GIPSY STORIES.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 112, 31 May 1866, Page 1 (Supplement)

GIPSY STORIES.

The eo^mWthebry is tliatilfc^woirl&is set in brick and mortar, aiiql is destined to remain inviMsetting.j and bred to be respectable, the girls to be resp&table, and after respectable ednea- ; tionsi JalcQ^rrjrr r^ecf able | men, live , rer. ' ' spectably, and take" their- respectability into aha ■othe& sforid .;, sie nien to, &. djtto,.! only that if they do not convert sixpence into tf^HiHißg •perpetually,! thefe me^mt, consider^fl;re§peQta.ple. Wjell, this iswhat we ci^l civilisation, arid .con'siueririg the practices -thatfjTimour; tile :i %sfcar, , and other birds of his kind were addicted "to^ there^'no -doubt -foro svonfen^espe* cia%, iijus-a very eligible though rather a , <Mi sWof exisMce™ ' St^am'-lia^ been> itfund out; r&ilroacJsvhaNJe tyeen JFpuad, put, the telegraph has been foimd out£ cririo- , linesjhav-e |fe%|ound a put ?f smd >v we ; arej ; itt consequence, we Western* Europeans and' . desceiidanfc of Western EurojManSj upon tj^lioje ? A r pretty comfti^aofe Pnly a j s considerably Humdi uni- '^ <\Tp >c put <pf:dulness and <£yjl&fra(&)JWe , Must get east of Tiering, i(ftf rfegioii ; where ! a man's life is wortlj;^u|jb:pence, ; | and x inbre etS^ity'-stitf r ab- ' counted^a grea(r>jp,ke 4 to-twis(« ourpßsonera' eyes witll a gimblet."' But l : JmM 6ur r '6wn ; stereotyped class of..l|^ before us (thus meanin^^enißtaW'co'uii^p') 1 it certainly^ doesiseejniyery ; pdd^thaj it .... IJngland and Scotland (for Ireland they sieldonaf or never: toudtifHor 1 veiyi iobvious. there | shoulfi exist, a. separatistic nation of vagabond's side : b f 'isM Stereotyped: Jifej.siaiail.iarx to; us .perpetually under our eyes, and! yet who" seem to kndwa%. little df'thaitoejye^ aS;w:«.knpw df them;, These ar.e tjie gipsies. TW< aiiWoPoMe^booießefore iisdevotes himself chiefly to .the^subiecit of the Scottish gipsies. They Kad bjeeri previously ttndejc^ th& car^,.of,t][i^.,.next greatest fie- r tionist to and iDje rde : , Sir^Wi Sco^ij Scott idevptedv Mnlself. i^uch to gipsies. They "had I not— however famffiaritoiourf eyes>: :OU: rtit|ierf ; the. ejes pj our grandmother and grandfather, as picturesque animals side, telling fortunes, cheating servant giris; o( a6straictirig ' tabßits^ [ g!eese>;i fowl^ and tarfeeys. but^eidom rising to the dignity" oT bem^ J nange^ for |^' : theft- -of a^ coTO^fogeni maoklopilsed; ?Uw)n injt^ejight, of scientific objects, as actual Humans, as the -%itf&e ! 3wbul& Bay,^iiaiofSir:iiV^aitetj came otit with his Meg Mei,Tilie| ! r Here he came out With a very likely idealised but^uslL e as, likely; a correct ofor s h6 «flways t knew wnatlui was writing 'albout^) l repre- ! sentatio&ijoiaJ&g:- fipsy o^W^ v&l 5 :&? brightest Side. He stam^d. a poetry on the character which has hover shos&ijdefc parted. T^at^wi\4; Y^&^f' stßrn sense alike of gratitude* and c revenue, tho way with wHicW^e^at^ohbe'^hiOT-ed her intense feeling of the former ldhciness received from the Bertram 53 fe^felyV l her 1 bitter". sensB r = : 3FSnißat^ ~uameM^<fe3&|fpressioiEy: the way in whSfrcSnMikgilt | thejgecret ; for sixteearyeara,-untU -:&ere-b^e : thfr. crisis, v the hour and the ; naan/^^j^.th^DirJc Hatterick in the cave, ar€L_not lone bit exaggerated^ r:it^ the: f qontraryj they.