The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-04
FENALLOSA.

B. "
'Will you to marry me-" Those were
the words that, coming from the veran-
dain deep rich voice and most tender,
Nv impassioned tone, broke the capri
oious silence that had just then fallen
for moment on the singing and laugh
ing Of the lighted rooms within. "Will
you to marry me?"
It was Ignacio Fenallosa's voice; and
he was repeating q question that, under
various DISCUSSES, he had asked OF
Chrystie perhaps O. hundred times
before.
Ours was the prettiest, il not the bust
est, little village in the world, with all
Its empowering green close upon the
sea, and It's two great contingencies
to which belonged all the wharves and
warehouses Of the South American
trade carried on there; and this was a
young South American who had come
Shere, with some others, in care Of the
Donsignees OF the houses at home, for a
mercantile and English education. He
was probably progressing reasonably
chat is we do not kno " whether he was
or not, for we saw little Of him-when at
length Chrystie came home, not as wild
as q hawk, because she was, after all,
more like dove, but q shy, startled,
gWift-moving creature, with cloud of
hair just q shade more yellow than
Haxen. with immense dark dashed eyes
that you took at first for black eyes, till
you learned how dark the blue starlit
midnight sky can be, and with skin
where the rich red came and went like
torch that the wind blows on, a tall,
1.-the, slender beauty, wayward as
the weather. and born to have her will.
Fenallosa was strolling by, one Septem
her day, as she sprang from the coach
and ran up the cracking path, and
threw her arms round John Allan, her
The youth stopped deliberately and sur
veyed the scene, then lifted his stick
and shook it at John, and strobe on.
We heard afterward that he that night
assembled the other young Spaniards,
ms they were called in the village, and
the rest Of their comrades, and gave
them to understand that il they chose
DO enter, the race was free and fair, but
there was to be no foolishness, since for
his part he meant to carry the girl with
the corn-silk hair over seas with him
and the priests blessing; and he ap-
peared next with a tassel Of corn-silk
and as many days thereafter as there
was any to be had.
He did not wait for an Introduction,
but climbed the fence one sunset, and
accosted her ia the garden with such an
air Of alteration and reverence that she |
could not be offended; but as he could
then only speak Spanish, and she could
only speak English, all she could do was
TO retire with great dignity; at which |
he was by no means abashed, for that, |
he knew, was her proper course, and he
considered that he had now made her
acquaintance, and he followed it up. A
plain to young Juan that he had learned
oil the English he wished; he had
learned mo" and f'Nevare," and he
was going home in the next brig.
Unnecessary to say that the brig
sailed without him. She sailed m any
times without him, indeed, but never
without the transaction of a little high |
tragedy on his part previously He was
leaning one spring day over the rail of
me Yeranda, the lazy roller creeping
underneath-for our house was close
upon the sea, built so by grandpa's
Whim, the summer parlors almost, and
Inc yeranda quite. overhanging deep
water, the solid old stone foundations
belonging once to lighthouse that had |
been remoVed-When the brig rolled
out again with all sails SET. "Soma
day." said he to Chrytie, looking back
ut her, you will be sailing out in her
with me, and never back" IF Chrystie
had nodded, he would have been con-
tent, and have asked for no more inst
then, being strenuous that she shoniS
40 nothing unbecoming; but she shook |
her head. He so took It all for granted
that dissent on her part seemed ahso-
lutte rebellion, and then he snatched his
nat and stalked off witout a word |
and meeting Leon at the gate
pitched him clean over the fence and
into the ditch. Of course a challenge
was gne result, and duel was ARRANGED |
and have no doubt would have come
Oh but Tor notes that flew from the !
naughty Chrystie to the combatants. in |
consequence Of which, and In total 10
norance that each note had been q |
counterpart OF the other, they both an
peared before her and bound themselves
ever to keep the peace. But Leon was
q tickle youth. and it did not much sig-
zlify. AS for Fenallosa, we rather won
derad at Chrystie, for he was like no.
body else in the world, and with an ir-
Tesasfible personal charm, 1t seemed to |
als- stleh eyes were never seen except
under Spanish broWs, the fine black
hair hair lay in great locks on a fore /