The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12

40 tRtiOu OF being one OF the
mos; feared mCa al the English
bar. and IN many cause celeor"
The cross examination OF this great
lawyer had been the terror OF his
opponents.
His practice WAS immense. ami
there were few cases In which his
name did not figure upon one side
or the other. Five highly capable
young men "devilled" for him:
the Bench itself consulted his con
veniencc. His seat In the Mother
ri ParlIamentS was SAT" one,
even in these days. But IN spite
OF all these things. and his earned
income OF more than E2O.hOp a
YEAR. Studeley wa>. after all,
merely a man, and the strain
proved too muchA for HIM. tie
consulted a specialist. as success
full in his profession as even
Studeley himself WAS IN his own,
The great physician ordered him
10 take three or four months COM
plete rest. II Studeley did that.
the specialist said. all would be
we'll, IL not. he would soon find
himself taking an enforced rest OF
much longer duration.
Thus il was that Studeley went
10 Spain. He chose Spain because
he wished to see the galleries and
after visiting Madrid. he turned
his face TO the lazy, sleepy South,
and wandered through Granada
and Seville. grayely noting their
glories through the pincenez
perched on his high, sharp nose;
a grim, tall. immaculate agure.
Studeley felt that modern Spain
was hopelessly inefficient. with its
sun and Its DUST and It's strange
air OF passionless decay. The
country appealed to him. however
in some curious and remote fash
ion, and he certainly reioiced in
the pictures. It was because the
Guide book mentioned some por-
traits In Castelleuo. that he de-
cided 10 visit that town.
He confiied his intention TO
the BRUSH SOHSuA 1T ''i''S,
Certainly. there is a good hotel
in Castelleno. You can go. my
dear sir. on Friday
IL was then Monday.
1t Is my intention TO start TO-
morrow" said Studeley.
You cannot do that"
Il do not get you. Why not
pray"
There is no escort until
Friday"
Escort" demanded studeley,
amazed.
The road passes close to the
Terra. through the foothills. and
in =. is active just now"
And who. pray. is Don O.?
"Well." said the consul, "he IS
hat the Spanish here call 4
.,, .eStrador.-that IS, one who
IDS 10 ransom.
In other words, bandit said
.ude!ey. He would not dare 10
l,eytere with me
The consul smiled somewhat
..:"ly. :,
II would not build upon that"
X, lean. But Studeley changed
i. subject. and soon atterwarG
,uk his leave.
As matter OF fact. until he had
spoken 10 the consul, Siudeley
cared not a great deal whether he
went 10 Caselleno or not. but he
was one OF those men upon whom
opposition has the most violent et'
feCts OF the reasons or his
success in his chosen profession
perhaps. Suffice it that he left the
consul's presence determined 10
proceed 10 Castelleno. and he set
about making his arrangements al
once.
He began with an enquiry at his
hotel, where he was told that the
distance was some thirty English
miles and that the only means OF
transport was either carriage or
horseback. He made enquiries as
70 the possibility OF hiring an auto
mobile, but was told that the
roads were TOO bad. The manner
of the Spanish engineer at the
garage who gave him this intorma-
ton, might have conveyed some
hint to a man less set in the firm
ness OF his own opinions than the
great lawyer.
So Il came about that Arlington
j. Studeley, K. c., was reduced to
that supplemented form Of travel
of which he had read as boy, IN
the works Of George Borrow.
He hired a pieoald horse for
himself, which was known as the
Overo, and after tramping through
many streets somewhere at the
back OF the bull ring. he secured
as a guide a tall. bearded man
who had been recommended to
him BY the liYery-stable owner
from whom be had hired the
horse.
Thirty miles had not seemed
much to Mr.. Studeley until he
realized the pace OF Spanish travel
but as dark came on and he found
himself hardly ten miles upon his
way. he realized that he would
have 10 sleep upon the road. A
question to his guide led 10 the
Information that there was an eH'
cellen, posada kept BY one. GARLIC
at which he could obtain u bottle
OF wine. a fowl. and excellent tor
'illas, and where. though the place
was rough. he might sleep until
morning.
S,udeley at first. out Of sheer
English obstinacy. was for riding
all night. but the heavens grew
darker and darker. and presently
there was a little SCurry Of rain
and il was this shower that de-
Cided him.