Litchfield enquirer., 1872-05-30

mounted-the horses were tethered, the mules disbnrdened of the saddle bags, and the contents displayed under the tree; horse cloths and cloaks were spread around on the ground and . fire Of dry sticks was lit on the edge of the etreem with such marvellous celerity that peloLe my grand father had time to take MO.o s,res than nasty survey of the eataDiess aase1 - seating himself on the root of tree,a glP of steaming chocolate was Piaced n ms hand. .-s-.sl.
 "Confess, Major," said Garry, speaking with his mouth full sausage, ssthat man may lose some of the pleasures of exist ence by leading the life of Q hermit. Don't l you feel grateful to me for dragging you out of your cobweb to such Q pleasant place as this?"
 '"Tis an excellent breakfast, 7 said my grandfather, who had just assisted the Senorita Carlota to slice of turkeys breast, and himself to an entire leg and ] thigh dividing with her at the same time crisp white loaf, having a handle like l teapot or smoothing iron sand my appe- tite is really very good. should be per. fectly easy if could understand the re- marks of this very agreeable lady and make suitable replies .a.ss 'Let me interpret yonr sentiment, said Garry; t'and though I may. not succeed in conveying them in their original force and 1 poetry, yet they shall lose as little as pos sible in transmission. Just try me-what would you wish me to say?' ss -'E 54is1s' "Why, really" said my grandfather, pondering. 'I had great many things say as we came along, but. they've gone out of my head. Do you think she ever read Shakespeare?"
 ''Not a chance of it, 'said Owen. Here the Senorita laughingly appealed to Frank to know what my grandfather was saying aboat her.
 "Ah," quoth my grandfather, quoting his friend Shakespeare 4.ls.-g | "I understand thy Iooks-the pretty Spanish l Which thou pourest down from these swelling | heavings ,1l -+-a am not perfect in---'
 She's an extremely agreeable woman, Frank, I'll be sworn if one only under stood her, quoth my grandfather, casting on her glance full of gallantry.
 l The Ensign was not so entirely occupied in prosecuting his own love affairs as to be insensible to the facilities afforded him for amusing himself at the Majors expense. Accordingly he made speech In spanish to Carlota, purporting to be faithful translation of my grandfather's
 but teeming, in fact, with the most TO- l mantle expressions of chivalrous admira- tion, as was apparent from the frequent recurrence of the words ''eios," (eyes,)
 ''corazon," " (heart,) and the like amatory l currency.
 ''There, Major," said the interpreter, as he finished; "I've told her what you said | of her." --e
 The Major endorsed the compliments
 by laying his hand upon his heart, and
 lowing with Q tender air. Whereupon Carlota, laughing, and blushing a deeper red, made her acknowledgements. 1 "She says, "quoth Frank, ''that she thinks 1 mem of that favored race are equal to the present specimen, her own countrymen must be thrown entirely into the shade.
 ''Deightful!'' P cried my grandfather;
 but it is doubtful whether this expression of pleasure was called forth by the sen- l timents attributed to the Senorita, or by | the crisp succulent tenderness of Q mouth full of sucking pig which was at that me- ment spreading itself over his palate.
 Following up his idea, the mischievous
 Ensign continued to diversity the graver pursuit of prosecuting his own suit with Juana, by impressiDg Carlota and the
 Major with the idea that each was favora-
 ply impressed with the other. Inthis he was IOleraDly SuCc0SS1ul-tne sp0ecnoS ne made to Carlota, supposed to originate with my grandfather, had a very genuine warmth about them, being, in fact, very often identical with those he had just been making, under immediate inspira- tion, to his own divinity; while as for the Major, it would have been an insult to the simplicity of that worthy mans nature to exert any great ingenuity in deceiving l. him; it would have been like setting c highly pleased with each other, and oC- casionally, in the absense of the faithful in- terpeter, conversed by means of smiles and courteous gesticulations, till my grand father felt entirely at his ease. and was almost sorry when on the evening of the second day. they got to Cadiz. 1 CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.