New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-17
THE LITTLE BLACK SLIPPER.

Manzanares. Tumbling into the interior of dill
igence at o'clock of June morning, after q |
few hours spent in vain attempt TO sleep, rendered
vain by legion of those trdiAetws du didbie, long
horned mosquitoes, one is by no means as serene
in temper as one should be. The writer was saw
age that morning; and not until the edyordl (con-
ductor) had brought light to see if the passen-
gers were all properly packed in, revealing the
cheerful little face of pretty woman opposite to
him, did his good nature shine ont as patient re-
hector and dissipate the fog of discomfort.
GA long journey before us let us make our
selves comfortable said the lady, the departing |
ntaYordl with light just enabling me to see that
there was smile on her face. Then there was |
shaking of black silk skirts, Gfactas dos there
were no steel whaiebone petticoats on her bless
ed FORM two little feet sought refuge on my side
two good.szed ones searched for an asylum on
her side the diligence; and behold, we were dis
posed to be friends for life. don't know whether
Tppper in his y Proyerbial Philosophy mentions
under the head of Friendship that it is a
travelling shawl but in his next edition he better
do it, you know; because it's AT least TINS morn,
ing when spread mine over my legs, and extended
the courtesy to the limbs (EtaJaa AEpe1icdna@ Of
the fair widow, she accepted the wooien with
kind acknowledgment that made me feel blessedly
pleased with myself and with her. The bells OF the
eight mules pulling the diligence were iinghng
the position on the right leader had settled him
self in his saddle the dI7,tero had hold of the
reigns; the nldyoful jumped into his seat IN the
Imperial and the zu9dl, holding his calanes hat
tight on his head, sprung out of the door OF the
diligence office, utterng fearful yells and cracking
his whip with the ferocty Of mad monkey; when
creak, bang, slide, slip? and we were launched
on our journey to Madrid.
Il went to sleep, and had pleasant dream of
a cherubim, the kind that flew round Noah when
he was building the Ark, and had no legs! and
having a dear pair of gaiter boots for wingsi
while | had for companion another aeronaut with
large black eyes, dpfopos OF which
''Inever loved dear gnzelle,
But What i tareSd ont sa,i d zsll
l Al. Al, r., t4H lCalr
eyes, she had black hair and traveling-shawl, and
she had feet; and both the tiny little ones were
somehow thrust into the pockets OF my shooting
| coat, and woke up, and found that there were
pair Of little high-heeled, black slippers, with
| white stockings attached resting on the cushion
| by my side. You may talk about dream books,
and explanations of dreams, but such bona fide re-
alizations please me most and looked down az
| them and determined they should be mine if had
to go hand on them-m atriomonially, OF course,
| Ii mode de I'D offer thee this hand of mne,'
| with piano accompaniment.
% But she woke up, and as the sun was now
| shining brightly, she saw me regarding those
| Leather mice wherenpon she at once hid them,
not by rudely Withdrawing them, but by cuddling
| them up under one end of the travelling shawli
| which end was in close proximity with my panta-
| looms pocket. Now, reader, fancy my feelings
nursing pair of twins like those, belonging to n
very pretty woman-moreoyer widow.
\ - BuendS diQs SenorN II was cheerfuly
4 pleasantly spoken and with such d winning SMILE
and the dark eyes beamed so softly under the long
black eyelashes, that it elected all the writer's
stock Of anahility in return 1t came out IN con-
| yersation that the lady was from Seville, was a
widow, and her first name was Juniata Gal q tai,
or Soand.So) and as ! had passed many pleasant
days in Seville, and bore away gay souvenirs Of
The Marvel we were soon in earnest about its
wonders and beauties. She was charmingy Rdfoe
in conversation, and showed in every remark, what
is an exception with Spanish ladies-an intelligent
and animated disposition. At Baiien, where we
diued lost my heart when handed her from the
! al
with her gIeyea hand and showed me those feet!
aThere is no use doing things in hurry, SO de.
