Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-09-28
words by heart, and promised to repeat them

words by heart, and promised to repeat then
faithfully.
u Accordingly, at the time appointed, th'
/ Lieutenant escorted the beautiful SeuDra, in ;
cold and distant manner, t0 the residence OF hi
wife Here the two contestants for the hear
of the gallant officer met face TO face. At thu
Insight of the voluptuous charms OF the Mexican
II the American lady O. perienced violent twing'
lof jealousy, and clutching her fists, looked dag
gers at the beautiful Sonora, who returned Tho
! glance with smile OF der:sive contempt fol
the lean proportions and angular features o
Il the fankina But the Lieutenant apprehend
ing scene, soon interrupted this interchange
of clvllltes between his two fair friends, by
exclalming-" My dear, | have brought Mrs.
Il w hat -ye-may y-call-em-plague on it, cant
II pronounce these Mexican names to satisfy
you of the ridiculous and scandalOus nature OF
the stories about me which have reached your
ears" lie then addressed few words in
4 Spanish 10 the Sonora, who advanced in dig
nihed manner Ia repeat the lesson which she
had been so carefully taught. Now, it hap
pened that the first English word which Dona
Panchita had learned, and indeed il is the first
word learned by all ladies', was that hard, ug-
| ly, prosaic, Saxon word, " husband" and the
last English word, "strangcr." Unfortunate
ly, on this occasion her latest English acquisi-
ton had slipped altogether from her memory =,
and not knowing any other long word to ill up
the vacuum, she thus rendered the sentence
which had been SO diligently learned by her :
% This man is husband to me | did not
know him before" And these words were
delivered with the full, round, distinct, sono-
rous accent of the Castlian tongue.
How can we describe the effects The
words were hardly out Of the beautiful mouth
of the Sonora, hen the unhappy wife was ia
Ken with "A violent return of her jealousy paRgs
and prolonged series OF - conniption fits, ,"
accompanied by tearing of the hair, indignant
shaking of the fist, and such screams They
might have been heard by the MEXICAN army :.
which was ceriainiy q long distance ofl-,er
Inina'ig in regular ianiing away into the
arms of that horrible false man. At this point
of the scene the Sonora thought il was lime for
her TO interfere, 20 prevent her lover from be.
ing appropriated by the pac-iaccd impostor
so she rushed toward him, aud seiziDg the
Lieutenant by the shoulders, endcavored toI
drag him to the door, which effort aroused Mrs.
N from the swoon, and caused her toI
seize his other arm to drag him back. And
thus was our poor Lieutenant in danger of be-
ing pulled apart by the two angry ladies', who,
to add to the discomtor,s Of his situation, at
t;Hked him-the one in an cid Saxon, and the
other in thundcr-toned Castllian-with re-
proaches the most furious aud raging. Final
ly, however, the uproar raised the guard, who
came rushing into the room and rescued him
from his perilous situation.
The next day Lieutenant N received a.
short furlough to return to the United States,
where he arrived safely, accompanied by his
Andromache. How the Sonora was ever re-
conciled to his deserton, and whether she coh-
tnued, like Penelope, to mourn her absen,
Ulysses, may be learned from the gallant, ac
complished, and socable officers of the -
yoluntcers.-N. O. DeHa.