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3* THE ADVENTURES OF
ftrument of his execution in the other. “ Aj
ha! Mr Jackanapes, (faid Ire) you want 1
make your efcape, hah ! you mud not imagii} i
that I am to be caught napping. I heard ycj!
ail the wrhile. I fuppofe you thought the grail
was open, did’nt you ?—Know, my boy, ths f
henceforth thou fhalt always find it fimt; an
that wrhen we detain any body here, againlt h '
inclinations, he mull be more cunning tha):
thou, if ever he gets off.”
In the mean time, two or three of the thieve j
darting out of their deep at the noife of my crie i
and believing that the holy brotherhood wasccfet:
ming folife upon them, got up in a hurry, anlk
alarmed their companions. In an indant aj[
wrere a-foot, and, feizing their fwords and err
rabines, advanced half naked to the place wher r
Domingo chaftifed me ; but they no fooner uii I?
derdood the caufe of the noife they had heart tv
than their uneaiinefs was changed into fits ct
laughter.—“ How, Gil Bias, (laid the apodatr
th.ef to me) thou had not been here fix hour;
and want’d to take thy leave of us already ; fur t
thou mud have a great averfion to a retired life [j.
hah? What would’d thou do, if thou wert i
Carthufian friar? Go to bed; thou art quit fc|
once, on account of the dripes Domingo has be fe,
dowed on thee; but if ever thou fhould’d maid t?
another effort to efcape, by St Bartholomew ! w i
will day thee alive.” This faid, he withdrew!^
the other thieves retired into jdieir apartments
the old negro, proud of his exploit, returned'lnt r
his dable, and 1 fneaked back to my GolgothS |
where I fpent the remaining part of the night i.
fighs and tears.