The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-12
A TRAVELLERS TALE-BY Mn. SMITH.
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future son-n-3w! How rapidly these simple forest
ers despatch such important ahalrsP thought i but
spoke only Of my gratitude, and my affection for his
adorable daughter. ..
81 sec you smile my friends, as if you think that
was all the while meditating escape, at the very
first opportunity from these half-compusory nup.
tals. Was II You shall hear Of my sincerity and
my constancy, upon higher key than probably you
have ever attempted.
81 went to the Indian village, and staid with the
amiabe old chief week, according to my promise
although grew every day more impatient TO return
TO the Natchez, and make my little preparation for
my marriage. On my way back ] staid one day and
night at Don Philips, and found my passion went
on increasing, at every glance at my bride. was
also more and delighted with anticipating the
pleasing task Of forming the mind and cutiyang the
taste Of my darling ertant de la nature. | had no
doubt of making her the prodigy Of the age, in few
months, and was often thinking on what plan should
proceed whether ] should aim to make her Ma
dame Dacer-only great deal more learned-or
Madame de Seygne-only vast deal more witty
| believe, upon the whole, | concluded that she
should be a sort of combination Of the two-more
Of the femme sdpanie than the one and more OF bel
esprit than the other. babe her most tender adieu
however TO return to my friends at the Natchez, be-
fore had fully arranged The programme of her future
studies. | knew that she could then read Spanish,
and she had told that she could write it very we'll
That was considered pretty high learning for a
young lady, among the planters in that quarter and
was entirely satisfied with the progress which she
had made in securing those two charming accom-
pshmenls | rather rejoiced that 1t had been left
entirely TO me to introduce her into the higher re-
gons of literature. l caught myself, as | went along
thinking of a subject for her first poem
You may we'll imagine that did not part from
the future Madame de c., after finding that she could
write Spanish well, without making her promise
to correspond with me, and to send me letter at
every opportunity till | came up again, which
be in about ten days. Ii understood that the
marriage should take place about that time, though
the precise day was not named.
"On the evening Of the second day, after had re-
turned home, as was resting myself on my bed, af
ter days hard hunting with some young Spanards
young Indian lad, of fourteen fifteen years of age
suddenly presented himself at my door, and without
bowling, or speech, or sign, approached me, and, as
started up TO demand what he wanted presented me
a letter, which he drew from his bosom He then
very cooly laid himself on the floor, and by the time
had broken the seal, was fast asleep.
You will believe me, without difficulty, when
inform you that the letter came from my beloved
1t full of the tenderest expressions and inquiries
and after charging me to write by the bearer, con-
cuded with informing me that her dear father was
coming to the Natchez the next day. and that she
coming with him, and would be at Don Guzman AL
lego's house at nine the next morning This was the
most delightful news in the world for me I; and when
| had finished the perusal of this charming epstle
no drawback remained to my perfect felicity, ex-
cept that was obliged to acknowledge that a little
more than three words out Of four were badly
spelt! For instance, 'quertdo my future sepante
had spelt with two IRIS and two dds, and wonder
that she did not begin with %, when observed
that amigo was also spelt with nm and gg.'-
But was easily consoled for these slight mistakes
when looked again at the sentiments the misspelt
words conveyed. | even found a certain grace and
beauty in those innocent blunders
81 fastened to reply; and after expressing, in
pretty sublime Spanish, the felicity had derived from
her charming letter, launched into still higher
strain upon that which she was to bestow on me, by
allowing me the sight Of her divine beauty the next
day. ] did stop TO reflect that the young savage
was all this while getting more soundy asleep, and
when had Finished it was trHing labor to awaken
him. Those young Indians have most astonishing
talent that way and could not help thinking that it
was lucky had begun, as did, to rouse him, or il
might soon have been impossible to do So without the
aid heavy Of artillery succeeded at last however.
and the moment gave him my despatch, the young
rascal darted out of the room like lightning, and
have no doubt ran every step of the way distance
of some seven English miles.
at was not a moment later than eight o'clock when
arrived at my friend Don Guzman's, the next morn
ing to receive my intended, as became my duty and
her DESERTS and although she had named nine as the
hour, allow me to mention that she also anticipated
the appointed time by nearly thirty minutes! If Won
had seen the Joy manifested at the sight of each
other, you would have known at once that we were
lovers ana would nave supposed that had been AZ
least three months separated.
"Hcr father returned in the evening to his home but
she remained, at the solicitation of Donna Maria
Don Guzman's wife, backed, you may suppose, by
my influence, TO spend the remainder of the week
with her You may be sure she had more trouble TO
get her fathers consent than her own But at last,
II was given, and We happy
For the next Tour days, spent my whole day,
and half the night, at Don Guzman's; and incredi
4 ati
with undated feryor On the evening Of the filth.
there was ball and grand festivity, IN honor of
some saints day or other at the house of one of the
principal citizens. We were all there, as well as
the whole elite Of the beauty and fashion of that CITY
The number OF course, was not large as in Paris
but among them was one young Spanish girl, who
had been once IN Paris, and with whom for that rea-
chiefly, loved 10 talk, Whenever met her She
was passonately fond of dancing and had so far i'm
proved by her travels in France to be very fond of
compliments, and very much addicted to geometry
IL you hesitated about atterng her. she had way of
helping you 10 do it that very droll There were
those who pretended that there was some love ma
king, or would be made, between her and n certain
young Frenchman, of the name with myself
But authorize you, Messieurs to contradict the re-
port, in the fullest manner, whenever and wherever
you may hear it. Still, though bad not found her
beautiful enough TO reconcile me to her folly had
not found her so very foolish az to compel me 10
abandon my occasional gallantry to her therefore
concluded after dancing three times with my adored
that would do the amisble to Donna Marguerite,
and ask her to dance, to which she readily assented
did not observe that my angel changed her seat and
took precisely behind us and as il was some time
before II came to our turn to move in the dance
thought that the interval could not be better filed up
than with a few choice compliments to my partner.
was so diverted to see the little ooquette laugh with
such delight at my most extrayagant ones, and was
besides in such high spirits at the presence of nv d.
Vnty, that rather think must have uttered to her
some things which had intended for Donna Isabella
To make the matter still worse, when Donna Marguer-
Ia accused me of being capvated by that beauty whom
however, she observed pascal she did not think
was 90 rery handsome took great pains to persuade
her that she was entirely mistaken, and tbst IL n