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jrS" T yu ' who jx;rhap more than
nny onfl' anvintercs. i n tHe reputation of our Static
v"iP Fjty jf her institutions, anl in pcrp ta;itinw
tin- iim ry of oViriiluff .o-1 ancestors, WJ,0 we tlic'firt-t
t t t"di-ilji:s their " iiQdrie J3ce" of Iritish rule an4 dared
"."',.. y 'Lid iluf te t Uic'cxoc. tiofi ojf hoij iiiijustand iniiullrHl-s
- la un V vou wfro f! 4 the t kvatt-J pition you oc-
'if,'"i'f 'no.'lwie tcPi,&'' with . th' tri-. A1 ant
. .- . ' .f I ' i iv;3 I'm 1 ' '!..
riMwiti oi.-panyf;I W4 (ucaniir..'v liicrioc siichu.uiiiiic
t;i.-toimiicmofctiiig 1" tionj soiiic of thi-
jiW tt'ort:,,lt I'fuU o oar-early nisiory. ( r -
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iO. 1 OF A SKRJ.KS.
H w iwy w-ro tlie loves of Olara
' '. ndj Bcrtrand ! " ; ,' :
4-4 what a i volume' in a ' word an
'.-'.'; -1 i '' . ' - .
eaa iu a tear, . (r v;
A tenth heavt-rt in a dance, a
viniwiiid! in a niph, '-.
Tit hVhtmirtr1 k touchy a lniireuiuia in a mo-
m nti ;- .1 ' . . . . .. -
V wUtconccntr jte jnjr or woe in blest or blighted
' krM ?': K i k -
t'lara hitrck nnt?Bortr.iu J 'Davison were the
"cliil.lrt-n i amiably, fentlenien of thoIleii tlmxr,
'wh.iiyed i' Mccklo iWrg 'v County1". N. C bfm
, VtiV 1-Vtte'l Decrt ftion matfc,th6 pritish Lion
' shake Via. Iiine w?S imger anJcontemptanr
'while tha! luoTjst nsfrnal wtlhad his. foot. upon
th: criiiil(flimhs oipastrate America, . i
. Cl.tnr
one oi :s
hnq- rf tI limself 4id sister oeing;the only off-
pprin linr of tle; lot nig.' ; parents. JJertraad
Vi 1 rVf iTfJ T tlje 6l4 education ! t noj. country af-ford-'l,
hahiggra aated t Queers MusrCUm-
a coiK-rt that tirri;is)tuAted in Charlotte-Iown ;
f.ir obtaininiri? an e flciUion, but her mother an
;Kngli4ladv of 'c fa.s(le.rable accorapEhilfl?nts
M-hoiiiier "fatlier had married m Charleston, South
i t&rutaa, took morv 'than ordinary pains, to give
' kier '.S tlih private u;ructipn that lay in hcrpow-
'er, a'3(i ciiira with ciiUtl gifts which nature, had
, ' . i .i . , r ? ... , . - ' i
lKstwed, with a niumc lively tcmperarnent;
r was riot excelled b? irxny of the finales of the
,fay. In person' Qirjt wa'ras pretty as any of
VtIie Wxom laspfc-o'W county. 1 ! r A ' '. '-
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1 f .UJis rnm.! was .atufi :t. i brilliant, and ith assid
1 1 : niXnr' vtjuth. T Cla a Bad h6tequaT.onnortunities
iT Ilrt-'iieart was a!l no j ous it gave a perpetual punlight
' i ; I'd icjr flice : tlwse who roolc'd around t her were but tojln
' ; ' 4Vhu'n",o a,oon' 1 : ' ".
