The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-10-04

he exclaimed, slappiDg me vigorously on
the shoulder.
g Don't know-gOne crazy. perhaps. "
1 replied.
Come, have heard that the grin
gos, (Ynl kees) are good at guessing
guessfp added the padre.
q guess you have taken too much
arguFetteltte.
Mo- have sold my fine horse, my
great hsfse, my handsome horse, lSs Sc
nor responded Gardette, triumphant
q For hew much ?'' I asked.
Il" How much do you suppose now ?"
g Two hundred dollars. D
Fio, doctor do you imagine l
would sell my great horse, my noble
horse, for. such u paltry sum ? BY my
rosarys-no l have sold him for FIVE
hundred'
" A good bargain; and in fact many
will say that you have received more
taan he is worth. But it appears you
have not delivered him yet, l see him
paving up the dirt at the door. u
= aSn going now to deliver him and
get the dollars L thought 1 would call
in passing aud tell you the good news. "
While the padre was mounting, l in
quired who he had traded with
g To one of my own profcssion-a
priest from San Miguel" was his reply.
" Ah! good padre, how can you cheat
the cloth SO ?" l returned banteringiy.
Gardette smiled, twinkled his merry
eyes, said Pa.r lobiscuRe, and rode off,
He was gone a long time, it was dark be-
fore he returned. But what change
in the man The good nature was all
out of hinI-his rubicund lips no longer
smiled, his eyes no longer sparkled with
satisfaction. But the inner man had not
changed more than the outer, for he was
cased in the most dirty, vi.lainous rags
that L ever saw, even on lazy Mexican.
Without knowing the nature of his mis-
fortunes, [ burst into hearty laugh the
moment l beheld him.
"What?" L exclaimed, "have you
sold your clothes also ? u
"Ah, Dios, Doctor l have fallen
among thieves" he replied, in dolor-
Gus voice. g Wo is me that have sold
my horse, my great horse y -...
/" Explain,'' [ said, striving to repress
my mirth: -
" sold my horse to priest, as 1
told you, and to meet him and his
servants on the Vegas road, just beyond
| the last house, and receive the money.
Not finding him where [ expected to, L
galloped on toward the Sapillo. Pres
emily ss4ne men rushed from a gorge,
seized my horse by the bride, and or
dered me to dismount. There was no
alternative but to obey, for fellow
held u carbine at my breast. was then
forced to exchange garments with one of
them for these filthy rags, after which l
was laughed at, punched under the ribs
with the barrels of their cSc0pttaS, and
otherwise maltreated The rascals then
left me taking my horse, my great horse,
my handsome horse. May they fry in
purgatoryl
This comes of your priest. 1 re-
marked.
He looked at me inquiringly.
" You sold your horse to mountain
robber," l added.
=" May he die without JUNCTION, and
may no masses be said over his grave
All, that [ should live to be tracked by
mountaiueer But 1 will have jus
tice !'' cried the excited padre.
How will you get it? Not from
the authorities, certainly for they have
nothing to do with JUSTICE" [ remarked.
Very true, ours is the worst coun-
try in the world. All our rulers are
corrupt"
:" 1t is rumored that Governor Armin-
/ l. La
Eutaws and Apeches loose upon such as
fall unter his displeasure
Yes, we are bad enough off here. I
hope the United States will do belter by
us-see that justice is done, and drive
out the mountaiGeers.
The PADRES horse was evidently gone,
and lost, and we straightway fell to de-
yising various schemes for its recovery,
and the detection of the adroit thief
We talked till ii late hour, but settled
upon no. given plan of conduct. The
subject was renewed in the morning, and
being determined in relation to the
course to be pursued, I took a stroll
about town to see if exercise would not
promote thought. Ihad forgotten it was
Sabbath, until / drew near chapel, and
perceived by the people entering that
mass was being said. l went in, with
the rest, treating myself to liberal
sprinkling of consecrated water at the
door after the fashion of those around
me. The services, though impressive
and interesting at first, grew monotonous
after a time, and [ was on the point OF
leaving the place, when 1 was forcibly
struck with the graceful, symmetrical
figure of a closely yelled female standing
near the alter. +a9-
My heart, 1 fancy, gave few random,
extra thumps against my side when my
eyes rested upon her for 1 felt we'll per- /;
suaded that my enchantress was again
before me. Near her was tall military
looking man, who held broad sonabrerO
in his hand. His back was toward me,
so that l could make no estimate. of his
age or looks, but began, at once, 70 feel
jealous of him. | tried to press my way
nearer the parties, but could not fer the
crowd, many of whom were annoyed and
angry at my efforts. .45l
While was pushing and elbowing,
my fair unknown and gallant made a
quiet and unobstrpcted egress from the
chapel, leaving me fastened between two
fat Mexican women, like wedge. / ex-
tricated myself in time to see soberly
dressed person follow them, or at least,
go out Immediately behind them. When
L reached the open air, my immorata and
her gentlemen we're riding away, and the
individual alluded to was mounting
| n,ustopo which T had obsnrved hitcbad