Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-12-09

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the only tie that was left between hel
and her native land; for it is strang.
thing, sir, but Fve often found foreign
ers, even Frenchmen love their owr
country just as well as if it had beer
Old England?
"Wel, sir, years passed on, and she
was sixteen, and a sweeter or more
beautiful creature you never set eye.
on. She was as kind and gentle as ar
angel, and so fond of me! and am
sure / loved her better than my own
Ilife,-not in the way Of sweet-hearting
for though l was pretty looking fell
low enough then nobody could forge,
for moment that she was young la
ldy. But then, had saved her life you
know, sir,-and we used to talk about
her poor mother that was gone, and
then she made me learn little Portu-
guese, that she might speak In her own
tongue to me; for her fathers land
seemed always uppermost in her
thoughts. AT last | joined merchant
ship which was to sail for Lisbon, and
the long nursed wish of the heart came
out, andshe begged so hard to go with
me, that could not find courageto re-
fuse her. but got her passage in the
vessel. And oh, sir! the grief thatwas
among the women when she went;
You know sir, they are kind, soft-heart-
ed creatures, and ! thought they never
would have consented. However, go
we did and very pretty voyage we
had.
"When we came in sight of Lisbon,
l never shall forget how the poor dear
looked. She was as pale as ghost,
and nembled all over; and while her
eyes seemed to devour the shore her
lips were white and quivering, murmur-
| ing Portuguese words, that could not
catch the meaning of except now and
then her mothers name.-Well sir, to
make short story of it, we landed,
& got leave to 60 with her over to
town, and see if we could find any boz
dy she knew. Poor dear, l thought
she would have tainted when she set
her foot on the land, she trembled so;
for she was weak, delicate little crea-
ture. But oh-what a change we found
when we left there! Where the earth
quake had been there was the grand
Black Horse Square, and all in straight
regular streets that the Marquis of Pom
bal had built and we did not know
where we were. However, she soon
began to ask, and found that her uncle,
Don-confound his long name, l new
err could think of it, & l am sure it is
not worth remembering; but he was
living in grand house, they pointed
out to us-so there we went. Well,
sir, we found him with parcel Of fine
servants round him, but we did not
care for that, and we told him who we
were and, would you think it sir?-
he would not believe us? The fact
was, it did not suit him to believe us;
for suposing her dead, he had seized
on all her property, and was enjoy ing
it. So the old scoundrel called US i'm
posters-called me and his own broth
er's beautiful childimposters, and threa-
tened to send for constable! You
may guess my blood began to rise. and
as former, poor thing! she stood speech
less and trembling; for, in her inno-
cence, she had never dreampt of this,
nor, to tell the truth had either. Well,
just at this moment a great mastiff dog
came into the room. ooh, Dasto!'
cried she, bursting for the first time in
to a flood oftears. I am sure you don't
forget me! Would you believe it, sir7
the old brute looked at her and growl-
ed-did not know his masters child,
No English dog would have done that.
However, she was SO overcome at the
sight Of her fathes's old dog, that she
threw her beautiful body on the ground,
and clasping her white arm around the
beast, Rugged him to her heart. He
bit her, sir! can hardly speak it-but
he bit her! saw his teeth enter her
soft fesh-I saw the blood trickle
down! ! can't tell you, sir, what l felt
at that moment. Even after all these
years, my blood is in boil talking Of
it. flew at the beast, and before YOU
could count two dashed his brains out.
The old Don swore in Portuguese.
stormed in English. It was we'll some
of the servants got between me and
him. ! believe I knocked down two
or three ofthem, but don't know.
caught the darling up in my arms, for
she had tainted, and I carried her ia
the ship. We put her to bed, but moth
1 ing cOlld recover her from the ahnck