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 priest put a piece of gold into his hand, and having again blindfolded him, conducted him baekback [sic] to his dwelling.

"Are you willing," said he, "to return and complete your work?"

"Gladly, Señor Padre, provided I am so well paid."

"Well, then, to-morrow at mid-night I will call again."

He did so, and the vanltvault [sic] was completed.

"Now," said the priest, "you must help me to bring forth the bodies that arcare [sic] to be buried in this vault."

The poor mason's hair rose on his head at these words: he followed the priest, with trembling steps, into a retired chamber of the mansion, expecting to behold some ghastly spectaelcspectacle [sic] of death, but was relieved on perceiving thrcethree [sic] or four portly jars standing in one corner. They wcrewere [sic] evidcntlyevidently [sic] full of money, and it was with great labour that he and the priest earriedcarried [sic] them forth and eonsignedconsigned [sic] them to their tomb. The vault was thcnthen [sic] closed, the pavement replaccdreplaced [sic], aud all traeestraces [sic] of the work obliterated. The mason was again hoodwinked and led forth by a route different from that by which he had come. After they had wandered for a long time through a perplexed maze of lancslanes [sic] and allcysalleys [sic], they halted. The priest then put two piceespieces [sic] of gold into his hand: "Wait here," said he, "until you hear the cathedral bell toll for matins. If you presume to uncover your eyes before that time, evil will befall you:"so saying, hche [sic] departed. The mason waited faithfully, amusing himself by weighing the gold pieces in his hand, and clinking thcmthem [sic] against each other. The momeutmoment [sic] the cathedral bell rang its matin peal, he uneovereduncovered [sic] his eyes, and found himself on the banks of the Xenil, from whence he made the best of his way home, and revelled with his family for a whole fortnight on the