Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-12-08

cipal, assisted by a French horn, ,craek
cd clarionei, and fiddle or two.-
These msdc up she 'Inharmoniou
concert Tho Mexisans surround
ed Us, and welcomed us warmly {,
the hospitalities of the place. These
by-the-by, We were accustomed t.
pay for at the highest rates. Tb,
old women pocketsd .our none,
freely in exchange for their fler,
niescal, sinking puipe,and other drink
ables prepared for the occasion. II
fact these landapgoes we're got W
with an express view TO the profits,
for they had long before discovered
that The boys were by no means mig
gard of their dimes.
We'll. we joined in the faudango,
and had right merry time of it,
The re were gscd many greasers in
the village, some Of them of a some-
what suspicious appearance; but as
they were apparently unarmeh, and
good-naturedly rermi lifted us to have
our choice among the prettiest seno.
ritas, We gave but little attention to
them. AS We whirled away over
the fandango ground with our gay,
dark-eyed partners, or rested beneath
the shadows of the houses to make
love to them, stranger could scarce.
ly have imagined that they were the
sisters and daughters of men with
whom we were at enmity, and whose
blood would stain toe very ground
over which they were SO .joyously
treading, before tho return Of anoth
er day. But SO in fact it was.
almost half the night had passed
thus pleasantly away, when as ] rest
ed for breath, with the fair partner
with whoia ! had danced oil the eve.
ming resting on my arm, ] chanoed
to turn my eyes towards the circle
OF spectators that all the time bad
gathered aroond the dancers. | was
struck by the sudden disappearance
OF the men. Not one of them was
in sight. My fellow Rangers were
the only men upon the ground. They
were at that moment ail engaged in
the fierce gallopade Of jumping
waltz. The musicians stood their
ground, but seemed to belabor their
instruments with redoubled energy,
as il to make US insensible of what
was Occurring without. 'Oarlotta,
said to my partner, as sho rested
her head languishiugly against my
arm; tell ne, what means this sud-
den absence of your friends7 Are
we betrayed9'
The girl gazed burIiedly around
The place, aud giving .cry OF sur.
prise and terror, broke suddenly
from me. and d sappoared in the dark
ness beyond the buildings. She
was gone but an instant, however.
when she returned pale and breath
less with excitement.
oh, ,Senor = she exclaimed, ms
she looked wildly about her; '0y-ny
to your horse, my friend There
is danger for you here. Call oil your
men together and AWAY to your camp.
Yonder is your safest road, and she
pointed towards bride path which
| remember TO have travelled once,
leading from the roar of the village
towards our camp. 'El Mocho =
But she had not time TO finish the
sentence, for ut that instant ] detect
ed, stealing noislessly into the rear Of
the houses near which we were stan
ding, n crowd Of armed men. They
were gathering in the obscnriiy from
the surrounding gardens; they crept
up cautiously from the bauk Of the
river; the thickets were swarming
with them, the place was iull oil them,
indeed, we were completely surroun-
ied by them our retreat was en-
tirsly cut off.
up to this moment my comrades.
lost in the excitement Of the wild
gallopads, we're insensible to what was
| going on about them. sprang in a.
mongst the jewellers, and shouted at
tho top Of my voice
Boys, NO are betrayed, The place
| is full of Guerillas, Follow me !
and leading the way, made q break
for the large stone building, the resi-
idsnoe Of the Alcalde, 10 tho court
Of which va bad taken tho precau-
ton, on our Grst arrival, to picket our
horses. f'
lr i.-.iIy explained to1our little
party that the pIaus ~as full Of due-