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Photograph from Jose B. 

 BRIDGE AND CANYON OF SANT ANTONI, ANDORRA 



nany 



It is said that on this bridge Charlemagne and the Count of Urgel signed the treaty of the 



liberty and privileges of Andorra 



But the old lady was not satisfied. She 

 had been revolving apparent discrepan- 

 cies in her mind, and when I left she- 

 asked another question : 



"Do the North Americans also speak 

 English ?" 



SPAIN DRIPS WITH SPIES 



In war time one wanders in Spain 

 without the annoying formalities of 

 travel in the belligerent lands. It is 

 difficult to get into Spain, and much more 

 difficult to get out, for the country drips 

 with spies, and Spain's neighbors are in- 

 sistent as to the credentials of travelers. 

 Inside the line one wanders as he wills. 

 An occasional vise from a police official 

 is all that is required, and the police are 

 even willing to abet mild errancies. It 

 was from the host of the Hotel Europe 

 that this was learned. Llivia's existence 

 had just become known. 



"It is difficult to go there, you under- 

 stand," said he. "It is a Spanish village, 



true ; but it is inside French territory, 

 and the French do not like to have stran- 

 gers go there. It is true that one goes 

 there by a neutral road." 



The situation seemed difficult, but Cat- 

 alan kindness conquered it. If the host 

 of the Hotel Europe seems singled out, 

 it is only because he is typical of all 

 other Catalans with whom I came in con- 

 tact. I was traveling without other visi- 

 ble luggage than a camera. My pockets 

 bulged disreputably with the various 

 necessities of life. I entered his hos- 

 telry filmed with dust after eight hours in 

 a mule cart, and yet he went to infinite 

 pains to aid me. With that fatuity that 

 sometimes comes upon one, I tried to tip 

 him. This is a public apology. It was 

 he who solved the problem of getting to 

 IJivia. 



"I shall see the chief of police," said he. 



These worthies contrived a plot against 

 the laws of two countries. The chief 

 wrote out a paper which, upon transla- 



