The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-29
THE TRIBUINln m
An Su1iuNig3F ATS IN Love with Mark
4Naia NJ fifst Sight.

we nffueu u.lttcr the walls OF little
fort. armed with batteries Of L and 81
Founders. which Horto considered a most
formidable Institution: but five were
ever to get after .;ts wl5hsnpe of ostr 5af-
reted niuliltors, they have to mos u
it out IN the country if they wanted it
whexG4kyV could hndit AGAIN when tiles-
needed it.. The group on the pier was a
very rusty gne--inens and women. ana
boys and girls. all ragged and barefooted
and ,,ncolnbed and dirty. and by IN llnet .
education and profession, beggars. tncy
trooped afterEs, and never mere. wi.ie
we were at Fayai, aid we get rid OF them
We walked up the middle OF the prince
pal street, ami these yerriin sttlrouaie'!
US on ali sides. anl giared upon u :. amt
every moment excited couples shot ahead
of the gang 10 get good look back, Just
as the VILLAGE boys 10 when they accom-
pany the t.lep ii;.slt on his advertising trip
from stree. to street. 1T was Very fiat
tering to me To be part OF the material
for such a sensation Presently an old
woman. with fashionable Portuguese
hood on, approached me. This hood IS
of thick blue cloth, attached to a CLOAK
of the same stuff, and is a marvel oi.ug
illness. 1t stands high, and spreads far
abroad and is fatho,Aless deep. 1t fits
like circus tent, and woman head is
is hidden away in it like the man s who
prompts the singers from the tin she'd III
the stage Of ali opera, There is 10 par
tical Of trimming about this monstrous
c,pofe, as they call tit is just plain
ugly, dead i,iaa mass of sail, and q wo-
man can goiwiittllia eight points OF the
wind with one of them on; she has got
to go before the wind or not at all. The
general st.le Of the capote is the same in
all the islands, and will remain 50 tor the
next 10, 900 years, but each island shapes
its capotes Just enough differently from
the other to enable an observer to tell at
a glance what particular island the lady
halls from. Well, as we came along we
overhauled bent, wrlnkled and unspeak-
able homely old bag, with her capote
standing high aloft She was becalmed.
or rather she was laying to, around a cor
ner. waiting for the wind to change.
When she saw me she drifted out and
held our hand. Such friendliness in a
strange land touched me, and seized It.
shook it cordially, and said:
Madame. | do not know your name,
but this act has craven your-your-pe-
culiar features llpon my heart, and there,
they shall remain while that heart con-
tinues to- throb . ..s5&E .asHsA
She drew her hand away and said some
thing which could not understand. and
then Kissed her hand to me and curtsicd.
blushed and said
Madam these attentions cannot but
be flattering to me, but II must not be
alas it cannot bel am another IL
had to lie a little, because | was getting
into close place.
She kissed her hand again and muir
INJURED sweet words OF affection, but | was
firm. / said:
Away, woman-tempt me not Your
seductive Establishments are wasted upon
one whose heart Is far hence IN the bright
land of America. The jewel is gone
you behold here naught save the empty
ca sket-aa1 empty 1t shall remain until
grim necessity drives me to I'll the aching
void with vile flesh and drink, and cab
bage Avaunt temptress 2 -
But she would not avaani. she kissed
her hand repea+ edIy. and curtsied o4e; an,s
over again reasoned within myself
This woman loves me; [ crnnot reclpro-
cate; / cannot love foreigner; can
not love a foreigner as homeiy as she Is
If | coubl L woulis dig her out Of ehat
capote aud take her TO my sholeI'ils
arms u cannot love her, ,tlhEs Wifay
beautiful affection she has conceived for
me must not 20 unrcwafded-It shall not
60 unre VA ted Alii - i said, i VII
real to her my pQetIcit para phrase. q the
Deciaration OF idiepent9nce.
But ali the crowd sit,;l, No-shame,
shame, shame the poor old WOMEN
b1 .uit dane ags-t mo-
And they gave tae Old bag some Por-
tugues pennies Ike shufiie-baart blocks
ami hu>siel iier away, averrlng that she
was begging, anl not making love, and
thus, by the weIl-meaning stupidity Of
inv comrades / Eas prevented from mn
planting a sweet lncm0ry i'll the. soiil o.
one WAC may now 20 down tn the grave
withS n1ssasrat thing upon tae aifai' 81
her heart but the ashes Of a hopeless
pa<,ion--an yeta stanza or two woul,i
have made her happy