New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-14

4 tlU NE Win us fDfhcu koh-NS'
Waa-What 90 YOU mean, ye Benguis bans-
lngf I never heard such discourse IA all my
lf.; p'aymans speech or Frencnman taA-
which wouderl Your father Tell me mnmp'
ing villain that II be comes near my IRE serve
bin, oct as | vii you Take that Tiny Jesus
what have we got here Oh delca'e Jesus
Whist is the matter with the child =
had made a motion which the viper under
stood: and now partly disepgaging useh from
NY bosom where il had lain perdu, Il raised Us
head to level with my face, and stared upon my
enemy with its glitterng eyes.
The man stood Ike one trsnshzed' ana tns
ladle, with which ne had aimed a blow at me-
now hung in the air ike the hand which held 1t
| bis mouth was extended, and his cheeks became
Of pale yellow. save alone that place whlch bore
the mark which have already described, and
/ this shone now pOrtentously, ike ire. he sIood
| in this manner for some time; ct last the ladie
/ fell from his hand, and its falling appeared 70
rouse him from his stupor.
~ say. wifelkin." said he. in 4 faltering tone,
! did you ever see the ike Of this here
But the woman had retrested to the tent, from
| the entrance Of which her loathy face was now
! thrust, with an expression partly OF terror ana
/ partly Of curiosity. After gazing some time
/ LONGER at the viper and myself the man stopped
! down and took up the lRdle; then, as II some
what more assured, be moved to the tent, where
! he entered into conversation with the oedsme IN
/ a low voice OF their discourse, though l could
/ hear the greater part Of it, | understood not
! single word and wondered what II could be,
| for | knew by the sound that it was not French.
! At last the man, in a somewhat louder tone, ap-
! peered to put question to the woman, VINO
! nodded her head sfirmstiyely and IN mcment
/ or two produced q small stool which she delivered
to him. he placed it on the ground, close by
| the door of the tent, first rubbing it with hls
sleeve as if for the purpose OF polishing its sur
! face.
Man-Now, my precious little gentleman, do
sit down here by the poor people, tent we wish
| 70 be civil in our slight way. Don't be angry, and
say no but look kindly upon US, and satisfied, my
precious little God Almighty.
Womon-Yes my gorgeous angel, sit down by
| the poor bodies fire, and eat s~eetmeat We
want to ask you question or two; only first put
| that serpent away.
! Mgseif-I can sit down, and bid the serpent
! 20 TO sleep that's easy enough; but as for eating
a sweetmeat, how can do that have not got
| one and where Am | 10 get il
| Woman Never fear my tiny tawny, we can
| give you one, such as you never ate, dare say,
| however far you may have come from
| The serpent sunk into its usual resting place,
! and | sat down the stool. The woman opened
box, and took out a strange little basket or
hamper not much larger than a mans fist, and
| formed OF a delicate kind of mating. 1t was
sewed at the top; but, ripping it open with
knife, she held it to me, and saw, to my sur
/ prise that it contained candied fruits OF dark
| green hue, tempting enough to'one of my age.
"There my tiny said she; taste, and tell me
how you like them"
VERY much" said 1; "where did you get
| them ?"
TIE beldame leered upon me for moment,
then nodding her head thrice, with knowing
! look, said "Who knows better than yourself, my
tawny ?"
Now, knew nothing about the matter; bat
saw that these strange people had conceived
very high opinion of the abilities OF their visitor,
! -rbfrb | tuns pothiuo 1oafh m encourage there
| fore answered boldly, "Ahl who indeed
Certainly" said the man "who should ksow
| better than yourself, or so well And now, my
tiny one, let me ask you one thing-you didn't
come TO do US any harm
| mo- said |, " | bad no dislike to you though,
! ifyou were to NEEDLE with me -.
Man-Of course, my gorgeous, OF course you
would; and quite right too NEEDLE with you
! what right have wei | should say, 1t would not
be quite safe. / see how it is; you are one OF
them there and he bent his head towards bis
| left shoulder.
! MvseiC Yes am one of them-for thought
he was alluding to the sodiers,-you had best
mind what you are about can tell you
Man. Don't doubt we will for our own sake;
Lord bless you, wifelkin, only think that we
| should see one of them there when we least
thought about it We'll, | have heard OF such
| things, though | never thought to see one; how
ever seeing is believing. Well now you are
come, and are not going to do US any mischief, l
if you will.
MgseE Whist good could l do youl
Mon. What good plenty Would you not
| bring us luck | have heard say, that one OF
them there always does if it will bat settle down.
| STAY with u.s. YOU shall have a tilted cart all to
yourself if you like. Wen make you our little
God Almighty, and say our prayers to you every
morning
Myself That would be nice and, il yon were
to give me plenty Of these things, | should have
] g. H., hat. rcrlI fat, coxy1
think he would hardly let me.
Man. Why not he would be with you and
kindly would we treat him. Indeed, without
your father you would be nothing at all
M1seC That's true but l do not think he
could be spared from his regiment. have heard
him say that they could do nothing without him.
! Man. His regiment What are you talking
! about what does the child mean
Myself What do l mean why, that my
father is an oficerman at the barracks yonder,
keeping guard over the French prisoners
Man. Oh then that sap Is not your iasher
MgseC What the snakel Why, no. Did
you think he wasl
me so
Myself Why, yes; but who would have
thought you would have believed 1t 1t IS tame
one hunt vipers, and tame them
Man-O-hl
"Ohl" srunted the woman that's it, is il"
The man and woman, who during this converse
tion had resumed their former positions within
the tent looked at each other with queer look
Of surprise, as if somewhat disconnected az what
they now heard They then entered into dis
course with each other in the same strange tongue
which had already puzzled me. At length the
man looked me in the face, and said some what
besitatiDgly, So you are not one of them there
after all p
Myself One Of them there = don't know
what you mean.
Nativity, we have been thinking you were
a goblin-a devilkinl However see how 1t is:
you are q sap engro, a chap who catches snakes,
and PLAYS tricks with them Well, it comes very
nearly to the same thing and If you please 10
list with u.s. and bear US pleasant company, We
shall be glad of you, Id take my oath upon it,
chat wa misht make a mort of money by YOU