The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-10
How Don 0. Stood at Bay.
By K.
and Hesketh
Pritchard.

Spaniard stopped and sat musing with
frowning brows, until Isabella, grow
ing impatient, laid her arm across his
shoulder. He started slightly and re-
sumed his tale.
once or twice, he said. the echo of
shot rang from gorge to gorge. And
at last came a dawn which showed the
enemy advancing Don Q. had supplied
each man with three loIded magazine
rifles, bidding them reserve their fire
until he gave the signal.
My lord lay beside me in the trench
-RObledO told it with pTide-tand we
saw that none of our foes were quick to
step first upon the bridge, till n tall
captain thrust out Of the crowd. He
had a white face under big black eye
brOws, and he drove a man before him
with his naked sword It was Pablo
My lord laid his cheek to his rifle, and
1t yelped in my ear. Pablo twirled
round, screaming and seized the cap
tain about the middle. They twisted on
/ the bridge as strong men twist in a
grapple, and in a moment they reeled
over the edge together.
Then our great lord Ieaped upon a
high rock. where all could behold him
and called to Don Hugo to see how a
traitor died. Senior. I shut my eyes. I
could hear the bullets clipping upon tho
rocks around my lord; almost felt the
weight Of his body as it fell" Robledo
rubbed himself reminiScently. But ii
was only a sore thrust in the side from
the butt Of my lords rifle-I doubt but
| broke u rib or two-for he was angry.
| Fool! can they kill me?' he said.
"A great battle followed. The slaugh-
/ ter upon the narrow path was terrible.
/ The trOODes tried to rush it many times.
/ but we shot them down. The Vultures'
wings came between Us and the sun,
/ casting their shadows on the dead. Still
we held off the soldiers. Ny lord was
| everywhere - passing from trench TO
/ treuch without fear.
Shouts there were, senior, and many
screaming above the loud rafting Of
/ the bullets Men and muskets tossed
/ Ike rags before wind as they pitched
/ INTO the Chasm- Death I have seen
many a time, senior. but rot like that
/ the young fellow shuddered.
/ by midday the governor drew off
/ his people. and sat down to wait until
starvation should begin to tell upon our
| courage. But, though only a single
man among US was wounded, those evil
/ ones began to grUmble among, them
/ selves and cOncOct plans for betraying
/ the chief
But one cannot deceive him, senior.
! When night fell he called them from
/ the trenches, and read their hearts as
a priest reads his book. They denied
/ their tTeaChery with Oatns. Then my
/ lord said if any would still follow him
and fight, let them stand out on his
side"
/ Isabella, crOuched by the young rob-
/ Der. sazed up at him with blazing eyes.
How many stood on his side? Tell
mel she said. husky with emotion.
| But one only"
/ you, my Robledo," exclaimed the girl.
and she flUns her arms around him in a
/ fierce caresS.
My lord laughed" RobIedo crossed
/ himself. He laughed. but I feared his
I laughter. He drove those others from
/ the cave, and babe them live CT die as
they would. For awhile he sat silent.
senior, and then he told me to follow
him. We CTept in the CarKness over
the peak. and down upon the other side,
and my lord led me by goat tracks for a
/ long time, and we came at length TO a
hole. and he bale me enter In truth,
I feared 10 enter-but I also feared my
/ lord.
In a little time my lord lit a Ian
tern. We were in a tunnel under the
bridge Of rock, AMI It grew smaller un-
til We crawled as q wildcat crowis
through the UndeTbrUsh. and my breath
we crept through the heart of the
mountains. my head was bursting. and
I vowed an offering to the patron saint
Of hunters fOT when I am not a brig
Snd. senior. I lead hunting parties to
shoot the ibex). If ever escaped to the
free air again. At last I found myself
I lying in a hollow of deep grass with
Z the good wind blowing over me.
The moon was out, and through d
screen Of bushes we could see the bridge
and the peak. The soldiers were fIving
a white flag and taking their wounded
UP out of the trenches on the Punta De
+ LAMA. I feared for the anger of my
/ lord, but he only laughed very softly.
and pointed to one who lay on his face
| beside the end of the path and held
/ talk with some Of the civil guard"
/ They we're betraying the peek-your
/ OWL menu
! Yes, senior; but the people Of the
! governor feared trcache-y. ard would
/ not pass over In the end the civil
/ guards rushed across, led by one Mo
/ runO, whom I knOw-there are men Of
! spirit in the civil guard ROEIe.IO re-