The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-06

ana trembling. The Moor Tears
Iollowed behind to see that ttbLeIegi
really down into the treasure cbos got
no NJ s3oner did the Moor see tho the.
h1aw ~ 49, in,o the cavern than 10
nle" out the yellow taper. Tbo~1 ne
the usual rumbling and crod neIe Vas
me 1loor of the chamber !, ana
Fefegll and the infdel stooG %hlen
ABOVE the heads of the treaeuro used
ers IN the chamber below. A. seek
Moor he ran as fast as he eor5l ms
ene iients OF stairs leading to up
eel fo adu ittIe bandy-legged %
crooked legs would allow ..O nus
mast thou done?" cried PeregfI "has
tor as soon as he could reco, ~ itF-
breath you have left the afca}ao ms
a ! and the barber entomhea me
the treasure vault!' i"ed IN
The Moor heaved . ~
aeplleo' as he folded his na r51
uTn ms stomach, 1T is tths MS
VIII OF Allah And are vo, -'he
release them ?' cried paraa gong %
iorold!' said the Moor farTant, AIttn
IS written IN the book Of fate 49, 10
shali remain enchanted until snmo icy
ture ao'entuuer arrives to bro ~
cnar1n. The will of Allah be 5@,l ne
emu SO saying he threw the en- 80
Sd11d1e d GOWN in}- -
dense thlckets which clothed 49, enc
side-far into the glen below ~ IL.
would have been impossible to raoa
1t. u recover
Little Peregil was terrified 81 ,b;u
decided action Of the Moor h,+ us
was no help for it, and. gradnan1 1"rse
covering his cnmposure. he won+ 80
oo"n the side with his con-
pan1on to the 1atter's house
they divided the spoils. wbich "mere
contained In the two Jars. And ~
the way down to the city Pereoff uro,fi
stop now and then to hug and kiss nc
other companion, his long-earei fa}on,
aborer who had been so miracu1areIv
restored to him from the clutches -
the law. In fact, it is doubtful which
gave the honest, simple fellow the
more pleasure at the time-tbe GAIN
ing or the treasure of the restoration
of his donkey.
The two partners in good luck male
a fairly even division of the enoils
1t is true that the Moor, who seemed
to have q taste for trinkets. manages
to get into his pile the most Of the
pearls. diamonds, rubies and such
showed over t. Pereeil's pile to bal
them. magnificent Jewels OF massv
gold. five times as large as any pre-
stone he took for himself. Ana
PereglI was cOntent-even thought tho
Moor most generous. Put there was
enough, anyway. to make both tbs
Moor and Peregil rich-rtcher than
they had eve dared dream OF heinz
Quietly Peregil got his treasure home
the back of his donkey before
dav broke over the mountain RANGES
TIT shelter the plain Of the Vega ana
royal city of Granada
The early beams were lust begin
ming to glance upon the highest tow
ers Of the Genera1ife and the AIh9m-
bra as Peregil entered his house. where
his wife, who thought by this time
he must surely have been hanged.
Wailing and scolding. as usual.
md set all the children in a hubbub
likewise. Though it had been her own
sossiping tongue hat had brought her
a second time before the
a1calde, she. of course. as women will
began to try and convince Pere@il that
t was through his own fault that he
lad been arrested. But the water car
Ter, for once. asserted himself and
her hold her tongue. Then he
her the donkey and the other
he had brought home, but to'd
Ter as little Of the events Of the night
ls he could. However, though the
woman had a lesson in the results Of
,ossiping. Peregil resolved not to trust
Ter again too far and told her to pre-
'are to start next day on a journey to
oreign lands.
Although he knew that Pedrillo Pc
the prying barber, was safely
ocked in the enchanted treasure
far below the Tower of the
Floors, Peregil could not help
boxing fearfully now and then across
street to the little window whence
barber used to reconnoitre the
ouse of the water carrier, and really
i6 rof f1>1 -o ,,-xi1 ~ f~,~l L5r-
elf a long way from Granada with his
life, o of children and his don
ey. laden with treasure. To have
in Granada would, he felt sure,
ave given an opportunity for his
lies gadding tongue to somehow get
i'm into trouble again.
Peregil made his way to Portugal,
Portugal, under the tuition Of his
,ife, he became a parsonage of some
onsequence, for she made him array
Is long body and short legs in dOublet
no nose, to stick a feather in his h2t
00 wear q cyZorI Nv nc -;3o Ia