New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-31

snee, 70 which stranger is subjected ia ne half yi
istd Gotta Rca and which, when be is az unmarried
sn are spt TO sour his temper unless he have near
lin intimate frierd 10 turn these annoysnces into
Jet. few days before Mr.. De CT-'s depaTtIra
vo sd I.moy ell into deceut hols,-n i-ct our ne v
" elihe ore of the Jest bOGses IL tOxl, which
lucly ksI p.u, q 20 become vacant Brt PREVIOUSLY
We tad b, compelled to endure mrs, habit.tion.
with rs host oi spiders and dying squsdrons OF IDEAS.
fortnight sitter arrival land!sdy Of the hrsi
ltuse lad Quilted San jose. and We had retained the
WlCie house. On ihs occasion acquired my fret ex-
yerieBee ofnstiye chsTacter. seut for the propre-
tor proposed 10 lin that he should transfer the
lease Ct the house 70 as. lie consented with saeh
;u rfnty Of butts - there was such person and
tuch srother WHO wished TO have il that had le.
him 20 in this strain. he would have departed with
out there having been anything settled betFeeu us.
SO told lin clearly that l would have no butts;
that il was 20 be q yes or nos and that, until
Lad definite answer lie should not Leave the house.
Ills brought the matter 20 conclusion. aud we re-
NAMED ID pOssessiGEE result not Indifferent 10 US. iu
snuch as otherwise, sLould Lave had TO sleep n
tie street there being 10 house in at the
tine. Once sole masters Of the place We set to hay
ing il cleared, or to speak the truth we set
Ia clesliDg IT, for tie servants hsd were sd stupid
/ and lazy thar, IN order TO show them how the work
shouG be cSLe, had the whole OF It 70 30 ourselves
' As hOuFekeepeTs. our rliseres now began. NJ one
tine il was tie servant boy that discovered rub
bns away at the silver spoons with sGsd: at another
tie cook that found washing with soap and water
tie meat v ith which ste was to make our soup aud
roast beeffar better would the soap and water have
been employed in cleaning her own dirty self When
We objected 10 this singular mode OF preparation she
absolutely laughed in faces, and seemed 10 think
what baIbariars we were" II is customary IN Cos
ia Rica for cook TO bring all her family with her into
the Louse Of the unfortunate indydual no requires
her services To this custom we resolutely objected,
Iotv sGIdipg the comforting uTances of
quaintsnoes that We ,houd have to put up With the
nui.arce Gr cook our own dinner. But we were mex
ora, le and at last We procured cook who had no
family.
She demanded. as condition for coming into our
service tat she should be allowed 20 sleep at her o~n
home and we had willingly agreed to this being any
thing but desrcus If retaining about us more than was
absolutely necessary, her bulky, fat, black body OF
an evening when she retired she invariably carried
away al the eatablee which remained from the dinner;
We -ieped not to remark IT, and this giving her c0ur
ace she began TO cheat Us outrageousiy Discovering
this we resolved that one OF US should accompany her
TO market IN oyercharge Of $50 per cent being too
Ltayy to bear in silence.
Pie very frst Saturday We put into execution our
receive she asked il We we're deslToas that she
.lonld ieate:'we told her thet she might reWaiB oT
quit as she thought best: she therefore apparently
de up Ter mind to stay, and thus we thougEtwe had
succeeded in putting bounds 70 her ccvct9uae5s; bus
We sOCn found ont our mistake and how Incurabe
native IL. Tie dinner hour was drawing near--thcre
wanted ony quarter Of an hour-whcn tue servant BOY
entered the where Eat and informed US tha tie
cool " hose wages had paid in the mornng had that
very instant LETT the houses that there was no fire IN
the kitchen and no preparation whatever made tor our
dinrer; and so We found 1t. We had, however coed
LAUGH as We Lasty turned up our sleeves and set to
work efptC!auy when the dish OF potatoes "a 10
"maitre d'Eotel' which had caused my friend much
trouble in manufacturing, turned over into the asnes,
and lei us TO fancy What good addition they would
have been to the rather oyerdone beef.teak We ate
tLat day.
Our ni,loriuues were not limited 10 the dougs Of
cool ard servant boys: the waSher-wOulen brought
In fieir quota and shall rot forget my despair at
finding on the very hrst tine that our linen was re-
TUNED U.s. lat large holes were burned INTO our new
danask tublecoth ty the hot ashes which had m)st
ll !, lllen from the cigars they smoke during their
work. scolded, but to no other purpose than tho
wounn leavgg'snd spreading the report among the
otleT wssLeT-w, men that we were "may bravo"
which means urtIaetabe and fierce, in consequence of
which We had great trouble ia obtaining another, all
If them shaking their heads at us and mutierlng
"muy bravo uuy bravo
Tie stupidity Of the Costa Rican servant Is es-
peCi.ly OF use 10 unnatural fathers and moters, who
are yililant in their of the hearts of their
daur kefs-it being the nature Of parents t. be blind
and bring yeang people constantly together, and,
wb.n they in love to look grave and VOW that the
possibility Of such a thing having never entered their
thoughts TIE young people must henceiorth love each
otL6r longer, bat throw aside their memories az
last years bail dress The customary answer OF the
Costa Rcan-ihc enc 10 which he has constant re-
cture in every IerpleXity, and he is often perpexed
IS the ysry eyssive phrase, "quiea sate (who
knows y This reply is especially of use to dismiss
the inquiries Of anxious lover, and drive him to the
verge of despair which OF course delights the unnatu'
IA. parent However, tic "qaien safe is rot always
sufficient shield to guard the retreat OF the adyioye
from the enterIrisng pursuit Of pcrseyering lovers
md thus il came TO pass that a Frenchman-
Frenclmen are the fellows to dare and conquer--lell
in love with very pretty black eyed girl, Of ayet
yeIy tender age. The mother, who Was not parIca-
lnrly oleyer-(n the English Interpretation of the
word )-nobody is ever clever IN Costa Rica-was,
however not blind; and, though the Frenehman might
have been her daughter father, Tor he was about 50
years older than the nina, the good lady reneced
that as IL was not her wish that union should take
place between them, it would therefore be wise and
Necessary to keep them IS much apart as possible.
She consequently put on froWn whenever the
Friedman approached, and hndIng tha' she couid
not il iehten him into keeping himself away, she re-
solved 10 withdraw into the country where she hoped
TO be free from bis yids. Before quitting town che
tbioinod strictly the servant whom she lett IN charge
of her house no; to reveal TO the Frenehman the d-
recon in which lay the country seat to which she had
retired. In the evening the frenchman called " All
Gene into the country" said the servant. And
where is tlatl" inquired the lover. The servant
grim ed and sad q.aea saJe and quien sade was
all the information the lover could get that and the
following evenings. But Frenchman ls daring ie!-
low. as / have sald before aud knows that where
there is will there is way also. Not fortnight
lad elapsed when the family, WHO were seated in the
rareI OF their country retreat, heard shafp KNOCK
at the door-nOt az the house door but at pnyate
door. which communicated from the gallery (Which in
every house encrce- the yard and upon which all the
rooms open,) TO tie adjoining house belonging to
relative The mother and went 70 open, little
suspecting who was the visitor. " Here's that devil
oi Irenchmanl" exclaimed she in Il tone Of des
pair as she stood with amazement holding the door
optn win Ter hand. Gently the smiling trencbman
passed with polite bow, into the parlor, snd seated
lin s.lf D, side Lis lady lave who was st III all auaze-