Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-08-11

- ~ OhASSiJ oAu ooulCSoCO hlhA III PuAS
Castilian:
"Such epithets as these which but now
you have applied TO me, sir Colonel,
come with bad grace from one who is
himself beggar's founding, and who
owes his present rank TO his success as
leader of band of Castilian thieves, and
his more than savage cruelty towards a
| few helpless women, the unprotected
wives and daughters of some.twenty un
fortunate Carlist Officers in the noun
tains Of Toledo. You see I know some
thing Of your histors aud character, Don
1-afateo Aqulno, sometimes a petty thiefE
sir Colonel, it is my proudest boast; there
is no dishonor in the name; but as tor the
others, Adventures" and "pirate," they
will apply better to yourself"
"Malediction p exclaims the madden
ed Spaniard, springing to the ground,
and ere an arm can be raised TO stay his
murderous intent, his cleaning sword
flashes in the sunlight, and the next mo-
ment he makes desperate lunge full at
the heart of his defenceless enemy.
Some three or four of the cavaliers
sprang forward to the rescue, but the
brave stranger needs not their aid; Tor
leaping lightly aside he avoids the fatal
thrust: and the next instant he grasPs
the assassin with one hand, while with
the other he wrenched the weapon from
his grip, and hurls it Kissing through the
air full fifty feet from the cliff. down IN
to the black abyss.
For ten seconds he holds the black
hearted wretch there in his vlce-llke
grasp, until his eyes protrude from their
sockets, the veins swell out on his sWar-
. thy forehead like writhing serpents, and
: the convulsive quivering lips drawn back
in his strangling spasms, disclose the hrm
n ly set teeth glistening in the sunllgh'
$ like polished ivory. Still tighter, tha'
Y terrible grip closes upon the victim
n throat. Tig ghter, until the action ofbreath
: ing is destroyed, and the Spanish Office
writhes in horrible torture. For ten sec
v onts he holds him thus, as in the folds o
e a monstrous serpent; ten seconds, an
: then he filings the miserable wretch from
( him with such giant force, that the nobl
Q steed from which the rufian has so recent
IS ly dismounted,i is nearly hurled the cart
e by the violent conclusion, and the hal
le sirangled Colonel lays there insensibl
+ and helpless upon the ground.
-v4A II..-y--.sai--Als s1-.ha--A-narie2E turns I
is the wondering group, and offers an apo
ogy for this sudden exhibition OF his ten
nd per.
on "Forgive me, that l have been thu
"a rude in the presence of ladies, but ye
he heard the taunts of yonder epauietf
lg, brute, and can excuse my warmth Wh'
,ht I solemnly assure you, that what ha
Of charged. him with, is strictly true.
Jug have myself served in Spain with
ng, Carlists; and though but boy of seve
CHI teen at the time, was one day so fort
ere nate as to rescue a noble lady from t
nes clutches of this same villain Mateo Az
he no. 1t was in one of the rugged pas
ure not far from the little town OF Goyza,
the the mountains of Toledo; and il mlstf
esh not. there is living witness prese
who will attest the truth ofwhat l
by sert."
oil "Holy virgin ~ exclaims magr
e"' cent woman, so much1n form and
and lures like the lovely girl whom the str
eX- arm of the young American has so
Gently snatched from death, that
the would at a glance take her for an e.
ome sister "Dcos me saZuo," and the beau
LdleS woman springs forward, and grasl
own the young mans arm, gazes into his e
fiery ~ = sbe would read his very soul.
her ayes. its he! My brother; this is
& I bovn Cftop
halr ken. He, who saved me from disht
ire and death, more than six years since
llhgS the mountains Of Spain"
atch And there, before them all, the r
ne Spanish woman folds the America
the her heart, as if he had been the des
oaH- @ relative she possessed.
away sTs it possible?" you hear her exc
,,,., as she releases him from the long
,g his who III embrace; rs sIt it possible tia
d re- as G0ons sSs ease xagS nTS%s %S is dsE
and tive, and from whose power [ was
Mt act cued By this brave American, ther
mere boy? Yes, it must be true
). and this is the reason that have alway
from an undefnable dread, a vauge
e half creep around my heart whenever h
Q him been in my presence. And this il
d and wretch, my brother, to whom you '
have given your beautiful Josefa. I"
single "You are much changed in tn
ng of years :hat has gone by, senor, q
should scarcely have remembered
.geous features; but your name has ever
sh ar fresh in my memory"
char "My friends, permit me TO
g his known to you the youth who once
tween me from fate worse than death
Anaeri- Francis Burnet. My brother, the
man who has twice within a few
dsome moments, rescued your daughter
lendid destruction. first from this yawning
stran- and but now from more terrible
plctur- The lady paused, and warm il
kindly greeting bestowed upon the
IS deep American by the admiring group.
,atures "Wll Don Francis accompany