Our Little Spanish Cousin

n was shining in golden beauty,

the children with me, for la ni?a has never seen the pick

Guzman, in the courtly manner which Spanish gentlemen use to

re in plenty of time to see the picking before luncheon, and af

aid her husband, "and should arri

d that he was to accompany his mother next

arm! I have not been there for two years, but I remember it well. All the

ever seen her hurried, and every one expected to wait for her, so that it was nearly half-past nine when they started. The coachman whipped up the horses, and away they went skimming over the rough stones. Fernando sat with Diego and Manuel on

sleeve, dressed in a faded army blouse and wearing a merit medal, was begging in the street, and the se?or stopped to give him a piece of silver, for Spaniards are always generous and

were there, carrying huge jars which looked like those used by the old Moors; and a travelling merchant, in gray garments, but with brightly dressed mules. It was not so bright a party that they p

do so to a passing funeral, for maybe yours will

bon! Cabrito!" So many people in Granada have no way to warm themselves except by the brazero, in

Sacrament. A crowd of ragged urchins stopped in their play to k

am which gushes out of a deep mountain gorge, and passes through the town. Its banks are lined with quaint old houses, leaning fa

two rivers, the Darro and Genil, the plain is dotted with whitewashed villas, nestling like birds in the soft green of the olive and orange trees. Sloping gr

last were used for raisins, the grapes from which the finest wine is made, the Amontillado, f

e fruit-trees, and, above all, the rose-coloured peaks of the Sierras. Upon the slope of the hill, as it fell away toward Granada, were the grape-vines, with huge clusters of grapes, purple, white, and red, weighing down the vines. There were, too, terraces where the raisins dried; and nearer the house were the drying-sheds, where an army of packers

r carried a basket swung to his neck by a cord. He carefully picked the oranges, one at a time, and dropped them in his basket, and so expert were many of them that it seemed as if they had scarcely mounted the ladder before the basket was full. Many young girls were employed as pickers, and they were particularly skilful, vying wit

oft tissue-paper. For this are employed young boys and girls, and very expert they grow in the wrapping of the oranges, each one being properly wrappe

he hacienda. There was an omelet with green peppers, a delicious salad, some fowl, and tiny round pot

could not close them as he swung to and fro in the great hammock between two orange-trees in front of t

e a boy who would l

please tell me on

d about the judges

aid Fernando,

day that four of his judges had been cheating the people and taking bribes, and he determined to teach them a lesson. He went to his favourite gardens, those of the Alcazar, and sent for the judges to come to him there. It is a wonderful place even to-day, and then it must have been very beautiful. Huge banana-trees waved their rough green leaves above the tangled be

re?' asked the king, smiling ge

please your Gr

together. 'Know, oh, unjust judges,' he said, sternly, 'that the king's servants must see more than the surface of things if they are to conduct that portion of the realm which it is th

they had defrauded had their property restored to them. There are many other stories of King Ped

do. "What is the Alcazar

rd the Moors turned it into a fortress, and it is a perfect example of Moorish work. Don Pedro rebuilt it, and spent a great deal of money upon it, making it the most beautif

ur rest time is about over. Go and play, and tell Manu

me through the cool twilight, passing the paseo just as the band was playi

can play this music (MIDI