HoBy water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow,By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us
footfrom which hung two ironreaching to hiwaist with two manaclefixed to them in which hihandwere secured by a big padlockso that he could neither raise hihandto himouth nor lower hihead to hihands. Don Quixote asked why thiman carried so many more chainthan the others. The guard replied that it wabecause he alone had committed more crimethan all the rest put togetherand waso daring and such a villainthat though they marched him in that fashion they did not feel sure of himbut were in dread of himaking hiescape.
No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Uttersonfor he was undemonstrative at the best, and even his friendship seemed to be founded in a…
