The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-09
Col. PawSon's Romance,
SARAI AND HENRY'S RIDE FOR
LIFE on An ARAB STEED.
The Patronymic Of a Might. have.been
Possible EmperOr-His Travels In q
Foreign Land - He Falls in Love
with q BedOuin "Pride Of the Val.
ley"-The Tragic Ending Of His First
and Only Love Episode.
HAPTER /.
CHAPTER /. -,
THE FRONT ELEVATION or COLONEL rAwsoS's rnt


THB FRONT ELEVATION or COLONEL rAwsos's FIGURE
AND DIGNITY.
Colonel Pawson was the bearer Of more dignity than
any IN IN In America He WAS evidently built tor the
purpose. In two respects destiny bad called him Us 1t
called Napoleon Bonaparte-t u the seat Of war and to
the seat Of empire. IN war he won bis title. The au-
thoriues were struck with bis commanding aspect and
gave It Z" him purely On that account. His seat Of
empire was the seat Of bis pantaluons and unlike the
rennw"ed Erenchman he carried bis throne around
ah"ut that throne Of which the Emperor OF France
could never bOust, even when at the climax OF his
greatness. II was 3 weight Of two hundred and fifty
pounds.
Yo1 might imagine from this account, Inv reader,
that 1t wunld be difficult for the Cvlonel to sustain any
thing more than bis own person. You might fancy
that an addition weight Of dignity, would make him
ronae1"9': But observe the fallacy Of human ~iancies.
never pressed upon him at the rate Of more than fE
teen pounds to the square inch. And the Colonel wss
a. unconscious OF 1t asa newborn babe. Indeed It
was IKE the atmosphere In more respects than one.
u was necessary L, his HE. He b-eathed It hr hnthed
In It.; he was saturated with t.; 1t ebb.d and flowed
through every pore; 1t rolled In streams through oycs
and ears and nose, as we'll As from bis lips, and he
must infallibly have died without Il
The Colonel was a tall man as we'll as portly. He
stood six feet two inches In his stockings, II he ever
did such ON undigniAcd thing a. to stand In bis stuck.
ints. MS features were rather large and. as might be
sn h,sS e. rom Inc atmosphere and other pres:ures
stthem would convince the most fncredulous that he
always carried behind them matters Of the craven,
importance. His juwls always sleek % q shaven hnes
at killing time. were slightly pendant after the manner
OF o pair ni saddle bags "nite full at tho bottom; and
beneath. his chin there VIVA q hnss Of solid aesh that
irresistibly s~uggrst-d the idea Of q suppressed qoilre.
Inc CoI"neis eyes were bis heavir.t features. II bis
stomach 10 not To BE- named under this head. Their
expression was nearly akin to that Of q dortnan,
snakr'A only without the liter. and they were over.
nun. by q in!ir of o. slids without 4 crease or wrinkle,
and only o single fold, deep and heavy like the fold oil
q rllin"c-ros hide, Just above the lashes.
Though scarcely more than forty five, the SHOWS OF
time hal fllen thickly on bis head and made It white
AMI bald as the domes Of the 70 Semitic. II yun can
imagine the man In the muon with his chin drawn
down and his summit rendered slightly conical. and
an ihfant moon In the crescent shane Of Its infancy
thrown tntn shadow by the great moons greater bill.
liancy. and clingtng crab like about his cereb.lIum, you
viii have the t:olonels v,sage to q dot. He had eaid
81 the arson that his chief objection intellectually &c
that functi"nary was that he wore bic breeches tno
sh"it and had too much hair on his face. The parsnr
ret"rtrd Tint he wore his breechcs a great deal loppr,
than the Colonel did, and that he objected u the Coo,
mel chiefly, because he wore bis face TOO long, and
hadn't enough hair on hs head.
l0u might suppose frum these remarks that the Col.
onel ard the rarson w-.:ccfhclined to -idicnlr each 9th.
e. loal"!2nt suppose r. IN the description igtv-r
.hS the Coloners appearance might provoke . smile
BIT witness again the prunrnoss OF the human mind
70 err. The Colonel was superior to rilicule. H.
stopd IKE bis prototype, the NOON. two hundred ant
ard you could no NOR" kindle a smile In his presrnc.
than you could start Q fire with iciclps in q snow hole
10 the polar regions. He wis the most sert"rs mar
that history has gwen US since the royal m0urncI
who "nevrr smiled again." There was h lrigidity
about his countenance that made 1t gleam. shiny a. Il
WAS. with 10 more warmth Than n block Gf Ice; and b,
bore an air Of gloom as heavy and as lasting US an arc
tic night.