^^are^npr^ ma fei^?f - .Tfejs is , one side/ of the character; " Ofthe other, Sir WialtergiVes us in T^uplra o an; ; e^aM^^^^^^ but^6cfr ; Sdr#r«pii^iF«-spe|eimfini :: iHyt< dre&linlHasiinjo <epg§cie^ce^ npf c fear of €rpd|. no idea of Ood— he is perfectly _. s*s& withr,pr without reason, to: puf ms f kmfef into ariy°one^ ■ : %eS to deatf he expec'trto be Mh^led \^ith the^lements and may perhaps get amalgamated with. the star.&!debofon p bu* .tlie only^ beings; that he re^ly>iJbaresaahoj|.t c are;,'Q,uentin Durw^Ed^bec^use he has ignorstntly cut dow«-£islbr^hei^4!dieiijmlier_ of legal strangufetijon,; atndr his pony Klipper, of whom, Deing abxute,he is very fond; As to anythitfg~~eise in existence, pasJ,ipr§Sßftt}iq^ptuje,j ; iiiclttding himself,, he is utterly indmerent. Arid In this/ ag%^(^ir r .WA|teiriff|rue| r . . r The"n there comes upon the gipsy stage a most; extiJatrfdinSryinan^.. Meniike hioo, turn up once and again in a century, but he, even ia^Bffcentttryy is'S^arity fbr talent and eccejilricily,. Every has his or her pedalMt^k^j^briro^s is for gipsies. With his wond^rM Hngufejac powers, he wasj^We to speak 1 tMir'Mgo^Stfff^ith iiis wonderful adaptive ppwex^ to Actually pass himself off*fdr iin^of memselt'es. So secluded ar,e K th^se- p^ple : .amon^ them-^ sefyes^ and yet' so mucliiQa^ * they ; leartie'd| to^a ; il 2 Ma^ false colbtti*; that-afiypne^ spel^hgfthSir language iJ-veinateularlyr' c^pt commari(iotheir£im})licit:;»<i&n£dence. ; ;u r^ n f E^j^jrrwe i.Msqxjiate^ -JsQm: P»fe '.TOfk haw^orjae. h^4ges^ ,redj|lo.alcs,. ana.sfolen po^JtryV'ibut /^H^taASf and even ' sdiitK^ wfrct's laeV are^ii very nUbierous popula-- ■■' tion? •' Wherever 1 Borifdw^wenti- through. SpaiffOiPth'rbughjMorocc^, the : ,canie:Uj)on, gipsies, and they always stack tru6 to hinx., ; An^^qn.e .whq.,hasrprese.rye,d: in these rotten timjs Ja \s^iefot[^anyf^irig arif^KSs suM^iettt senise 61'tt|ecency left to k^vfe S^coriteinpt for Miss Braddoo, should bfiy r *a^o^yi aiJ B©rrow?s lidible in ; iSpain^ which, though the bible be on its.irontis^ .' pie 6e > 4s-tea%-a.Tecordj)jts£sQaejif ffie! niost stajctling adi^ntur^s^ tjiat/Bveri man : went througiii /■ Gitanos; and &i(ajnas! are/how^ ever, th6*staple*, ;How hd met with 3 the fierce gipsy Antoniby (queer- company for a- pipus .Protest sirit'; mis^ioiiary;)/ ; liow he foun4, up^ikily/ : ' ''Wii&n pnce 'put Prithe he w^^^^iiiigly-. .(pdd Jenjmkhyw! 'k man like' him) ott.hi3 way tpjeiii baDdifti; how jv^itan[a Hvomariy whose h-usband had just stabbed and deserted her, and ' was dying dF c MJtrVslVS>n- "till BorroW -inethw iv prison> and on ? offered a- itepiitable employment, ,said Vsi^npl^, J J. ( I must fojlpw hiinV iteis Wffo^qs#:]iiikbitisi"" : ahd 1 am" his romij" alms wifej how, when he said what will you do with, him when ypu liav6 reached him, she replied, "he will me, my sob> bat I iam his romi "~-

