The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-05-13
THE WAY.SIDE Inn.
\ True NAEEiTI\ T..

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earh.
There lay for nearly quarter of an hour.
.,raIlr T. move or rav nv senses When |
arose found myself at the bottom of the hol-
aw. anI upon a narrow mule track the moon
vi. ,-iu. lrlrhtlv ut the south end of the ra-
vine. >.ycr:nr the masses Of rock, tufts of
,aqr.! tr,cs ard wild vine that crew in the
,Ir.,s Of IL" !a~ait. shouted, ku. received
~ ye,y and attcra long and ruitless search
could discover no trace of Hall in any dircc-
'Jn
Considerably alarmed for his safety as well
,s NV o"n- fer 10 lie a: night upon tho-c hills
"; Anteiucra with the dcvii,h stories OF i'c-
!Il.0 an. the c0ntrablndi>aS haunting ones
memory, was al! thing but plca>ant-i tried
-he char.cS Of my rifle, locked again to the
percussion caps, and set oil in that direction
hat MALAGA mn>t lie but frequently paused
10 halloo for Jack Hail. and receive no reply
ave the echoes Of the rocks.
The a,inc descended and grew more open
A.an saw the Vega sleeping at my feet in
't lazc; and. on turning an an.c of the
loaI tound myself close to an inn or tabcrna
which approached with JOY. concluding that
nv friend Jack must have zone that way, and
would protlty be there
Like all Spanish inns, it was a large and
m.,,l4ir,l c,iitirc. the lower story of which
VA, nothing better than a great open she'd.
f;r mules and vehicles; and. ascending from
thence ll stair. rea. he'd gallery. at the
door Of which was received by the host who
carried in his hand stable lantern.
"Entrar. aid he, bowing profoundly: ..en-
tar. ,ynor."
Il have been shooting on the mountain =
,l !. and have lost my companion. Brit
.,h n,yal officer. Has he passed this way =
~. -cnor, replied the host, (whose face
could not vet >cc.) as he led me up another
stair
Then Get supper prepared, for he must
soon hr here. as have no doubt he knows
pretty we'll the direction OF Malaga And
now said |. drawina ION. lreah. as seated
myself. what place is .hi<:"
"L1 Iy,rll hl Tu,uH."I)
'.Eh ah-and YOU :" asked in thick
voice.
Martin Sccco. at Your service, Senior Ca
hallcro""
Here was a dshoun,nt
'I;ood heavens ~ thought !. mechanical,
rcsuminc my rifle iii the stories of Pcdrillc
should hc true"
scrutinizcd my host and hostess.
Mlrtin had broad and open yisa.c. will
keen evc>anl black beard as thick as horse
brush wide mouth. that frequently cxpan
del IN grins hut in those "ri Ms TO ralianc'
ever Il; mp his CLASSY ewes. The mouth laugh
ed but they remained mmovable--invaria
sIy bad sion His forehead rcccdel, an,
hi, ears were placed HIGH upon his head
\. The first .Iancc | concluded that my sen
or patron was an unmitgated brute Ills lir
ure was somewhat portv. and cncaScd in
brown i1ckct. brown kncc-hrccchcS. an,
black stockings he wore his hair confined i,
caul, and had yellow sash round his wais,
His wifi, was. As Prtlrillo had described
nez Sccco. Basque. for his Spanish was al
most unintclIi.iIlc: and her coarse. hlacl
hair was rlai.cl in one thick tail. wlic
reached to the ground Her gown was OF
rongh red cloth. with .ir't sleeves and sho,
skirt displaying pair Of yellow wor>tc
stockings and leather sandals, fastened y
tAong> above the ankle. Her face was coar.
and bloatcd brt the expression Of her cv
was terrible. 1t lowered between the hricl
'oroclou> glare OF a snake. and the glazed OF
II an arrant >ot. She scanned me cloSc,
md thought the ed devil she was Spa
n woman. and past fortv.) was accuratcl
uprising the value Of all | Lad on.
"Wcll, sonora patrona." said |, what ca
have ior >rippcr:'
81 he senior has come at bad time, for "
:avr little or no provisions in our lardcr"-
The larlcr of cvcv Spanish i'm has been
the same condition since HE tayS Of Cerva,
6 atd Gon-ora.) For now this road b
tween Malaga and -,ntcqurra is bu; little ir
ilcntcd after noon-dly. owing to the tcrrib
robbcrics and the four a~>a-sina,ionS comn.i