Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

| Polish lady was quick enough, | dare say
| toffrd out that my. heart was garrisoned-
| if not, she is the only woman ! have eve
Imet who made mistake on such I:
point, though / have, met many who de
| fed the garrison and tried to storm th
citadel. TF~ 80 S Eg I q ,
+ I should have mentioned that she callet
her husband Cosmo, and that he called he
Zinna. This she told me was not he
name, but was Russian for Winter. Th
reason for his. giving it she limited that
was not to ask--some love e,nonsense Lsup
posed. DEL BI8 gem E8 o4UI
| The sleeping and toilet arrangements OF
| board that boat were very detestable. w
all occupied the huge cabin, from unde
the seats Of which sliding beds were pullet
out at night with the feet pointing centrally
when saw beds. / mean padded boards
Nobody, of course, thought of disrobing
lsbut we loosened crayats, kicked off shoes
and otherwise made ourselves little easy
There was frightful snoring in that hot den
| With the first dawn used to rush out of il
coup on deck, and, eschewing the hideou
lavatory appliances of the cabin give my
self an honest and a freshening wash IN !;
pail of water neWlysdrawn from the Dan
| uDC ny Uilc SdlIOIS, WHO IllNtulSCu III tuSt
| for a practice which their laughter showed
me was not very usual on thatyessel.4 T.
We were nearing Orsoya early in til,
morning of the day I am going to speak OF
and / had just completed my al Jaesco wasl
by the bows, and was looking at the Serviai
mountains, rich in green, and decked witt
shifting mist-wreaths- -.
"sSir," said a voice near me.
aalI turned, and confronted myafriend Sig
nor Cosmo. saluted him cheerfully, fol
Lfeltvery. cheerful, ,the rather that we, were
.soon.to be released from our disagreeabl'
ship. But he did not respond to my at
tempt at scivility, at Which ! wondered {
little
II wish to speak a,werd 10 you, SIR u
scssFifty, ifyou like.rsI HWAI
/ Fewer will suffice forbid you to tall
any more to Madame"
[ stared at him with considerable sur
prise, because we had parted in perfect cor
diality overnight, if going to different end
of saloon can be called parting.
Idon'tunderstand, signorp yEp
yet my words are good English
"Yes;4I don't mean that. But, ,wha
makes you say this to me? Surely / have
not had the misfortune to offend Madame
no recollection of anything of the kind.
f"It appears to me that husband has {
right to say who shall talk to his wife,"
Swell, in a sense, yes," said |, beginning
to get angry; "but he must show some
signs of nationality. Here were we talk
ing in a friendly way on this deck few
hours ago, and now you come to me with
rude speech, and an order for which sex
no kind of reason"
B"1t is enough that / have one. SEE
%"sNo, it is not quite enough, signor. L
it by Madame's wish that you say this tc
me-"
"It is by my own wish.' a~f}gs
Every we'll. | intend to know what i
MEANS OF course, | have no desire tt
force myself ON any one; but [ shall no
submit to impertinence. | tell you that
shall speak as usual to Madame when she
comes on deck, and after that shall see
If Madame talks to me, shall talk to her.
"She viii not talk to you"
"I ask you why"
s" Because have forbidden her.
{" Again ask why SIS. r.sssiv saaalIf
g Because of my will" .s4 s7ei
Look here signor," said l "a quarrel
between us would be very absurd, and an
Englishman hates to be absurd. But he
also hates to be dictated to. If you do not
choose to give me reason for, Obeying
your desire, will not obey it, and i will
ask Madame what it means"
You had better not!" he said, unbut
'toning his long coat, and showing me that
he had a astiletto affixed to his waistcoat
This act put me into terrible rage, and
said. a - ,s s
"Don't try your theatrical tricks with
me. If you don't button up that rubbish
and apologize for showing it, i will knock
you down, drag you into the saloon, and
tell all the people why. .sss
n g Do me first the honor to feelnly arm,
he1said, extending it, l.a sssls. qies
My answer was angry. need not re-
peat it, ssfsls .7ad.
"Well, you will feel it in another way il
you disobey me-" he replied, and with sin,
gulark alacrity he darted away, and the
next moment was diving down into the
cabin. l5H e ~ aob 500
Ion, in the beautiful play, states that he
has asked a. dreadful question OF the hills
1t did not occur to me- not being poetical
to apply for information to the Servian
mountains, on which suppose was un-
consciously staring, but / sought it at a
nearer source-my own vanity. OF course
told myself something of the story which
I ina gine you thought was going to tel
you. / had been too fascinating tc
Madame and really had not intended
to be SO. But, after all, it is not an un
pleasant thing to know that one can be
dangerous, and [ began to feel less resent
ment against the signor. / would be
more careful. But still would not be in
timidated into entire silence when ] ap
preached Madame Zinna In this moder
ate and rather complacent mood / remained
on deck until the time when the beds
were usually pushed under the seats, an6
the cabin was ventilated and eating anC
drinking recommended.
When | went down / saw Cosmo anC
his wife at the further end of the table.
removed my hat, looking at them, but ne
return courtesy was manifested. | took
my seat, and demanded coffee Will,
waiting for it looked several times in th'
direction of my late friends, and Madame
blue ewes turned ON me for moment. Tht
next, Cosmo suddenly snatched something
from her and thrust it into his breast
pocket. She made an appealing gesture
but did not, thought, speak They wer,
on bad terms, thens as1s1
Presently he rose, and signed to her t,
follow him out of the saloon He passet
me close, taking no notice; but as Zinn;
came by she touched me on the shoulder
and, dropped a scrap of card beside
me. Then she went after her imperiou
| lord
On the card were penciled four words
He has sold me.
1.-TWO mysteries before breakfast" +" sait
| l. Zone certainly does get something BY
travelling. What on earth, or on water