mother-in-law, I'll make you burn your face at the same fire, if I have any power left."
When Briones heard the devil begging so hard, he came and uncorked the bottle. Aunt Holofernes' son-in-law crept out like a chicken out of the shell, first his head, then his body, and last of all his tail, which Briones seized, in spite of the devil's efforts to get away. The ex-prisoner, who felt quite cramped and benumbed, stretched his arms and legs, and then they started off for the royal palace, the devil running along in front and the soldier following, holding the tail fast in his hand. When they reached the palace, the devil was about to skip away, but Briones held on to his tail and said:
"Now that I come to think it over, señor, four dollars a day is a miserable pittance, unworthy of you, of me, and of the service I have done you. You must be a little more generous. Do something which will be a credit to you in this world, where (excuse my plain speaking) you do not enjoy a very savory reputation."
The devil agreed to. his terms, as he needs must, and said:
"I am going to slip down the throat of the, princess, whom the king, her father, loves to distraction, and I shall cause her such pain that no doctor can cure her. Then you must present yourself, offering to effect a cure for a pension of as many dollars a day as you may want, and I will come out. So our accounts will be settled."
Everything occurred as he had planned it. The princess took to her bed, convulsed with
