Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-11-24
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/ Dolne elghteen months or TWO
years ago, | was doing my duty to
my country and myself on board his
I Majesty lrigate the Astr@a, BY IN
dergoing seventeen games of chess
per diem with our first lieutenant,
and filling up every pause with muir
hurs at the continuance Of these
piping times OF peace. We had been
cruising some mohths in the Medit-
erranean, chiefly for the amusement
Of two dandy cousins Of an honora-
ble ca ptain, whom we picked up at
Malta, baskihg like two yellow, over
ripe gourdsr in the sunshine We
had touchedat most Of theports Of the
Ionians. where cyprus may be Ind for
iIpaying for, and where faldett;ts are
held BY hands as fair as their coquet-
tish folds are black and lus strous.
At.length, enc beautiful evening,
one of those twilights of erysolite
aud gold, such rs poets dream Of, and
the Leyant alone Can realize (having
been fDr three preceding days, not
"spell- bound" but ''calm-bound
|among the clustering Gyclades, y if
was tie pleasure Of our honora 5le
I|captain and his cousins to drop an-
I|chor in the Bay OIL (haye reas ons
of my own for not being more ex-
Hplicit,) where, after swearing the US su'l
number OF oaths at the quarantine
officers, and the crews Of the Vene-
tian and Turkish traders, who make
/ it-a part Of their religion to give of,
fence to the blue-jackets where Of
fence can be given with impunity, |
had the satisfaction to find myself. at
about s even O'clock, P N, seated at
the emessof His M;.jesty's gallant tn,
doing as much justice to the roast
beef of Old England as if we had not
been within a days sail Of the IS
land of the AIinotaur.
"Are you a phnch-drinker?' in
quired my neigIbor, Captain War.
grave, with whom, as a school-fellow
y my elder brothers, | had quickly
made acquaintance
'ff may venture to own it, nol'
said I; I ilave swallowed too much
punch pl compulsion in The course Of
my lifer'i
Il Judged as much from your
looks, replied Wargrav$, who bad
promised to see me on board the
frigate. "lf you want 10 get away
from the4e noisy fellows, We can e,si-
ly sip off while Lord Thomas and
his oper atoms engage t hen aft en-
ton
And, in compliance with tile hint,
| soan found myself saun terihg with
him, arm IN arm, on the bastions of
-. We Had an hour before US;
for Tie c4ptaip's gig was not ordered
till eleYeh b; and, III order to Keep an
eye at once on tile frigate Ind the
shore, wq sat down on an abutment
of the Hp4rapet to gossip away the.
time,
"There seem to bg hard-going fel-
lows in Your mess, 7 said | to War
grave, Us he sat beside me, with his
arms f1l1 1el over his breast. Thorn
ton, IunI Ilerstand, carries off his two
botilesa day, like a Tr4jau; and the
fat majolI. VINO sat opposite to me,
made sndh play withlIihe champagne,
as causeJ me to blush for my squeilm-
ishness. Formy own part, / she ould
be we'll fonient newer to exceed a
coupIA df glasses of gqQd-viaret.- =
Wine hfftets me in i different way
from mos men. The more | drink,
the more my spirits are oppressed
Willie ot hers get roaring drunk, ] sit
momng Ind despairing; and the next
day my head aches like an artillery
mans
"Yof are fortunate, sad " ar /
grave, hT Tily. i
"Fort1nate? cried |. Il wish
conld apbreciate my. own luck! /
am voted the suIkiest dog unhanged,
whenever it is my cue TO be jolly;
and after proving . wet blanket M to
merry party overnight, am ready to
shoot mvBelf with the headache and
blue-deyils next morning, II there
be fellow I really envy, it is such
a one as Thornton, who is ready to
chime in with the chorus Of the Both
sianza Of Nancy Dawson" between
lis two last bottles, and keeps his
bead anu LEGS an hour after all the
cItt a.