Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20
Suchet and the Barber of Tarragona.
BY THE MARQUIS DE GREG,

suchet and the Barber Of Tarragona.
BY THE MARQUIS DE GREG.
Suchet was fond of originality in any
,hape and was himself singular in man.
ner and modes OF speech. At the time
the French were in the occupation of
To,ragona, the marshal was in the habit
of amusing himself by mixing with the
lions classes of its inha bitants ancng,
and selecting for special notice those
whose oddities were in excess. Or these
latter personages was barber, named
psdro Lazarllo, who was passsbly rich,
and had a very handsome wife. Bold in
his answers upon every other subject -
oven ofeusively so he seemed to shrink
within himself whenever his wife was
named. and always evaded any direct
,os,ouse Now, as the marshal had been
.oucb pleased with LazarlIlos eccen-
,r;citIes generally, he imagined he would
he doing him service by quartering
upon his premises an officer OF one of his
crack regiments, as it would be means
Of bringing to the razor OF Pedro con-
siderable military patronage. 1t so hap
order was made out. Lazarilo, OH return
;,q home from the house OF friend,
fonnd upon the steps OF his domlcle
,hre, French officers, all of them the
EveIier for The wine they had taken, aud
bent upon discerning whether, through
the chinks of the outer shutter, 1t might
he possible 10 get peep at the Venus
within. Impetuous, yet willy in charac-
ter and more Jealous even than his cOun-
trvmen are wont to be, the barber s
blood fred in an instant, but he CONCEAL
cd his rage, as surveying keenly the faces
of hs would be visitors, he ascended the
stens and entered The next day one OF
these very officers congratulated himself
as being the happy man who was 10 take
up his abode with Pedro LaZarillo. The
latte recognized him instantly, and as
instantly decided on his fate. AT the end
of three DAYS he was mlSS1ug. Another,
(aso one of the three) shared the same
mysterious fate. And, singular to relate,
Colonel Victor Lam**, the third of the
officers who were party to the frolic we
have described, was qnartered Oh the
barber So careful was he not 10 excite
su>picion, that-he remained three weeks
unmoIestel; but his doom was not the
less certain. Ianthe, the beautiful vile
OF the tonsor. more than suspecllng the
end of his predecessors, was. above all
thugs, desirous of warning Victor i'll
time; aud for this purpose contrived, one
afrernoon when Pedro was from home,
10 iOin the Colonel IN the garden. Her
manners pleased BIN much, and they
fingered, chatting on varioas topics, until
twilight had set in. Il owe my life to
YOU, iair Ianthen' said the colonel, as
turning to depart, he respectfully bent to
kiss her hand; but a: that instant a shot,
fired in ambush, laid him dead at her
feet aaotber, and she alse was corpse
Within half an hour Of
these fearful occurrences, Pedro. forcing
his way into the presence OF Snchet. seat
ed at the mess table, thus addressed him,
after a bitter laugh: "Marshal. there
are three subjects On which | am
more jealous than any man in existence
-my-qclfe, my country, and my religion.
The FrM | have SLAIN for an udlscretlou:
i am revenged for yonr oulrages upon
the SecO7td, by having killed three OF
your officers: and as the last must be sat
i>fed [ give myself up to justice by des
troving myself" A pistol was drawn
from breast pocket as this was said, aud
-puG-the barber lay weItering in his
blood. .umph!' said Suchet, somewhat
gfavely From this moment l forswear
Orig1naLlty.'