Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-06-17

> IVeQ over once more III IneInOTy y
, days which are always pleasan
|, when past, especially when belong
ing to our first essays in manhood
My friends sat down in a convenien
spot, and | left them a while to lool
after my strange SoSla. He, too
was alone; he also lad left his femaI,
companion, and was evidently il
search of me.
ImpossibIer cried he, mo, it can
not be-
'WaIter Bruce exclaimed /, as
recognized a quondam lieutenant o
the San Berdard schooner.
'Well,' said he. q expect this is ex
traordinary and pleasant 100. We
parted on the deck of the New Yorl
steamer, bound from Galveston tc
New Orleans, and here we meet in
Paris, TO all appearance in the identi
cal clothes we wore on that day.
1 passed my arm through his
scarcely able TO speak, and we moved
along a few yards in silence.
'What are you doing herel' he
said. after a short pause. 'QuilI
driving, l suppose. have been told
you have written considerable yarns
about Texas since you returned 10
Europe
'Yes, my dear fellow replied !, q
am now an author. That is my busi-
ness. profession, or calling; and your
'Oh, |! Why I've been TO Cali
fornia since saw you, and Pm now
on the lookout for a place in old
Europe, where 10 pitch my tent
But come along, | must introduce
you to my wife. | have often talked
Of you TO her. You recolIect that
MS. volume OF mine, which | scrib-
bled on board the Jim Bowie, and
which you corrected and revised for
me. She has them. Blu: here she
is.
was then hastily introduced to a
very lovely young woman, about
twenty years OF age, whose peculiar
complexion and hair at once pro-
nounced her to be a Mexican Of the
mixed race of Spaniards and Indians.
She received me with the frank
heartiness of her nation, and when !
alluded to my not being alone, she
proposed to join my party. This
was readily agreed upon, and as my
adventures in Texas have always, |
fear, to the sorrow of some patient
friends, formed an endless topic OF
conversation, the union proved in
teresting and very agreeable. The
fair haired and blue-eye English girls,
who composed the juvenile section
OF my companions, formed a pleas
ing contrast to the Mexican beauty,
and the rest of the evening was
spent in company.
Next morning | found myself at
the breakfast table of Walter Bruce,
who occupied splendid apartments
looking out on a fashionable boule-
ward. All around him bespoke opu-
lence and wealth; his servants, his
residence, his equipages, were all in
a style OF almost oriental splendor,
and | could not refrain from remark !
ing on the wonderful change in his
fortunes which had taken place since
the day when we lived in a state OF
simi>starvation on board the old .
guard ship in the port Of Galveston.
He smiled, and promised to ex-
plain the whole affair to me, even at
the risk OF appearing in print. For
said he, 'if | do narrate my adven-
lures you will not be able to resist
the temptation
After breakfast we drew our
chairs near the fire, smoked the pipe
Of peace, which more than any thing
else carried me back TO my old lie,
and while Mrs. Bruce went out TO
make some calls, frankly did my ex-
in danger and difficulty
relate his adventures and history.
When Walter Bruce left me, he
was on his way to join two vessels
Of the Texas republic, lying in New
Orleans harbor, which had been or
lered down 10 Sisai, to assist the re-
public of Yucatan against the parent
state Of Mexico. Ii would require
more space than | can here devote
to the subject, TO narrate all my
-riend's adventures until he found
himself ore fine morning transferred
rom the deck OF man-oi-war TO
The counting house Of merchant Of
Vera Cruz, a change which, however
nglorious it may sound, was really
very advantageous. Bruce ha d
been educated for the bar,
IS had |, and like myself abandoned
luiet life to wander in Texas, carried
away by the details Of her heroic
with Mexico. But an
American is generally fit for any
hing, and Walter Bruce soon capti-
rated the confidence of Messrs. Nor
lis and Franklin his employers
They had counters in the city Of
Mexico, at Mazatlan, and traded