as ta 2fco£k?oHa mo^t peculiar man, entitled, 'The Bible ■1$ is no Tfonaer that such a peculiar hopk shqulAbg wxlfj^oi abqutsudjiaßecu:: liari people. 1 Thereis^irolft titaft/ 1 thai ©grtiain animals, zebras ajpjd hyenas for injsiguice, cannot be tamed. 11 We doubt that, (wwitohcfrtr vojich,, ledge,/thy: ilite^aßicannbt?!^^ tajtoes; They wander like the swallows, and like Ithej swallows uma&ta&^MiaiSte ettpofl ; we 'will tell a stor^v^ichis .& sad one, and uii^Jrtunately too true/ '' the eastern dfM&faf^w^ft^ift&r 4awny acqttaiutMcsS of J&cj &edgqns«s form a v^ry :^&n^[erabl^ j[u^ntum ofthe. j)opula.j^. mJJ ULaan^y aha Transylvania they nuiib'erafalljr f Mulflrter.lbf£ajaLillio^b|iti' :they are none the oetter off for theirnumberl j^niHj^gariaSlgirl iajas- proud- c asY^ rpealcock, and if even of the meanest condition, JiilM^^p^witfiinaesi common domestic services. The Gitanas, therefore/, do jthe lowJwork, and»ilfieDGitanos the! low work in a cerrtain lin^e, being-, in facl;, the niggers -Sf j tiiff WV A of Europe. ,Fu4t like the black's, -&ey are the great mttticia^^.anjd, , jeyeigr^towg is., no c^oricert^wi&cluira'gipsjr'tjaiid. 1 ' ; ~"" tp $mM<B!fo jtQ'ishoFnwliajt strange jsrejatifis live along and beside us. Once *ipon * a time^> as 1 alj tjfej .pld^stdryijiooks coijamence, f we knew a baron-^-hdt asking or jqueen,; we, Wjere uot soMgh»up i,n the ; ;treJß tothat.' " This baron,' to ciita long stoi-y short,; had abo^ ; aj j^a^jith d'papital house,' and an "orcnard'Bearing any amount ,04 grapes. titiis^uron —don't %& iremekßer Mm, low ! — was as good a chap, as ever stepped. He was blue-eyed and black-haired, two j which , pretty .^gesnef allyr ar^ ; tM cdridoinftants of pluck. 'He^was^in' faqt, very handsome, very Jonely, and had ffoi his head full of "Goethe and Lord iNron, instead of|_commonjsense v ] Well, one day when he was" dreanfingly gazing oui of the window, havingjoothing to do, '•which, as the Scripture says, is the cause of all evil> ijieße Game by^arfipsyf bandrZigeuners'ttie/ciailihem t&efe^ana &iStSog the women was a beauty, though a very ragged -an^^ir^^fie.^^m^fi^^^^alt haif-starved, and only too glad to be alloired to stop on the baron's domidifislanfl^ 3 feed on the scraps. The rest&tt&Mdi the beituty fell ill; and being a re;li^ous man, manieii )ief^ The band departed, an_d^ the; asto'nislied baroness reinainedr^amW^ 5 servants, carriages, and diamonds, with a loving husband and a perfect bewilderment aafP-despair of soul. Sqa stood it for six months. She went to Vijen,na^ jtnjkwasi pf esentad iatrlfJo^irfc Stier came back again, and seemed resigned; bdt one day a party oilier coiintrymen : canie by, she jap outy r joined^er w;il4~tribe, an|d was never Hea^d^'of-ag^in^ Hei^husbakd did not actually go mad, but mad up to! the poi»t in which men do most desperaie actions. He rushed into the Hungarian war,- and %j(sAblpwii Oto ,piefee^Jit The wofrst of this tale is that it jis true.

