El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-15

kings He spurred like n thunderbolt
] from the top Of a hiIOck, shouting
! his battle-challeng putting the hap
] less sheep TO flight and trampliug
! both the living and the slain linz
/ patient to meet the commander Of
/ the enemy he shouted;
fWhere. where art thou, naughty
! Alifanfaron2
+ At that moment the shepherds rail-
; lied in defence OF their flocks and
| overwhelmed the uniucky knight
J first with stones and then with cud-
gels. leaving him in a desperate case.
! with nearly all his teeth knocked ouI
! or l0osened, and his ribs half broken.
Did this adventure discourage him1
! Not at all 1t was all part of chiv-
airy He and Sancho rode on in
dOlorOus discourse. They were over
/ taken by night and had no shelter
Z Of ABOUT 20 horsemen, all in white
robes with torches in their hands
and followed by a hearse draped in
I blat K 1t was the funeral OF a gentle
man Of Segovia- Don Quixote took il
TO be the train OF some knight either
: killed or desperately wounded. and,
9 assured that IL was his duty TO avenEe
the misfOrtunes OF a brother-in-arms
( halted the c0rtege and demanded an
explanation The replies Of the
( clergymeu failed TO satisfy him and
he flew at them in high dudEeon. En-
numbered by their long robes they
became easy victims and all took 10
flight
They possessed themselves Of the
edi0les deserted by the clerEymeu,
but unfortunately had nothing 10
drink. nor did they dare stir from
the forest because of the awful
clamor made by a fulling-mil which
Don Quixote supposed TO be enchant-
ment-
The next morning they met a bar
Der riding on an ass and wearing
his brass basin on his head TO save
his hat from the rain Don Quixote
re- osnized this as the golden helmet
Of NamUrino and flew at this enemy
as II he would grind him 10 powder
The barber fled. leaving his helmet
which Sarcho appropriated. though
Il seemed TO him merely common
dish
They came 70 another inn. In the
the night Don Quixote, while sound
asleep and dreaming, enjoyed the
most famous battle Of his career.
Dressed in a short shirt which ex-
posed his lean. long hairy shanks, AMI
wearing a greasy red nightCap. with
a blanket wrapped around his left
arm for a shield. he was repeatedly
piUnglng his sword into the plump
bodies OF several giants. Their blood
flowed across the floor in wide, Grim
son streams.
Imagine the wrath Of the worthy
innkeeper at discovering that his
famous guest had disembOweled all .
hfs W lnesac ks. which were made Of -
goat skins with the heads left on.
After this Don QuixOte was gOt D.
home by the curate and the barber. B.
but he broke loose again. First he .
visited. his Dulcinea. but came away F..
convinced that through more enchanr-
ment she had been changed into a
u5ber-cheeked, flat-nosed country
weneh. the pearls OF her eyes into
gallnuts, her long golden locks into
a cows tail and her palace into hut.
He had adventures with strolliuE
actors and lions; he attended the rich /
Camacho's wedding. he explored the
deep cave Of Montesfnos; he rode on 4
a magic bark and visited the name
less duke and duchess, through whose
complaisance Sancho was granted his
ambition TO rule over an island and
did il with wisdom worthy Of Solo
mon. Many more adventures followed
but at last Don Quixote returned TO I.
mis- home and recovered his senses on
his deathbed dying as a lOvable, high i
minded, noble hearted gentleman.
CerTantes's masterpiece is not all I
satire Don Quixote has lucid mo-
ments; Sancho's simplicity wells com Z
mon sense, often expressed in witty
proverbs There is occasional coarse-
ness. but not so much as in Shaksnere
The chief fault is its treatment of in /
sanity, in its authors fondness for I
cruel and brutal. practical jokes,
which may perhaps explain the main /
tenance OF bull fighting as the na- I
tional amusement Of Spain.-Copy-
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