| Show 1 I M r In 11 RAMBLES AROUND TOLEDO I H I y r and Strangely IntermIngled The 1 1 of the Sun and lio the BrIdge of M r nun M www M ww I VIV 1 V I AprIl t V I cadent capital ot of the ther th r 1 I brinK bring along a taIl ni nU then hol how j city cUy pl 1 I 1 s a Homane Jewe I L I 1 1 slin It I he M the emotions which p I Jr V T r ur Infant Republic cx x xh t V h IkS SecS III for tIle the first time tim V V j I stronghold ot of En EnI Vt I I r F walt valts and am amp p 1 the turbulent Vt 9 t I age ages Among then t C the lul soul like L 1 I r I I upon iii 11 lofty lot rk rock c 1 I ar I 1 i vIlow Tagus wind windi windI I t j iK ig I tern stern 1 us ul I It 1 hat has nee never y It 1 gi 1 tt the servIce ot of man K i the Tagus its dep deep I Vie 1 I lag ago have I f bearing shiP shIps 10 t tg g V qua and ware ano V i V 1 that ae are now nov novt t q th the ot of ht boat I hught h In wid lild roman romana a 1 I dawn ot of V r ha has reflected only I s j r and the maid Vt C G mt flowing Blar 1 Ih h a country J r II th secrete ot of the cen cenIT n nJ IT 1 1 tell yoU be 1 g 1 II I Y KY that the nun Iun first 1 i ure UNe from a point ter er 1 It ty and that Adam the 11 Op OF SPAIN PAl PAla a T i 1 capita Other Othor C II n to 10 land nd V I g and a V 4 l I Tubal b began Its build e t hund hundred and tl V 8 1 r tle the Deluge J Jewish V t with equal sincerity tl 1 V eual 51 i r ancestors tied from I le r da day of I 1 I v I In this place placeS S V I I h K a cl city at al that tV U age whose holle fe few In er V t In flame Ig t V If r man generations I V When Marcue Marul I took one hund 3 1 I before I p 1 n a cly city that t I man legion I marCy lives V 4 d d r Ihl the noman Itoman mam power It V eltI or of th the king king r 1 under whom their V v iM moved hil ills t V Hi II 10 Toleo Toledo and 1104 made ta V ot of Spain lists the Spin lele 4 1 lIng In Wamba reigned the t teV r the th city It u a recorded In InI I Oler over the great gate gat rn Te L H iA ou r you r CT the th leer T 7 by hi his jel jelk 11 V k h Fr tt and When 1 n supposed deli y L I Tt nc D FOn oy ll II In a monk moniCa 5 7 Once pt put al on the ot elm can never el of ad and ao 10 when the roo Wamba revee he h was wa done with lh 1 I earthly affairs a no muc a as It if real really ded deed Ier here 1 too lve lived the hat It of the wh pea to iol local aul the tail faU ot of tie the dAI Walking alone lul the HIe Tagus one i hp he IW sew the Jewish maiden bathing In a flud l id pool and eme I So enamored ot of other her beauty that he be had lad hM her seized and cru to 10 hil his cli castle whIch i outrage so 10 Inon incensed d the JeI Jews adde added to their that they I Upon the tribeS of barbary and I lt to avenge them There Is I no doubt In earliest t dm times ny n fly to 10 tills then ut t inmost t hart O 0 tM the erth earth to Ip escape and Until their cx x In the century the Inu influence e of ti tha thrifty race was wal very t marked In Spain The fe laws of the In eon con condemned al alt JeWs to elaIr elavery prohibited their left thir their Rt at every vr mans man mercy and encouraged the violation ot of their homes unde Under drum Itan stance of most mOlt UI cruelty Schooled to lu patience by centurIes of op the Jews en endured n dur dured persecution until I it b be became Iame came Ien even to them Their trading had h connected I themselves with Ih the wanderIng 8 OF D REnT and history cne concedes that the sudden seizure or of the Peninsula by mell meds followers was dU In great grAt mel url un tb an extensive conspiracy ot of Span A lift Jews which had been n g tot for years the Moors llo the hebrews were treated distinguished 01 o in tte not only by the Khall ut alJ also b by the kings ot of Toledo afe after lt cl city Was wal declared Independent T They held lla of high and flu IU lik lIke end and ad admInistering mInistering the of f an alen alien 11 guy eminent II to the advantage of the HII rul rui ruland era and of Lb always wih with to lu their 01 tn rich meat A As we kno know the Mor Moors held sway S golden leen age ae of building and enlightened gov which left an im upon al future During the first years ot of ChrIstIan tan IU su the Jp wert were