Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-07-24
From the London Court Journal.
TIL E RUB By Rim c..

Don Ramon Eendez, ex colonel of d defunct
CaIiist regiment, resided in Coventry street, IT
tie Havmarket, and summed himself daily in that
haunt of refugees, from Paris or Timbuctoo,
q! led Leicester Square. That is to say, the don
summed himselfon such days as the sun was Wis
ibs in that horrid northern island, where the
i1gs and the smoke of coal obscure the bright
l-rinary any three hundred days out OF the
lree hundred and sixty five; at other times
S Spanish grandee was content to pace the
.lvement without the Apollonian beams, albeit
e sighed when he thought Of bright and merry
Madrid. Don Ramon was a very great person,
please 10 understand, some Of the bluest blood
dSpaiu's proud chivalry circulated about his
vial parts; and the quarteriugs of his family
s5ialI reached sixty four-all fairly told. In his
ggthfuI days under the skies of sunny Spain,
.ai amid the spendors OF tie court of King
.-r!irand. Don Ramon was a very gay fellow,
s.esl. But alas! evil times fell upon 'he land!
aing Fe Ii..a-.d died; and just previous to his
lesth he committed what amounted Gn the eyes
& Don Ramon, and all other sensible p. rs1ns) to
ans: extraordinary piece of folly. In a stupid
Of paternal affection, he actually repealed the
Sic lsw, and bequeathed the crown to his
saghter Isabella, instead Of letting it slide To
is brother, Carlos. Who could stand such
lsls-rlus piece of injustice as that, | should
-se to know Certainly not Don Carlos. among
Tl1m ranked the grandee, Ramon Mendez.-
.lan came the sin Of civil war. a crown is
E.-ta fighting for, let me tell you. And as Don
J4E,os loved absolutiSm, out and out regality;
vile Isabella, poor infant, was understood to be
j. favor # constitutionalsm, (thOugh it is well
Known that she loved sweet meats, candy, and
slsh wares, too well To trouble her head about
TRIES Of State unhappily, Spain was henceforth
l7ldei into two factions, one of which was ia
.saously called Liberals
Well Don Carlos, and Zulmacarregui, and Don
Ramon, and all the rest of them, fought and
il5ht, and all their fighting rever brought the
Town inch nearer to their fingers That
x here you may insert any Spanish elple-
TIVE you may happen to prefer) the widow
-a1stDa. had luck OF her side, and was able to
E-2cs her daughter, the constitutional Isabella,
s-ely on the throne.
Then followed the usual prescriptions and ex-
Patriations.
Don Ramon and many other representatives
& the "blue blood, - were compelled to quit the
s-orIous land of their birth, and by malicious
sioke Of destiny, actually tc take refuge amid
1-e savage islanders who had helped to ruin
'aer cause Well, the frown of fortune must
e net with the shrug of Indifference. if not with
ne smile of content. Don Ramon settled down
L two pair back, in Coventry street, where he
E'e his otta and smoked his cigarettes. read
~ope and Cervantes, and was as happy as dis
appointed man can be-
One day, however, Don Ramon met with {
asf0rtune-a very heavy misfortune, indeed. H'
lost ruby ring of great value but its intrinsic
value was trile compared with the worth i
osived from the fact its being present from
lie illustrious Don Carlos himself.
'Iyould not loose it for fifty tousand reals,
ne screamed to Mrs. Badger. his landlady, a
nat bewildered female stood at the staircase
sarousy listening to his passionate recital of the
fss Of the royal gem, Ze King, Che always
'yled him king,) re king Carlos. himself, he
sFeit me. He take it from his fngare ht
pace 1t on my hand; ne say, 'zare take zat. fol
~ great love at you Oh ! my ring, my ring
.ee canbe my ring.