The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-30
Who are they" 1 muttered. The

Who are they" 1 muttered. The
coWardIy knayesi"
oh. hush, husn,," the girl pleaded.
| She had retreated behind me. And in
deed / need not have put my question.
for though / had never seen the Span
isn soldiery l had heard enough about
them to recognize them now In the
year 1855 their reputation was at it's
height. Their fathers had overcome the
Moors after a contest of centuries, and
they themselves had overrun Italy and
lowered the pride of France. AS a re-
suit. they had nan military virtues
and all the military vices. Proud,
bloodthirsty ana licentious everywhere.
1t may be imagined that in the sub
ject Netherlands, with their pay always
in arrear. they We're indeed people to
be feared. 1t was seldom thai even
their commanders dared to check their
excuses.
Yet when the first lush of my anger
had subsidized ] looked after them. odd
as it may seem, Will mingled feelings.
With all their faults they We're few
against many, A ~conquering race in a
blood and descent. They We're proud
to call themselves the soldiers and gem
tlernen of Europe. i was against them,
yet admired them with a boys admir-
alton for the strong and reckless.
OF course said nothing of his to
my companion. Indeed, when she spoke
to me, / did not hear her. My thoughts
had flown far from the burgher's
daughter sitting by me and were with
my grandmother'S people. l saw. in
imagination, theu plands Of Old CASTLE,
as l had often heard them described,
hot In summer and bleak in winter.
l pictured the dark, frowning walls OF
IOIRnO with Ito ht,rI-al aF--.4l
trophies. the castles that crowned the
mis- around. the gray olive groves and
lne boX clad slopes. T saw Palencia.
where my grandmother. Petronilla de
vargas, was born: Palencia dry and
brown and sun baked, lying squat and
low on It's plain, the caves of it's cath
edral a mans height from the ground.
All this | saw. l p the Spanish
blood in me awoke and asserted itself
at sight of those other Spaniards. And
then-then l forgot it all as I heard
behlnd me an alien voice. and I turned
ana round Dymphna had stolen from
me m was talking to a ang
CHAPTER TX.
He was a young man, and a Dutch
nan but not a Dutchman of the stout.
purify type which l had most omnnon-
~ seen In Inc country. He had. it is
True, the usual fair hair and blue ewes
ana ne was rather short than tall. but
ms Igufe was thin and meager, and
ne had a pointed chin and a scanty fair
beard. i took him to be nearsishted
At d second glance l saw hat he was
angry; He was talking fast to
Dyinphna-of course in Dutch-and
my flrst impulse. in face OF his excited
gestures and queer appearance was to
iaust. But | had a notion what his
relationship to the girl was. and 7
smothered this, and instead asked az
soon as | could get a word in. whether
| mould leave them.
Oh, non Dymphna answered bI,sb.
ing silghtly and turning to me with q
troubled glance. I believe she had clean
forgotten my presence. This is Master
ian yam Tree. a good friend of ours,
n TINS, she continued, still in Span-
ism. but speaking to him, /" is Master
Carey, one OF my fathers g11ests y
We bowed formally, for he had not
~TecoVered his temper, n Il dare saw
l stu had my Spanish ancestors in
any head-With condescension. We dis
k one another at sight. I tbink
dubbed him a mean little fellow q
trader, a peddler. and. however he
classed ME, it was not favorably So II
was no particular desire to please hin,
when led me to say with outward
soileitude, e you are annoyed At
something, Master Van Tree y
4 ami" he said bluntly. meetine nc
half way. me
And am to know the cause?"
asked. "or is 1t a secreto"
lt IS no secret" he retorted. ..M;s-
tress I4fndstrom should have been more
She should not have exnnsad
herself to the chance Of being seen Nv
those miserable foreigners"
The foreigners-in the boaton T said
dryly. saio
Yes. OF course-in the boat, he an
swered. He was obliged to saw that
pul ne giared at me across her as he
spoke. We turned and were walkinp
PACK to the house. the poplars casfing
long shadows across our path.
e We're observed care
iessly, my chin very high. But there
- nc particular harm lone that I can
see. Master Van Tree"
Perhaps not, as far as ycu can saa ),
ne retorted in great excitement .Rnt
also 9 are not very farsiehfs /
ed. You may not see 1t now. VET harm
will ollow..
Possibly I said. and I was goin.
70 follow up this seemingly candid al.
by something very boorisb
Mistress Dymphna struck in mar
yously. M
My fatheris anxious, she explained.
speaking to me, that / sho,Id ha,a
as little to do with our Spanish ea,
ernors as possible, Master Carey X
always vexes him to hear Ishay fallen /
IN their way, and that is why nv friend
reels annoyed. It was not. Of cn,,rsa
your fauit. since you did not know ~
this. It was 4" she continued hurriedl
W, who should not have yentured -
inc elm tree without seeing that the
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