The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-21
sKETCHEs.---NO. T.

rival of the United States troops, but
great was his disappointment and cha
grin when, on confidently applying 10
Captain Blank to avenge the wrongs he
had been subjected to, he learned that
the mission Of the soldiers was one Of
peace, and that it was no part Of their
duty 10 interfere in behalf Of iTrespons-
ible citizens who come among the Indi
ans and stir up strife. The captain,
however, offered both of us "safe con-
ducri out Of the Usage country on con-
dition that we join him 10 the capacity
Of camp servants. But, while Boggs
accepted the proposition, chose not to
do so, aud the following morning we
parted, nor have 1 seen him since. Ia
beau seemed greatly pleased that was
to remain longer with him, and other
members Of his family seemed to share
his feelings. In fact, so companiOnable
had the old statue become that l began
to feel quite an interest in him. I knew
that be had a secret OF some kind which
gave EUlUA 10 lis h4NAE AAAEf ADA AE was
a man who thoroughly understood the
ways Of the world, and seemed to my
limited view to be not only a man OF
much native ability, but one who
might have figured cOnspicuously in
some public way, and yet, here he was,
buried hundreds OF miles from civiliza-
ton, and moving on plane but little
above his only associates, the untutored
savages.
At length, he voluntarily confided
to me a portion Of his history, and
I learned, as l had guessed, that a
woman was at the bottom Of the mys-
tery that shrouded his life. He was de-
scended from one of the best families Of
France, and, as several of his brothers
held commissions in the army, his
father thought it expedient to make
clergyman of him, although, rs Tabeau
said, nature had better fitted him for
any other avOcation. To carry out
their plans successfully, he was sent at
an early age to a school near Boulogue,
where he learned the usual amount of
Greek and Latin and an extra amount
Of bad practices. Here he became ae-
quainted with a young lady Of plebeian
rank, whom he described as the most
beautiful Of her sex. He waxed truly
eloquent while expatiating on her
charms, and, although the staid old
English is scarcely suited 10 the busi-
ness OF love-talk or love-making, will
attempt to give his description OF this
Hebe as nearly as the poverty Of the
language and my ability will allow.
He first saw her engaged in the unro-
mantle business Of selling turnips from
a basket on her head, her only dress a
chemise aud coarse woolen skirt; yet,
he declared there was an air Of grace.
and charm about her that neither
birth nor fortune could bestow. She
was standing on doorstep, the taper
fingers Of her right hand supporting
the basket on her head, while her left
was gracefully resting on her hip. Her
dark, full and lustrous eyes, overarched
with brows Of penciled regularity, and
fringed with lashes Of long and silken
texture, beamed forth full of intelli-
gence and tenderness. He was so en-
tranced with the exquisite lOveliness
that, priest as he expected to be, he
could not resist the temptation to ap-
proach. On nearer view, he said he
saw tears Of modification at her lowly
I lot cOursing down her cheeks of purest
marble, while her beautifully curved
/ lips half opened in astonishment aud
disclosed a set Of teeth Of pearly dazzling
whiteness. Innocence was playing in
every llneament OF that lovely face as
/ he stood transtixed before her faultless
| figure, the like Of which he declared
Praxiteles himself could not approach
I for classic excellence. In the artless
simplicity Of her nature, she knew not
that her singular loveliness, combined
with the display Of charms her un-
studied yet graceful attitude and scanty
dress had given, was beguiling one ol
/ the opposite sex from life that nature
never intended him for. But Tabeau
then and there vowed not only not to be.
come a celebate, but to lift that exquI-
site beauty up from her lowly calling "a
move in the refined and fashionable
circles Of his own native city-in short
to make her his wife. He therefore
proceeded, as the first step toward al
acquaintance, to purchase her whole
supply Of turnips, and to order as many
more for the following day. But hi.
father, hearing Of the disgrace hi.
thoughtless heir was bringing upon the
family by cultivating the acquaintance
Of young lady Of low birth, and by
peremptorily refusing to take holy or
ders, took him from school and ordered
him to Algiers to fill lucrative plac,
in the customs. He accordingly set of
for that destination, but, on arriving a
Marseilles, he saw flaming hand-billi
calling for volunteers to embark fo
Spain to the assistance Of Isabella
Here was just the thing suited to a love
sick swain of his wild temperament anC
ardent impulses, and to enlist, allowing
the customs to take care of themselves
was his first movement.
Arrived in Spain, he was promoted
step by step for his gallant conduct, auC
finally, for successfully leading forlorI
hope, he received a captains commits
sion, and was made a Knight Of the Or
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