: k'YYll were it fori jie? belles of motlern days, if
:'l i k - thy ould carry in Heir cheeks beneath tlic trans-
V ' - jijiciif sKin. tnero jctirreni oi ncaun inai iau
f . '::rl'ic'lciairiii,: tlic us rougd would become an
' tiolete fashion, an ' !enny be strjeken from the
. Ijsiof Sentimental d asesj .. . .; "
' t.'i 1, : " H j - k-k ' : f' y :k r-
I )ertranr wassurdy young man ;not an e-
fi': "r - finivte" and ;delicto prototype! of the scented
k . " ' : - Ukic' .and. jH'rfume "- haired dandy" jof the-present
. " dav -nt his was tbj' figure of a stout handsome
i V ' 'v'jjin, such a kokii; nanas the dames of chiv
I . v'. i' -- . . . ! u i "' 5
J . alridavs would - J rvc chosea for
'l' ' r- ' I- J.:'.i:. '1. .1.. ' .1
tluSr Knight ;
: ; suci.a oiif, as cuu ( vauunuy viu
end tne. Honor
i,f dJI' m vo love, i I ,
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wJiat. particu-
' .lar st; tlieir Iovecc nrhencd,. . Itjs sujfieient for
the prcrtipprpcia: on :pf 'this story 'Soy readers
to' - kn',that' wlb a dhinMlucedJo tir nbtice,"
lYuA v3ppssionat Ivf fund of each other.' And
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if they DM, in .tic. extravagant language, of the
Novelist,' Live in't.ipligh't of: each i others ej ets''
1 they liven; bc ei joyment t of, those -attractions
which eae for the t.thtr ro.is(4sed. k - 1
: h -. ' " v ' '..'': v - J, v : . . k s :'t' "
ItoiV' w?fa, bright sun - illuminating the sky
t-abrtj'C ihe'irrflovc as tfinj'pure atmospheres they,
. Lrcrilh' tl .aifcf a s nal cloud .lay like a suspend.
i-it massoj-i'Mon rafer-nioi tiie honzon. it was
air ulifxTerh (1 by i ictn'.V f Therj was no conceal-'
iivirijtto:ttj! .n'slarv ( dnys Ayben pArViesr vvci'alfii:
rtneii. Ker one aciiinied vith thciii lieW
tb,jn'T:.Vndacb! other, " and, that When
rrm-I at a vh$,;JM marrv', liertraiid
bhi uo jalousie, ,u,v (Uara nsed ia him the
pamc confidence sh; tfij in VL-.tl
Vcw; Vosc nyporfashiabIc
marriages
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l . J J ue. iiirics- oi
nceiti'a,1iwcat-1 - ' .
! en.-d tlie princ .alewcl acto. 'thft
'ltrothed.. Seihei- loves were ai, w6; .,1 n 'the
begin'imp h"Ty SU,U angels might Iookdo.
: ujonj and. bless : .. ';.-i
. . Oli when the hoai i full of ?wctts to o'oi flowing :
' I Vhn bnt ijiii ingt I r 4 hyioerrte, I 1 '
' .- - ckdi siH-'aKor thin. Qf "happier statea ?"
,1 To reciprocate ''ibis- unalloyed, this unichfish,"
. . feeling in uhos , layst0rj:nalIeciciHmplicy
' nml truth, was an jnjoymenti which in 6uf day.
,n.-fv:'be written p ne pages oi :uagazmc roiTmnce
but which 'ca.n'nev.jr experienced by those hi
ywhosc hearts guile 5tf worhily selfishness have
bJl?iii
Such wen;. !l v b ve orpl'arV and BcrtxariJ-?- J
H D
WAR!
