Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-21


ance of part, consisting of some half doze
cavaliers, and as many ladies OH horseback
who come sweeping down the rocky pa.
and rein in their fiery stecds about the re.
cued girl and her gallant saviour.
A tall, hoble. looking man, whose hair an
thick mustache is bleachcd by the frosts G.
sixty Cantabrian winters, filings himself fror
his painting horse, and snatches the Lowell
girl to his heart, while he turns an admirin,
glance upon the young stranger. who still
holds the ioan-dripping bits of the impatien
runaway in an iron grasp.
In moment, the noble Spaniard compre
hends the deep obligation which the youn.
stranger has laid upon him, in saving his ONLY
child from a terrible death, and releasing the
blushing girl from his arms, he embraces the
handsome artist, and pours forth his thank.
Tor the gallant act so promptly performed.
All-gay cavaliers, proud danes, and Joy
Gus laughing Misunderstanding from theil
steeds, and gather around the half bewilder,
cd stranger, overwhelming him with thanks
and proffers Of regard and friendship.
All! No, not all. There is one single
exception to the general outpouring of gra.
titudr.
A handsome officer, in the gorgeous uni.
form of Colonel in the Spanish army, sits
there upon his coal black charger, with a
sardonic smile curling his mustachcd lin,
while he mutters between his clenched teeth,
Adrcntuciro Americana ladronc!"
Every eye is fixed upon the handsome
Colonel who sits there upon his splendid
charger, and gazes upon the young stranger.
with all the malice of :: 6end pictured in his
countenance.
Very calmly the stranger turns his deer
burning eyes upon the swarthy features OF
the officer, and addressed him in pure Cas-
stilian: !, Il. -...,--....- ..-
you have applied to me, sir Col,nel, com
with bad grace from one who is himself
beggar's founding, and who owes his pre-
sent rank to his success rs Il leader of
band of Castilian thieves, and his more tina
savage cruelty towards few helpless We
men, the unprotected wives and daughters g.
some twenty unfortunate Carlist Officers in
the mountains of Toledo. You see know
something of your history and character,
Don Mateo Aquino, sometimes petty thief
in Toledo.
"That am an American, sir Colonel, it
is my proudest boast; there is no dishonor
in the name; but as for the others, "Adven-
turcr" and "piratc," they will apply better
to yourself"
Maledictionw cxclaims the maddened
Spaniard, springing to the ground, and ere
an arm can be raised to stay his murderous
intent, his cleaning sword flashes in the sun.
light, and the next moment he makes des.
pcratc lunge full at the heart Of his defence.
less enemy.
Some three or four of the cavaliers sprang
forward to the rescue, but the brave stranger
needs not their aid; for leaping lightly aside
he avoids the fatal thrust: and the next ir-
slant he grasps the assassin with one hand,
while with the other, he wrenched the wca-
pom from his grip, and hurls it Kissing through
the air full fifty feet from the cliff, down into
the black abyss.
For ten seconds he holds the black. hearted
wretch there in his vice.like grasp, until his
eyes protrude from their sockets, the veins
swell out on his swarthy forehead like writh
ing serpcnts, and the convulsive quivering
lips drawn back in his stranging spasms,
disclose the firmly set teeth glisteuing in the
sunlight like polished ivory. Still tighter,
that terrible grip closes upon the victims
throat. Tighter, until the action of breathing
is destroyed, and the Spanish officer writhcs
in horrible torture. For ten seconds he
holds him thus, as in the folds of a monstrous
serpent; ten seconds, and then he filings the
miserable wretch from him with such giant
force, that the noble steed, from which the
rutfian has So recently dismounted, is nearly
hurled to the earth by the violent concus-
sion, and the half strangled Colonel lays
there insensible and helpless upon the ground.
Very quietly, the American turns to the
wondering group, and offers an apology for
this sudden exhibition of his temper.
" Forgive me. that have been thus rude
in the presence of ladies, but you heard the
taunts of yonder epauleted brute, and can
excuse my warmth when solemnly assure
you, that what have charged him with, is
strictly true. have myself served in Spain
Will taS Saii'SlS, anu luOuSu DuI d uOy vi
seventeen at the time, was one day so for,
tunate as to rescue noble lady from the
clutches of this same villain, Mateo Aquino.
1t was in one of the rugged passes not far
from the little town of Goyza, in the noun
tains of Toledo; and if mistake not, there
is living witness present, who will attest
the truth of what assert"
"Holy virginp exclaims magnificent
woman, so much in form and features like
the lovely girl whom the strong arm of the
young American has so recently snatched
from death, that you would at a glance take
her for an elder sister, "Deos me salre, and
the beautiful woman springs forward, and
grasping the young mans arm, gazes into
his eyes, as if she would read his very soul.
Yes, 'tis he! My brother; this is the
brave youth Of whom Ihave often spoken.
He, who saved me from disbonor and death,
more than six years since, in the mountains
of Spain"
And there, before them all, the noble