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 chords vibrated in the ympathetic organs of Pedroa's beat, than boulting forward with a uddden pring, he ran roaring into the throng of friars, trampling on ome, and houldering others at a mot profane rate; when Nicolas availing himelf of the impetus, and perhaps not able to controul it, broke away, and was out of ight in a moment. "All the devils in hell blow fire into the tail, thou beat of Babylon," muttered Nicolas himelf as he campered along, never once looking behind him, or topping to apologize for the mischief he had done to the bare feet and hirtles rill of the holy brotherhood.

Whether Nicolas aved his ditance, as likewie if he did, whether it was a male or female Catilian he uhered into the world, we hall not just now enquire, contented to await his return in the firt of the morning next day, when he had no ooner dimounted at his hop and delivered his mule to a turdy Arragonee wench, when Dom Ignacio de Santos Aparicio, alguazil mayor of the upreme and general inquiition, put an order into his hand, igned and ealed by the inquiidor general, for the conveyance of his body to the Caa, whoe formidable door preents itelf in the treet adjoining to the quare, in which Nicolas braen bain hung forth the emblem of his trade.

The poor little fellow, trembling in every join and with a face as yellow as aron, drop a knee to the altar, which fronts the entrance, and croed himelf mot devoutly; as oon as he had acended the firt flight of tairs, a porter habited in black opened the tremendous barricade, and Nicolas with horror heard the grating of the heavy bolts that hut him in. He was led through passages and vaults and melancholy cells, till he was delivered into the dungeon, where he was finally