| Show L i t i Along the Spanish Coast ta I of the Mediterranean of January II 3 be n ud no not to lee Ihl t InIde of It 1 cathedral would be Ilk making the thep p tour of Ea Egypt t the mid or the th Nile Are IN IC ICI I common In thI tu to 01 oe anI tenth of 01 them would ears 01 O time ud td a tOCk stock ot of tan tour but Ibl this of Tarr hi Ilona II I 0 i anci that It ft ItI I to III It by without men Begun Ikun tn In th Ih th century and nd Ih the Work for tor about bout hundred h ha haITI p but bUI ITI I ben lipIn tu show how the h plina ot of ot of II and to make It one Obi ot of the t tIo In ot of Ihl Ih pure Gothic tyl tylI I 14 You Ihl by a IlIn loni p flight ot of which lead to a awid aburt burt wide wid ant and doorway flanked by t two 0 square by b and Ion b by a tuse roH wandow Around th thee pier are a erlea lit of email decor eted 4 jut just them ar are nichea for tor mu more than a ot of A and each I I under 1 a canopy Y A num number r of the ate ar which I Ii ac for tor b by th thiS that the theold theold old ro W weary IH or of eu lon Ions In n on one and so 10 at t the end endot ot of every hundredth year ear one of them claps PI clown und and The Inter T lur br of the tho hurh to II cruciform with T I loti navo nae and two IWo aIde The twenty I that thai the rout root are swathed In old the ver very same Ihal II one e belonged to t PaUl 11 Ii and were sold lOllS b by byJ henry the 1 nith a lot of other church urr There are arp chapels chapel and kb j windows of purple and J oreMe glau 1 of heroic hertle and andI worth a kin nI I but bul tb h wonder and about lh the 11 l I Ii II Iii and In detail of the int with utmost and ml nl to 10 the that Mm to han hang and among thu Ibe Intertwined of hl h altar altarA A multitude of mad thi In mi III the holl hol work Ht if their live rp r In InI I ever mark II the B fly of till lii th loIter art are red th Ihl In Spain It If not nol In the rhe rId The e door lii III divided in th by a pillar arvel tram from bR bas p to 10 and r on A heap of IC I of such able ter threatenIng ap appearance ranc that you yuu hesitate to 10 I th In Overhead IE appear the Adoration ot of the MI Mal the of at the the throe three threece kin kinKs In the came bed comfort ce abl ably 1 their crown crowno p and a herald com coming In to tn awaken o 4 them to go 10 on to o 0 mar marI I lifelike that you ou ean hardly I c believe they are arp only In lone atone or marble ri Nearl liver very Inch ot of surface In these I Is and carved ot of the Sainte C enee hl lork l eVI hunting scenes and ven are 2 I minutely On n lit ht quaint at 1 represent a company lit o mire con I If the lit of o II cal at Is III borne born on a In trot I by mice In toll full canonI the brush and hol holy lIler Alon Along AlongI I aId ahl walks alk th the with a 0 trowel to dI dm the Ihl grave rave anc and the mourn U ar Collow decorously but a lit littI p tI ot of grief as mIght be u cx ovIt the ot of thE arch archenemy enemy The corpse ot of th the cat ta II It sibly carved and the expression on aU all H the face I worth rom In tar far to see E In Inthe Inrid rid the leane acen thE cat who ho has hall only L been n shammIng death I sprInging I from the bier while th Ih rd holding up UI their gowns rown and spIlling t the hI v Itol holy the IIII throwing 1 WRY hl hIs trow trowel l and under takers taken are arc scattering In all dIrection u with ludicrously changed ot of The cloister gardens I a are equally quaint with Gothic arches L cut and from box and other shrubs and ot of myrtle anI ivy trained Into singular shapes hap II tI It willi are arc embedded f ti Itoman said to be of i th the ot of Augustus Tn In r angle III I II i Moorish arch arth of 1 0 or with a ru cubIc r II that It was wat made by tIe tIek k tar far t Prince Abdalla the servant of tb the r C In the year yar MO tb Ih cathedral the next most object In thIs t I Is the once famous ot of which nothing should hould you ou to omit though It necessitates d i iI I railway Journe of oC twenty miles or lOON inor You go 0 by the line to on the way through nulI A lively manufacturing town ot of inhabItants In III atron cit Olt I 1 to 10 stately Tans Tarra gunK HuM I till greut seat at of at the r It imitation wines Macon Maclin and ver very poor It I tb the birth plan place oC f th the pain painter I Fortuny end and also ot of the word sword of whole whoa AM can I is preserved a as a pre doug rule lIc In the town hail ball you wa wee mad Cond Cende count coot d de IWu a Al a reward for tor hi ed murder or of monks at aL this place itt III IW IWA A little IItti further on you crOM croci the Iba river on a Ito new Iron bridge aDd aed nail 1 several avral grouped about