priest put a piece of gold into his hand, and having again blindfolded him, conducted him baek to his dwelling.
"Are you willing," said he, "to return and complete your work?"
"Gladly, Señor Padre, provided I am so well paid."
"Well, then, to-morrow at mid-night I will call again."
He did so, and the vanlt was completed.
"Now," said the priest, "you must help me to bring forth the bodies that arc to be buried in this vault."
The poor mason's hair rose on his head at these words: he followed the priest, with trembling steps, into a retired chamber of the mansion, expecting to behold some ghastly spectaelc of death, but was relieved on perceiving thrce or four portly jars standing in one corner. They wcre evidcntly full of money, and it was with great labour that he and the priest earried them forth and eonsigned them to their tomb. The vault was thcn closed, the pavement replaccd, aud all traees of the work obliterated. The mason was again hoodwinked and led forth by a route different from that by which he had come. After they had wandered for a long time through a perplexed maze of lancs and allcys, they halted. The priest then put two picees of gold into his hand: "Wait here," said he, "until you hear the cathedral bell toll for matins. If you presume to uncover your eyes before that time, evil will befall you:"so saying, hc departed. The mason waited faithfully, amusing himself by weighing the gold pieces in his hand, and clinking thcm against each other. The momeut the cathedral bell rang its matin peal, he uneovered his eyes, and found himself on the banks of the Xenil, from whence he made the best of his way home, and revelled with his family for a whole fortnight on the
