The ladies' garland. [volume], May 26, 1827, Image 2

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'i in in to tin: earlh n ilh :m :i|lulling. impe
I lie I.iii’il 11;i«• iiicrcv on me! said An
. I .nil a ili inl infill.'
v. .- Mil I n liii*tt il ; for In'' rude fop v ’n
■ : •• i lo |.i 1 :In- I-,ii-l:iri^ troke to his vie
' ■ N i’Mi i I v -nineI hint; sin K.d in the Imshi ;
:il tii' cm: -i lui nin^ an ;t v Iron) his ur
* , i ■ ! fait * t!if Pinole and lied precipitate
'.nr'iriv ’.’entered to look up. lie saw tin*
iyure wtm li had liio’ii da‘■i-rilied to him ap
proai hill" ; il ■•aiur m : r-r and nearer; it a l ai n
•iTa MOV pain, and its *■!*>» na-, not linaid on
11.i- yr:ai. At last it slood fiv his side and look
• d don n upon him. \ndreiv huried hi lave in
his cloak ; presently the apparition spoke, indis
'mrtly indeed, lor its teeth seemed to chatter
n nil cold. ‘ Tin-, is a eanlil an' eerie night to h
:e late on Anneslie Muir.’ and it immediate!.'
lid.-,I an ay Andrew lay a few moments in a
(ranee and then arising from his cold hed ran
e i-tily tonard-liie cottage oi his mistress JIm
hair-load mi an end, and the vapour- of the.
oi’.'hl sunk chilly upon hi- hrotv as lie lilted up
the latch and (Inn"’ himself upon an oaken seat.
‘ Preserve ns,’ cried (lie old '.voinan, ‘ v.hv,
re lie man-than enough to frighten o’ body out
o’ le i nils, ye come in n.' ~ic a jaunt and a
,vrk liai I’headed, and red hlood scattered a'o', r
■■ our lien leather i* i kin 1 shame m volt Andren !
u nh it miselemce hast thou Luokni tliat lul's
Oeatl o' 1 hllle ’
■ lVaee. mither.’ ml the voting mail, 1 h \e
■ <■•'ll the lioglv.’ 'l’lii’ <11 • i hub had a . i 1 u
of reproaches drawn up in the on. ;• of mart li
between her lip-', lint the mention of the Hogle
was )lie signal lor di'liaiitling thorn . n thousand
ijiiesiions poured in rapiil succession. 1 ]lo\v old
was she - Hoiv wis she dressed • Who was
she like ” • \\ lint ilal 'he sal
• She was a tall thin woman, ado..! f-ct
l.i-1; ••
1' ', A to1 rev.-!’ cried laths
‘ As ugly as sin.’
- t (theepeople tell a ililTerent sior,said Kllie.
■ True, on im liihlc oath 1 and then a heard’—
■ A heard. Andrew!’ shrn-Ucil Ktib;, * a woman
with a heard! for shame Andrew"
‘ ,N.r , I d swear to it!—She had lull sa\ty
w niters aim e she <’ted Io trouble us
- I ll waiter hv best ^owii,’ said the maiden,
that saxteen would he nearer the mark"
• Hut who was she like, Andrew " said (he old
woman ; ‘ was she like oh! -lanet that was drown
cd in the pond hard by ; or was she like—
• Are you sure she was na like rue, Andrew!'
said Kllie, looking archly in Ins face.
‘You—pshaw! faith guile niither, she was
like to naehodv that I ken, unless it lie old Ills
peth, the collier’s wife, that was spirited awa for
breaking .h-romies head wi’ a tin frying pan.’
■ Vnd how was she dressed, Andrew "
■ In that horrible three cornered hat, which,
-nav 1 be blinded, if 1 ever seek to look upon
again, an" in a lang bine apron.’
• (ireeii, Andrew !' cried Kllie, twisting her
own green apron round her thumb.
• How you like to teaze one!' said her lover,
i’oor Andrew did not at all enter into ins mis
tress’ pleasantry, for be labored under great de
pression of spirits and never lifted bis eyes from
die ground
• lint ve haw na told us what she said lad!’—
s.,id the old woman, assuming an air of deeper
•.;rstcrv as each ouesuon was put and answer
in it- turn
• Lord, w hat signifies it whether she said this or
•hat' Hauld vourtonguc and givemesome com
fort, for to speak the truth, I’m very cauld.’
AY "'ll iwv't 'ho'i be sac.’ said F.flif 1 ror in
iif ■ <!,' she contiii*i'**i. in a l i;nt voice, • H «•«.* n
Ciii:’’1 inC ci )■(■• hrskt In hi .'fin hilt: on ,limcslir-:
.1/
Andrew started, anil a doubt seemed to puss
, o'.' I iris iniivt. He looked up at the damsel and
• lor tin- lost tune perceived that her large blue
1 eye was laughing at him under the shade oi' a
j 1 mire three cornered hat. The next moment he
i hung over her in an erslaey of gratitude, and
smothered with his kisses the ridicule which she
, forced upon him a -> a penalty of hi- preservation
■ Seven feel hi. h, \mircw "
■ M> dear I !lie ”
\ • u^lv a -'i-i "
‘ M y darling 1 = ic"
j ‘ \ml a beard '
■ No! tia' now, you carry the jest o'er fo "
j ‘ And saxtv winters!'
• Saxteen springs, I .lFie, dear, delightful. >mi!
ing springs '
•And Klspcfli. the. eoblor’s wife!—Oh An
drew! Andrew ' 1 never can forgive you for the
coblcr's wif-.! And what say you now Andrew !