L La Ribs station near nar the thc foot foothill hall of the grand rand Siena tie Ie Prudes la ii a old town with feudal walls wall and tour four gates tell where the kin hinge of at held In the mIddie gate I Is levers mil the mountains over Ih the roughest apolo apology of I a rid It Itis is II to tl cO You Tou take a Ih the oat only vehicle of the but find It out of P sped pet to III your Jur bon bones tu moat of the It CY A I is a Iwo cart resemblIng our emi emigrant grant from a distance 11 by reason tuon of oC the rounding cover hut but with several Important these beIng merely merl an open tram frame wort work lt of rough pl pole nailed together with n no bottom hottum but knote knotted 1 rones You crawl Into Ihlo I it from behInd through ti the circular bole bol In the canvas and ratel catch what glimpse you ou ran can of 0 the scenery through tb this opening In the rear Te The propelling power I Ii I a mule mul p two or three ot of tham hitched seen luch ch and never were MI beasts tl since Inre day a as the harY hardy rd mul mules ot of Montblanch At ours our to move II al all till after tong Ion on Ih the part of oC 11 Ihl the driver itt In the wa way of shrieks and yell 11 and with cub clubs and amI pel pelting with atones n and when lt at list wih he did conclude t to start Lt I It wal was with the unexpected velocity of at a bl ball from froma une tt a 1 can lon and ad a that nearly ended our earthly career need high itt In air he gal galloped aI rarer led loped tl oti regardlesS ut of and sul sulI guI I and of mud pitching II us from ed end to end of 01 the with i our ft feet twisted through the open ropes beneath When human tie na nature lure ture could rp endure re no more we bled begged to h be let cut which could only he a cc by heading the straight tra ht In to a boulder and 1 mc gladly paid the exorbitant Irce price demanded for tor the privilege ot of trudging behind on fot foot Never hv hav I 1 seen n Ich such a melan melancholy choly place R as the old of oC Pot lit let which ba bi stood l re th the year ear 1 1141 H HIn In a lonely hollow of the hills cur ur rounded by venerable olive tr trees whose whole twisted Into Inlo trunk are gnarled Id and shapes ThIs ll I thi tory story ot of its foundation sape in the Ur time of the Moore Moorea a holy oly hErt hermit named Poblet retired ju Jo this 1 secluded lu spot to pray but i emit out hurtling e alot discovered him nc Into Angels came had ha him east down from heaven broke ti tile chains an and cown let him torb forth lut but he be was wal ly Iy rearrested After hi his miraculous release had been three tm times pushed the rp and grant granted nt ed d hUn him all the of In which tho Ihl II IN shunted I There hI he died lii In a grass r hut In the lonely gorge When Ih the Christians the country In iii 1140 the bo boat body of at Poblet wa was revealed by miraculous light In ID ot of which HUlun IV caused tIne lIt greet mona monal t tery to o l be built Ott on the spot am and the bult holy boly bonn Interred within I it I It II he came the ot of bur burIal burill cam ill Ial place ot of Iral the Arale kings and afterwards of the Duke of oC CarlOn Cardona Evry very succeeding monarch increased Ill lie It not only In the light ot of a religious Ilou shrine hut but buta u a hi his own lat last place Illace Al As the Ibe thelong long lines ot if royal roal tombs rl rose t thicker on either Idl Ide If of choir the kings ranI came hIther to too over mountain moor for penitence and nd Ind and lived fee fer a time the austere colt life TItUS Thu though no over ever actually the Ihl cowl at several left Ift orders that thai their I em should bl lC on their 1 un In ryal royal rob robes Ind and again In the habit hundred monk ot of 81 t Bernard occupied but did not till the build buildIng Ing Their domain bame became almost almOl boundless power their wealth lyond beyond computing their ry 11 the moat famous ln in large it II 11 ns said set t of wagon employed night end day I a year yer could not 1101 earl I war only 11 I It books As AI the tho Westminster for kings and ad queens other distinguIshed naturally desired to In mingle their dust dut with I that hit ot of royalty Dukes and grand of tie the cia class weE were a away 1 V Iko liko moldy document In arOll principal cloister cloisters s the th Ir hr I ls than anything el else turin torm a mot moat O ot of the history ot of s decoration Marquises Ud cat I lea honor In death is In lift had assigned to lo Ii a cemetery II the strip ot of the thu theal Famous warriors were bUrd bUrdIn al In the lbs nave and nd The Thu bishops lt of and nd Tarragona tie dr ceding their own cathedral tied had eh ci ut the their a appoInted