The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-01-03
.,nrarEN PATHS IN SPAIN.
,ich Byron's "Maid" Defended.


,,,..s, which Hyr0n's MAID" Defended.
sHs correspondence of The Journal.l
,ober u, 1900. Though our Span
I~ has far exceeded its allotted
y we could not feel it quite COM
BliN .tnout visit to the city which
ff' ~. Maid of Saragossa' defended,
B!tV. # ueeessitated hundred mile
t''s ,rom the straight line down the
ts',..,-raDean coast. The railway in
yr' ..,u Barcelona passes through
S~ and thinly-settled region skirt
% pyrenees, from which defiles
~ of we'll organized brigandS, arm
s~i a.p,e occasionally issue to ''go
train and hold up" its
ggqr, n true American fashion.
~, ibis and of exaggerated cour-
' srsu the operation of highway
....y.> not made so disagreeable as
dVll Wild West. If only the
luggage are to be plundered,
g.niu desperate goes from car to
ASSURING timid people that they
eA unnecessarily alarm them
....tl Ie accepts their gratitude
coming modesty. When it is
... t sable to also appropriate
a Is If the passengers, notice
,.. il, >uon as the train stops, to
.,rr I1lue nervousness on the part |
....r.t ms. and the request to de
f, muched in such respectful
..,9a. tu3t to refuse would seem dis
s~4..- indeed. Sad to say-from the |
ss,rs point of view-the time |
,. ptession of robbery is no
-a,,. pleasant and lucrative an EN-
rr t used to be before so |
,,, ...udys traversed the Peninsula !
mail H.etrons. In the good old days J
sGl.-tausit, journeys through this
,rm ~ra 81 were not reckoned by the |
sa asarement, but as so many !
ase. J h1igands."
,as4g rom the car windows, you
s,at every cross-road a picturesque
7aa surrounded by pack-mules and
a.rgus,luug drivers. Near each well |
.aa!s t4il stone cross, often hand
m41 carved, erected by the govern
s,H memory of Los Muertos, (the
aa 7to departed suddenly to the
land u Shadows, without time to seek
isoruo Besides these melancholy
mnak--With arms perpetually out
r,et lei uploring the prayers of pass
.4s I the unshriven souls that
7et aed with their boots on as
5r~5 wf WeSt-your cheerfulness is
.N HCa-ed by the sight of innumer-
AZ. smaller wooden crucifiXes, crown
r.lg-IaT hill-tops and scattered all
gact.o DaUeu fields. each cross indi-
s--' spot where a duel was fought
a.-uuu. committed. The Aragonese,
H. IT.. .=.gllbors, the Galatians, have
lr.- Hu noted tor indulgence IN
''. .nas and nnbndled spirits OF
I.ey are very poor and very
.H. .r ,ijtiouS to a degree. and so
hat 1t mas passed INTO
-u. peasant OF Aragon would
..' naIIS with has head than
'uHI.
n t', 'ar Slltl-toloreu mus are lett
M '1H enter the valley OF the
iO.- W i'lfSehtlY mnltltnde OF TAT
"--- slender spires spring INTO
y OF SaraGoSSa surrounded
A- gardens, IKE AN oasis III
'-.. I- P4t-Ronah tllneS III was
...' 'b nut tne Emperor Angus
d. "-I.".d upon 1t, with his comph-
-'a~ .-r imperial ute, tRsarea Au-
when llgh sounding eplthet |
is lhe natural corfuptloh'
"l lue MOOT anu lle hledlde-
.'i' PeFNaues tfle pace. hougi |
' VIZ! ol AIasoh' IL Is To-Day Ill |
.-I dllapldated pace OF per
'" N.F uo'Sahd lllllapltahts. Most |
'.''tla are mere winding alleys, /
NO'Iles cIln9lng all over the !
..i's, Ake parnacles ON the keel
.t'-ll The areades and markets are
with Unframed heads gay |
a''af'''AefS twisted around), and |
'a.'e 'i'Nn WOODEN cloaks remind one |