The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31


upon these love affairs" said Dancaire,
looking down at the dead body of Garcia.
Had you asked him for Carmen, he
would have sold her to you for pias-
tre"
The next day Carmen and the English
man appeared. II take charge of the
Milford" said Jose, you brighten the
others The Englishman was brave, and
would have killed the Basque, but that
Carmen pushed his arm. In short, that
day Jose regained Carmen, and his first
words to her were to tell her that she
was a widow you always will be
fool" said she. Garcia ought to have
killed you. Your Navarrese guard Is all
nonsense. He had killed many good EEL
lows more skillful than you. But his time
had come" yours, ALSO If you are not
faithful romi to me-" replied Jose threat
eningly well, good" she rejoined. i
have more than once seen in the coffee
grounds that we are to doe together. Bah.
AS we sow we reap" And she began to
click her castanets.
Several months passed. and Jose was
contented with Carmen. Then disaster
befell the band. They were surprised by
troop of Dragons. Dancaire and two
others were killed and two made prison.
ers Jose was grievously wounded, and
hut for his good horse would have fallen
into the soldiers hands. With his only
remaining companion he escaped into the
woods, but worn out with fatigue and
with bullet in his body, he tainted on
alighting from his steed. His comrade
carried him to a secret grotto. and went
in search of Carmen, who was then In
Granada She instantly FASTENED to him.
During the fortnight she never left him
for a moment. She did not close ner
eyes; she nursed him with skill and
devotion such as never woman before
showed for the best loved of men. AS
soon as he was able to stand, she Sc
cretlv conveyed him to Granada, where
the gypsy finds a safe asylum, and he
passed six weeks in a house only few
doors away from that of the governor,
who was searching for him.
| At length Jose was restored to health
| But he had been thinking seriously while
| on his sick bed. Let us leave this land
and this old life," said he to Carmen;
"far across the waters, in a new world,
we will try to live honestly" She
laughed at him. I'VE were not made
for planting cabbages, said she. Lis
| ten! 1 have made every arrangement
with Nathan Ben-Joseph, who has some
bales of cotton cloth that only await
your assistance In smuggling through.
He relies upon you. What would your
correspondents in Gibraltar say If you
failed of your word?" Thus was Josc
led back into the old life again. While
Jose had lain sick at Granada some bull
fights took place at Cordova at which
| Carmen was present After that she
spoke of a very adroit picador named
Escamillo. She knew the name of his
horse and how much his embroidered
jacket cost. Jose paid little attention to
this, but after he had returned to his
old life a comrade told him that he had
| seen Carmen and Escamillo together at
the house of a merchant Of the Zacatin
| in Granada Jose questioned Carmen
and she said: "Oh, Escamillo is a lad
who can do stroke Of business.
noisy river has either water or pebbles.
| He has won ~ reals in the arena and
| either we must have his money or else,
| as he is a good horseman and strong;
courageous fellow, he can be enrolled In
our band. Such and such one Is dead.
You need to replace them. Take him
with you" II wish neither his-money
nor himself" replied Jose holly. Take
care" she rejoined; when l am defied
to do thing it Is soon done"
Fortunately, the picador went on to
Malaga, and Jose settled down to the bus
mess of smuggling. One day as Jose was
setting out for a business trip to Mon
tilla Carmen said: There Is a fete In Cor
dova; l am going to see 1t. l shall find
out what people are there with money and
let you know" After she had gone a
peasant told him that bullfghts were TAX
ing place in Cordova. Jose's blood began
to boil Like a mailman he fastened to
Cordova and sought the arena. Escamilc
was pointed out to him, and, seated on q
bench against the barrier, he saw Carmen
watching the picador intently. 1t was suf-
fcient to see her only minute to be Ger.
tain of tho truth. With the first bull
Escamillo displayed his courage and skill
He seized knot of ribbon fastened te
the enraged animal by little hook and