!'~ fWe are not, juSt at the eleventh hour, ! gojing int6^e- ! det^fe !^febut : thM6 ; fdilbrn creatures ; but in introducing . them into lodr pages, introduce likewise an acquaintance ofLthe oddest -Tajk.pf, jthje aboriginal 'Mstraliansi- Well," wjk r crin 1 understand it; but talk of the aborigines living within .4^6; joijes:. ofJßuckmgham j^klace and Queen Victoria, and tee think our readers will AgEee that the pro-^ ceases described "are considerably pefcmiar.' 4Ue7j; nwft Jbe^forjin.stance/ as to divoricer . "Sir CreisVell Ure's's-" wjell would ; have, little, f tp % do -in j^iis.way. His jurisdiction Is iiisjjbsed. of, and the oddity of it all is that Such things can be done; under" EnglisKieyeg.'uiNoinr for a' divorce case, and how the gipsies deal with it :— ~-~

' When 1 the parties can no' longer live t( gtittieKas husband and wifey and a sepaTiitiori fdr ever is finally determined on, a ibrse, without blemish^-and in no manner of way lame, is led forth id the spot for p^rforming'cthe ceperpoay ofrf^vcgce, fihe hour at the* rites miisi be performed i$ if possible,' twelve o'clock at noon, 'jwhen the sun is at ijETEmghfe.' The gip* sies present cast lots for T the individual w^ho ; i$ ft i sNknfißß the'aiiiiiistl/'-and' whoTnthe'y ckil ihe-pweft/ifor.tWisinier! if he priest, mth a long pols or staff in htshand^ walks round and roundt the 1 ahinial severat times, ; j-jepe'ating-' the names; of ; alb tilef persons in whose .posse'?sion.it T^Ja^i^jAjga^a^g and e^atiaj;i^.o'n.,the - rarj^ dualities of so tisefulfan ammal^W@%u^4e¥llo^e,- a|id 4rive4frpjm4te^Bll§SiS^-4pA %Mffif [it pleases. The horsely perfect; and freey as put in.%Se a^bni f lgf ttee- r j^hcQ||to he divorced, and by its different movements, is: 'the degree, I of ; Jte& guiltj gsc^*tained. Some, of > the.. gipsies now set off in pursuit of ity. arid endeavour ia cit^qh it. If it is wild and -untrjictable 1 , kicks,, |estps dykes. ari*i,dit»ifes, scampers about^, and wili not allow ifeelf to, be easily taken, hold of, the crimes arid guilt of the woman are looked upftfn as numcJrojis. and heinous. If the horse is ferne 5 and docile when it is pursued* and suffers ilself t^Vefeken w'itllout ffluch trotfti§," x aidd' withoujexntlnfiiag inan^: capers) thief [fniltearfc^ w©m^jg;|s not considered so aefep and aggravated, arid if is^tlieri sacrificed in her steads t But if it is .extremely w!|d and Viqipus,. and j bfirihot l^ her f Jiffies !^ajre( fJ coiislde^ed; ! e2^ee«jing^|, jwicked and' atrotlib^^pand? niV -mfdrmafnt 1 said instances, ocquwed tejphiGhrbptlthorse and womaa were sacrihcea at toe same time, the death <oi: the ■ hoi-se Itheti . considered insufficient to atone for Iheic^cessiire guilt. The 1 individufffe who icatch the horse bring"it before the priest. tricks it had committed, laying the^ whole ot the crimes ofWhicit the woman is supposed to have been guilty to its charge,and upbraiding and Scolding the dulmb areaturein an angry manner for its con-

