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innumerable compliments to the ladies, and finally gave the whole party an
invitation to visit him on some future day at his royal court in Madrid.
Which invitation, it may be stated parenthetically, has not yet been
accepted.

After this little speech Don Carlos handed over to Harry the Spanish
bonds.

"I understand," said he, "that your lady will soon be of age, but, under
any circumstances, according to Spanish law the husband is entitled to
receive all the property of his wife. Take this, therefore, and you will
thus relieve our aged friend yonder, the venerable Senor Russell, from all
further responsibility as guardian."

Harry took it, and could not help casting a triumphant glance at Russell,
but that good man looked away. He afterward told his wife that he had lost
all faith in Providence, and felt but little desire to live any longer in
such an evil world. Since the bonds were lost to him it mattered not who
gained them--whether Bourbon, bandit, or bridegroom.

At length the hour of their departure came. The luggage was heaped up in a
huge wagon. Another wagon was ready to take the ladies, and horses were
prepared for the gentlemen. With these a troop of horsemen was sent as a
guard.

As they passed out through the gates Don Carlos stood and bade them all
farewell.

So they passed forth on their way to liberty, and home, and happiness; and
so they moved along, until at length the Castle, with its hoary walls, its
lofty towers, its weather-beaten turrets and battlements, was lost in the
distance.

THE END.

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