The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-16

tears, the honor was to bs done ac-
cordiogly,.grievorsly against her VIII,
and custom teiumphed. Custom! That
little thing, as the people called it to
the philosopher. That great aud
terrible thi1g, as the philosopher justly
thought it. ' To show how secure he
was, aud how securer still it would
render him. Sc made her promise to be
there; and she required very little
asking; for = thought came into her
head which made her pray with secret
and sudden earnestness to the Virgin;
and thu same thought enabled her to
give b:m final looks, net only OF resign
edsGvingness, but Of sort of cheered
corposure; for, now that she saw that
there was no remedy, she would make
the worst of his resolve, and SO they
parted.
Eow differently from when they
med and how dreadfully to be again
brought together!
The day has arri ved; the great souase
has been duly set out; the sand. to
receive the blood, is spread over it; the
barricades and balconies, the boxes are
all right; the king and his nob'es are
there; Don Alphonso and his Lucinda
are there also; he, in his place in the
square on horseback, with his attend
ants behind him, and the door out Of
which the bull is to come in front; she.
where he will behold her before long,
though not in the bcx to which be has
been raising his eyes. All tie gentle
men who'are to fight the bulls, each in
his turn, and who, like Alphonse, are
dressed 10 black, with piumes of white
feathers on their heads, and scars of
different colors round the body, have
ridden round the lists quarter Of an
hour ago, to salute the ladies Of their
acquaintance, and all is still and wais.
ing; the whole scene is gorgeous with
t7'sret.-ies, ard GID aal jewel. It Is
;s"u;re, in "aieh po~ep and pleasure
;,.e s't.lng ia rno1ssnd humal shapes
t. bek Old a cruel spectacle.
The trumpsss sound; trashes Of
other music succeed; the door of the
stable opens, and the noble Creature.
the bull, makes his appearance, stand
ing still awhile, and looking as it were
with confused composure before him.
SomeImes, when the animal hrst.comes
forth, 1t rushes after tie horaeman who
has opened the door, and who has
rpshed away from The mood IN which
j: has shown it, ~.f But tae ball on
this occasion. was one ttat, from the
very perfection o. his So myth, await
Ell provoking. lie soca has il. Light,
agile .tootn1en, who are there on pnr
! pose, vex MN vita darts AID arrows
garnlshed with paper set Oh ire. He
begln> by pursuing them hither and
'thi'her, they escaping by al the arts
Of cloaks and hats thrown on the
ground, and deceiving 6gures Of paste,
board. Scou he is rritated extremely:
he stoops bis sullen heal to loss; he
/ raises 1t, with MS eyes ol FIRE, to kick
and trample; he bellows, he RACES, he
grows mao. His breath gathers like
thick mist about him. He gallops,
amidst cries Of snen and women,
rantical!y .arouad the ;quare, like a
racer, following and followed by his
tormentors; ne tears the horses with his
horns; he slisenboweis themjhe tcsscs
the howing dogs that are let loose on
him; he leaps and shivers in the air
like very stag or goat. His huge
body is T othing to him III The rage and
might of his agony.
For Alphonso, who lad purpo;tly
| got in his way 20 shorten his Luc:nda' S
misery, (krowing hersu -ely 10 be there,
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