.cluck They bring;, as it were, an accusation against,^ and pl^ad ibc its condemns? r tioii. Wften'thisf p&rt of ihe' trial is 'over; priest takes a large-knife and thrusts Irifato the heart of the horse, and its blood is aTtdw^tki >flbw^uj)6h W^unfttill U& is (extinct. The dead animal is nowstretched put upon thergjround. The husyband then takes his stand on one side of if, and the wife on the other, and, holding e'Bc^ott^efl{,% &ti&rjian& repea.j;n;<#r&ik appropriate sentences in the gipsy language. They then quit hold of each other, an<Twalr thre^^^ines^utfd - the body # thej horse, contrariwise, passing and crossing each other at certain points, ras tU§y proceed in opposite directions. At certain paits of the animal (the corners of the noise, was the as the hind and fore feet, the shoulders and hatches;, ;;thej^ead tmaVtailj the parties Sfc, and lace each other ; and again ret sentences, in, their own speech, at each time they halt. Tne "two last steps they make, in their circuit /ouilid the sa- j Orifice,, areiit the head and ; tail! 'At' the head, they again ,Cace. . ( e.a!D^ v ,9^her, ati 4 speak; and lastly, at the ikil } they again confront each ojjxer^uttjer some jnore gipsy expressions, shake hands, ana nnally part; the one going north, the other laever again to be united in this UM* Immediately after thfe. separation -takesplace, the woman Receives a token, 'wnicii il made of | cast-iro% about^an inch and a half square, with a mark upon it resembling the Roman* character T. After the marriage has been dissolved, .and the woman, dismissed frora v . tl^e .eaprince;,, the heart of th 4 horse is taken out and roasted" with fir£, then sprinklep^witH^ijnegar or brandy,, and eaten by "the husband aW'nis feiraas' then f^presehtj the^maie'Sot 1 Ke^t^ allowed to |6mih ; thfit^part <>f?*hß: : oerem6ny. ' The bojiy of the horse, sjcin ; and everything about it, ex~cep'tjthe heilrt? il burifiKj^.on the r spot; and^yearis rafter ;the ceremony has tasen place, the>lhusband and his friends vis^it -the grave otthe animal,- to see . wjbethdr it" has' Veen disturbed. At these visitss^ they walk roun,d about the graVe, with miich'gnef arid mdurhing. ... fThe husband may take J^h6bher ;r wife wnenever he pleases, but" the female is never permitted : t6 marr^' again." ; The ,tp«en, or rather bill of-divorce, which she TCCej^esygmtis^n^ver^lje, from abont her, person, if she loses it, or attempt to herself jdifras a rie d, she becomes liable to. the punishment of death. 'liPthVßVln.t ' ! 6f : herbreaking : thjs|law, ,a .council. &£th.e; /chiefs is held np on her conduct, .^and her fate is decided by a majority: of the members; and, if she js to sttffer 'aeath, her sentence must be ■feoiifirmed by the. ktn"g, oFp^ncipaMeader:^ Tl|e culjjritis tte'tied to a stake, with an iron chain, and there cudgelled .to dea^th; The executioners do hot' extiiiguisH life at one beating^but-iea^etheunhjappy wotoan fol a little whileji an 4 return to her, and a|. la^t complete"' theiif work by despatching her on the spot. j' l -have been informed of an instance ofia gipsy (ailing out withr his wife ? p«i, in &c heat of hispassibn,shodti%his6wn ; he rse deaoVjpn/ihe I , gpop with his pistol,;and fa 'thwith perform the ceremony ol" divorce o^er the animal, withotit' 'allowing himself a momefl/sltrm^lbrWfl^ctrpn on the subject. Some of the country-people observed &ie transaction, ania i;i w%r'e-horrified at so extraordinary a; proceeding. ? It was pon-, sidered iby them as merely a m^d frolic of att "enTagfed <a&kleti ■ It tdbk place matilyj ye|ars a^d, in a wild, sequestered spot, between Gailoiway and Ayrshire/ j Of their fdrtu : iie-*tellin : g propensities), OMr Simgpa has niuch:.,tor|ay,. arid indeed a b<ifdk on gipsies 1 would ' not' be complete without something on that subject i— "■ | 'But a' greater degreevfof .fiw,e is insjired by the females than the males of tt c gipsies. In their tietibdic'a'i' wanderii gs, they will genially,; ; w4th ther tot' tiiiie'-tellin'g, turn the heads of the country .