Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-12-07

| ab etdkc. Dcu6V6 me, tD6 ueNu Wdlh-
eth about like roaring lion, seeking
whom he may deyour.'
my warning sounded in deaf ears.
He had already sprung from the gon-
| dola, when O wicket opened, and an
old Moor stepped before him with q
deep curtesy he brought a request
from his mistress, the Signora Smer-
aida, for the honor of a visit IN her
! garden. In vain did l hold back the
blinded and intoxicated patricIan by
his black silk mantle; in vain did L try
to excuse myself from following him;
he rushed through the gate, dragging
me with him, while the old slave re-
mained to guard our gondola-
Strange flowers, never seen before,
such as can only be supposed to grow
in the pleasure gardens of the Grand
Mogul himself, nodded drowsily to US
as we passed. Rainbow colored birds
| flew from branch to branch, twittering,
singing, shouting with almost human
voice, like a chorus of happy, chattering
msidens. Once an ugly, long tailed
monkey swung himself down from q
tree before US, holding on with his
tail to branch, grinned spItefully at
us, and then hurried off once more in
to the wilderness OF foliage. From one
of the side alleys stepped purple
colored stork, as gravely as a major
| domo, before US, swayed his long neck
I hither and thither, as if bowing to us.
and then walked forward as our guide,
ever and anon looking round to see if
we followed. For my part, followed
as in dream, resisting, and yet drawn
forward as by some inexplicable mag
&c.
Presently We stood before an i'm
mense, strange looking tree, with
| broad shining leaves hung thick with
silvery bell shaped blossoms. In the
shade of its branches lay costly Persisn
carpets and cushions of crimson velvet
! embroidered in pearls, and on them
the heather Princess, surrounded by q
bevy of beauteous maidens, was re-
clining with the utmost grace. The
little Moor stood at her head tanning
/ her with broad fan of bright pea
cocks feathers. The red stork, which
! had hitherto walked before US, now
stood still, opened wide hls legs, drove
! his long beak into the earth, and 80,
! slightly raising its wings for cushions,
formed a three-legged easy chair on
which Count Orazio, at sign from
the lady, sat down.
Lost in gazing at the fair Smeralda,
the Count had sat down speechless
before her, while she, calling for her
lute, discoursed sweet music; l had
stood beside his tripodal char torn by
many feelings, when the young Moor
with a cunningly worked golden COB
let full of dark red foaming wine
| stepped up TO my master. Drink not
OF this brew of hell, Signor + 1 whis-
pered, and at the same time felt my
self embraced by the white arm OF
lovely little witch who offered me a
similar draught.
! My first instinct was to spurn from
me the beautiful little elf, to dash away
! the magic draught-but the wine gave
out so sweet an aroma, sparkled so
enticingly,so brightly, within the gold
en- walls The eyes of the elf glanced
so entreatingly at me, her arms wound
themselves so tenderly about me-sh,
the spirit truly was willing, but the
| flesh was weak!
"Only one sip, thought I, only the
wetting of the tip of my tongue
that will hardly cost me my neck And
| then l slipped, tasted, sucked, l
| gulped down the liquid to the very
last drop-then 1 fell on the neck of
/ the pretty temptress, aud on looking
/ round saw my master on his knees be-
| fore the seductive Smeralda. / touched
with my own the lips of my charmer-
my senses whirled in a transport of
| delight when, breathless from out the
| bushes rushed the negro boy, crying,
'flyl Flyl All is lostl Porporinazzo,
our gracious master, Is comingi He
raves in his rager
"Ah, the warning voice had come too
late; scarcely had it sounded when a
short, globular creature, of the form
and color of dark red apple, rolled up
to Sneralda and her in0nOrato. On
close observation there might certainly
be discovered some indications, q, the
extremitie.s of the creature, of the. ex-
istence OF limbs, which you might or
might not take to be head, arms, and
legs; but of the depressions and bumps
/ of the north pcle of this globe, to con
struct In fancy eyes, nose and mouth,
| required quite special faculty of
which was not the master.
"1s this the thanks, serpent, for the
trust reposed in you?' shrieked Porpo-
ripazzo to the pale Smeralda, is this
the reward of my true and constant
lover You stoop to this unbelieving
dog; and me, Don Porporinazzo, the
Grand Master of the Wardrobe of the
Sultan, thou desertestl Ha, by Ma
homets sacred cat. this cries aloud for
bloody vengeancei Slaves, approach
"Six negroes, with diabolical physi-
ognomies, with arms and sabres bare,
started from the hedges, seized Orazio
| and myself and tied our hands behind
hon Tn r. !
his inviolability as Venetian noble; In
vain did he threaten with the wrath of
the Doge and of the Senate. The little
Grand Master made a sign with his
little arm--a flash, a sabre re-stroke-and
our two heads were rolling on the
groundl
my fair one mad long ago fed be-
hind the myrtle hedge, and Signors
Smerslda had taken the stereotype step
, of ladies in desperate circumstances
she had tainted. The tyrsnt Porporin-
azZo, proud of his bloody deed, had
now retired once more into the palace
l could see all, for my head was lying
on the ground, with it's nose turned
skywards. Once or twice | made con-
vulsive efforts with my arms to catch
it, and fix it on my trunk again-but
my, hands clutched only empty air,
and sank, nerveless, down. No words
can describe my condition; only those
who have found themselves in like
position, and felt their beads at SO
unreasonable a distance from their
bodies, can at all appreciate my emo
tions at that moment.
"The spherical Grand Master of the
Wardrobe had scarcely turned his
back, when Smeralda awoke out of her
faint, burst into a food of tears, and
despairingly wrung her hands, At the
same moment my fugitive loved one
emerged from her hiding place, but
lost no time in meaningless common
places, urging on her mistress to make
the best of the precious moments
:" For heavens sake, Signora,' she
said, send for doctor, the cleverest