portion ti While the abbl ibbots ot of Poblet tar far than occupied th the chapter hou house where numbers of oC their venera venerable We ble l may still UI b be I beers been lul hastily covered over at time the ot of the Invasion Gradually the monks ot of gre gremore rw more and more From Mt hundred theIr number was i reduce to 10 and nd Into Inlo that sacred cred cirle no novice could corn In whose ran other than bait the purest Moo blood ot of t grander nde II II who became a monk of oC lied had to prove hi gree the chapter sat al In solemn t d do liberation beraton all upon his hll I liati his hi two t IO lerant and III r roth The upon a snowwhite mule Ulle brt bred by the friars were ol ht fAbulous and the whole peninsula Id paid for Cor them Within the walls ever every variety ot of trade wa was represented se that thai the convent became Independent ot of the outer world no need look beyond hi his for tor anything Tailors apothecaries cacti ellch had their ing or court were built close cloe b by for tor sick lick and Ilin bui pilgrims and aM beside them a for tor the who here her sought the cure of their souls Tie The Ysl vast produce of at the vineyards that depended upon Poblet w was brought to Ih the convent and was wa stowed away In its lIs at avenue ot of J ICI as a it Il WR Was ald b became ar the mot reputed ot of Spanish wines Ine and the Ipe the Ibe pra ad and the vat to la Ihl title day remain almost almot entire It Was wa lh the same ame old story tor indicated by that significant In the ni nil time or of our ur prosperity good od Lord us UI As AI the power ut of the conent In l the Mire ot of Poblet like auto ac sovereigns their ol mantis ann the surrounding country countr hat had only to 10 hea hear and obey lie He who ho tailed to 10 attend alend Ile tine summons of at tl the must mut answer to the monk for tor hi his neglect HUnon which Is II known to have fR a million feet but no nohead head IId told of at who Ih the convent gales ROd neVer came forth and the mun became the bugalion whispered by the trig 1111 mother to frighten refractory children Into subjection Then came tin wars war ot of Don Carlol lal Halt the mO monk kt were wre were ee Carlt antI and 1 hn hen P dissension ruo the tie mYstic circle he monks be themselves and abroad tales of dungeons hidden tot ture Public uble curiosity became becam excited Finaly the convent were tin In by night and aM the Ihl Iram In trig through court and the Ibe dungeon which hat hall been en laal sure ure enough a as may mar b be dreaded rack and other Jl iti of oC torture were and beneath It a pi pIt filed with hones hone ThIl the a avenging cr cry wee 1 etro tout hurs sn ni insisted upon by the author It to give Ive the friars a chants chant for tor I Th They escaped hut only with their lives beautiful we belt In all al it I perfection ton and riches Esery Elry weapon of oC de destruction was wal Into service 1 by bythe the 1 avengers lf Picture shrine tomb 11 flit alike under undu the destroying hammer till exhausted wih with 1 lion tIme the frantic mob set Nt fire to the tm glorious wile white the ot of Ih the library pIled heap On n heap were to Ihu ashes loday oda violence and vengeance aE are n 1 lI every ver stone tont the fhe vast aIla mighty court endless liok I ok RS as It if the Puk hoek or of R a terrible earth arth earthquake quake mad had over or them I ii I soothing 10 no ivy Ivr mo mot t lu iii gardens anti and the n cv belt beauty knIt and of oC lh the fri n tits ot of which mal 11 all ar ar P Ii tl fi th tb hand II n nc r stith Ith th the t 1 III sectIons lt of r 1111 I i I t ormi 00 end a nd r II d to 0 O tb tt I I 1 ruin nn t I I F J I Iv time fading mini In 1 t and gent tI t 1 I n fl idea of nr I ft iiI 1 t ti no tint 1 I h Ihl the I rl fl ruined ruin In of Tie The t ti thu r n I religious hens hensS Mi S q t t 1 It br I 1 ft t tall I I stone rl ri II og in n I IoUI lofty pei I Uti stained with J t 11 I n n I cun Ild arid th Ih myrl anti In 1 h 1 t s I Ing I 11 in tint 1011 of I it gray a aFI FI ci 1 n Th n you I a tr II IJ ot of lu In r rt i alMI Oil I II a I 8 I I r f 11 at I a t r I 11 r f Ih the tar II H li Ui I U IU stone stoner I t r I tt It n either tt J I I the cot n nt nl wall wails nut I I n fl a aI rt I 1 with f ferns r ted l t r F In a d ct I r I f r t I nl fl by Is lie lieI l I 1 hf th tb wll for tor a ar r cnn It at last to tn tl tP t tt t I where hp UI th the rl I 1 11 Ir t whir 11 tell the I 9 tb Ih At A tl te the 1 I h li little chapel ot of otIn s c In nothing I is If left but 0 tur but Ih the 11 or of o one War WarI I I I 10 n hl h avengIng al agel n 0 I Irn then so 10 the le a b his I tl hell 1 PAW ANI B a WR WARD |
