Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-15

cay, large-handed wench, with IA.
a comic mask. How should / forge, s lie |
Pluto! whose handmade she doubtless is ". s, y
moment" Ha
thrush, brute!-Wel, Staphyla dioa
day, and great loss she was to me, ana oa
into the market TO buy me another slavs .nsa
by the gods, they were all grown so dear b
| had bought poor Staphyla, and mona, sHts
so scarce, that was about to leave the ma
despair, when merchant plucked me fbu "a
robe: "Mistress,' said he: docs thou w W U:
slave cheap have child to sell, basaaNi
She is but little, and almost an infant, il iSs
but she is quick and quiet, dodile and cIs CIV
sings well, and broiders, and is OF good N''7i
l assure you sOf what countryr said t SHE
salan.' Now knew the Thessalians ~, m
acute and gentle; so said | would see tho ' 80
| found her just as you see her now. scar 81
smaller and Younger in appearance. She os3
ed patient, and resigned enough, with her beUs
crossed on her bosom and her eyes downraa.
| asked the merchant his price; it was modsr.,
and bought her at once. The merchant bro".ht
her to my house and disappeared in an insR.a
Well, my friends, guess my astOnishmeDt wiz.
found She was blind. Ha! ha! clever Ga,a%a
that merchant! | ran at once to the masis,r.,s'
but the rogue was already gone from pomn.s
So was forced to 60 home in very III huwr ,n
I assure you; and the poor girl felt the ess,
of il too. But it was not her fault that she W.
blind, for she had been so from her birth D.
degrees we got reconciled TO our purchase
True she had not the strength of StaphyIa Ana
was of very little use in the house, but she copi
soon find her way about the town as well ASH
she had the eyes Of Argus; and when one NOR,
ing she brought us home handful OF ses,erc@
which she said she had got from selling SON.
flowers she had gathered in our poor little Gar
den, we thought the gods had sent her to lis. 81
from that time we let her 60 out as she likes n
ling her basket with flowers which she wreahs
into garlands after the Thessalian fashion vhss
pIeases the galants; and the great people SEEN
70 take fancy to her, for they always pay h.,
more than they do any other flower cir, an
she brings all Of 1t home to us, which is mon
than any other slave would do. So | work 6
myself but shall soon afford from her cam
ing to buy me second Staphyla; doubtless h.
Thessalian kidnapper had stolen the blind ii
from gentle parents.
Be sides her skill in the garlands, she sings and
pIays on the cithara which also brings mOner
and lately-but that is a secret"
"IHaf is a secret-whatm cried LydOn "ar
thou turned sphnx?"
"Sphinx, no-why sphinx"
"Cease thy gable, good mistress, and bring
us our meat am hungry" said Spoms, imP
tiently.
Sand too" echoed the grim Niger, whetis
his knife on the palm of his hand
The amazon stalked away TO the kitchen, and
soon returned with tray laden with large pie
ces of meat, hali-raw; for so, as now, did the he
roes Of the prse-fght imagine they best sustain.
ed their hardhood and ferocity: they drew round
the table with eyes Of famshed wolves-de
meat vanished, the wine flowed So leave We
those important personages of classic life to O-
low the steps OF Burbo.