The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
CHAPTER XLNi
lHG sEnoEASr's LAST sAl--E.

IHk sER0EAST's LAST sAl~-E.
T. vas almu<t time for starting The
,us -antrie~ Ay un their faces. truseed
nrI helpless. with gag IN their mouths.
u Sarria and Rollo had dropped upon
'-am a. " from tho clouds n few minutes
after tho 1fic-r lad made q two-hourly
,is'a'iou. The sergeant was ready with
tho three horses ia the hollow. keeping
them quic' virh cunning gipsy csr-~ses
md making sof, whistling "chnlan- roise
IN heir ear.
=, far all had gone well. and Rollo, stand
Tux with his knife In suggestive proximity
90 the iicd-up s~entries. silently congratu-
,ated himself The dawn was doubtless
coming up behind The hills 20 the east. but
'he darkness was It'll absolute as ever
Eb,l' the emp save indeed for the lam
iert brilliAnciss Of the starr.
They were now waiting only for tho
royal party. aud the time seemed long TO
impatisn, Pollo. We're all HE plans. 50
carefully laid. 10 b. made naught because,
iorsooth. a Queen in danger OF her life
must still keep up tho punctilios Of a court
and cherish the ~pcttishnesses and csprices
81 a spoilt childs Was his reputation 10
go down 10 posterity a. that Of a man who,
icing trusted with the lives Of = woman
and a child. brought them straight TO the
shanb,es2
Al las' there They were coming But
why, for Goi's sake, could not they make
lcSs noise,
uIth a motion Of his hand which directed
y Sarria 20 keep an eye upon the gagged
s~en'Ties. RoDo went forward to receive the
Queen and conduct her TO her horse.
Iunoz. however. came out first. carrying
~ his arms the little Princess. who. how
ever. so soon a. she heard Rollo's voice.
'hl-pered her desire 20 be transferred 20
him But Rollo had already offered the
queen his arm. aud whispering her to tread
carefully, led the way 10 the little hollow.
~herc Sergeant Cardono kept the thneo
ludies ~ his hand and was cunsing the slow
movement Of crowned heads and ennobled
rstanco keepers in Romany ~ the deepest
and BLACKLIST
He had cause 90 curse another pecu-
lAr'y 81 monSrchs and spoilt children
before many minutes had gone by. Till
now the suocsss % the plo, had been COM
ple'e There remained indeed only to mount
anu ride II Sarria brought up the rear.
assuring himself for the ons hundredth
NF "AaN ~ "NhiRAN NFAF w kVgA tlhtA
and ready To- his hand. No great General.
Ramon Garcia Wss a ms'chless i-gionary
But the Queen Regent would by no means
submit 10 IL assisted 20 her seat dt was n
mans saddle by Rolio. She called 10 her
husband IN a voice clearly audible all about:
~Fernando-my love, Tome to me want
YOU
II Rollo aid sfterward. no Queen born
..H.WVl- HI. - D.A
ehAnc" % having the rude hand Of a com-
moner sct over her august mouth than did
Maris CrisiinA 81 Naples on this OCCASION
Nor was the appeal Withou, effect
>.hor Muhoz instantly pu, IN. little Prin-
oss down uion tho ground and FASTENED
T. he Vi'" What happened after that he
~ very clear. even after tho sub 'cct has
t~"D repeatedly anil c.hsustinglv thra.h.d
ou' tv "a" Uerson- most Immediately con.
Crned
P%ernaTs ih" Princess. deposited thus
suddenly upon tho ground. csugh, in-
s'inc'ivelv a. on, of the long tails Of IA.
hr,~ which Gin common With those 81 all
SPANISH h"rsesI almost swept the ground
P~rhaf~ mo animals themselves grow sud
c"r'v panic stricken A. all events. on. ~
"" 'N'"' '1-h~d ou' sudden " The sor-
r'af' ,"rf sidew " 10 snatch l.atal from
among 'h'it heels IT, 80 dong he drnpp.d
ic' AMI BOO another momsnt ono Of N.
So. ver' Gathering up the div arroyo,
'rs''"r,rE 'hc gravel every way with a
VII Furnishing - heels. and making. a.
u" fg"aut sruwicd, enough noisc 20
. -" twenty cauI~
ff = NI.dr-d h~arihss,s all tho Marty
, 'I"r Hr"a't Thcn Rolio whisy-red TO
81 N.h". ,n mount and tai, the httle
J r ' L. fore hm
N-'f ''u, NDd mast rgu fnr ~. Ramon
l. H. '. , ~ar'.g Tho fat is in the hr-
l. -a! a. 80 cat dn b. W bold thsm back
. g 1~ ~" can Make straight for 10.
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