San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-10

powdered sheep; i never for q moment
doubted the reality Of Nine Deshoulierss
aock. | believed that there were actually
nine muses., as stated in Father Jouvency's
Appendix de Dis ct Heroibus" Ny recod.
lections Of Berquin and Of Gessmer had Gre
atcd little world for me, in which every
thing was rose colored, sky blue, and apple
green. D holy innocenceI sancta simplici
tssi as Mephistopheles says
When | found myself alone In this fine
-oom-my own room, all to myself-l felt
superlatively overjoYed l made q careful
inventory Of everything, even the smallest
article Of furniture; rummaged every cor.
ner, and explored the chamber in the fulles
sense OF the word. was In the fourth
heaven, as happy as king, or rather as two
kings After supper for we used to sup at
my uncle's-a charming custom, now obso-
lete, together with many other equally
charming customs which mourn for with
all the heart l have left, took my candle
and retired forthwith, so impatient did feel
to enjoy my new dwelling place
While l was undressing, l fancied that
Omphale's eyes had moved; looked more
attentively in that direction, not without
slight sensation of fear, for the room was
very large, and the feeble luminous penum-
bra which hoated about the candle only
served to render the darkness still more Wis.
ible. thought saw her turning her head
toward me- became frightened in earnest,
and blew out the light. turned my face to
the wall, pulled the bedclothes over my
head, drew my night cap down to my chin,
and finally went to sleep.
l did not dare to look at the accused
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1t may be well here-for the sake Of i'm
parting something of verisimilitude to the
unlikely story am about to relate-to inform
my fair readers that in those days l was
really very pretty boy. l had the hand
soonest eyes in the world-at least they used
to tell me so; much fairer complexion than
| have nova true carnation tint; curly
brown hair, which still have, and II years,
which | have no longer. l needed only
pretty stepmother to be a very tolerable
cherub; unfortunately, mine was 81 years of
age, and had only three teeth, which was too
much Of one thing and too little Of the other.
One evening, however, l finally plucked up
courage enough to take peep at the fair
mistress of Hercules-she was looking at me
with the saddest and most languishing ex-
preston possible. This time | pulled my
night cap down to my very shoulders and
buried my head in the coverlet
had a strange dream that nIght-if, In
deed, it was dream. heard the rings of
my bed curtains sliding with a sharp squeak
upon their curtain rods as if the curtains had
been suddenly pulled back. l awoke-at
least in my dream it seemed to me that
awoke. saw no one
The moon shone full upon the window
panes, and projected her wan blush light
into the room. Vast shadows, fantastic
forms, were defined upon the floor and the
walls The clock chimed quarter, and the
vibration of the sound took a long time to
die away; it seemed like sigh. Theplainly
audible strokes of the pendulum seemed like
the pulsatfons Of q young heart throbbing
with passion.
felt anything but comfortable, and very
bewilderment of fear took possession of me.
furious gust of wind banged the shutters
and made the window sashes tremble. Tee
wood work cracked; the tapestry undulated
| ventured TO glance in the direction Of ON
phale, with vague suspicion that she was
instrumental in all this unpleasantness for
some secret purpose of her own was not
mistaken
The tapestry became violently asitated.
Omphale detached herself from the wall and
leaped lightly to the carpet She came
straight toward my bed, after having first
turned herself carefully in my direction ]
fancy it will hardly be necessary to describe
my stupefaction. The most intrepid old sol
dier would not have felt very comfortable
under similar circumstances, and ! was
neither old nor a soldier. / awaited the end
Of the adventure in terrified silence
A flute toned, pearly little voice sounded
softly in my ears. with that pretty lisp af
fectsd during tbs regency by warehouses;
and people Of high degree:
.'Do really brighten you, my childl It is
true that you are only q child; but it IL not
nice to be afraid of ladies, especially when
they are young ladies and only wish you well
it il uncivil and unworthy of French
gentleman; yoS must be cured Of such silly
fears Come, little savage, leave of these
foolish airs, and cease hiding your bead un
der the bed clothes. In nay time, cberubs
were more COURAGEOUS
"But, lady, it is BECAUSE
Because it seems strange to you to find
me here instead of there she said, biting
her rudy lips with her white teeth, and
poin&ng towards the wall with her long,
tapey finger; well, in fact, the thing does
not look very natural; but were to explain
it all to you, you would be none the wiser
Let it be sufficient for you to know that you
are not in any danger"
II am afraid you may be ths-the"-
THE dsvl-out with the words it mott
That is what you wanted to say. Well, at
least, you viii grant that l am not black
enough for a devil; and that il bell were PEG
Piled with devils shaped as am one might
have quite as pleasant a time these as in para