Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-08-12
Suehst and the Barber of Farragona.
BY TIE MARQUIS DE GREG.

Suchet was fond of originality n any shape, and was himself singular iu manner and modes of speech. At the tune the French were in the occu- patton of Farragona, the marshall was m the habit of amusing htmseit by mixing with the varioas classes of ts inhabitants incog., and selecting for special notice those whose oddities were in exeesa Of these latter percentages was a certain barber. named Pedro Lazanilo. who was passahy rich, and had very handsome wife. Bold in his an swers upon every other subiect,--exeE offensiyey so,--he seemed to shrink within himself when ever hls wife was named and always evadeti any direct response Now, ss the marshal had been much pleased with Lazarillos eccentncitiex gene rally, he imagined he would be doillg hun q ser wee oy quaTterag upon hs premises an officer of one oi hls crack regiments, II would be means of bringing to the of Pedro considerable mil tary patronage. Ii 80 happened, that on the eve hing before the order was made out, LazaFillo, on returning home from the house of friend found upon the sleps Of hls doineile three Preach ofii- eets, all oi Item the Iiveer for the wine they had taken, and bent upon discerning whether, through Inc chunks Of the outer shutter, u might be possi- ble To get peep at the Venus within. Impetu- oH&. yet willy in character and inme jealous even than his eonnuymen wont to be, the haFiers oiCod tired III aa instant, bot he concealed his rage, as surveying ksealy the faces of his would Dc sslioss he aseended the steps, and entered d-- The next day oae of these very officers eongrstu- lated himself as being the happy man ho waa To
 
 latter fecogplsea hln instantly. and as instantly decided on has late At the end of three days he was pass'ag Another. lalso one of ths three sted the same mysterious fate. ind singular to rels'e Colonel Victor Lam4., the thrird of the oih9ers who were party to tue ifolc we have de- Scr,bed was quRktered on the barber. So careful was Ae not so excite suspicion, ihai hs remained thiee weeks unmolcsted; but hss doom was not The less certain. lanthe, the beautiful wife of the lenSof, more than Susp1ctIng the end Of hs predecessors, was, above all things, aeslEous of warnng Victor ln time; and for thss purpOse con uyeds One afternoon when Pedro was iron. horne to Ioin Inc colonel la the garden. Her manners pleased hlIn much, and they fingered, chatting on Nafiehs togaes, antil twilight tad set in 'I owe my lie te you, ialT falssheg sad the colonel, as turning to depart. he respectfully bent to kiss her haHdi but at taat nsiaal shot, fred in ambush, iald han dead at heG feet anolheF. and she also was corpse. = Within half an hour of these ieaEtGi occarfenees, PedSo, fufcing his way into the presence of Sachet seated at the mess taDie thus addressed nun. after bitter Iaagh:-- ' AafShal there are three subjects on which an more jealous than any maa in exatenre---tny Dye, 1y eeEatrg. and my rsiigisn. Tue first have slaIa for indigeJe3ious--i am Tevengsd for your oaifascs npga the seeoni, by having killed thtse oi yoaf officers and as the lasl must be satisfied, give myself up to justice by destroy. Ing wrzEts" pistol was drawn from a breast poekei as ihn wss sad. and- -p43--the barber lay ~eitesing in hss blood EmDhs sad Snehet. solpeEhat grayey. 1" From thiJ moment for swear sr;giisahts"