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Title: The Alhambra
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 Hitchcock, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1868-1941
Subjects: Alhambra (Granada, Spain)
Publisher: London New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Scott - York University Libraries
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e wasdecorated with tassels and fanciful trappings, and a couple ofbroad-mouthed blunderbusses hung behind the saddle. Hehad the air of one of those co?it7aha7idistas I have seen in themountains of Ronda, and evidently had a good understandingwith the brother of mine hostess ; nay, if I mistake not, he wasa favoured admirer of the widow. In fact, the whole inn and itsinmates had something of a io?ifraba?idisfa aspect, and ablunderbuss stood in a corner beside the guitar. The horsemanI have mentioned passed his evening in the fosada, and sangseveral bold mountain romances with great spirit. As we wereat supper, two poor Asturians put in, in distress, begging foodand a nights lodging. They had been waylaid b>y robbers asthey came from a fair among the mountains, robbed of a liorse THE TOURXKV 2,7 which carried all their stock in trade, stripped of their money,and most of their apparel, beaten for having offered resistance,and left almost naked in the road. My companion, with a prompt
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Moorisk Gate, Ronda. generosity natural to him, ordered them a sLip;)fr and a bed,and gave them a sum of nnjney to heli) them forward towardstheir home. 38 THK ALIIAMHRA As the evening advanced, the dra/natis pcrsoni? thickened.A large man, about sixty years of age, of powerful frame, camestrolling in, to gossip with mine hostess. He was dressed inthe ordinary Andalusian costume, but had a huge sabre tuckedunder his arm ; wore large moustaches, and had something ofa lofty swaggering air. Every one seemed to regard him withgreat deference. Our man Sancho whispered to us tliat he was Don A^nturaRodriguez, the hero and champion of Loxa, famous for hisprowess and the strength of his arm. In the time of theFrench invasion he surprised six troopers who were asleep; hefirst secured their horses, then attacked them with his sabre,killed some, and took the rest prisoners. For this exploit theking allows him a peseta (the fifth of a duro, or dollar) per day,and has dignified him with the title

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