. An archer with Columbus;. beside him, and they soon reacheda village where they breakfasted with theparish priest, who received them very hos-pitably. Here Juan Perez obtained a donkey forFelix to ride, and presently they resumedtheir journey. Felix was very much elatedat the turn his affairs had taken. 52 AN ARCHER AVITH COLUMBUS. After travelling three days, they enteredthe Vega of Granada, and riding over awide plain, devastated by war, reached themilitary city of Santa Fe, built by Ferdi-nand and Isabella while besieging the cityof Granada. Looming dimly in the smoky atmosphere, they saw
. An archer with Columbus;. beside him, and they soon reacheda village where they breakfasted with theparish priest, who received them very hos-pitably. Here Juan Perez obtained a donkey forFelix to ride, and presently they resumedtheir journey. Felix was very much elatedat the turn his affairs had taken. 52 AN ARCHER AVITH COLUMBUS. After travelling three days, they enteredthe Vega of Granada, and riding over awide plain, devastated by war, reached themilitary city of Santa Fe, built by Ferdi-nand and Isabella while besieging the cityof Granada. Looming dimly in the smoky atmosphere, they saw the farextending walls ofthe besieged a distance theyheard the heavydetonations of can-non. Troops, andintrenchments, andengines of war ap-peared on everyside. In a low,dark buildiilg Felixsaw a multitude ofwounded men, and dismal groans of paincame to his ears. Several dead soldierslay beside the road, their white faces turnedupward. Through these dreadful sights and soundsthey rode, and reached a chapel and con-. A ROYAL MESSENGER. 53 vent where dwelt a company of Franciscanmonks. Hastening from the awful atmos-phere of war, they entered a cool, dusky,quiet courtyard, where the friars welcomedthem kindly, and led them away to reposeafter the fatigues of their journey. Here Felix quietly resided for severaldays among themonks, while FatherJuan Perez enteredthe presence of thesovereigns to lAeadthe cause of Colum-bus. The monks werevery kind to ate with themin the refectory, andthey tried to amuse him as well as they could. One of themtook him about the warlike city, and hesaw the king and queen ride by in armor,attended by a brilliant cavalcade of knightsand officers. One evening Father Juan Perez returnedto the convent and called Felix to his side.
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