terInned, as we were yet thirty-sN hours from
| Madrid, to wait until we were within three hours
of the city before | formally proposed for her
heart hand, and high heeled shoes. AZ, qoe gasto,
q4e3 placer lace =, ~, y, ,,i;r.no. on ,ots oc,ir
the shades Of night were on US, and cool air
brought out the travelling shawl; and again joint
partnership was entered into between Juanta and
me. Somehow, near Las Navas de Tolosa, the dill.
igenee gave q fearful lurch, and Juanita was
pitched nearly into my arms: seems to me, she
must have assisted the shock else how, in all the
darkness Of nght-for it must have been nearly ~
o'clock and raining-could have kissed her and
taken charge of her for nearly minute, while the
diligence was coming to time
ttQUIEN sABE
That's the way to get over the difficulty in Spain
IN italy with a !. T., ,os,t
or to hunt it up to headquarters in Arabic:
INA AHRIF ...,-= ==1.
| II You want it at home:
"Yuo KSows!
That was q rose.colored rainy night-the diligence
pitched several times with equal success.
q made up mind to turn Spaniafd, buy one q
those velvet tiles, a black amb.skin jacket knee
breeches. pounds of silver wastc6at and coat but
] tons, leather CATERS with long leather fringe
learn to roll cjga14.itds and become cjgdrrta
! 60 twice week to the Ci1'c0 GdAiSt{co, where
ROSTERS do combat bet my dlluos on the winning
gallo, (not gall oh! hut on the contrary D attent
4 4rair
} my hand IN; dance the boief0 drink dgbafdie,t
I, very cautiously; shoot red=legged partridges al
the year round, and TO sum up, come out stront
as q ul-bleoded nldiO either this or edit pape
. in Madrid, pfQgreSfsto.
=s'Again the morning broke and up came the SUI
e illumining our breakfast at Valdepenas where TIN
n wine comes FROM at least the baptisna name o
/ tablewine half over SPAIN | determined to edit
i paper in Madrid pfogesisto!
E 8 The day wheeled by until we arrived at Tenn
y bl6que, where our diligence was wheeled on to
8 railroad car, and we were to make the fiftee
u leagues between there and Madrid with grea
G diligence by stean IenHblsque means a diamond
e pin; it sticks with pain when think of it, 70
g there, yes there. Juanita was lost to me Gas
C Rife) forever.
l. g At Temb6que, while taking a hurried lunch,
e saw bill announcing bHll-fght to come OF i
u Madrid next day, and was glad to be able 10 enJe
y this amusement once more; on my return to tn
u diligence, communicated to the widow the intel
esting fact.
a D jaIa 7" said she, how do love bu1f-fghts
l. And to see Cuchares with the cdpd in one han
and the sword in the other, H6soosi he is spada
r but you should have seen Juan, tpfanoune
s Whan) he always killed first blow. Ay CarGnlbd
4 there was a man for you-and such clothes an
such legs-poor soul that last black bull from tn
n mountains was too much for him--too much, to
e much! and here the widow paid tribute of ivy
s. tears to his memory, and ourished her little hand
e aud white cambria disc0nsolately.
$. .'This Juan did not please me, although he ha
e snecumbed to the bull, and was gone where goo
7. hulLfghters go the tribute to his memory mad
p me a little slightly Jealous. Bat concealing m
\, feelings, asked as unconeernedly as possible
L well, who was Juan p"
r 'sJuan2" replied the dear widow, F" Juan2 VIII,
4 he was my husbandm
IN Farewell, orange flower wreaths, white lac
wells, and so on-farewell4 ideas matrimonial.
D. Harry Buttons de ButtonYlle, marry bulfgh
o er's widow! By the shadow Of my respeetabilit.
y Juanita, never can be thine!" said /, in
d burst of feeling.
Il Z" Az caransba! but you will see me home in
carriage when arrive at Madrid, won't youi
70 ! asked the widow
r "Idid-and she gave me the slipper
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