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

nNSIt, "a" I'uCtn villages along the
HUDSON and amid the ruins OF the Al
hainbra. If he found "A locality hann,
"a by the ghost Of a legend he chan-a,
the ghost into a full and taneibIe rnr,,
ana III ne found the Invisible snirit ri
Ii ieSehn ne niaterIaiizexI the spirit into
9|nio "miliinS storS. At Sleepy Hollow
they Will show YOU the very s1,ot 1xl,o,.
the fiessian horscman threw his hoaa
AT lchaDod Crane, though before rr-
.lne 1t Is doubtful if a single Gyyeiier
III mat rtsion had ever heard OF the
hsNeiSss f,"Tsenian. And the traveler
ruins OF the Aihanlbra will hear srn,n
the hpS OF his guide legends OF thai
ancient palace Of the Moorish kinos
N1'ich were unknown before Irving
o"rl' '"r = time AMID the deserted
courts II BoaldiI. among thnso loo
end, perhaps, he viii hear the story ~
"tffc Noor's Legacy"
Pedro Gill-called Peregil FOR sbor,
was d little bandy-iegged water car
fleI, STURDY OF build and with a strong
back, who dwelt i'll poverty in the cjty
OF Granada. Being a water carrier he
was, OF course, q Galiego, or native of
tailicla. For, as in France, all the
hoot"lacks are S~aVoyards, and the por-
tiers of the hotels all Swiss, SO in Soaip
all water carriers and porters are ma
NEes Of GalGcia. Nobody says call me-
i porter but get me q Gallego "
Peresil had begun business with mere
y a great earthcn Jar which he carried
on his shoulders; but as tie rose by
degrees III his profession he became
the proprietor, at length. of a stout,
shaggy haired donkey, and swung two
wafer Jars IN ~panniers, on either side
81 ms lonS-eared assistant.
these he covered with fig leaves TO
keep OF the sun, and no water carrier
III ali Granada was merrier or moreI
INDUSTRIOUS than Percgil. The streets
rang with his cheerful cries as he ped
HIed ms merchandise, shouting music
aIlE' VINO wants water-water colder
IMAM the And, in fact. the
water which Peregil dispensed was OF
2 very superior quality: for he drew it
from the great Moorish well in one
81 The c~ourtyards Of the Alhambra
that fairy palace Of the old Moorish
Kings which looks down from its hill
upon the city . Granada aud the love-
~ plain Of the Vega.
But though Peregii seemed always
dappy, he had what many a seemingly
happy person has, 4 care and a brood
WOrrirnent deep down in his heart,
kept him secretly worried. For
he had a large family Of ragged, hun
sfE children, VOracfOuS and ~clamorousi
as q nest of young swallows and a
who was anything but a help
20 MN She had been q villa Ge beautV
hen Peregil married her, famous for
dancing Of the bOlero and her
sklll with the castanets. And you may
sure the bandy-legged water c~arrier
thousht himself mighty lucky to get
suCh a prize, and So did all the friends
and enemies of the two. However,
much Peregil, in the light of subse-
luent events, might have secretly Gomez
70 the conclusion that he had not
iravva SO much of a prize in the ma
rinonial lottery, after all. the honest
elbow kept his conclusions TO himselfi
md bore the dispensation of his wifeI
ma children with as meek a spirit as
lis donkey bore the water jars. and
lever ventured to openly question theI
irtues of his spouse.
Oh, but she was a cross to him,
She was constantly laying
donkey under reQuisition to take
er On her junketing expeditions and
arties out in the country on Sundays
nd Saints days, and those other
parish holy holidays which are rather
numerous than the days of the
eek. Then she was a slattern, and OIL
e-abed, and gossip OF the first water,
cg!ecting her house n her child ren tn
idle in the houses of her gossiping ed
eighbors. Peregil really loved his hi
1ildren and he could afford
;mseif a holiday it was his delight to
Ike the whole brood forth with him WI
'me Juggling at his coat, some in his Wa
ms and some trudging at his heels, es'
I'd treat them to a gambol among che de
'chards Of the Vega. while his wife of
as dancing with her holiday frlendsl
the AngosturaS Of the Darro. Ike
One night-a delicious moonlight cit
ght after a sultry day-Peregil made tn;
unusually late trip TO the old Moor do
h we'll in order that he might, by w
ling water to the people fwho were asl
abroad In the streets and groves ca
q squares, ipdemnifying themselves fai
ON the forced inaction of the day. tia
AXE a little extra money for the chill bel
When he reached the we'll he an
und it deserted except by a solitary ga
-ure in Moorish costume seated on no,
e edge of the stone bench hard by for
d looking rather ghost1y in the q
Peregil. at first. regarded the