The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-31
The Danger Of Looking at 4ohameaan
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One Of the editors Of the Utica Herald,
travelling in the East has been "looking love
70 eyes that loved again under very pro-
yoking drawbacks, which he thus describes
the letter 10 from Tunis
"A plague on these jealous Mnssulmenl u
Il almost worth one . life to look into the
lace ola woman; and az only the most hope
lessly ugly 60 unveiled ,yon may imagine how
precious glimpse of beauty becomes TO q
stranger You must know that walking n
the streets 10 quite out of the q .estion ~
these eternally raining days. the few whose
necessities call them out, 20 mounted on
mud-shoes, which raise the wearer some
four inches from terra frma NV only prom
enade, therefore, is the house-top, which, as
YOU are aware, is fiat in all Mohammedan
towns. Now, Immediately in the rear ofthe
little hotel at which | am domiciled, il
Moorish house of some pretension, in the
court Of which l can look down from the
place where take my evening walk. Yes
terday was taking my usual bit OF exercise
when looking down into the court aioremen-
toned, | found pair of black eyes looking
into mine. The eyes belonged to young
and rather pretty face. The figure was rath-
er richly dressed, and in the latest fashion
Of the Eastern costume | continued my
walk, and the black eyes continued to stare
Now, isn't it human nature, when pretty
woman looks at one, not to pay her the CON-
pliment Of looking back again. | didn
cherish amorous designs upon the dusky
beauty, but as she insisted on icasting her
ewes upon the sight of an uncaged Christian,
I IA h., ba IN hor nwD coin
While this very innocent Irritation was go
ing on, there darted out an old has black as
the ace Of spades, and as ugly as an ogre, who
shook her horny fist in my foe, and hurried
up ut me a tornado of the most dIabolical
and voluble abuse that ever shocked the ears
of a mortal. have heard something OF fem,
mime slang in my time have been is Post
street, when the classic thoroughiare was IN
high ferment; | have heard apple women
swear until the air was blue around them ],
have heard the nymphs OF the Five FONTS
maxim. night hdeous as excited policemen
were bearing their d.sheveled sister to the
Tombs; | have heard the fsh-womcn OF
Lower Thomas street paying their compil
ments to niggard customers but they were
meludlous as cooling doves compared with
this foul imp Of Erabus, who paid her res
poets to me on this occasion. conldn
reciprocate her compliments, as | did no,
understand word she said; SO contented
myself with laughing in her tattoed old face
In the meantime the dark eyes had dlsap-
peared, and | was about to retire, when
yillainous old fellow. with long beard
mounted upon the house top, bowling and
screaming, and shaking his fist in my face
and making towards me as fast as he coulc
waddle (You will understand the roofs o
the two houses joined on one side of tn
court) retreated few steps to max
sure stood on Christian territory, and theI
detied the Jealous old fool to come on. H'
stopped short; grinned horribly; tremblet
screamed, stamped his feet several times
CRASHED his teeth, made II fcint Of splitting a
me; shook his fist by way Of valcdictory; ant
soon retired to his kennei. The old say
age!'