Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-11-24

should do in such case. We star
ed for the city AT first the Bohe
nian girl preserved silence, but il
the Rue du Serpent-you know it
it well deserves its name by th'
detours it makes-in the Rue Ill
Serpent she commenced by lettin,
her mantilla lall upon her shoulder
so as to show me her pretty, cajolini
face, and turning as far around to
ward me as she could, she said
"Officer, where are you taking me !"
"To prison, my poor child ~
replied, as mildly as possible, as ;
/ good soldier should talk to prison
er, above all to woman.
"Alas what will become of me p
she sighed. "Senor Officer have
pity on a poor girl. You are 81
young. so gentle, and so handsome
| Then in whisper, "Let me escape,
and l will give you piece of the
bar tacti, which will make all the
ladies love you"
The bar lacIsi, Senor, is the love
stone, with which the Gypsies pre-
tend that one can conjure, when he
knows how to use it. Make WON.
an drink little powder of it in d
glass Of white wine, and she cannot
resist your suit. But / answered as
seriously as l could.
1--WE are not here to talk of trities.
You must go to prison, it is the or
der, and there is no remedy"
The inhabitants of the Basque
country have an accent that makes
us easily known to the Spanish in
revenge there is not one OF them
who can learn to say even bal jdOuUd
(yes, sir). Carmen then had not
much trouble in perceiving that 1
came from the Provinces. You
know that the Bohemians, Senior,
being of no country, always wan
dering, talk all the languages OF
Europe, and the most of them are
at home in Portugal, France, in the
Provinces, in CATALONIA, everywhere,
even with the Moore and English
they make themselves understood.
Carmen knew the Basque language
very Well-''L011g1sJ2a-ene 6ifrOtS0
0renG, My dear comrade," she
said suddenly, "Are you from the
Provinces {?
Our language, Senior, is so sweet
that when we hear it in strange
country it makes us tremble.-I
would like to have confessor of the
Provinces, added the bandit in a
lower tone. He commenced after
short silence.
81 am from EliZondo," / replied
in Basque, greatly affected to hear
my native language spoken.
81 am from Etchalar," she said.
1t is region four hours from us.
81 have been carried by some Gyp-
sizes to Seville. / was working in
the factory to earn enough money
to go back to Navarro, to my poor
mother, who has only me to sup
port her, and a little garden with
twenty apple trees. All! if | were
only at home in sight of the white
mountains They insuIted me be-
cause | was not born in this land of
beggars, peddlers of rotten oranges,
and those girls all opposed me be-
cause [ told them that all their
jacks OfSeviile with their pOiniards,
was not worth a single one of our
boys with his blue cap and na0gltit0.
my friend, wouldn't you
do something for poor girl of your
native country ?"
She was lying, Senior; she has
always lied. l don't know if that
girl has ever told the truth one time
in her life; but when she spoke L
believed her, she was stronger than
|, she lisped Basque, and | believed
her to be NaVarrese. Her eyes
alone, and her mouth and complex
ion, declared her to be Bohemian;
but l was fool, | paid no attention
to anything. ] thought if the Span
ish dared to talk against my cOun-
try in my presence | would have
cut their faces too, just as she did
to her cOmrade. In short, l was
like man intoxicated f; / cOmmen-
ced to talk fOUlishly, and was soon
ready to act foolishly.
"If l push you and you fall, my
these two idiots of Cas-
.illians can't hold me-" said she in
Basque.
| forgot all about the order, and l
'aid to her, every well, my dear,
:ry, and may NOtre Dame of our
assist you." Just then,
We were passing one of those mar
'oW streets of which there are so
many in Seville, all at once Carmen |
urned and gave me a shove in the |
)reast. / fell on purpose directly |
across the way. With a spring she
umped over me, and running. ex-
libited a pair of fleet ankles. They
ay Basque legs for swiftness. Hers
vas well worth the name, as quick
IS we'll shaped. / Immediately
umped up, but in such a manner
hat my lance for the instant barred
he street so well that my comrades
we're arrested at the moment they
tarted in pursuit. Then 1 began
myself and they after me
tut you see there was no chance
With our spurs, and sabreS and lam
es. In less time than it takes to
ell it, our prisoner had disappeared.
Besides, all the old women of the
uarter favored her flight, Knocked
t US and directed us the wrong
way. After several marches and
it was necessary to
eturn to the guard without a receipt
lOuI IlOl vi
My men to avoid being punished,
old that Carmen had talked Basque
0 me, and it did not seem probable,
D say the least, that such a little
irl, with one push could so easily
ave thrown a man of my weight.
Ill that appeared too transparent.
IN leaving the guard | was degra-
ed and sentenced for one month to
risOn. 1t was my first punishment
ince | had been in the service.
Adieu to the gallons of sergeant that
imagined | was already wearing.
My first days in prison passed
cry sadly. On becoming a soldier
counted that | should become an
fficer at least. Longa and Nina,
ny compatriots, are captains.
was colonel, and |
ave played tennis twenty times
nth him when he was a poor fell
NV like me. Now, [ said to my
elf: "All the time you served be-
)re punishment is lost. Now you
Land in disfavor; to put you in
ood standing with your chief it
1ill be necessary 10 work ten times
5 hard as when you came, raw
acruit. And why am / punished? Z?
or rascally little Gypsy who was
making fool of me, and even at
his moment is stealing in some
Orner of the city" Nevertheless,
couldn't help thinking of her,
yill you believe it, Senior? Her
agged silk stockings that she show
ri mo in runpipp bo6 fbnp1 oil