The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-12-10

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the other fell off his mule. Sanch,
nimbly slipped from his 8 and be
gan to strip the luckless man; Will
he was engaged In this legitimate up
preparation Of the spoils Of the battle
two muleteeerS of the train Overse
him. tore out his beard by handfuls
mauled him and left him Senseless
Don Quixote engaged In a terrific com
bat with one Of the lady's guard WHIT
sliced Off half of his helmet and ont
pressed the combat to victory. bu'
just as he was about to give the finish
ing stroke. the frightened lady begged
him to desist and he complied on con
dition that the defeated opponent
should go and present himself before
the peerless Dulcinea, who was In
reality a buxom woman known
through all la Mancha for her skill IN
sailing pork and who had never deign'
ed to look at her amOrous neighbor.
A few days later, bruised and bat
tered in untOward adventures, they
came upon a flock of sheep which Don
QuixOte conceived to be a prOdigfOus
army composed of an infinite number
of nations led by mighty kings. He
spurred like q thunderbolt from the
top Of a hillock, shouting his battle
challenge, putting the hapless sheep
TO flight and trampling both the living
and the slain. Impatient to meet the
commander of the enemy he shouted:
"Where, where art thou, naughty
AlifanfarOn?"
At that moment the shepherds raj
lied In defense of their fiocks and
overwhelmed the unlucky knight first
with stones and then with cudgels,
leaving him I'm a desperate case, with
nearly all Of his teeth Knocked out
or looSened, and his ribs half broken.
Did this adventure discourage him?
Not at all. 1t was all a part of chival-
~. He and Sancho rode on In dolOr-
Gus discourse. They were overtaken
by night and had no shelter or food.
Suddenly appeared a band OF about
twenty ~hOrseInen, all in white robes,
with torches In their hands and fol-
loves by a hearse draped in black.
1t was the funeral of a gentleman of
Segovia; Don Quixote took it to be
the train of some knight either killed
or desperately wounded, and, assured
that 1t was his duty to avenge the
miSfOrtmeS Of a brother-in-arms,
halted the cortege and demanded an
explanation. The replies of the clergy
men failed to satisfy him and he flew
at them in high dudgeon. Encountered
by their robes they became easy vic
tins 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 6rom the forest
because of the awful clamo; made by
a fulling-mill which Don Quixote sup
posed to be enchantment.
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 rnin. Don Quixote rec
ognized this as the golden helmet Of
and flew at the enemy as
II he would grind him to powder. The
barber fled. leaving his helmet which
appropriated, though it SEEM
ed to him merely a common dish.
They came to another inn. In the
night Don Quixote, while sound asleep
AMI dreaming, enjoyed the most IA
nous battle of his career. Dressed
a short shirt which exposed his
can, long, hairy shanks, and wearing
greasy red nightcap, with q blanket
wrapped around Lis left arm for q
'hiald, he was repeatedly plunging his
sword into the plump bodies Of sew
raj giants. Their blood flowed across
he floor in wide, crimson streams.
Imagine the wrath of the worthy
at discovering that his
guest had disembOweled all
lis w~ine-sacks, which were made of
,Oat-skins with the heads left on.
After this Don Quixote was got
tome by the curate and the barber;
ut he broke loose again. First he
isited his Dulcinea, but came away
onvinced that through more enchant-
1ent she had been changed into a
lubber-cheeked, f1at-nosed country
7ench, the pearls of her eyes into gall
uts, her long golden locks into a
tail and her palace into q hut
He had adventures with strolling
ctors and lions; he attended the
|ch Camacho's wedding; he explored
ne deep ave of Montesinos; he rode
q q magic bark and visited the name
.ss duke and duchess, through whose
Sancho was granted his
nbiti0n to rule over an island and
i'd it with wisdom worthy of Solo
ION. Many more adventures follow
!, but at last Don Quixote returned
his home and recovered his senses
his death-bed, dying as a lovable, |
noble-hearted gentleman.
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ltire.f Don Quixote- has lucid mo- I
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