tl., ~, w.
,nrinsn,e Vas g,ile,iad and o,codad nLnu, SbaJo
~ nns Hnur,u "nu az Huru apo"' 'n,nr
md plr 'b,.IN TT,,itiEe .,rsous wer. 'r ,piiuth y
b,ige' .r'a ii cLiLt' tv "1bo rh,,s ,o IiS
wayn !, ag o. .i ab H.. s,v r. ,lo mT " rssna,
So crowded win close ranked ge,anium ,hnt II
scanned ne II many On din,Is' :, 70 bad ha.r h,'rg
on, ,n'd,v UsyIr,I ,W, n,I r,at,r, :, ,Ia ~
,b,nurb whose Ie,ys. a. ran,b, ,La oTrt ~
metal they we're binding Snmething hi1ga and
white could see a long string Of man cnr,yiny
mortar IN widen b"x ,.S an ne IN i ,o''ETTh ns
fierce sun sDqrklpd up,n some M mo- nm, cnn ractad
IN. files and SWING m md ny ha,u.an tb.p
while Ia nur ears rgIpa rho f,int ,tptis ~ natal
The mon vprc claimed tnystLey
At that moment tr,m The ysble 81 tho cburch
Ca hprhi ve-hkr prnminencn If which tIrm.I Inc
helfry) a bell heghu H. mig. and we hear the low
chant, the words If which scanned II, heptn with
'OrA pro nuhiS' Ora " \ud rpcallad enough
OF ny Latin 10 know that that meant Pray inr
Us"
Stll We followed our guide. passing close BY
the cham gang We nov saw that the men were
guarded by sNHrthy mu~kete"rN. each with a gun