The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-15


the other fell or his mule. Sancht
nimbly slipped from his ass and be
gan to strip the luckless man; whit
he was engaged I'm this legitimate APP
preparation of the spoils of the battle.
two muleteeers of the train overset
him. tore out his beard by handfuls.
mauled him and left him senseless.
Don Quixote engaged in a terrific com
hat with one of the lady's guard who
sliced off half of his helmet and one
Of his ears. Undaunted the knight
pressed the combat to victory. but
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 buxom woman known
through all Ia Mancha for her skill IN
sailing pork and who had never deign-
ed to look at her amorous nelghbor.
A few days later, bruised and bat
tered i'm untoward adventures, they
came upon flock of sheep which Don
Quixote conceived to be prodigious
army composed of an infinite number
Of nations led by mighty kings. He
spurred like a thunderBolt from the
top of hillock, shouting his battle
challenge. putting the hapless sheep
10 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 flocks and
overwhelmed the unlucky knight first
with stones and then with cudgels.
leaving him In 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. It was all part of chival-
ry. He and Sancho rode on In dolor-
GUS discourse. They were overtaken
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 fol-
lowed by hearse draped in black.
1t was the funeral of 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
of = brother-ip-arrnS,
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,
had nothing to drink.
nor did they dare stir from the forest
because of the awful clamoS 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 rain. Don Quixote rec.
ognized this as the golden helmet OF
Mambrino and flew at the enemy as
If he would grind him to powder. The
barber fled, leaving his helmet which
Sancho appropriated. though it SEEM
ed TO him merely a common dish.
They came to another inn. In the
night Don Quixote, while sound asleep
and dreaming, enjoyed the most ia
nous battle of his career. Dressed
N short shirt which exposed his
can, long, hairy shanks, and wearing
| greasy red nightcap. with blanket
around his left arm for
shield, he was repeatedly plunging his
sword into the plump bodies of sew
,ral giants. Their blood flowed across
he floor in wide, crimson streams.
Imagine the wrath of the worthy
at discovering that his
'amous guest had disemboweled all
lis wine-sacks. which were made of
yoat-skins with the heads left on.
After this Don Quixote was got
lone by the curate and the barber;
tut he broke loose again. First he
listed his Dulcinea, but came away
convinced that through more enchant-
nent she had been changed into
flat-nosed country
vench, the pearls of her eyes into gall
iulS, HtT iOIB SOlueH LOCKS mo Il
ew's tail and her palace into a hut.
He had adventures with strolling
Ictors and lions; he attended the
ich Camacho's wedding; he explored
he deep cave of Montesinos; he rode
IN a magic bark and visited the name
ess duke and duchess, through whose
Sancho was granted his
mbition to rule over an island and
lid ii with wisdom worthy of Solo
non. Many more adventures follow
d, but at last Don Quixote returned
0 his home and recovered his senses
n his death-bed, dying as a lovable,
igh-minded, noble-hearted gentleman.
Ceramics masterpiece is not all
attire. Don Quixote has lucid mo-
lents; Sancho's simplicity wells COM
ION sense, often expressed in witty
roverbs. There is occasional coarse
ess, but not so much as in Shake
peare. The chief fault is its treatment
f insanity, in its authors fondnesS
Or cruel and brutal, practical jokes.
hitch may perhaps explain the maiu-