^rls in matters of matrimo'riy—sdtting tl^em all agog ori^ husbands,; and render them for the.- time of jhutjliti^e. ,use,to their employers'. In teaching them 1 the * art of lo;vey they s will .prJbfessedly :so ; instruct the^ asf to 1 kavie as -many lovers^at oncecas tyi^fiearts <»n" deisife. ■■'^Bat' if a country gi4>;^^-- : te^w^y ;;^4' n ,V [iei!s f bas one to get cjitiit oif who is ' no ' vieiry weel faured, '^ut a clever fellow,', oc another, who is 'jno' very bright iii the upper story, but strapping enough to* 'become the dishciout>- she will call in the assistance of the strolling gipsy,'whoyaftei? carefully weighing 1 thejeji'cumsfiinceg. of tbe ease* wHi spm'e I time9,\&ftef ordinary means have failed,, cplle^- unlmown to, (^ei:,. a\ bucketM ;pt ev#i$ thi»g/'o.d\^aft "?S9R^, Mlf|^ n S» wait W^;ifc^,)>ftajcv 4qopj#i§ lr'et^fn ] oC the: rustic KAp^is,-a3^df t e^e he is aware, dash it -fuli-in'h'is "fac'e^- J then fold-her arms akimbaj^ahd : quie"M^ ! temarkj !^TJiat -Mill c 00l your €(ars, arid your-coiirting too, my i aan V Such giffey women dre peculiarly creaded by the males~of our own people, wh r tf-w ! ip I ttuigh^sb6n i er ieneddnter those Qt the'otheft^eX^for howeveViriuch some of t^eto tfefay^ ;i %el : satisfifed, *mi cooler liiiimeffira, thatifce'se gipsie|^ill not* attempt wh^ae sometime^ threaten;^ they j deem - them; 'I unco, .uncanny %'^X anyt tinoSe^andCwill; flee; .When.; swearfngv jihat they wXh. %ut^r o*. fskia ( alive ' sli who ma^iha'vfiL j anythingltp:fay to theaaf. ■* !£o;peoplb unacquainted with the pefeuliaritie9 e t»r^he^ipstes^at^may > -^ippearthat'' this spictule^S overdrawn; But Bit Walter j $cott, who is universally allowed to' be^ true depicter ofScdttishJlif^,ln ieveryfoVm, kays, in reiererice4p : ori^nal -of Meg iierrilees, in « G^-W^m^ ' :^-< I reniem]^er,,tp hav? '"sefti JTfwp'.Jtif hef grand|iaughtersYihat;i9,;a^^^ had a ! shadow*! leaollectaono^ QJacen ilnne— -a jstately lady in black, adortted with diajmonds; so my nlemery is haunted by a solemn remembrance of k w;bmah, of more than female height, dressed in a long red cloak, who commenced acquaintance by giving me an apple, but whom, nevertheless, I looked on with as much awe as the'

future doctor could'JookupdaHbH.Qnetfß^ Aad he approvingly quotes another writer weiksie paid V>3^ father a visit forrfier cm turns, w.ton^J^as^4nslrfboy,fand I,i Jipo ted; on her.'\vith r nQ cjornnYro deferee of ■ i&ttrtl anil f-Aityf%p *^-\ 'Pflfl CttTrl A"*fi»flliTl€F MHinAa what modified, iW heard .expressedbty Germans, Spaniards, and . Italians. In Enjgland, therjjeppie jda,n»?t 1^5;% trouble ,jS^e gi]siejj, r gwi#g > to their being so» 'spiteful;' as tney J express_ it*- The-feeling in reared in^tDwg&jW)lu> Ji?