Democratic banner., 1850-12-04

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LosassieaT esd- -psepsietF fsfsi3aisgae+o in-
|truds in a9sSse q nasafs bn 90 wosshipfui
Z company " 5sEFfd With pa saai sHaas4i pre-
+ciPation, % mots secluded. hif fkis fs-
fvorsbie spot up tie 6asks,-er
The scene ,was highly snue;ng7shorsss
aouindeiing and snoftiag Eid-way in the
sereshIn; Afabs displaying their e6ppes-eal-
esed Embs, as they dsPcrted thes1seites g.
mong the 1tiuy wsvess Pilgfsus u essdat ar.
EAss rdscking and diEinE, grubh5sts sasa!
skells ssnda green psbeles u Ne eafee1 q
the sirrsM; handkerchief, esRss eldI I'M
knoNn ARTICLES Of apparel, male aud fsRaisk
were, washed IN The holy rvsr. all eopSsera-
ted ha6iiiments from that day forth some
long e-sigsed devotees had brought beads and
glass SrnIets from Jerusaltu,, % b< trans-
farsaed INTO smalets and relics. BY mner-
SION in the lordan: asre bottled he eater
in large sih aaskss others pleekea eiilowe
from the .rir-r iae; aha . few teok sassfsA-
.iial logs to Be @snlfaetneed iato trAhsas ef
divers, SORTS. .eensecrssed sll ky, eesisce
with the waters. In fact sPlesssrR, Rrohe
dnd devoslon were enriossly 6leaaed teassh-
aksasfse earesaily kept Skt u Hekt>
PFoPfie,y, I thiak I said, eonPeht4 our
party to retire to little distance ffeas the
plscervheFes the scsno; 4 hsse been iendea-
voring. to describe Eas shaeseds DbstE tEPro-
priety- played ora, at least e her veasries
an unwerthy trick. Ivas following com
panion across The riv,r; he had gained the
opposite side when the current caught ne
suddenly, and giving up the glory ef the
snteTprise, might and main l vas obliged
to strike e1t for the bank had Just leh.-
Housver:t the river god being naProPitions,
I MAS barred iheoatinestly down the strsan,
and finally deposited on sAinely bsak. Il
blush to record ID nearly at the feetaf the
fair pilgrim who represented the eeatler
sex among our body. Here the water vas
too shallow to swim, aud the eurfsnt too
rapid 20 permit my coming to an anchor By
any other expedient than that Of ofholdihg on
by the battoi, with 6otl, hands. Ny feet
were pointed to the lady, and my Lethsr
man bunping, sAsasily against the stony
shelf on whielrI wss 50 aepiorshly stfaaded,
ANsk
What was to bs done? Dseensys ofeonfse,
for bads NY getting on my legs and retiring
like Christian bipei while necessity for
ced me to hold hard. as 3 uaeander down
wards 20 the sea of Sodom might be attend
ed with very serious consequences, even It
i escaped shipwseck in my invslunts,yvoy-
age.gF ..rs.'sr 7ut1 70 s>re'sxs gbss7
So there Elay soverea,s a. we'll - sd-
verse circumstances would admit efsiNthe
muddy Nster. my faee sserehed By q hlsx-
ing sua. md nay SatIpadss lkresteaing mo-
Imentarily 10 come .asunder. from the incess-
ant jerking ofthe mexorabls stream. The
fNct Is, I was in the "eentre OF hobhle."
And how did the fair lady take itp Thia
was ths Hnkindest cut Of all. OH for the
propristy, tue delicacy, nay, the sympathy
Of womanl She positively looked on, asif
lnrthing extraordinary was the matter; I
might as well have been q log Of wood sshe
neither regarded my helpless condition,
nor expressed commiseration for my per-
lplsxity perhap, she thought, poor simple
woman, Il was a way we Europeans had,
and that, after the custom Of my eountry, l
was paying my respects to the venersted
object Of our mutual pilgrimage. Be that
as i may, there lay unhappy !, martyr to
my modesty; while she, for vhose sake
suffered, calmly contemplated my burning
and, as fast as they were
handed TO her, immersed garment after gar
ment in the water, consecrating, verify
believe, the wardrobes Of every female
friend, kinsweman, or acquaintance she
possessed in the vide world-and these,
as had reason to renemher, were anything
but few. Atlsst her task was finished; and
taking an extra duck for her own especial
benefit, the ruthless woman betook her to
the bushes, whilst !, ,scprched, scariAed and
Parboiled, rose dripping from the river, for,
swearing pilgrims and pilgrimsgssfrom that
day forth. - ,t-.......
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