Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1929, Page 35

THE EVENING STORY One of World-Famous Works of Literature Noose for Noose. - BY WASHINGTON ll\'l‘(}. oo, .}'."“n'mu.!’ lnd bistorian: e of Geoffrey ed -naunn; nm Yith his “Sketch Book,” Alhambra,” “Knickerbock- er's History of New York,” ‘The former govenor of the Alhnnbn as the fortified palace of the Moorish rulers of Spain was called, was a coughty old cavalier who pl’ided him- self on being an old soldier, wore-his mustaches curled up to his eyes, & pair of campaigning boots, and a sword as Jong as a spit, with his pocket hand- kerchief tucked in the basket hiit. This governor had but one arm, but that did not keep him from being ex- ceedingly proud and punctilious, and tenacious of his privileges and dignities. He 1igidly exacted the immunities of | the Alhambra. No one was permitted to enter the premises of the ancient fortress with firearms, or even with a sword or staff, unless he were of high rank. Every horseman was obliged to dismount at the gate and lead his horse by the bridle. As the hill of the Alhambra rises from the very midst of the city of Granada it must at all times be some- what irksome to the captain general of the town. It was like having an empire within an empire—a petty independent area in the very center of his domains. ‘The situation was rendered worse by the frritable jealousy of the old one- armed governor, who took fire on the least question of authority and juris- diction. It was made worse, too, by the vagrant, loose character of the people who had clustered around the fortress | as & refuge. From the safe confines | of the old citadel they robbed and pil- laged the surrounding parts of the city. | Perpetual feud existed, therefore, be- | tween the governor and the captain | general. The governor's was the more violent hatred, for the smallest of two rivals is always the most fussy about his rights. ‘The stately palace of the captain gen- eral stood immediately at the foot of the hill of the Alhambra. Here was always a bustle of parade guard, and domestics, and city officials. A beetling bastion of the ancient fortress over- looked the palace and the public square in front of it. On this bastion the old governor would occasionally strut back- ward and forward, his sword girded by his side, keeping a wary eye down on his rival, like a hawk inspecting his prey from his nest in a dry tree, ‘Whenever the governor descended into the city it was in grand parade, on horseback, surrounded by his guards, or in his stage coach, an ancient and un- wieldy Spanish structure of carved timber and gilt leather, drawn by eight mules, with running footmen, outriders and lackeys. ‘The main dispute between these gov: erning rivals was the right claimed by the governor to have all things destined for the Alhambra pass through the city free of duty and also free of inspection, ‘This privilege had given rise to exten- sive smuggling. The smugglers had taken up their abode in the nooks and crannies o the fortress, and drove a thriving business—aided and abetted by the soldiers of Alhambra’s garrison. The captain general wished to stop their smuggling. He called in his lawyer and factotum, a shrewd and meddlesome fellow anxious to make trou- ble for others. The lawyer advised the captain general to insist upon the right | of examining every convoy passing through the gates of his city, end he penned a long letter for him, in defense | of this right. : ‘The governor received and read the long letter, and fussed and fumed about it. He vowed that he would never allow the captain general o stop ard inspect his convoys. Shortly lfler the matter was put to the test—the gov- ernor’s old corporal lnTcfln of a train of mules he was leading 1w the Alhambra. In the melee the cor. poral shot a customhouse officer. corporal was promptly clapped irto jail by the captain general, and. finally he ‘was sentenced to be hanged. ‘The old_governor was in a towering passion. ally he dispatched a mes- sage demanding the surrender of the al. The captain general, under £oTpor: the advice of his crafty lawyer, replied at great length, showing whyshe had ; H;Lhc to put the guilty corporal to Came the day set for the corporal’s hanging. The old governor determined to take a hand. He ordered out his carriage of state and went down into the city. He went to the house of the captain general's lawyer and sum- .moned him to the door. There he urged him to show him tbe written testimony by which the corporal was found guilty. When the lawyer re- turned with it the governor—on the | pretense that it was to escape the eves | of the crowd that had gathered—per- suaded the man to get in the car- riage ‘with him. No sooner was the carriage door closed. than off went the carriage—un into the Alhambra. He flung the law- yer into one of the deepest dungeons of the old citadel. Then the governor sent a flag of truce to the captain general, proposing an exchange of prisoners—the lawyer for the corporal. If the exchange was declined, the fovemor vowed he would hang the wyer at the same moment the cor- poral was executed. Indeed the governor had a scaffold erected on the bastion that overlooked the public square, to show every one that he meant to keep his word. But the captain general would not yield. People gathered to see the execution— or double execution, for it promised to_be noose for noose beyond a doubt. | lottery Probably those two unfortunate men would have met flulr dnlh ‘that day if it had not been for & woman. ‘The lawyer's wife pn-ed throug] the crowd with a whole Y. of little embryo lawyers at ,her heeis. and, throwing herself at the feet of the captain general, finrhl!d him not to sacrifice the life of her husband and the welfare of herself and her numerous little ones to a point of pride. “You know the old governor ton well,” said she, “to doubt that he wiil put his threat in execution if you hang the soldier.” ‘The captain general was overpowered by her tears and lamentations and the clamors of her callow brood. = The corporal was sent up w the Alhambra under a guard, in r]lmn garb, like a hooded friar, but wit hzld erect and a face of iron. The lawyer was demanded In exchange, according to | the proposal of the governor. ‘The once bustling and sglf. man of the law was rele his dungeon more dead than alive. All his flippancy and conceit had evap- orated; his hair, it is said, had nearly umclem a downcast, dogged look, as if he stili felt the halter around his neck. The old governor stuck his one arm akimbo, and for a moment surveyed him with an iron smile. “Henceforth, my friend,” said he, “moderate your real in hurrying others to the gallows: be not too certain cf your own safety, even lhough you should have the law on your side; and, above all, take care how you play off your learning another time upon an old soldier, To boost the use of home products Spain is permitting free advertising on tickets and internal revenue | stamps. : “They‘wor.kmwhilé you sleep” Do you have days when you feel sluggish—when everything seems an effort—and you have no appetite? Take a candy Cascaret before you go to bed! 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