Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-11-15

The familiar sound of guests seatihg them.
selves, thu hurried movements Of walters, and /
the elatter Of dishes, plates and knives 50 a.
greeaGle to q hgngered man in q public hotel, I
fell upon the ear Of our fanished cavalier. But
that which mostly delighted him was the choice
and sayory repast set before him. There were
choice steaks Of beef, mutton of Now Mexican
favor, bear and yenisoh taken in the noun
tains, buffalo and anttlopes from the plains,
fish from the mountain STRAINS and the two
oceans, coffee, tea, and chocolate, with every
thing else that steam could bear to this noun
tain cline, Nothing is better calculated than
hunger to cause skeptc to throw aside bis
doubts as to the reality of appearances when
a sumptuous feast is spread before him. Thus
it proved with our cavalier, who inwardly said,
that however mysterious ;hings appeared, hun
ger made his appetite reality, and the flavor
Of those dishes were tempting and invited him
to partake. So ho bountifully helped himself,
and commenced eating, in which agreeable en-
rloyment wewill leave him, md wish him good
speed, until We shall introduce him to the rea-
der in the succeeding chapter.
Chap. 3.
1t either has, or it,shOuld have been remark
ed BY some profound author, "that a keen appe-
tto whetted by hunser, when grati6el, leaves
4 man in the most salvabe condition Of all 9TH
ers, to realize the ac:ualily Of all surrounding
objects, however marvellous and mysterious they
may appear. And it has ever been ma;ierlo Of
surprise to US, that the learned skcptic, the ce-
lebrated doc;or Berkly should ever entertain a
doubt as to his own existence after having sw-
allowed choice piece of beef or yenison steak.
After finishing his breakfast, all his doubts
were dispeed rs to bis own, and the actuality
Of things around him, and he arose from the
table under the tranquilsing effects Of well
satisfied appetite. lie passed from thence into
the readius.room, where he found the physician
Of rapid srOgress my dear sir he exclaimed al
he recognized our cavalier, how rejoiced ! an
to find you 50 well !! have just returned from
tho railroad depot, saw the youngest son Of til
Emperor off in fue health and spirits, rqturne
by the telegraphic Office and obtained
despatch that three lays ago terribl
! hurricane had occurred oh tho Pacific doin
+ much damage. ....'..t ......
| must confess, said our cavalier in reply
\ although you speak a language ] understand
y yet do not comprehend what you mean b
4 railroad, depot, and telcgrapbic Offices. ...
The physician Of rapid progress, looked {
him With astonishment.
Sir, continued our cavalier, this new state
things which exists in Santa Fc, II indeed th
can be Santa Fe, Glls me with wonder. ThrC
:, days since il have not beenthe subject Of II
most unacconntablc dclusion left Santa Fe Q
hunting excursion in the mountains northea
=, ofit. 1t was then small adobe pueblo, co,
!. tanning no other inhabitants but those OF Il
:. Spanish and Indian race, butnow find it throl
q, ged with people from oil nations. .9."
- The ply slcian believing that he had not cnt
4 rely recovered from thcparoxism Of the pre-,
: Gus night, advised him to return to his roo
i, and not quit it durjngth day. .a ..''0
h. Our cavalier no less aAounicd, eifquircd wi
he edyisedt to such q course as lie was never
. the enjoyment Of better health. ,a.'@. "'g
: The physician began to suspect that prob
a bly, our cavalier, was not entirely Of sane min
=. and withal being very polite gentleman !
piled, that days. repose after the fatgues
n such a hunting expedition would refresh a
40 inyigoratt his health. aAamtD e.
70 which our cavalier responded, that o
nights repose had already fully restored him !
:, continued he, so involved am in qmazement
y to the novel and strange aspect which all thin
- wear, that | am very much tempted to dot
30 their reality, and ascrihO it to the contriveI
~ Of some patent enchaptress under whose strl
:" spell am brought. Answer me, SIR, frank
IN whether or not you, this qplsnlid hotel and
~" inmates are mere phantoms called into q s.
'V' dowy existence by an excited brain, or are r
., lijes that have form and substnnce2 lq
W Thephy5cian whose suspicious as to the
" nifty Of our cavaliers smind had before been
W. cited now became confirmed in The opinion
~ he was laboring under mental alienation fr
lV' the pointed dircctncss and strange character
'p' The question propoundcd. Being fully impr
'aH sed with the belief, and wishing to avoid s.
'w' a strange question SO pointediy addressed
0nS him, he placed his arm within that of our
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