Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-29
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From Bilious Dollar Monthly Magazine.
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A TALE OF ANDALUSIA

"GRAcIos, senior, gracios."
was in Spain-in Grenada, that valuable
but somewhat dilapidated property belonging
to Mr. Irving. | had been sauntering lcisurely
and, hatter myself gracefully along the walk,
admiring the beauties of nature and my own
uneXceptionablc costume had on my best
CLOTHES indeed, may say i aIWas;s- ear my
best clothes, for the same reason that Paddy de-
clned purchasing chest that was going cl!ea(.
at auction "Why should buy Il cilist? 2" he
asked of his adviser. "To pit yer clothes in.
sure" replied his friend. "A1e clothes, is it 2"
returned Paddy, in alnazemcnt; "wllat! an 60
naked ?"-I was lettering along, | say, alrnirin@
many things, but nothing more than the be-
witching play Of fans the matchlcss walk and
bewildcring faces of the lovely ladies was coz
stantly meeting.
While thus pleasantly and prolitahly en-
ploycd, my attention was attracted towards two
persons slightly in advance Of me- The figure
of one of the party was superior to that OF any
woman l had yet seen in Spain. but that Of the
shorter, and apparently younger Of the two, wa>
absolute perfection; never did look upon its
equal Accelerating my pace a bit, to overtake
the fascinating little ccature, | was speedily by
her side, wien casting furtive glance beneath
her mantilla, | beheld-well there, what's the
use of my trying to tell you a hundredth part
of what behcld? such eyes shaded by such
lashes, such smooth, glossy hair, and such an
unnecessarily lovely face, could cnly have been
produced by Nature in moment of spite to-
wards us, poor lords, whom she (Nature) de-
sired to drive distracted.
Now take it that every nun has i'll his time
came suddenly upon face that has so COM
plctcly biologized him, as for the moment TO
confuse his scnScs-mcaning, of course, man
belonging to that small class who, like you and
|, lave any sense to bc confused. Precisely
this sort of thing occurred to me at that time.
In MY Lewiderment, must lave done some
thing sufficiently awkward TO attract attention;
for the little lady, raising her eyes from the
ground, glanced towards me. At the same in
slant, she struck one Of the toes of her little
bits of slippers against Smal-a very small
stone, losing her balance and suhiecting her to
Tie imminent risk Of serious fall With the
rapidity Of light: | caught her in my arms and
restored he: to her equilibrium. Lifting those
eyes with those lashcs to MY face, and instantly
dropping them with n little blush, STRAIN OF
music soft and low stole forth from between
two ruby and crninen,ly kSSahle lips. from be-
tween two rows o. little pearls, softly al;l
sweetly murnurii!g the three words that Lead
this story:
& Grocio&, SeaCr, srNcioS.'
More intoxicated and coi!l,i>c,! tilan ever
forgot what little Spanish ever knew. an,i
lnurmuring few words imcgble tu neither
Gods nor men, | stood "bOong and booin%;
like Sir Pc;tiliaX while she. with little slniIi
that spoke thanks, passed ne, leaving me among
the ,t Of dangerously wounded. Eccovclin.
,uy scli.poS,cs<iun with jerk, | slowly and al
T., frl l,n,. f,in,t,. i,
fully wake,l-no, she didn't waIk-as Sic iii
cd-no she didn't glide; Spanish women never
do citLcr. In describing their locomolion, yol
can only say that they ago it, and if Syan,l
Girl don't know kow to $50 it" and ''walE
SPANISH" about as well as ANY other gal, why
You can take my hat. Through! several street,
followed, at "a respectful distance, until =
length she reached Lcr lcsi,:cnCc. AT the III
staiit OF Lcr disappearance through Tic portal
bright glance, shooting out from behind
most coqucttsh fam, pierced the very centre u
my heart. causing that "Eobc cntrail'' to lal
and touncc in the most remarkable and alarm
ing manner.
Having executed mental photograph Of I'll.
lnildin~ and noted its exact location ilct
rrccipitatcly back to my hotel. up tic stairs
into INV room, and placed myself before mir
ror as is nv habit alter meeting q pretty cir
A single glance assured INC that my apparel wa
MS could lave wished; q look at my countc
nance pleased me; but raising my eyes stiI
higher, | saw a sight that filled He will >haln
and horror, and caused my frame to quivcr wit
emotion. A Elvorite ear-lock that had traiEc
with much care 10 pitch forward over the icl
temple in Il graceful curl, now hung limp an
shaggy behind the car. With a sensation al'i
to despair, | sat myself into seat, and cover
ing my face with my claws, strovc to Danish tl
recollection of tic fair enchantrcSs from m
mind. A brilliant idea occurred TO nc; PEI
La1rs the left side Of my profile was not turnc
towards her jumped from my chair, an