Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-12

face greenish-yellow; the0 whole Tcr0wn 1 bald He lRth g aJrayenous sstonacb, and swallows all he eats whole; for his lnether l jaw. like that of Charles Y ,aat al morea fad-
 vanceI age. +stands so much out that Fhis
 two rows of teeth can not meet; to compen-
 sats which, he hasfp prodigioastside throat
 so that, ,at iiyer 0r. glzzard sofraI hene goes 1 down WhDla I IA .1syuE aamoAC [ Charles, had been so tyraRnized over Jby
 his mother during her regency that he ha-
 ted the sight of a woman; he would farn
 away if he met lady; his former govern ess, the Marquesa de los Velez. had to wait six months to get word from him;' and l when he was obhged to receive a petition 1 from a, woman the2 always looked another 1 way. 1r
 ! Such was the man who now, under one of the strange eapricese of H weak intellect rushed up the steps leading tos the smisera- ble room in which sat the trembling; Lou ! ise,, who Attempted several times to fall at
 his feet, but, he proven ted her. Embracing
 the princes as much as stiagette permitted
 kings of Spain to embrace, by elasping her arms with his hands, and looking fondly at eher afacey 8 he 71ejaculated, "Al reyna! mi reyna! !cia2a a5aj FAf oRA h I:ays l After her solemn entry into Madrid the
 yonng Queen began the life she was des- tined toqead to the end of her brief e1is- ltence;a a ifecombining the jealous seciu- sion of the harem. the lpgubrious monoto- ny of the cloister, and the iron tyranny of Spanish etiquette personffed in the Terra eNaeva, relieved only byisoccasionar drives in a carriage with closed windows, accord. ing to the fashion of Spain, stupid plays, hunting parties, and visits to Arani uez and the Escorial at fised times. $ For ev: cry tIring in the Court ofSpain was fegu. lated like a clock; the oaly disarran cement was when money, was needed to carry out the programme. The young Qieen, ii,ni in
 desparation, seems to have taken to eating as way of killing time. Like 8 lady of a
 moorish harem, sne got fat on her secIu-, sion, and no wonder, if, as Madame. de Vlilars says s'she sleeps ten or twelve
 hours a day, iand, eats meat three 4ori four
 times,a dayg Pretty good for Spain, where nobody eats as rule, and at. 2 time when one of the grandestl of the grandees, the
 Duke Albuquerque, the inventory of whose
 plate took slx weeksftos write out, dined'or-
 dinarily on an egg and pigeon 7e Indeed, what was u poor young creature, shut up
 with her attendants, to do after the gay open life of the French Court, where she could move as free as air, where the stair. cases aud the ante-chambers were throng- ed with brilliant ladies ajd gentlemen, ard
 where wit and gayety were saver' effsrves- cent in some form or other? In the gloomy desolate palace of Madrid she was, allowed hardly to see man s face. No balls, no pubic levers and couchers and toilets; no soirees, no plays, no hunting parties but those of the gloomiest character; no diver sion but promenades in carriages with closed windows. and these in summer on the dusty bed of the Manzanares.aaafa ei1
 The Terra Nueya even informed her that queen of Spain must not look out of win- dow; there was nothing to see from the window but the blue sky and desert court of monastery; but even that diversion was too exciting in the eyes of the she dragon of etiquette. To laugh was ever forbidden to u queen of Spain. S1ae J i3 bic The poor imbscile King did his best to amuse his wife, but not with much effect, He would play with her at .joncets-which Eappear3 to nave been an anu se,nent of the bnatnre of that knowhs among us as spills for three or four hours day.rr The King had q 2, ,frightful jealousy of every thing French. lie had been told by the Terra
 
 tuat,l coming as she did from the fight
 Court,l every precantion was necessary.
 Tue poor idiot was so jealous at the sight pf any thing Ffench tnas ne could not ev- en endure tue O. lesn's French spaniels, aud er,ed. when ns entered her apart.nsnts, ..Faera, fuera, perros fradceses!' (Begoue, begone, ye Fieuch dogs!1
 F The Qaeen had two parrots who talked F. ench, aud thess with her spaniels were uer chief compaulons.o Disappointed as 1t appeared she was likely to be in the hope of children, which, however, Che King apersisteds in looking for, She. concentrated all her affection on these pet creatures. But the Terra Nue- Va, herself hating all things French, and trusting to u like hatred ou the part of the
 King, one day, when the . leen Was out for drive, twisted tue parrots necks. On the return of their mistress she called for her birds and her dogs as usual. At the mention of her birds the maids of honor looked at each other without speaking.
 The truth, however, was told; and when the 0amerera Mayor appeared to kiss the Oaeen' hand as usual, thel meek spirit of
 Marie Louise could endure no longer; she gave the. Terra Nueva, two, OF. three slaps with her hand on either cheek.
 The rage of the'she griffin, the descend ant of Fernando 0ortezss the feudaf pro.
 prietress of Sicily and Spain, with her principality in America, was immense; she collected all her .four hundred ladies, and went at theihead of them atSe the King to ask for orfredress. The King Ibetook himself to the Queen, and asked for. an explsna- | ton; the Queen replied, "Senor, esta es un antojo' (Sir, this is @ longing of mine). | This a,atojo was devised with delicious mal-
 ice by the young Queen. For not only; in
 the case of g royal lady, but in that of the
 humblest woman in Spain. the antojo had a prescriptives privilege to bet satisfied. Charles was delighted with the antojo and it's significance, and declared to his Queen
 that if she was not satisfied with two slaps
 of the face she might give the Terra Nue. va two dozen more.
 After this the Queen determined to get rid of her Camarsra Mayor, for her despo- tism was quite ,intolerAble. On one occa- sion the Terra NueYa saw. to her dissatis- faction, that the front hair of the Queen was not stiffsned and fiattened down with proper Spanish rigidity and precision; so ] Che ugly harridan spat on her shriveled hand and applied it to the rebellious part I Moreover, the jailoress ruthlessly insisted that the 7Qaeen should, as precedent re- qnired, be Tn bed regularly every night by N