Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-02

their huge arms were only VaneS, he
plunged the rowelS into Rocinante's
thin TANKS and with couched lance,
dashed off to the encounter. The
wind blew violently and the knight
and his Steed were Whirled away
into the field, where they lay mo-
tionless and as If dead; his lance
was smashed to flinders. Sancho has
tened to the aid of his master and
found him unable to stir; but he
was soon ready to go on again.
Their next adventure was with
two monks, riding on mules as big
as dromedaries, in company with a
coach in which sat a lady escorted
by men on horseback. Don Quixote
imagined that adventures had cap
tured a princess and in the haughti-
est terms babe them release her
Then without further parley he drove
against the monks, one of whom ran
away, while the other fell off his
mule Snacho nimbly slipped from
his ass and began to strip the luck
less man; while he was engaged in
this legitimate appropriation Of the
spoils of battle, two muleteers of the
train overset him, tore out his beard
by handfuls, mauled him and left
him senselesS. Don QuiXote engaged
in terrific combat with, one of the
lady's guards, who sliced off half OF
his helmet and one of his ears. I'm
daunted the knight pressed the com.
bat to victory, but just as he was
about to give the finishing stroke,
the frightened lady begged him to de-
sist and he complied on condition
that the defeated opponent should go
and present himself before the peer
less Dulcina, who was in reality a
tuxom woman, known through all la
Mancha for her skill in sailing pork
and who had never designed to look
It her amorous neighbor.
A few days later, bruised and bat
tered in untoward adventures, they
came upon flock of sheep, which
Don Quixote conceived to be a pro-
digious army composed of an infinite
number of nations led by mighty
kings. He spurred like a thunder
bolt from the top of a hillock, shout
ing his battle-cha1lenge, putting the
kapless sheep to fight and trampling
both the living and the slain. I'M
enemy he shouted
'Wnere, Wnere are lHOu, uduSnLS
Alifanfaron?"
At that moment the shepherds rail-
lied in defense of their fiocks and
overwhelmed the unlucky knight,
first with stones and then with cud-
gels, leaving him in a desperate case,
with nearly all his teeth knocked out
or loosened, and his ribs half broken.
Did this adventure discourage him?
Not at all. 1t was all part of chiv-
airy. He and Sancno rode on in do
lorous discourse. They were over
taken by night and had no shelter
or food. Suddenly appeared band
of about twenty horsemen, all in
white robes, with torches in their
hands and followed by a hearse drap-
Ell in black. 1t was the funeral Of
gentleman Of Segovia: Don Quix-
ote took it to be the train of some
knight either killed or desperately
wounded, and, assured that it was
his duty to avenge the misfortunes Of
brother-in-arms, halted the cor
tege and demanded an explanation.
The replies of the clergymen failed
to satisfy him and he flew at the
main high dudgeon. Encountered by
their long robes they became easy
victims and all took to flight.
They possessed themselves of the
edibles deserted by the clergymen,
but unfortunately had nothing to
drink, nor did they dare stir from
the forest because of the awful clam
or made by n fulling-mill which
Don -Quixote supposed to be en-
chantment.
The next morning they met bar
Der riding on an ass and wearing
his brass basin on his head to save
his hat from the rain. Don Quixote
recognized this as the golden helmet
of Mambrino and flew at his enemy
as if he would grind him to powder.
The barber flew, leaving his helmet
which Sancho appropriated, though
it seemed to him merely common
dish.
They came to another inn. In 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,
and wearing a greasy red nightcap,
with q blanket wrapped around his
left arm for a shield, he was re-
peated1y plunglng his sword into the
plump bodies of several giants.
Their blood flowed across the floor
in wide, crimson streams.
Imagine the wrath of the worthy
tnnkeeper at discovering that his
famous guest had disemboweled all
his wine sacks, which were made OF
goat skins with the heads left on.
After this Don Quixote was got
home by the curate and the barber;
but be broke loose again. First he
visited his Dulcinea, but came away
Convinced that through more en-
chantment she had been changed
into a blubber-cheeked, flat-nosed
country wench, the pearls Of her
eyes into gall-nuts, her long COLLEEN
locks into a cows tail and her pal
ace into hut.
He had adventures with strolling
actors and lions; he attended the rich
4 Camacho's wedding; he explored the
deep cave of Montesinos; he rode
! on a magic bark and visited the
nameless duke and duchess, through
| whose complaisance Sancho was
granted his ambition to rule over an
/ island and did it with wisdom wor
| thy Of Solomon. Many more adven-
N lures followed, but at last Don Quix
ote returned to his home and re-
\ covered his senses on his deathbed,
dying as a lovable high-minded, no.
| ble-hearted gentleman.
Cervantes' masterpiece is not all
satire. Don QuiXote has lucid mo-
ments; Sancho's simplicity wells
| common sense, often expressed in
witty proverbs. There is occasional
| ;oarseness, hut not so much as in
| Shakespeare. The chief fault is in
| it's treatment OF insanity. in its auch-
| or's fondness for cruel and brutal,
practical jokes, which may perhaps
| explain the maintenance of bull
| fighting as the national amusement
| Of Spain.