for In Toledo owing to a that thaI at tt first tOI among the pr Ju dice limited to a distinctive l toe turn tun and nd confined theIr and synagogues to 10 ft a certain qUil ter of the hut the ROn broke faith wih with Mor Moors and J an and everybody verby elc If The lerl terms of the Ito c capS were violated mosques were turned Into churches and the property of the MoM Moors which hid been secured to them by treaty wu taken titan them Wor Worse yet lar fared the pr poor I lie brews brew Whom bo to despoil Mme seemed doing Gods Oo service t heavy heY la lax was II set up upOn On V Oi JEWISH HeAD and tM they were permitted to 10 retain their synagogues only on the JIa plea that they had not consented to the muru murder of Christ When I the Savior ws brought to judgment tb they silO Aid the votes ot of the wre wet taken and one on trib tribe bai bitt trib voted for tor hl his from flita vole tribe th J Jeri ot of Toledo Nevertheless every I Christians hand was i against the Ibe un tin happy re I a much on al aI count dt their facility for acquiring An mont mun Al fiS from feeling example ot of this hue a Levi the treasurer or of Pedro Pero the Cruel The Jew J w Ire served faithfully but he was his royal master TT frugal and lt at Ui th RIt same time lied had I and 10 so the royl bin I lor un until II he surrendered all hIs worldly goods and then put him to hs death orlly I FerdInand end and nl content wih with expelling the Mor Moors nl ne turned against the Jews and issued a art lurne edict that no one of that ancient i plo pIe who was u I he pet mUte to live In SpaIn a derc decree A as W V V u is It was cruel ruel a It II offered n premium to hypocrisy since ones would not nol hesitate at al hap tt flair vr or any other test while the true ue and honest Israelites who dung clung to 10 Ih the faith of their were tre driven out ly By this 1 1011 Ion ot of of her br bt bitt Wilt with lb them thema hIn hIna or the industry and wealth a pint m Ja t This bore or th the kingdom bre wih with lal u upon n Tolf Toledo fur for fortt the Jes Were Il liv rl tt date the decline and tn many of the city from THIS R R RAt D At Ih the beginning or of the seven en century it Il had hd a population n not ot I It was wal Ih the Sleet field 2 a the Irl of nf tle the a anti a Toledo Toleo Wade Dall WAi was famous am the world orld IS as one ot of Now Ihl the entire d dea nl not tl IC di die IU souTh lR Its are Ilent sIlent housea to unit nl prie I Its Its are almost Iy Ia the celebrated d dAI dAi AI mac offers but lul I a shadow ot of Il it form former Ir er Importance end and prosperity sail oi lb the tendency II Ii even enn downward deeper end and Into 1 slough elough ot of poverty I It l is to 10 describe a place which cannot to 10 any other ThE The vIew of o Toledo hi has no beauty but is II solemn lemn Bud and melancholy beyond and historical P thing ot of ho past girded In train th the living world tl b by the elude of II iii delte desolate hUl hIlt without arc of any vegetation what whal whatever ever Fancy FM If fOU ou can rn in n enormous rk reek or er rather a grup group of them rising abruptly 1 feet tHI lve the barren 10 plain abd coveted ove with Irregular Ir regular lines of tOW towers I WA grim old castles ull and sombre I ice w lh ith a stupid great gNat al all th the whole en encircled circled b by the 1114 TI Tague boiling through a rel rent of th the granite ranle mun to the theN leving leaving just one approach N vV city by the land aide and nt that a 8 strongly defended by ancient is a to 10 appear utterly In All around auDe It black blak p pee rk rocki backed by rugged hl hUh scorched b by the tue tropic lun sun Into eVe v shade or of orange and brown but wi fleer a of oC living gln green th the nl to the Ibe town lown stands th ruined estle Ue of anle un on I i rn o of the mountain At AI U it tol foot II tl the bridge ut of the lele eele ot of the IU at al both ends eodS by and In lag with hIgh arh arches all across th the Tagui u as It through the deep hu In it the I I I I Ia truly a cIR 11 It Pet upon un P C Cbill bill hii and nd wIth rn auH lii Ill munion of rk rocks g made mad a nature forr fortress The bui built lit In th the plum