The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-25
THE DANGER OF LOOKING
All A MDEs VI sIDAN 4
BEAUTY.

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travelling in the East, has been choking
love to eyes that loved again" under very
provoking drawbacks, which he thus
describes. The letter is from Tuns:--
GA plague on these jealous Mussulmen!
1t is almost worth ones life to look into
the face Of woman; and as only the most
hopelessly ugly go unveiled, you may
imagine how precious a glimpse of beauty
becomes to the stranger. You must
know that walking in the streets is quite
out of the question in these cternally rain
ing days; the few whose necessities call
them out, 90 mounted upon mud she es
which raise the wearer some four inches
from terra firna. Ny only promenade,
therefore is the house-top, which, as you
are aware, is flat in all Mobammedan
towns Now, Immediately in the rear of
the little hotel at which am domiciled,i is
n Moorish house OF some pretension, into
the court of which can look down from
the place where take my evening walk.
Yesterday I was taking my usual bit of
exercise, when looking down into the
court aforementioned, | found lair OF
black eyes looking into mine. The eyes
belonged to a Young and rather pretty
face. The figure was rather richly dress
ed and in the latest fashion of the East
ern C ume. [ continued to star Now
it isn't in human nature, when pretty
woman looks at one, not to pay her the
compliment Of looking back again. |
didn't cherish amorous designs upon the
dusky beauty, but as she insisted on
teastiug her eyes upon the sight of an I'M
Gagged Christian, l paid her buck IN
the same coin. While this very
innocent little Irritation was gong on,
there dasted out an old bag, black as he
ace Of spades and as ugly as an ogre. who
shook Der horny fist in my face, and up
hurled up at me tornado of the most
iiabolicai and voluble abuse that ever
shocked the ears of mortal | have heard
something Of feminine slang in my day.
| have been in Post Street, when that
classic thoroughfare was in high ferment;
| have heard apple woman swear until
the air was blue around them; | have
heard the nyinphs Of the Five Points
making night hideous,' as excited police
men were bearing their disne,eled sisters
to the Tombs; have h ,ard the fish wo-
men Of Lower Thames street paying
their compliments to niggarti customers;
but III y were mclodious as Going doves
compared with this foul imp OF Erebus
who raid her respects to me on this oc-
casion. | couldn't rec:prosate her COM
piiinents, as | did not understand word
she said; SO l contented myself with
laughing in her tattoed old face. In the
meantime the dark eyes had disappeared
and | was about retire, when avillainous
old fellow, with a long beard, mounted
upon the house-top, bowling and scream
ing, and shaking bis fist in my face, and
making towards me as fast as he could
waddle. You will understand the roofs
of the two houses joined on one side of
the court.) | retreated few steps to
make sure | stood in Christian territory,
and then defied the jealous old fool to
come on. He stopped short; grinned
horribly; trembled, screamed, sta ped
his feet seyeral times; CRASHED his eth !;
made felnt Of splitting at me; sh ,ok
his fist by way O. valedictory and retired
to his kennel The old savage! If
hadn't been the most chaste of mortals
should have been tempted to run away
with his wife, or concubine, or whoever
she was, lust out of Spite"
THE DYING NEVER WEEP.-It is a
srik NC fact-Me dying neper weep. The
circle of sobbing agpnized hearts around,
produce not one tear Is it that he is in
sensible and stiff already in the chill of
d;ss ,lution? That cannot be; for he asks
for his fathers hand, as if to gain strength
in the mortal struggle, and leans on the
breast of mother, brother or sister, with
still conscious affection and just before
expiring, at eve, af er long DAYS con-
verse with the Angel of Summons he
saws to his oldest brother-the last audi
Bile good night of earth-'Kiss me, kiss
mew 1t must be because the dying have
reached point to deep for our earthly
crying and weeping. They are face to
face with higher and boiler beings, with
the father in heaven, and his angel throng
led on by the Son himself; and what are
grief Of morning, tears of dying fare
weIl-be it that they are shed By the
dearest on earth-in that vision bright of
immortal l:fe and everlasting reunion!