The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-26

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jerkin Of undressed goat skin. and leather
legeines tied across with strips of raw hide
Il observed, ] say, u man in the dress of
a brigand leaning Oh his carbine, and al
tentiVely watching my pretty charge There
was conhdent-nay, an impudent mir in
his manner that suited well enough with
the character he had assomed, but it also
demanded the attention of her friends. Her
brother had noticed the lascivous eer with
which the stranger had gazed upon Coto-
lima, and was on the point of reseniing the
insult in summary way, had not check.
ed his impeluosity. Her partner, Bruce,
also noticed the familiar and Insulting gaze
of the stranger, and in one of his moves in
the dance, Intentionally ran against the
brgand, and joslled him from his stand
With deadly scowl he drew his robbers
knife. and menaced Bruce wit. an action
of stabbing. The young man continued
his part in the quadrillc, but as he passed
the brlgand in the course Of the next figure
he knocked the high-crowned, r,band.
braided hat from the robbers head. The
fellow turned pale, and glanced furtive,
around upon the company he however
forced smile into his face, turned upor
his heel, and walked to another par, of ,b,
saloon.
At the conclusion Of the quadrillc, has.
tened TO Bruce, and expressed my admin.
ton of his conduct. Shirly also con,pli.
mented him, but his firm and courageou.
behaviour had been lost upon the hear!Iess
girl, who thought that the hrigand had
been i'll used, " for the man had certainly n
right to look"
l received from various acquaintanccs
numerous requests for inlroduclious to the
beouteous queen, and favored many of the
demands. During one of her Temporary
absence, gentleman passed me with an
open snuff box in his band.-l had been
longing for pinch, and lay my hand up
on the Frenchman's arm, said will YOU
give me pinch Of snuff l"--bu the old
gentleman intent upon some distant object,
'assed on without noticing my application.
Before ! could turn round, the brgand APP
,eared before with jewelIed snuff box,
which he presented to me with graceful
low, saying shall have the honor of
'fiering you some snuff" was annoyed
1t the mg,'s interference, but il was i'm.
possible to refuse his offer, and in the course
'f n few minutes we were engaged in a
ively convei sa,ion. | saw through his |
purpose, aud resolved To ,lisappont him
he quadrille ended, and Catalina aud her
partner hasiepcd towards me I; discugaaing
myself from the brigand in the midst of
critical dlsquisIlion upon the relative iper-
Is of Auber aud AdIode, | made him n low
air qucen5 End slrolled across the room.
IN the course Of the promenade encoun-
cred my friend Lozack he joined us for
, half "A turn, and on our return stroll, we
,spied the brigand in earnest discourse with
/ tall, thin gentleman IN n domino II
struck me Immediately that had seen the
all man before, but was unable to recol-
ect where Loznck, you know every
BODY ; who is the tall man in the blue do
nino, talking to the brigand there W
great rcforner--wrltcs elaborate essays
IN The weekly papers, famous for bad gram
mar and excess Of vituperalIon agaius, all
existing powers. lie has once or twice
been suspected Of forgery-has been tried
for swindIlng; and has long since been
kicked out of all decent association.
Who is his companion, the brigand therel
know his face, but cannot say where.
His whskers bother me. Ila ! know
that action and yet | cannot be mistaken
he is from Paris, though an Irishman,. he
is great scoupdrel lie wus detected
picking "A pocket
As Lozack hurried from us, the object
Of my inquiries suddenly joined our party
and taking me fsmiliarly by the arm, de-
sired the honor Of an introduction to the
line girl under my wing. ] was as,onlsh-
I'd at the fellows impndence, and medIia-
ed publicly insulting him Ut my anxIe-
y for the safety Of the inexperienced coup
e inirusied to my care, prevented The ex-
'losion. | formally declined the responsI-
'Illty Of Introducing a stranger; hc nu,ter-
ID low curse-bu checking his wrntli,
proposed adjourning to the refresliment
Dom. This, also, declined. At this mo
nent one Of the bands struck up lively
was new German waltz, and a
ucces.iou Of couples dsrted from the crowd
Hu "HIicu bfOnHO lnc ime WI NV" =" VIZ
en,re Of the magnificent area.
must waltz said Catalina viii you
,e my partner'
] begged leave TO decline.
Bruce, you waltz!
lie confessed his inability.
must waltz repeated the beauty ~
he imperious tone that she generally used
, express her wishes. {
Permit me the grand pleasure TO be your :
nrtner, said the brigand, with AN insInua- .
ng drnwI, and before ] could interfere To 5
rcrent it, the self willed girl had accepted a
i. offer, aud they were rapidly whirlIng n a
,und the ring. i
I was annoyed. The mans excessive
npudence in thru.iing himself into an ac- 4
ssintance with Catalina afIer had refns- r
I him an introduction brpken Ian {
mage, after had heard him speak cor. {
city both in French and English-Caia-