The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-06-24

beautiful mole"
AS he uttered these words, lie started and
turned pale. Following the direction of his
eyes, tall figure, envelopcd in Spanish
cloak was beheld gazing at us from thicket
of orange trees, and vanishing almost as soon
as seen. An officer sprans up to pursue
him.
"By Heaven" calculated the surgeon,
''that eve has basil>k in it The death
bell tolls in my ears. Receive my adieu, for
| feel that You will have to bury me here !"
"Pshaw. '" said the colonel "'lon't be sillv
Fallen is after the listening scoundrel, and he
will find it difficult to escape"
"WcIl 2" cried the others, as Fallen out of
breath returned
''Dcucc take him." answered he. ole
must have passed through the walls of the
palace. As suppose he does not possess the
art of making himself invisible. he must live
in the house and has evadcd me bv disap-
pearinr through some unk nown entrance in
the walls"
81 am lost" said the surgeon. in a hollow
voice.
'Comc. come ~ SAID I, 'be easy. We
shall! livouar in turns around Won every
night till vou depart and so insure YOUR safe
tv"
Three of us accompanied the surgeon to
his quarters, and one remained with him
Next dav he received permission 10 return to
France and As an escort had been ordered
bv Nurat to attend la,ly Of rank. who was
to leave the following morning. he prepared
10 accompany it. He was seated at dinner
with hi> friends. when a domestic entered to
say that 4 1t " wanted 10 speak with him
Fearing some snare be descended. accomi,a-
nic'l Av tie otr~>. tIadv stool there. hut ere
he could a,oroa,h her, The un'nrtuna.e crrl-
turc. utcrinr one word .I.r1,, -" fell d..a,,
n his feet II was the contiIante' Poi>on-
cd. and cons iou> .ha' i .a.h was within her..
She Vt hoped that time would he civen her
TO preserve ih. life Of the SURGEON. anl th,
word -. warning was her last
We returned "a the dinner hall: but A deep
gloom had ia''rn On every one OF u> which
We in vain tried TO li>pcl hv hard drinking.
Al last The party retired early 10 bed. I:
was midnight when the >1rrcon was aroused
from a sound sleep. hv hearing ,he rings
which fastened the curtains of lis bed Drawn
sharply lax. Starting np. :. prey to that
natural alarm which i occa oncl bv a sud
den awakening" he saw standing beside the
bed tall t,urr cnvrlopcd IN cloak. whose
fixed gar reminded HIM Of those burning
dances tia: ha, ,>tar,leI him from the oranrc
'hick"t. \ lonl cry Of "IIrlp. help my
friends :" issued from the surgeons lips. to
which the only reply was a h,,r. smile from
his unw,l.onc visitor.
">rnor physician" whispered he the pop
w grows tor all the world - and he pointed
Significantly 10 the three Sleeping officers
WHO shared the surgeon, apartment with
him
'po you rrco"n;zr THIS :" AL led he. aS
draw from beneath his cloak the newly
amlntatcd arm "t a tcm,'c, he laid ii before
the surgeon. and pointed 20 the pcrn.ar mole
which had been so imprudcntlv described hy
Inn. Hy the light of tle lamp which stood
at l,i> bedside. the SURGEON re -ornizrd the
lovely arm with a >tupct;,ction OF silence that
yet formed an c:oiurn; rcIly in the a!l:rma-
tive The SpaniarI tile husband o. the
unknown lady drmandrd NJ further in.cl,i
@cncc !: in another moment his >t.llr.to was in
the heart OF 'hc surgeon, He. however. sur
yivc1 four days, in great a.onv, and then cx-
pred in mv arms.
This Is not ALL Sometime afterwards.
some wears, indeed. | was nominated to An ap-
polntmrnt in Spain The evening before
lett Tours, whrrc ! WAS then stationed. | at
tended a ball. "ivcn bv Malamc de-.
where there were many Spanish families of
distinction. Quitting ;hc card table, | Oh
scrvcIa Spanlarl. il -ran,lcc. who had for
some weeks been an exile in Tourrar,r. but
who on thus occasion, made his first appear
ancc III the saloons of Tours accompanied hy
~, 49,.
sc>>cd of only o,c ofm' No one looked a,
this conl lc without cXperlel Gin. curiosity
and accrtaln amount OF emotion; for the hu>-
band might have sat for one of Murllo'> tir-
ure>,-thc dark hollow eyes, the fixed vet
fiery "lances that shot from them, the wi;l,cr-
cd and ha.gard face. the bald head, while 50
thin, so skeleton like was the figure. that il,
almost cNcitcd alarm. The wife possessed the
admirable symmetry Of form which is so pc
culIar to Spanish women her .ace, very pale.
was yet sin.ularIv lovely; aud, rare thing
in Spain, her skin was white as snow, while
her dark eyes threw rich but sad looks "a
round. was introduced to her.
Madame, said |, at Il moment when her
husband was remote from our part OF the sa-
loon may inquire by what dire mschance
YOU lost Your arm
Il lost it at Madrid, during the war;" was
the reply.
\ RANELE IN JArAH.-A writer from the
American japan squadron states that the
chaplain Of the expedition, Rev. Mr.. Bittin-
ger, took occasion during the progress Of the
late treaty to visit the large cities Of Kanar-
ava and ka>arca, situated some fifteen or