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digoantt© foist itt, one jd theirhdd in •king to t Slateinatam.»ps the ire prated: tntwd, i Stale the**al'l'jTjdjwriWeplcfttd idnm. v Get Ij lt;OT-nwtfri-ICIthAt5, bCilt Cnsdn-W- It in tie ■ad did”WJ3*mri HiV itBtzr-i Ibesr5 OXB*je3d to ikfsalt at *3k» K*Wt* tea aJ* ward-o □ -Of vfoTro, it fiveoccurred:After booking many of tb^ beauties to be foetid on every hand, wearily I began to descend the mountain to seek shclier for the night, bat before arming at anything prumistig in the way of an dHry9t or inn, it became dark. I am not much given to the childish terrors flf the dark, yet I mast con* foss that m the unsettled state of tbo country, and the almost licensed brigandage ol daily occurrence, it would baiv caused a less creative inn^ution Uuq mine to form at every tom of the wlituy path, an am* brocade of bearded ruffians ready to spring upon tbrir pfej; however, I encouraged myself with the rather romantic idea, that a poor artist was exempt from tbccootribu-tfons usually levied on the more JqidHpus traveler, and with that spirit of ad reals re which am mated the renowned u S*3ratvr Eosa,” 1 strode boldly down the gloomy way, auffiaeallj happy in the rea3xzat:cu that Ins on the Same path of that ilfcslri-lt;rei painter. At length, as the old story goes, 1 descried a glimmering light in the distance, which gave new life to my weary limbs, and 1 pressed forward with pletsog vinous of nice warm sappers and comfortable bed* floating through my brain. On approaching the spot, I found an eld dilapidated barrack, that appeared to have beta a bostlery, flourishing no doubt when that] ® route possessed a line of dilligcnccs, long s9dcc abandoned. Too tired to go * tale fkrUxr, I threw down my knapsack, and with sa cfpftswa of rdiifscOcd myselflt;m x radc bench by the door, and with all the i -v Italian, French sad English X could master, 11* «mfc*Twed to make my aarang^ieots for j j* the night. Thanks to my gfonons art, 11«]•o'.uSrhare one foamtse that is tajiveiral,u my I «b pencil,” aadl aomisWy, when all else foil*, make mynclf understood fcy drawing the ob-1 a? jectd«htd. BjthaLscaa^ I aampedad- igj amuWy, and am portal Jy independent ef(tathe language, wrioch from the wmcnn*3rfs*HiSStmlS'J«Udxafodta, changes a* crmy tun*. Alter s scanty, cold ri^aKt, spread by «oy h«4, a large, pcrwcrfcl nan. of the darkest itaJUm out, with the cm comptemeat of busty btwd And moostacfoe, I took acarrcy of the * save rocBu. It wen* dajh, drcauy looking plaoc,! h ^'iconuitriiig cetibrig Of in worst, but iiuile 1 »c wifldjfonntnre, *cfl thatnoy rode. Wiai at-, tvbo'ltmcted my xttcrtkm most wus the entire - kwS-Jjfowmce oenhpkuy, and the diwsnod ap-*tJTIhfiJBO-xnriowpwmmcf «'f the place. 2 cmJd tmly timik , i ifrp otlwr mnobws dl the fmmly lad TusTctmd for thf Tngrt, and foclrag«nncwh*l rtfohooi that way myael^ I tc*PHI*/quested nnoc bo^t to ahow me to bet— j jWiikw*ttal3 lamp an Ins hand 3mled the *lt;rfcrdt*
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Davenport Daily Gazette
Davenport, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 13, 1860
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