^,i^#^p%iwvejr seejn gipsies or hearii m^ckjjßjbbut them-; but it is different wM^ojyfths brought up in !the3coantr£. >- t\ r fec!n ;^jß'xgij??ieSj t 7in i their peregrinations, , will make, .their appearance atVjrarmerg no.use, : especially if it is 0 m thf : pastoral 1 We 1 farmer be a man of infprtoiatib^ %id reflection,- he will ;^%n toeafr thdm ,^dly,rfrom^ thd interest Vith wjuch .jbheir* singular history inspi.re^himj'and qthes, mot.r not. unkindly, Troi!i oflier raotivesf 1 r Tlie famer^s sons, whocaS^'yduhg'^aiKl^Eas^fWdbably but recently returned from a town, where lih'ey have beeir-jeered at for their cowj^dice in beiSfg" WjM rfo M&fflfcmit]i the gipsies, will show a disposition to use them'rdu^ily/' loin '' the fcryi.arisih^Jinrtnehouse that ' the tinklers are coining.' But thd old father, cautious -with the teachings of years/goffetb^ iwiUvbecomer(ataYmediat such symptoms, and, before the gipsies ha: re approached : - the - premise I^' '-wjli |tirge his children to treat them kindly.. /Be cai my, aowpfoairris*i*-ye ; ca'n«^^TOr ' } any sake dinna anger them ; gie them a* they wajnt, and something more.' With this, A good jfati ; sheep i will, be = killed,, md the band regaled with ""''lcail^ and its" accompaniments j or,; if are very, .* nice gabm't/ic will be served up to ihem in a roasted; form.' ; Thereafter,, they; iWill retire; to {the barn, and start in the morning on something Wetter than an empty stomach; ■. * And yet it is singular that, if the gipsies are met in tlie struts of a 'town, or any considerably frequented place, .people will, m i passing them, edge off a little to the side, and, look as,them)with a degceeiO^inteijest, which, on ordinary occasions, the gipsies will but little nb{ice; : ißutof arp6rson of respectable appearance will scrutinize them in an ominous way, they" will observe it instantly; and as^a swell-bpbs-pnin, on being staredf Wls a fflMMtf'bn ;i|i(j mere sji^io^^^silp^fq^^g^^' ral iy turns the first cross street/ and, in burning, anxiously looks after his enemy, wllo, after calculating the distance, bas als^o turned to watch his movements, so tne gipsy will become excited, .soon turning rotind to 1 watch the mbveme'ntsofilifl i objedt of his dread; ( :^ ; fear, -tj^ai;. .will be lightened if any o^ his band has been spoken to. And such"" is the masonic tecrecy ( ' With* f: which^'the^ }«nj*aa^e/ tha'i? s^uld ,tfyey at. the .time, have Rested on the ro^dside'y 'arid tne' strangb^^stint^mei in'ost irapressLve . tofne^ ,. and. pay; J^all^alh^ ■ jam. dr ] 6M*~(eavse you, fake 'the v road)— the ejects upon them !»rei: at jksk bewildering^ arid followed by a feeling of some cure cajainity tlia^is'abciut'ta'befftll thami-'When' any of the poorest kind can.be prevailed ujjdh tor express' a' cahdidf'seritimeinty ahd'be^ as^d fco.w) thefjr really dk^ get.on, .the-Vrrwil,^ rebly, ' It's only day and way we want) ye; ken-^-wiiat 'a body v : n§ ? (Br f -citnmiss; foreby selling a spoon, and tinkering a kettle now arid then.' .! ..r---j'ln viewing the effects of civilisation upon a bartjaroiisiraice* led to confine p^r. reflections to of the instance's in wnibii the civilised race has ca^ri^nts'in^ence^ro^tpjmose^eyon^ its pale, to tSe^^cla3icli j ofU^ose inst^nce^,rpjfoni fHsii^ h frequency rv of nocciir^ Tmfcef\& • wfficfr ihe r barDaTouV^ace^ofatli own k)^ o^he.rwise >r has. r/ qom^ , \?ithin ■ it^^circie." There arebiit two'instancesV in' mbdern-time^i^in svh\ehr,the ; lattes hasdiaprr pened, and they are well worthy of our noticed^TM^&ns^is^ the; existence r df the gipsws in the yery heart of civilisation j J tHe-btlier/that^bf thtf Afeclii'firithe 1 viri'- 1 oijs European,, settlements^ in r t^e^New | these a short 3 coin • j ;althpugh si\ tber irfek of being deemed a digression/ '