Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-01-29

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The sisters knew Of and reprobatea The
| insult, but seemed TO cherish no feelings
! OF malice with regard 10 II. The Young
est one was my delight and could fire.
| quenly echo her fathers frequent deciara-
| uon OF que 70 ia amo !,--Ah how
love her! Her welcome sent strange
thrill to my bosom; the softened beams Of
light that flashed from her dark ewes,
warmed the verv under currents Of my
cold northern blood. But when her full
rounded, dimpIed arms, sof, as the veIve,
Of Venice, were joeingiy cast about my
neck. calling forth the reproof. : seas de-
centa Z from the whole family. then felt
thai the race of The enemy had given
what my own had not---a woman that
could love dearly. All all there was a
quality IN that gally decorated LILLE was,
that induced me 10 clasp II nervously-
there was magic heat and strange pres
sure about her little hand and fingers tha,
caused me To grasp them as if they were
the treasure of life and the tali<man a
gainst all evil. Lilde Jade little Jade !
!
TO speak English words, and the silverv
laugh, coupled with the blush Of morrif
cation, that followed each several Trial -
bow she would thrust her fingers into her
ears as if the sound of a strange tongue
from her own tempting mouth smote upon
her tympanum in harsh and frighfu|
manner! But come-,his is not what
should write ; you are not my coniessor.
Back OF the house was a garden, in
which grew a liltIe of everything: and
back again of the garden vas an on, house,
constructed solely of vegetable produr-
tons, IN which surplus and useless arl-
cles were stored, as supposed, and
where. as knew, the corn of lortlos was
macera,ed.
Now, Papia. Che girls name as i, was
pronounced, bu, am not sure of It's or
biography evidently wished me to love
her. and took grea, pains TO make me be-
lIeve that filled her heart to the excIu-
sion Of every other object. On the
afternoon my seventeen companions
stopped with me, left them to follow
her, (my brief cuslom) to the GARDEN
And now, pray you, credit wha, shall
tell. The Mexican women, when they
wish TO enchaln one. employ, on certain
occasions, one Of the most singular meth
ods--a dance. Several times had The
girl performed the mos. singular saitalo,
rial eYoIutions before me. The father
was aware that she did so, and he was
gralified 10 observe tina, his children were
captivating los Amerlcanos cannot de-
scribe this dance. Il distances my COM
prehension. II is unlike anything my
vision has been fated to greet. On the
afternoon in question, the girl gave il its
full scope. She commenced with wild
chaun,-low and monotonous, suling the
action of her limbs TO the time of the air.
can never forget those passionate al
titudes, so full Of grace. Sof,ness and be-
wlldeting abandonment were blended in
every motion. The effect was absolutely
startling. A species of magnetic Devil
dermen, spread It's powerful net about me.
and was bound and powerIess. Such
dance! Oh its singular power, and the
marvellous emotions il conjured up |
was lost 10 all things bu, the being before
me, and all external impressions 'paied
their Intellectual attractions in juxlaposi-
ton with that fearful enhancing astound-
ing series of movements then enactinr.-
She must have danced twenty minutes ere
| was aroused from my leihargy- for |
was not myself, but an abstraction. When
| awakened, | found myself following,
like sleep walker, while she, sung in
the notes of her chaunl, The single word
Venid. (come) with such passionate ac-
cent that her very soul seemed to gush
forth in it. went! We had reached
the nethermost portion of the garden,
when flushed, bacchanaiian light CLEAN.
ocean pillows, she sank exhausted in nv
arms. There was no place Of refuge or
res. but The vegetable nu,, through the
ffail door of which plunged with my
precious burden. An old bench, the legs
formed of small limbs of tree, was the
only seat that presented, and upon Ibis /
deposited her.
Scarcely had | done so, ere she sprang
up and laughed loudly. Her noisy mirlh
was echoed close behind me. turned
and saw her eldest sister. who, though
she laughed, bore in her features The ex-
preston one would imagine in the face of
salvador Rosa's ugliess and mos. malicious
fend or robber.
What * this 2 | asked
'Toda ia cosa-,oda es orden de US
ledes,' said she with the very quin,esence
of satire in her tones and look. Her
speech signlfed that the whole house, and
all tina, saw was at the command of sour