I is there ;ia liogie on *.he Muir .”
‘ Mv dear l-'.lhe. lor your sake 1 ii believe in
all the llogles in (. iiristendie !’
i - That is." '.till Elite. at ttie conclusion of a
j long ft of i i-ibiliH • that is in a' that near three
| i-ornered hat
THE REFLECTOR.
Tin: i.ADir.s iit v vi.L.vmiLin.
'I he Lilies were ayrc able, that I saw much less
i of the city an 1 its buddings than 1 otherwise would
! have done. In due owning I accompanied them to
a tcrtulli.i, which was attended in all the fashion of
the pla e. 1 really think the: .• .s less of art in the
c,ompos:;idii of Spanish woman than of any other
people whatsoever. Ti.oy neither paint nor patch,
i !..>r hat : those periodical m. ..kings of feathers,
w hit h fashion et-.sd.uc presuibes j hot they all
dress nearly alike. a;.d in the same way all seasons ;
so that Sonora Maria is only to be distinguished
| from Senora Mar.ana hv a countenance melancholy,
l bv black eyes swimming in a more maiden white
ness, or by a figure (which is ever graceful) of a
somewhat larger or sinalicr mould. The fastjuina,
or black silk petticoat, i- generally bordered at the
bottom with black bra is, and so disposed into an
open kind of net-work, as to afford the curious eye
a casual felicity of admiring the most beautiful an
cles in the world. 1 heir stockings, are of white
silk, and they are never without a mantela, (an am
ple veil of white lace) which is gracefully hung
over their head and shoulders when they go abroad,
and at other times adopted as a shawl. Small pieces
of lead are attached, I understand, to the bottom of
the fasrpuinas, which accounts lor the lonion ele
gance of its foldings and fail. Amidst the many
changes that Spain lias undergone, the woman
alone seem unchanged. Lattices, and jealousies,
and duennas, and indeed all that used to give love
making such a romantic air in this beyond that of
any country, have long .mice disappeared ; but the
passion itself still constitutes the existence of Span
i ;h women. It is not, however, that intriguing kind
of love, which we hear of in France, where a lady
J changes her love as easily and as often a3 her lover;
: but rather devotion to one object, which renders
! them the greatest tyrants in the world, and makes
j them expect more adoration than was ever offered
1 .pat anviuf.l’ssliri'’e.-[. IdvcvUtrfT in ’
LOVE IN Tl KCO.MAMA
FROM BCfKINCHiM'S TRAVELS
‘ The women of the Turcomans, who are, in
general, lair, ruddy, and handsome, neither dis
figure themselves by blue stains, nor veil them
-l ives, alter the manner of the Arabs. The
! jealousy of the men, regarding their honor, is.
however, still stronger. .Mr Maseyk, who, it
should he added, is a Dutch merchant of the
highest respectability, and has resided at Alep
po for forty years, and made journeys through
every part of the surrounding country, told no
un instance in proof of this, which I should
scarcely have believed, if 1 had not heard it
from his own mouth.
“ Two young persons of the same tribe loved
each other, and were betrothed in marriage
their passion was open and avowed, and known
to .ill their friends, who had consented to their
union, and even lived the period lor its eelebra
tun. It happened one evening, that they m-t,
accidentally, alone, but in sight of all the tents
they stopped a moment to speak to each other,
and were on the point of passing on, when the
brothers of the girl, perceiving it, rushed out,
with arms in their hands, to avenge their dis
grace. 'I'he young man took to tlight, and es
caped with a musket wound; but the poor girl
received five halls in her body, besides being
mangled by the daggers of her own brothers,
who had aimed to plunge them in her heart,
and. when she fell, they abandoned her carcase
to the dog-!
“ 1 he young man gained (he tent ol a power
t'ui friend, the chief of another tribe, encamped
near them, and told his story ; begging that hi
would assist him with ;i troop of horse, to ena
ble him to rescue the body of hi.- love from its
present degradation, lie went, accompanied
by some of his own people, and found life 'til
| remaining. He then repaired to the tent of he>
enraged brothers, and asked them whv the*
had done this .’ They replied, that they could
not sufTei their sister to survive the loss of he
honor, which had liecn stained by stopping to
talk w ith her intended husband, on the publi ,
road, before her marriage. The lover demand
; rd her body' for burial; when her brothers, sus
! peeling the motive, exclaimed, “ W hat: is si,
l not yet lifeless?—then we will finish this wots
of death ;” and were rushing out to execute
their purpose, when the youth caused the truop
of horsemen, sent to aid his purpose, to appear,
and threatened instant death to him w ho should
first stir to interrupt his design. The young
girl was conveyed to his tent, and, after a series
of kind attentions, slowly recovered.
•• During her illness, the distracted lover, now
cxpelied from his own tribe, came, under cover
of the night, to see her ; and, weeping over her
wounds, continually regretted that he had been
1 so base as to seek his safety in flight, and not to
j have died in defending her. She as heroically
i replied,'* No! no! It is my highest happiness
! that I have suffered,and that you have escaped ;
j we shall both live, and Heaven will yet bless ns
with many pledges of our lasting love.” This
reajlv happened; the "irl recovered, was mar
ried to her impassioned swain, and they are still
both alive, with a numerous family of children.
“ So romantic a tale of love, jealousy, re
venge. fidelity, and heroism, would have been
incredible, were it nut that all the parties were
known to Mr. Maseyk, who related it , that lie
did so in the presence of manv other persons
born in Aleppo, and acquainted, by report, with
the fact, and that the veracity of the narrator
i njuv l-c regarded as unquestionable-"