United States or Venezuela ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
You did steal her, did you? Why do gypsies steal children when they have so many of their own, and it is so easy to raise more, Chicarona?" "Azk ze tiger why it zpringz, or ze lightning why it zdrikes! I will alzo azk ze Caballero a queztion. What doez he wan' wiz zis leedle gurrl?" "To be a father to her!" he answered, with a sly wink at Baltasar. "Alzo' I am dressed in wool, I am no sheep!
Still standing in the water, which he seemed reluctant to leave, he shrugged his shoulders and replied: "We muz azk Chicarona. Zhe eez my vife." "And master?" asked the quack, smiling sardonically. The gypsy did not answer, but, stepping from the brook and looking backward, reluctantly led the way to the tent. "Chicarona! Chicarona!" he cried as they approached it.
The Doctor lifted the child upon the horse's back and climbed into the saddle. As they turned into the highway, he heard Chicarona say, "Bring me my pajunda, Baltasar, and I will sing a grachalpa." The beautiful child trembled, for the words were those of hatred and triumph. She trembled, but she also wept.
Once more shrugging those expressive shoulders which seemed to have a language of their own, the gypsy said "Chicarona, you do not luf ze leedle pindarri. Zell 'er to ze Buzno. Ee eez made of gol'." As Baltasar uttered these words, he approached his wife and whispered something in her ear at which she started.
"Gif me ze money and take her," said Chicarona. He counted out the gold, and then approached the child. For the first time in his life he experienced an emotion of reverence. There was something about her beauty, her helplessness and his responsibility that made a new appeal to his heart. Yielding to the gentle pressure of his hand, she permitted herself to be led away. Not a goodbye was said.
The eyes of the stranger and the gypsy met. They confronted each other like two savage beasts who have met on a narrow path and are about to fight for its possession. It was not an unequal match. The man's eyes regarded the woman with a proud and masterful determination. The woman's seemed to burn their way into the inmost secrets of the man's soul. Chicarona was a remarkable character.
"I will nod!" she answered, with proud defiance. "Then I will take her by force!" "Ah! What could nod ze monkey do, if he were alzo ze lion!" "I am the lion, and therefore I must have this lamb!" "Muz? Say muz to ze clouds; to ze winz; to ze lightningz; but not to Chicarona!" "If you do not agree to accept a fair offer for this girl, you will be in jail for kidnapping her in less than one hour!"
Word Of The Day