The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-01

and the stranger saw me At the same in
slant.
"Monsieur! Senorl Par amor ds
Dios give me hand TO rout these vii
lains.'' he cried, In Spanish, with a
French accent. "The rogues are too
many for me, and have cut my sword
hand through"
did not wait for second appeal,
and, drawing pistol, fired At one Of
them a. he was lifting his murderous
knife to spring again Upon his victim.
He leaped into the air and fell
with loud cry, but the next in
slant rose to his feet and fled.
followed this advantage BY the discharge
Of second pistol directly in the face Of
one ofthc assassins MO was bounding
upon me with his naked knife flashing
in the moonbeams. l missed him, but
the report repealed him, and he retreat
ed. We now set upon them and dis
persed them, following them for y
square, till we lost sight Of them in
some Of the dark winnings Of those
regions.
Monsieur" said the stranger to me
as we both stopped ut the head Of the
street to take breath, ~ am in your
debt for my life; for, by the mass,it was
my life, not my money, they wanted. |
know two of the villains. and know that
il was revenge that set them upon me.
Ii they had had pistols they would have
finished me but they feared 10 use them
lest the alarm they give should endan-
ger their own safety He gave me his
name as ..Adolphe Jean Boncour,r and
said he had been an officer in the French
marine. but was now in command Of a
vessel of his own. His address was the
:. cafe Don Pedro, Gale san t"
lie was good-looking. pleasant French
man. compactly built, with a free, dar-
ing expression, and about the height
and shape Of Napoleon; afavorite model
of dimensions TO all Frenchmen. Ma
poleon, be il said in passing, has digni-
fled all small-sized men, as Wellington,
by his huge nose, keeps in countenance
all men of enormous probosceS.
After repeating TO me his thanks in
the manly, frank way Of brave man.
we parted. and pursued my way to-
wards my place Of destination without
further adventure.
Three days afterwards was seated ina
cotfee-house on the Plaza with a young
New Yorker, a thriving merchant al Ha-
vana. taking toast, and listening between
whites TO his account Of a very great
disappointment in a certain love affair.
1t seems that he had come passenger
from New York. few weeks before. in
the same ship with General -- and
his niece, very charming girl, but
without fortune. and. AS the General was
not very well off. without any expecta-
tions. NV friend, whose name was
Charles Eilinghall. fell irrevocably in
love Nth the beautiful niece. and was
so happy as to inspire in her bosom a
kindred sentiment in reference 70 him
self. Before the ship reached Havana
they secretly engaged themselves. On
shore. the General put up at house OPP
posite the lodging Of Efiinghall, and by
this means he had an opportunity Of
frequently seeing her. Al length, one
morning, finding her sad and weeping.
he learned from her that her uncle had
that day made known to her Tin conf
dence," a. he said, that he had come TO
Havana not 20 much for his own health,
as for the purpose of marrying her to
one Of the rich Spanish mobiles, who at
this season frequented this city; and he
told her farther. that he had already in
view, one Of whom il was his command
she should choose a. her future husband,
and use AL the power of her charms 10
captivate him.
"Now,r said my friend Charles to me.
as he was giving me this account over
our coffee, and in a little louder tone
than became the place we we're in (for
only thin partition separated the box
in which we sat from those adjoining),
snow, when heard this. you may Judge
my emotion. We Immediately resolv-
ed to make known our engage
mcnt 10 the General, and so put an end
TO this matrimonial gambling specula-
ton Of his Well, Mary divulged the
affair to him; and he flew into passion
so dreadful that she told me she feared
he would lay violent hands upon her.
He at length quit her, and sought me.
Our interview, you may be assured, was
not the most agreeable. lie treated me
with abuse, which bore and forgave
for her sake. He forbade me the house:
but we met still, which he, discovering,
has resolved % put an end to the whole
matter, by leaving for New Orleans |
have just received a note from her in
which she tells me-but read il for your
SELF
read as follows in neat but tremu-
lous hand:
DEAREST CHARLES: Ny uncle has Just
told me 10 have my trunks ready to leave
Havana this afternoon. He says he has taken
passage in the English ship !" Bristol Hayen,v
and we must be on board by fp. IN. This Il
painful intelligence for me 10 communicate
TO you. What Il TO be dones II we could
only see each other 10 consult for moment.
must 20 with uncle. I can not resist his
IN we do not meet again--
butt will not saw farewell ~ for nv heart