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was forced 70 retreat, TO change his po-
si.ion, and 10 confess that the lady In
question was an old acquaintance OF
his, with whom he desired to stand on
good terms. .o5he wished to go before
the lady and deny that there was any
thing improper in their intimacy. Now
|! it happened that The, Sonora had learn.
ed but a few words Of English, and
those we're taught her by the lLienten.
ant, so he could rely upon her inability
to understand his wiie,and her fidelity
IN repeating what he should teach her.
The words taught to her were these
|"This man is a stranger TO mel did
not know him before. The Sonora
being ebeered byathe prospect of rid
ding her friend Of what ishe supposed
were the importunilies Of some old dis
llcarded sweetheart, soon learned the
words by heart and promised to re.
peat them fai,hfully.,'n ga% Eide
| Accordingly, at the time appointed,
1.-THE Lieutenant escorted the beautiful
ISenora,, In a cold and distant manner,
to The residence Of his wife. Here the
two contestants for the heart of the gal
liant officer met lace to face. AT the
sight ofthe voluptuous charms Of the
Mexican, the American lady experienc.
ed a violent twinge Of jealousy, and
cutching her fists, looked daggers at
the beautiful Sonora, who returned the
glance with smile of derisive con-
tempt for the lean proportions and an
gular features Of the Yankina. But the
Lieutenant apprehending scene, soon
interrupted this interchange OF civilties
between his two fair friends By ex-
ciaiming-"My dear, have brought
Mrs. Whatye-ma v-call EN- plague on
lit, / Can't pronounce these Mexican
names!-.to satisfy you Of the ridicu-
lous nature ol the stories about me
which have reached your ears" He
then addressed a lew words in Spanish
to the Sonora, who advanced IN dig
ni6ed manner to-, repeat the lesson
which she had been So carefully taught.
Now, i, happened that The first English
word which Dona Panchita had leafn
:. ed, and indeed, 1T is the first word
learned 10y all ladies, was that hard,
|ugfy, prosaic, Saxon word, "husband,'
and the las, English word she had
learned, and the last which Mexican la
dies generally learn, was "stranger.'
| Unfortunately, U on this occasion, her Ia
test English acquisition had slipped al.
together from her ermemory, and not
knowing any other long word 10 fill up
the vacuum, she thus rendered the sen
ience, which had been so diligently
learned by her: This man isa husband
! to me-; | did not know him before"
And these words were delivered with
the full, round, distinct, sonorous ac.
cent of the Castllan tongue. - @'.'e
How can we describe their effects?
The words were hardIy y out Of the beau.
tiful mouth OF the Sonora, when the un-
happy wife was taken with a violent re-
turn Of her jealous ,pangs, and a pro-
longed series Of "conniplion fits,", ac-
eompanied by tearing Of the hair, indig-
nant shaking of the fists, and such
screams! They might have been heard
by ,:he Mexican army, which was GER
lainly along distance off,-terminaling
in a regular falnling away into the
arms OF thai horrible lalse man. At this
point Of the scene the Sonora thought
it was time for hereto interfere, 10 pre-.
vent herlIever from being appropriated
by the pale. laced impostor; SD she rush
ed towards him, and seizing the Lieu
tenant by the shoulders, endeavored to
drag him to the door, which effort
aroused Mrs. N---from her swoon,
anG caused her to seize his otherar
to drag him back. And thus was our
poor Lieutenant in danger Of being pull
ed apart by the two angry ladies, who.
to add 20 the discomforis Of his situa-
ton, attacked him-the one 10 regular
old Saxon, and ,lthe. other in thunder.
toned Castiian-with 'reproaches the
rnostfurious and raging. Final y ,ehow.
exera the upfoar raised the guard. who
came rpshipg into the room and rescued
him from his perilous situation. 5o;,G.
The next day Lieut.. N. received a
short 'furIough, 10 return, to the United
States, where be lrriyed safely. accom-.
panied by his Andromache. How the
Sonora was ever reconciIed TO his de-.
serliop, whether she continued like Pc:
nelope,. to mourn her absent Ulysses,
may be learned from the gallant, ac.
complished, and sociable officer ofthe
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