[Illustration: “PATTY CREPT BEHIND THE HEDGE AND WAITED.”] _THE GLAD LADY_ _BY_ _AMY E. BLANCHARD Author of “A Journey of Joy,” “Wits’ End,” etc._ [Illustration: colophon] _BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS_ _Copyright, 1910_, BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY _All rights reserved_ _Presswork by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._ TO DOÑA MARTINA AND DON JUAN, THOSE WELL-LOVED FRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE SPAIN FOR ME A HAPPY MEMORY, I DEDICATE THIS STORY A. E. B. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE PARTY ARRIVES 9 II. A MOUNTAIN TOWN 21 III. THE WALK 35 IV. ANTIQUITIES 48 V. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME 61 VI. THE DAY OF SAN JUAN 76 VII. THE INXANOS 90 VIII. A ROMERIA 105 IX. ONLY A DONKEY 119 X. SANTA MARIA MARINA 133 XI. GIPSIES 148 XII. TOMÁS TELLS 163 XIII. THE LONG WHITE ROAD 178 XIV. THE SILVER MERCHANT 192 XV. A LONELY HILL 206 XVI. BY REASON OF SAINT ANTHONY 221 XVII. PATTY IS PUZZLED 235 XVIII. WAITING 249 XIX. DON FELIPE’S SURPRISE 264 XX. THE THREE WISHES 281 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “PATTY CREPT BEHIND THE HEDGE AND WAITED” (page 236) _Frontispiece_ “‘HE SAYS I AM A GLAD LADY’” 33 “‘DON’T YOU GET HOMESICK?’” 70 “PERDITA” 86 “‘WHAT ARE YOU BEATING THAT DONKEY FOR?’” 120 “‘AT YOUR FEET, LADIES’” 186 “‘GLAD LADY!’” 286 THE GLAD LADY CHAPTER I THE PARTY ARRIVES