New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
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grass. as if in trcachcrous attempt at concca'mcnt
Dust curlci behind us like smoke, creeping under
the t4rpauIm that covered our luggage ON the root
and into our suit cases, poWdcring our clothing like
tucWultc sugar. Despite the good springs and deep
cushions of the car. PlAre light body danced up and
down, and oar t.N' guests, Who had Thought them
selves motor enthusiasts dll not res oud ardcutly
90 Dicks forced praises ut the sport
We were far trau. towns or villages "u' IN the
country when. Bang. came the bursting ut a rrrc.
and ,nc Chcr,rD haI had the t.roth'ueht To- order
thing, which would not have '..urrvd T." i''eN "r
,1c. Not far away, un the crest of "a hill stood
. road mcuders house, with an outside adobe
owen like "a huge beehive We oraNlci - 1t, tr.,y-
,'ins on the collapsed tire and We're served iy
jhc King and - ~ts'e who had Iunehei $50 7'tl the
brown family. ON that spot a ieN weeks ago pu.
came the chairs which the KING and his friends had
sat in. plates and la-7c, from which the King and
h- friends had iruue; and The simple people derived
/. eh'lhkc pleasure from dwelling On the episode
While Nc others ate lunch. Ropes lacked MP the
Cil5ra and changed the inner tube pau-,nI uoa and
then To- munich sandwich ur swallow a draft ol
wine with an uuru'1ci air characteristic OF hHt.
When the road member mentioned that four bandits
had been captured IN the morning ,F the t.Et
guard. ON the road along which Nc had passed. hls
expression did not change 10y The t"'Hh"s ot :.
muscle Indeed. he looked equal t" d~r"-'n- ut
half dozen brlgands without the and "i " SINGLE
After forty minutes by the wav-idc We set od ,o
penetrate farther into that melancholy country
which Ccryautcs loved, and almost at once We're IN
the Ncnta de Cordenas, that wide and stony waste
qaycst spirits must have been dashed 10y the gloom
OF the knights self imposed prison, and mine were
not improved. | had dIsquicing impression that
Moncas voice calling appeal came ccholug
from the mountain walls OF course. there Was
nothing it. except supcrstltlous nonsense of which
/ ought to hc ashamed; yet | could not shut my
ears to her voice which seemed to cry the words her
fingers once had written, Don't desert me! Don't
leave slpncl
We had talked of Linares. the lead mining town,
as a halting place for the night, were pledged
not to track down the Lccomtc. and ON the out
skirts of Bavltn, as twilight fell the Gloria Was
brought to a sudden stop in the midst of puls1tng
crowd. that might ask the way.
As always. we brought the destinations ot the
Chcrub bear upon them, one trains the latest
gun upon the enemy; and his grooming brought
out facts which made Dick think II high time he
GOT things into shape and a model motor service to
running 1t seemed that upon time a good
road had been made from Bayltn to Lnarcs but
the road crossed by a river, and when the ma
sonrV supports for bridge had been built 1t turned
out that girdcr5 had been forgotten Somehow, 1t
was nobodv's place to Jog anyhodyS else memory,
and there the matter had ended, SO long ago that
grass and flowers had sproutcd among the futile
stones 1t appeared the most natural thing in the
world to the people of BaylGn, who accustomed
to ford the river, when they wanted 10 cross. with
horses: but though the weather had been dry for
The last few days the recent torrents which had
fallen in the mountains still sweled the volume of
water such height that 1t might put out the tire
in the automobile
| was glad to hear this, because II 1t would put
out our fire, it would put out Carmonas, and as
he was prudent in matters
concerning his car he