The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12

dDomndple cigar, WHICH ICON suiohc -
and the captain threw the unsatisfactory
weed into the fire. immed stely. however,
accepting another from the ready hand Of
the obsequious Tape. That, fortunately.
drew uncommonly well; the spiral columns
assembled with the fulness and freedom in
which the veteran loved to luxuriate. He
swallowed his dsnitasse at gu.p; and
his sharp gsy eyes, twinkling with fresh
lustre, said--It was in coming from Bnrgos
that got into one Of the miserabless scraPes
ever experienced in my life; and all owing
to my tendeIheartedneS. the very worst
thing for campaign man can carry about
him. ar
Tell us, captain! What was its How
wa, it?' cried half dozen voices. Two
elderly gentlemen. who had been playing
draughts for the previous four or five hours.
finding il impossible amidst SO much clsmor,
to bestow the requisite attention on their
extremely intellectual game, also drew near
to listen, as the best thing. after draughts.
they could do
Captain Smith smiled graciously. seated
himself, INDUCED in few predatory whiffs,
and proceeded, During the many Journeys
| at different times made through the pro-
vince OF Leon in Spain, | fell in with very
worthy couple, whom took q great liking
to. Pedro Davila was, by trade, cooper,
he made all the casks and tubs for miles
round the little town near which he lived;
which was situated, | should tell you, a
good deal out OF the direct road, OF rather
the nearest road--fos there is nothing very
direct in the counuy--from Burgos to As.
torga. For my part | preferred round
about ways at that time to straight ones;
found them safer. Pedro had nice gar.
den too, beautifully cultivated. and the
pretiiest little Andalusian wife--Pedro was
also native of the south Of Spain-s
mans ever lighted upon. Pedro in his
y. uth had taken service with Spanish
grandee, who. being compelled TO fly his
counny-a common every. day thing abroad
took up his abode in Paris; and there
Pedro got rid of his fine old constitutional
iprejudices against foreigners, and obtained
in exchange some modern universal philan.
thropy-about the most dangerous article
to go TO market with in Spain it is possible
TO imagine. And sure am that if Pedro
had known what dreadful mess his turn
ing philosopher would get me into, to say
nothing of his wife, he was far too good q
fellow to have done anything of the sort.
But what on earth, Captain Smith, in
teruptsd Tape. could philosophy. PedrO's
or any ones else. have to do with your
You will hear, Tape; it was his liberal
mindedness and my tender heartedness Join.
ed together that played the mischief with
US both. An excellent fellow, notwith.
standing continued the captain, after q
brief pause. was Pedro Davila; too good
for Spaniar3, much; one could hardly
believe it Of him. was going to say he
was equal to EN- Englishman. but that per,
haps would be pushing it too far. Many
skin Of wine have we emptied together;
none OF the sloe stuff yoa get here, but the
genuine juice Of the grape ITSELF The
captain smaclsed his lips at the pleasing
"reminiscences, then, to reward them for the
exercise, inlbbed a portion of another
demi tasse crafty qualified TO his taste.
AT the time 1 speak Of, it was highly
dangerous to harbor, succor, or conceal any
Frenchman, woman or child. Death, Of
worse punishment, was pretty sure TO BE-
the doom Of any one offending against thai
law Of vengeance; and it happened thai
one of The nnn,t fsrosious of n1i,soa Buesiils
leaders, relentless hunter and slayer o.
miserable fugiiives. was Ramez, native o.
the village or town near which Pedro lived
He was seldom long absent from home;
and was, in fact, the real governor Of the
place. .. ...
We'll, il Glanced one unfortunate day
that wounded French officer, who had
been chased several days by Ramez and
his fellows, cawled into Pedro's cottage,
and implored shelter and succor- His re.
quest was. as you may anticipate, after
what ] have told you Of Pedro's notions oil
philosophy. granted; and the hunted man
was successfully concealed, carefully tend.
ed, and restored TO health. The day Of bis
departure had arrived; he was carefully dis
guised, mounted on Pedro's mule. and was
Just bidding his benefactor good-by at the
garden gate, Marietta, fortunately. as il
turned out, wa, not at home.) who should
poke up his diabolical snout from the other
side of the hedge. but RamezI The uglies,
rascal, gentlemen, continued Capt. Smith,
with violen. emphasis, the most ill.favorei
scoundrel ever saw in my life was Ramez;
and that from man who has been twenty
years in the army, and who has lived up
wards of twenty in London, is saying a
great deal
This was quite cheerfully assented to-.
The ugliness that after such heightened
and frstrate experience bore of the palm,
was pronounced necessarily incompatible
by the entire an1tory.
He gave poor Pedro. continued the
captain, 'one most diabolical look, I'll be
bound the streaks from bis eyes--he always
squinted both sides inwards when he was
in passion--crossed each other within an
inch Of his nose.) then rushed forward and
bawled Justify for help. The Frenchman
spurred furiously into the adjoining forest,
and escaped. F'edro was seized. and the
alpha and omega Of it, as the chaplain Of
the old halfhuniredlh used to say. was,
that he was logged to prison, tried Few
hours afterwards, end condemned to dea.h
as traitor. II was wild time then; most
places managed their own affairs their own
way, and this was Master Ramez and the
alcalde's way. Pedro was to have been
strangled, gapotied they call it, but there
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