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 him departing in sorrow. " Not so ;" replied he, "I can encounter danger and difficulty, but I cannot endure your reproach; recollect a moment, I protected thy late husband's life when surrounded by a band of desperate bravoes; I released thee with thy pining infant from the Inquisition's stony walls." "I know thy worth," exclaimed the lady; " but an inward feeling which I cannot conquer. and which I dare not rebel against, compels me to demand thy name. "Montilla," uttered the uneasy stranger. "Montilla !" said Isidora, slowly and distinctly repeating the name, "why more than a century has elapsed since any of that name were herd of." Isidora fixed her eyes upon the stranger, but his face underwent no change; her perplexity was as great as ever, when the whole drift of her mind was changed by a loud and shrill scream, and the voice of Isidora's female attendant exclaiming —"The child is lost, О Juan! dear little Juan !" "O here me, holy Virgin," ejaculated the distracted mother, rushing to the spot; but her attempt was perceived by the stranger, who bade her remain and fear nothing—on uttering these words, he hurried instantaneously to the spot. Voices were heard, but nothing satisfactory could be resolved on by Isidora—lights were up and down in quick motion, but no certainty of the fate of her little Juan relieved the agonized mother. " O stranger! O Montilla !” ejaculated she, "I repent my coldness and ingratitude towards thee; where is now thy strong arm to save—where art thou now?” “Here!' returned Montilla, leaping towards the rails, and placing the boy safely in her arms. "Bless thee! bless thee with a mother's blessing; for myself I will become thy victim or thy bride." At this moment voices and footsteps were heard making towards the pavillion, drawn by the stranger's boldness to save the child.