Produced by sp1nd, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) IN SUNNY SPAIN [Illustration: THE GYPSY KING] IN SUNNY SPAIN WITH PILARICA AND RAFAEL BY KATHARINE LEE BATES [Illustration: colophon] LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS, LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES BY The Knickerbocker Press, New York. To ELIZABETH KEITH CONTENTS Introduction by the Editor of the Series CHAPTER PAGE I PILARICA IN THE MOORISH GARDEN 1 II THE MAGIC CAP 12 III FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES 25 IV RAFAEL IN DISGRACE 38 V A BEAUTIFUL FEVER 51 VI HEROES AND DONKEYS 67 VII THE GEOGRAPHY GENTLEMAN 81 VIII ONLY A GIRL 93 IX CHOSEN FOR THE KING 106 X TIA MARTA’S REBELLION 119 XI UP AND AWAY 132 XII THE OPEN ROAD 147 XIII THE CITY OF DREAMS 160 XIV TRAVELING BY MULE-TRAIN 175 XV THE EVE OF ST. JOHN 191 XVI BY THE WAY 205 XVII PILGRIMS OF ST. JAMES 217 XVIII RAFAEL’S ADVENTURE 229 XIX THE END OF THE ROAD 239 XX THE TREE WITH TWELVE BRANCHES 252 XXI WORK AND PLAY 267 XXII THE PORCH OF PARADISE 278 LIST OF SPANISH WORDS, PRONOUNCED AND DEFINED 291 ILLUSTRATIONS THE GYPSY KING _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE TIA MARTA SCOLDS 2 WITH HIS FACE TO SHAG’S TAIL 160 THE CHILD OF HUNGER 194 PILGRIMS ON THE WAY TO SANTIAGO 220 FOREWORD The verses in this story, with the exception of the two snatches, in chapters 6 and 14, of ballads of the Cid, I have translated directly out of Spanish folk-song. Some of these, especially riddles, and others, especially those sung in the circle-dances, have previously appeared in _The Churchman_ and in my _Spanish Highways and Byways_ and are used here by the courtesy of _The Churchman_ publishers and of the Messrs. Macmillan Company. KATHARINE LEE BATES. The Scarab. June 3, 1913. IN SUNNY SPAIN I PILARICA IN THE MOORISH GARDEN