Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-28
svnop.t. of Preceding Chapters.

uamon NalcHi' hnoNu as III e"iiio' "-9
induced to believe that his VIE Doiores Is un-
faithful. slabs village Top, f'alaei rioie''
whom he finds presumably Kissing Doi'
through the window His estates are cohhse"'.u
and he becomes a hunted man. AT ,he sa
time young Scotch adventurer' hoiio h
comes to SPAIN ana during an Inn q""ii
aided by John Mortimer. an EnGhshrnah' tne
two start to Visit Don baltasar' "ooo. %
monastery Of Montbianch. biair anu Nio' tln- In.
are entertained laSlshly ps the apo'' w =,
Euehhe ST. flerre' u Preuen s.' II
Sarria who has found protection at tue n'n
astery are commissioned by the aDoo, " ~
,ure inc queen resei,, anu net - Fn routa FOR
.ho - - Cah-or. tho Carlist General. they
pass the home OF Ell sarria who learns that
Dolores was not false to him and that his
downfall was plotted by Luis Fernandez. Do
lores is imprisoned in Luis home and the son
to whom she has just given birth Is ABOUT 10
be buried alive by Luis brother' tomas mn m
n sarria rams upon hin- inen alueu " 80
anu "Is "a.N -. -.,.o pIair and his
conrodos cantured hv Con Cabrera cannot
nrove their svmnatbv with the Cariist cause
because Blair was forced to leave his creden-
tials at the convent as security for Dolores.
They sentenced to be shot at daybrenk
Concha arrives from the convent With the ere
oen.lais, saves 'he,r .ses ana 4ler joins Tta "a
~ 49, .S a. .ne q"een ao, sarn,.,s court
at San ude,onso hos scattered because Of the
black pIapue and Csr,ono and La Giralda are
sent forward TO reconnoiter They learn that
band Of gypsIes are planning to raid the castle
and Rollo hastens to the rescue of the royal
party ROllo and party barricade the palace,
resist the gypsies who succeed. however, In
capturing. the Princess Isabel Rollo rescues
rs,boI ,rd sto-ts NTH ber <or tho barmitape
which Is tbrpatenad nv pvnsv brigands and
hod,as - ,Ia,,,, itt,s .-e ros.od as sonttnoIs
- F7 " p0 "
Joo,;,,,, low <-,, .ho,u s+o+;o, -, ,,e
uo"i, tioiii men ''a,ioii 'ii ~.
lool' hoilo anu the l[iar coulu see "h"'
appeared to be the main force of the gyp-
sizes drawing near through the alleys of
,ba nod rrbo,- on--o.obod In No oraar
So. se!,. app, -. ~ -, ~ :,
UT hiii'ars loIHld'loh WHICH, lilueeo'
was never their nature to adopt But
they came with a sufficiency of confused
noise. signaling and CRYING through the
49,. 80 ~, go
60 u .i-1
1hey are telhhg each other 10 spr"ao
out on the wings and encircle the house
on the north whispered Rollo (who un-
derstood their dia1ect1 in a low voice tn the
Tsa~l,,,a fria- Nv bis stdo
basque Illst4 ny HIS sue
The monk laughed a low, chuckl!ng
laugh.
..Thev will find the holy hermitage
ao,,a1I,. r-sr e,,,ardad on +bot cide ;, he s,td
anu DIS the! aloou sIieht 'He rose Vi ua"h
began slowly to unfold itself over the tree
tops with that awful stiffness and deco-um
which characterize the davbreaks of the
Ger TT, 49,. 80 ~, -, - CHI,
SUI" ne slaues Vi 'he "ooo were ni'eu
with gIlmmering niIny hgnt, IN Whlch IL
~as easy 10 imagine the spirits OF the deao
hontElis over ther earthIy tenelnehts.
me sHpsleS came on as usuaI' Freely
t anu edsIg, la III piao9s Oh 'liela
sLUuIiu' HoI!e dpIe " Hldhe lHeih dliaid.
some OF thefn sun carried ootas OF VINE
o,t4s u @ IN .iieii na i
o1d aTnT 80 suio - Ine,, tbe no,,reea
al %IlU "iIoI tUoh d a"s ~ Inc 81
up as Iney cdnle near SOME sang anu
s sh leo Ior Were aHFy not gong 10 [Ouc
ca -
0i ~, P4 - ut VI t,ei ~" !s -,
ne .sr poIii1 WIN otei neil
Of naraSisoNie+ 49,, gn +bither o,d 80 ta4
y! P'l g., mem 70 tilieheI anu tao
VII i!iis "T i De d aie -, Jest 70
kstt1e and White footine if over many >
ioneiv and disneonied bsatb
tn, - Ib. - 49,,
,.[ ~ - - d IN aI IN -
60 ,ba hattIernsntS The
cornses along the walls seemed 70 tprn
s1ou,1v blood rcd before bfs ayeS Iba
fanrffne crimson of the sLv above INV
First Of ali strobe the man who had called
birnseff tba exacI,tjorar of SIaro ro,leA
Fznnerra he Who had saved fSa Iifa o.
1osa jsria mon the snaffo1d a. 90 ~, %
forward boldIY Intending to thunder WITH
his knit bar5ia mon The gras4 dnor b.
nj the foot Of the stems he stonnad
I.ookine 10 either hand he saw aIn,os,
erect within their inches strange nafr Of
figures. apparently wrapped in bloody
raiment from head 10 foot He stagoared
back nerveIess and shaken
'.What are these faceIess tbinesou no
cried surely the evil snirits are barei,,
And in deadly fear he mt his hand before
his eyes lest his vision should he b1astad
b, n 1or,ent 0e Di''''eu
And IRON, tho otbar sida Of tho barr,,f.o.-o
49, o. - 80 ~ - .t.e ei iiiltase
Up bra,-a Ezai-e-ra :, ooIiod 49, ..,,,,
hin, "It's Dotbina oaie peiLtnu
49,, >, ' 'oie HULK
ISzc,,,o~., ,,.o,. IT.. .,,,,,, 49,. 49,
-IquetId over MS shouluer' cast nerce
S.D.o. a. tae PnnSa5 ..
S,,u - 1870 o., ~. - 80 VINO are SO
III VI $50 nI,'' su ian supply others
80 ~ sne9e steps anu Alo out the Trick
S1.r, .,,
lietess' tlIoush very prlde OF
Place as lher temporary leaoer' Ezquerra
sel ms ieeI once more on the steps and
mounted. The shrouded figures grew less
REQ as ne approached
after an IL is some trlck! he shouted
ahgrhy. we VIII make the fools pay for
thls- 10 they think to practice the black
arr upon those whose fathers have used
all magic pIack and white, for 10000
years.
So saying, he set his hand to the faro