New-York tribune., 1903-03-25

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day early in July, 1873. when he had caught me
yawning the river side Of the Chofres.as pretty
as well could be-"you can spend your time for
the nation better than that Step this way 1H army,
-ay. in both armes-felt more ashamed Of himself
And yet, when you came 70 the truth. we "eoS ere
most of haVinc iQie time then. waiting 1ol
e crossns Rey Il the 20 covernor Of San sebastian
fort La Mota. knew We had a warm thing OF:
wasn't their business to waste ammunition unit!
they'd got something solid and red to pepper at;
home were going TO wake up and SEND the genera
wards and stop that confounded dribbIe landwards
from French ports Of bey-cheeg ana TG PoT4eT: o7r
teethas such missing ing Of OPP0r{u4ifis rbs7 bs- IN the
mere meat Of ny leg Vittoria. month ago, had
trea!e to that pleasure and the bit & Of lead
play with II so be I might get home a sound man
and not white-haired old cripple. with the very very
, the heat of countless summers in Spain For who
for the dons. and what trouble their pig-headed
ingratitude might lanu Us il, ere the peace was
Your humble servant. sr!'' I said; saIutng, and
6opes 66kHg 9 s0 Xs rna5 Tor " the 6eS s e
The general was going TO- punish me by putting
guard or worse st But devil bit Of that it was
praised be MS Iordship for his ripe good sense!
who gets fat on 1 ezercse said the dixie dryiS
Re said that turned 10 see which oS MS ,Sn suite @
see what Sir Tom Ryle meant by daring TO warn
\ round shot sPiintered few square yards of
granite close 10 the left Of us. making one man
gafs had sighted US and found the temptation
CesistibIe-that was all; and enough. too, If they
more to the south. Then BY my faith! there would
! little Molly would have had her fa1en pgtaI tied
with Grape inside month, and be crying in her
S'Tr5 From Hi5S the Mifador. % sir ny said p Sir Tom
! But the duke said nothing; he Just jerked his
nea6 md we'd i'm he 9th 6ra
ing apart And. in the words of the Scriptures my
his lips sf hed BEEN looking for some one 56 Do
special service, and had now found just that same
To4gf9R yop know the Easages s - shtob he
vo6dsrbe n@4EeS OF to1ard the
Pyrenees-"and use your wits. You have brains as
request you to use them in thorough earnest; sir.
OF this occasion The safety OF my rear depends
That was proud hearing: If beamed thanksglv;;
gS I ~ Iie bi S n "o can n OTae p. me ne
at taat moment which. for conscientious Catholic
you nf ooWnf a t4s e 9 he 8oured fS
with the clink Of bright steel IN his voice
very We'll: be OF with you, Those, tnferna
raseals With el the Internal lansuags f their own own
pered BY them at this stage Of the campaign
But snG nsv say R9 m MAJ and T Eve TO f' tn Fa5e,
Dints. who has the souls. Of the villagers in his
nothing for it hitherto. What there tell. pre-
So ] ne h. wi" Is m fT3 you anv y9I m1T oFes or
me. YOU are empowered TO punish him a traitor
some four thousand c' the rascals are massed by
that village. It's unaccountabe that Dints has
report 70 me in person as speedily as possible 20
ycg y:!pgr2deF:,t u4deFsta.d I'd, me-. me-; -
: Then good morning. OF course: you will ma ke
gR gR as a Basque, You're shaped like one That's
He gave me the curtest Of fourtshes and reioined
aroth-r ord bat Just started for camp to get
those aTnazirc thick cioaks with which The delicate
mountain Aiaxes keep the damp out ot their
dead man already but that made no difference co
Fr,f1r for s3 adIenture and hers we had II
offered TO Us in rare measure, brimful and running
over
+ was 70 be yer again that cheerful an and ~ inyig-
Grating a!ternati tive or Deatn; but Failure
the motto Of the house Ct TollingtOn. than which
there IS none more honorable in all Ireland from
Antrm's Head to Balydavid by Dtngle Bay
In less than half an hour ! was Basque to the
that cloak-ay and even the bit OF net bag in
straw glove that was 10 10 more FOR me- in This
joke. I reckoneG. than even the generals pass
shiieiagh as veil and no weapon else They re
smart lot with the stick and the ball in these
fully much to nv own accomplishments in these
body's salvation and the good work was to do for
You see. Ia had the luck early in this pestilent
Spanish /" b. captured and held fast Zumar-
were enj"ying times in Portugal: and. as nv
method VS.. Td made myself much at home in
the 3gh,ta1 5Ss Tig nfT Eir o 70
serve nv turn and I had proved myself Won
derful pel0ta It this last that got me-
nv freedom. and now ! meant TO see what IL could
DO for me IN the northern parts OF this same
muddled little land Of mountains and conceited
peasants with the Pedgrees and hiazonry Of
II was not far pushed that night may ybe i've
miles past the farthest Of our outpost Twas as
wandering idiot man that they made me- welcome
IN the villa ge where I passed the night l ankAd
them fo- that hint. and had difficulty all the
nex+ Iav in leading Biscayan I to he
Iieye was Of The greatest idiots. loose his
travels to avoid the heat OF the lowlands
I'm not sa wing this state Of things was h4ttertng
TO me It was not. indeed But IL served me.
~ vas escorted by ladies broad long
that on the second night came among the dark
houses and broad caves Of OiazaZagua, with the
chest-ur trees all round il and merry trout
sfrrsr7s }aoing the fields with the white tents Of
The poor fool IL on Interchangeable has n"
friends said one OF these gracious danes to the
6rs+ OlaZaz azagua met
And" said the other. even more graciously,
nit guilty sins. h does nothing in the world but
ask for Father Dinis OF OaZaZagua. He says
no one nur Father n'ns can give him white soul
ne 0l4zazaEua nan made coarse rena rk
stoIIt the size Of my stomac ch and laughed Father
T1ins is busy with the soldiers, he said Besides.
there is 2 roneria Saints day fairl this after
nnCn with games and his reverence has much
rno1av on two OF the contests. He has time for
FOOLS I'll take the BOBBY 70 house where there
hans tre priest snare him ter minutes for
'I'i' We,,| with 5h.s niazrz e r7a- Ike pet
r,-,b I'D m string. feeling incl! srtrTed by the
sight of these martial S3lngs;Ib, ;Sb c,,r.x +nb.r
The troops the green