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

I. crushed the yends by tMowint
2 them against the wall. at Is {,
! drive away the f1ies," she said
There is not prank or caper tha
she did not make. / told her
would like to see her dance, bu
there were no castanets. Immedi
ateiy she takes the only plate IN tn,
house, breaks it in pieces agains
! the table, and danced the rOntaLis
rafting the pieces of china as wei
as If she had castanets of ebony OF
ivory. One couldn't get weary
near that girl, assure you. The
evening came, and l heard the
drums beating the retreat.
81 must go to quarters for the roll
CALL" i said.
ITO quarters ~ she responded,
contemptuously. "Are you then a
negro to let yourself be driven by
the whip? You are true candri
by habit and character. Go, you
are chicken hearted fool" Then
In tenderer tone, "Here, Joseito,
have l paid you ? By our law L
owe you nothing, because you are a
Pdytto but you are not a bad boy,
and l like sou little. We are
quits now. Goodby, Jose 7"
l asked her when L could see her
again.
When you will not be so stupid"
said she, laughing. Then in a Sc
rious tone, "Do you know, my boy,
that l believe 1 love you little !!
But that can't last. A dog and
wolf cannot keep house very long
together. May be, if you would
take the Gypsy law, would like to
become your rOnai; but am joking,
that can't be. Bah my dear old
fellow believe me you are lucky to
escape so easily. You have met the
devil, yes, the devil he isn't al
ways dressed in black, and he has
not twisted your neck. am
dressed in wool, but l am not
lamb. Go put a taper before your
Holy Virgin she we'll deserves il.
Come, good bye, once more. Don't
think any more about Carmen, or
she will make you marry a widow
with wooden legs" (The gallows.)
While talking, she unfastened the
bar that held the door, and once in
the street, she enveloped herself in
her mantilla and disappeared.
She was telling the truth. would
have been wise to have forgotten
her but since that day in the Rue
de CandiIejo, / could think of moth
ing else. / walked through the
streets every day, hoping to meet
her. | asked for her atthe old wo-
mans, and the restaurant. Both
told me she had gone to Laloro, so
they call Portugal. Probably they
followed the instructions of Carmen
in saying that, but l did not wait
to find out whether they were de-
ceiving me. Some weeks after the
day passed in the Rue de Candilejo,
L was placed as sentinel at one of
the gates of the city. A short dis
tance from that gate, there was
breach that had been made in the
wall. They were working at il
during the day, and at night they
stood a sentinel there to prevent
smuggling. During the day | saw
Lillas Pasta pass and re-pass the
guard, and talk with some of my
comrades all knew him, and his
fish and fritters better. He ap.
preached me, and asked if had any
news of Carmen.
mo" said /.
"Very well you will have some
then, cOmrade."
He was not deceiving me. That
night was stationed at the breach.
As soon as the brigadier had left
saw woman approach me. My
heart told me it was Carmen. New
ertheless | cried, "Kleep your dis
tance You can't pass ~
"NOw don't be mean," said she,
making herself known.
"What Is that you, Carmen ?"
eyes, my countryman. Talk !
little, talk well. Do you want to
earn a douro? Some men are com.
ing with bundles. Let them pass"
mo-" l replied, 81 must prevent
them from passing. 1t is the COM
mand."
"The command! always the COM
mand You are not thinking of
the Rue de Candilejo."
"Ah !" / responded, all overcome
by the mere recollection. "That is
well worth the trouble of forgetting
the command, but / don't want the
contrabaudier's money"
"See here, if you don't want
would you like to dine with
me again at old Dorothea's ?''
"No," said /, half strangled by
the effort l was making. 81 can
not"
every well, then, if you are so
| will invite your officer to dine
with me at DorOthea's. He has the
air of clever boy, and l will have
him put on guard man who will
see only what he ought to see.
Adieu, cdn0Ti. | will laugh on the
day when the command will be to
hang yOu."
/ was weak enough to recall her,
and promised to let all Bohemia
pass If she would not refuse to see
me again. She swore at once that
| should see her the next day, and
ran to tell her friends, who were a
few steps away. There were five,
Of whom Pasta was one, all well
loaded with English goods. Car
men kept watch. She was to sig
nal with her castanets as soon as
she perceived any of the guard, but
she was not needed. The contra
oandiers were through in an in
slant.
The next day l went to the Rue
ie Candilejo. Carmen made me
wait a long time for her, and came
n bad humor. "I don't like men
who have to be coaxeG," she said.
You have rendered me great SER
vice the first time without knowing
+ you would gain anything. Yes :
erday you bargained with me. i
iou't know what came for, be-
,ause / don't love you any more.
10 away. Hold here is a douro {
or your trouble" / had a great
lotion to throw it at her head. l
vas obliged to make a violent effort
o keep from pounding her. After ,
We quarreled fiercely an hour, l
eft, furious. ] wandered for some
ime around the city, here and
here, like wolf. Finally / en- ,
cred church, and seating myself !
n the darkest corner, | wept, hot, :
tears. Suddenly l heard /
voice "Dragoon's tears | will {
make a philtre of them" | raised {
ny eyes. Carmen was before me. ,
Well, my cOuntryman, are you |
ired Of me yet? 1t must be that /
owe you in spite of me, FOR since
,ou left me | don't know what is {
he matter with me. You see now f,
[ is | who beg Il meeting in the r