The Republican journal., 1900-09-27

rrrao>. SPAIN, Aug. Is, 1900. One
-.- objects of greatest interest in
.,. uaiut old town is the Carthasian
.estery TWO or three miles from the
..r winch Queen Isabella founded four
.ues ago. You proceed to the
,...a8l secure the coach that looks
...t likely to fall i'll pieces en- route
3Ietul to make a distinct bar
advance with the raScally Jehu;
snite of it will endeavor to ex-
-uur extra pesos from your purse.
manage to give his rickety
. wrench by running over a
..YI., nj into ditch; do you tarry a
-t nu the way to look to some
......- prospect; do the mules, buck
JUMPING under the merciless
ak a portion of their rotten
.-- N0u are expected to make good
several times over. y gu cross
I. uu The other side of which is
.Urda. long. narrow park,
With elms. which furnishes a
retreat for the people of the
n- the summer heat. 1t is a
drive through the tree-l lined
w would be but for the omni-
ggars, who keep pace with
. age in spite of their alleged
S. determined to be sin at, the
, Nlrnever you come to a halt.
.. de of the Alameda are extern
ST.. uckS, and you meet soldiers on
uessed in loose. red trousers
blue coats. The military band,
.-. a dozen trumpeters, is always a
treat. First the trumpeters
ru yeiy measure alone; then the
Ises up the strain, and finally all
roduce an excellent effect.
Duastery occupies noble posi-
. -u) Of a HILL from which an eX-
..,..r view of the surrounding coun-
,.-.a. be- had. The outer court of the
.r milling structure is pre-empted
.s .a .er troup of the noble army of
,-ca-. awaiting the sure coming of
H. -..e -ners who visit Burgos; and
-.- the visitors are not many in
--, ttgs. everybody of foreign birth
,d to be literally made of money
e ted on as legitimate prey. The
.. v.,> to escape the mendicants is to
.- SIDE the Monastery as quickly as
.-- But this advice applies only
.. visitors. for of course no women
admitted within those sacred
. Ye. Pulling a hasty bell at the
.-- sently a small grated window
.Nf aside, revealing the coWled
- monk, who, in answer to re
omission anXiously enquiries
fe any females i'll the party,
r presence of one of the sex
u.peMl lis soul Being assured
is not a petticoat III sight
having discreetly retired to
side OF the building the
nr is unbarred and the male
49,. j, himself inside long, damp
Ihe rest OF this narrative OF
g5iau monastery is, OF course
violence. 50 far as your CORE
j. concerned who consoled
while waiting ANONYMOUSLY
tiat positions would presently
at when we came to the nun
t visitor follows his guide,
t- ii trOck Of coarse and not
white flamlt |. with Il coWi OF
'~ lraWn over his closely shaven
sandals on his stOckingleSS
rhr rules of his order, though
-... .y very severe, do not forbid him
full and handsome beard.
ouhS are met, all with white
yr their shaven heads. softly
lAe pavements with their heel
upers as they pass to and fro
arir daily duties-sWeeping the
preparing the food, etc, for
-ume of the inmates are said to
"he blood there is no distinc-
-tr and the Brothers perform
Ueuial offices of the place This
aNI+sfy was begun in the year 1442
'4 John l.. the father of Isabella,
N- King Johns death, it was
t-rd by his more illustriouS daugh-
- Hu lere buried both her parents.
Ha-- SAWS: Their gorgeous alabasteI
MT is perhaps the most perfect
-rIs tomb in the world" On one
iis royal sepulchre, also in front
nigh altar of the monastery
ap, a tomb of far less pretension,
I-3at.la's only brother, Alfonso,
- Timely death left her pathway
".rl the throne Isabella, however,
Was buried here in the family mauS-
0.,n which she built and where she
1.-.rl to rest at last with her kim
e7a She lies beside her husband in
F--ua'Ia, the city which witnessed the
inquest of the Moors. During
a'er years of her life, this place
# rTally the most sacred spot on
- the gentle and devout Queen,
Item came to pray before the
> d her beloved dead; and to-day,
"e1 le lapse Of four centuries, the