plain beul because their were enough to 10 defend all an city but Ih the Olha Cloths came trl fears th the north Where feudal wll who were e little bet bel hr than robbers bbl weh were wont to behind thick walla from which to 10 sally 11 out and nd attack and nd a an the buil built Iut castles to In at ai th they hid had bli built them oi the Ind cm cK the th Hut BUI though time the present prent II Is ot of GothIc orilo origin tie the bridge II H Roman noman structure resting tl on the earn mt cliffs lie noble arches afe the th i ls arb nomal lIUe patters spanning th the Paine nt dp deep gorge anti 1 river From the farther g bank com comes the ascent by b a steep winding tf terraced rd road and the wIde landscape Ilg tag Ih the vf of mountains Ia end river The Th It at In Ill II 1 cc cler clear that that ever every Assure re reIn TIE THE DISTANT cn can be counted and each building on the tb theline II line of tb the stands out against tile the turquoise sky as If In seen through a a ml microscope A clumsy half wa gnu tl half hal drawn by b six 11 mul muM harnessed three abreast onvey p pee In cengeri 1 from tUI the railway station II the bridge ad and up th the mitry military rued ad tv t tile town Th mul mules arc an apr at In tte true with lh glitter glitterIng lter Ing b brass and tinkling bel bells IDd and rudy gaudy tassels but ar art urged cruel bow oaths and n frantl re by their 11 driver lP IP Ih the winding In wy way at t a ap which threatens to h IlI snap their slender p legs Ie Ilk Ip pipe stems The so 1 travle traveler wl wIll hv have lone none tt of I It but climb lb the height tl o tot foot tk talc ire hl hi t log Ing time Ume to recover vr Ild f I Inder under the 1 ur abl able of admiring thO the IIa landscape a Where the terraced I e a to tb the Ivel JM th the tt gate Wa Cs II I eel hot Rl Catt of o the Sea ot of splendid a color Ie ha for four I arbel set NI behind th the oilier richly embossed wIth I It ItI I I UI the bt beat preserved monument ot of lu Its class In Ih the Peninsula ant and Int Indeed tb the fineSt of f Its lt In tl the worl world for time defensive works tp of the despIte have hae an touch their solidity a frum rum til the caprice o of kin an tl the ft can cannon non ot of armies tt that a one I it to b 1 Rn sean The studded with h boll bl ant spike still tl hangs by I Its rul rusty chains lp the drawbridge disappeared some n dl a igo and aad the tbt mot moat with In hulls 1 labor In th the living rk rock hi ha been n partially III filled Ul UI A fw few guards rd In ragged uniforms bare barged with tb the cul raut ot of munIcIpal duties dulle lounge abt Illon about tb the gateway and Ind at a few female hed heads In dishabille thrust out OUI ot of ad c window windows u a the omnibus rattles by ar arc th the only ot of life A farther on you u ni an oUI other r gateway and tf thin plunge leto sheets so 1 stony Ion med and toUl tortuous that you believe tl they are streets at alt y 1 bt but m mere rifts In the ther r rook or r tur worn b by mountaIn tr me meto to 10 the Tl Tagus Of course It If on tOl foot you th Cr ar lot lost In no D time Ume amid the tho Intricate tangle if f altI alleys end and only find yourself alln again by securing IhO the ne ot of I a guide Ute The anti and Irregular Ill I ot of the Ike streets WI was Intentional on n the rt of tb the builders to render them e easy to defend when attacked In this old old oid a the Ih result ur of It wits 1 rIot not run up tn In a hurry to plaice I a kille tIrl but wa was buit a solidly R ims Ih let tk upon I it stanch ud deigned to fur tor ever On Mild and strongest akin ot of I is that of exIa extreme J mae Ien TIl The whole holl cl cIty I like one onet great t fortress and In through U its crooked alley you feel A as It If exploring lii defences ot of some mighty baronial eMit W vr of 11 the byes have hav Rn ott on Ih the lower Tho Those UMU thu exist aM re I heavily vI while the dun doors an are furnished Wll with amid nd Iron gratings pasterns Irn 11 woodwork t by 1111 th wO inches tn hi dIameter of copper 11 thickly 0 driven Loopholes did neat angles command tb the streets aa tt the tims parapets are an edged with mUle bottle FANNY U 11 WAnD |