fk C t !a m h h
j
J AiiiadAVar drJf-l'jt himpelf again'
War ! tlie other great theme of the world; whose
author ; has Ik-en hate, whose ink has leen the
heart's blool oC -Nations, t whose pencil has bt-eri
the.rcar tbe swQrd, and whose red history
stands recorded in the blood, washed soils of bat
tle, fields, and m the desolation of Nations; .War'
breaks jn upon our talc of love. . ' ' '
k I - j..k"
"Oqt Colonies had suffered the oppression of the
Mother Country, :untirthe burthen which when
-first ,ila.id -upon, their shoulders, was a ' calf,- liad
grown' "to-the full sized ox. Men legan to talk
about it as no longer supportable arid began open
ly todebate whether endurance had not ceased to
be av-irtuc that , loyalty dictated, r wjjren nothing
but j 'oppression y .Was.. : returned for. !db(fdietice'' and
fealtyj to Uie brown; j 'It had arrived, to- "tins state
of aggravation,; that.- when the Colonists laid in
ny, complaints, the complaints were stigmatised
treason ; when tlioy had asked, lor.' redress,, their
"grievsinces were ''treated as- rebellious and when
the" asserted their claim to be treated as citizens
of equal rights with resident English. Islanders,
they !were spurned as no better than it-Ions, and
examples were made of them upon the public gib-j
bt;t.-f: . L r :i'-k ;t . j .k, - , ;
"r "Th'4 Protection of the. British Crown had been
withdrawn, yet England, claiiiicd.the,4allegiancc of
the Colonists '; who wcre left to the tender' mer
cies of 'Governors whose arbitrary will was the
supreme la wand-whose cruel-exaction were the
blessings of Justicev Not pnly were they taxed
without representation, but onerously an4unciual
ly taxed. No matter how hard they toiled, no
matter how cheerfully they had paid thfeir taxes,
it brought tlicm no immunities. -f It elicited: no
smile IbF approbation from" the throne, whose
crowiied head, only looked on and frowned. Of
U4L! XktoHfio Xfoirth Gcarolipai h4 bo&-Met.
jgTr xutmt uprclentinj; despotic and orucl-
Tryori in this State is but another name for tyi
ranny and cruelty,'' and" the mention of it excites
the apathy of every hearer. ' . . '
r Clara and Bert rand were quite young, when the
ivatriofic citizens of Mecklenburg began to mani-.
lest an unequivocal disposition to resist the tyrari
ous'us'urpations of Governor Martin. But young as
Bertr?nd was, he had been among the foremost to
ratify ;by his approval, the power delegated to Col.'.
Tom Polk to call a convention of the eople.- , i
; TI16 history' of the. day's proceedings of the .
memorable 20th of May 1775, is too well known
to most readers to require a-repetition of .the-' de-vi
tails heye : A spark was struck that tlay which !
kindled , into a . blaze, that burned arid burned on,
nt;i ' Tvmnnr ti-rtQ miT eto.l
. '
with Expanded wings there arose ever a free jeo-
. . !-.:. . v ' -i h
ple, The Piiojxix of Lieektv! I, i
- A'fi'W days after tlte 20th of jMay, Bertrand sat
vvith 6lara under a siipurb , holly, whose aged evj-
eigreen. boughs had for ; nearly la century shaded i
thc summit of a teautiful romantic knoll, on a
higli, bluff bank of the Catawba. Emm this knoll
which was about two hundred and fifty, feet above
the raver level, and near what is now known as
Mountain Island, there was a charming prospect:
For. iiifcs . down the river, its surpefliine course
could Ik traced untir it iost itscll behind jsome
curveid bluff, then again it ; would . appear like a
vast r lirror set in a frame work of emerald, while far
in thd' distance, Tt looked, like a silvered; ribbon
carelesslythrown upon the green carti. Sincethat
time, down the sloping sides of the eminence
sOi'ne pns and .pther growth have sprung up ob
structing the view, and rendering it - less lovely
than St" then AVas,'but it is even: nbw a place of
comihanding brJautv, and with some labor bestow-
e-d in; felling the timber- next to "the-river, would
make a delightful spot Tpr a summer-residence. 1
Often on that knoll had Clara and. Bertrand sat
toget
lor bciieath.'the picturesquo hollyj on a ruae
scat, -and 'would! awhile breathe, into each
stone
others ear the 'ardent.-recital' of affecon, and'
awhile enjoy the beauty of the' scenery: Some
times thcunaffrightcd deer would in full view
go to-the river, -bathe himstlf in : its pcllucid r-
Crosi inver nnd rlnsb iin1 lh stoor brinks of
the'ipposifc side, flinging;. ,3w ' proudly hi
1.11 ,
s
antlered head--the in -ith.jts long straight
neck! stn almost 'motionless in' some shaded
covej such a king among the fish asiJiipiter's
storUT among the, frog?:; largo ; flocks of t water
Cwl I float undisturbed upon y the bos )m' of the no
ble t jst ream, while high above, would shriek the
largij fisix hawk, the most graceful 'sailing of all
.birds.' '.-' y - ' ; - ? "H. : ..'.
, lti was familiarity, with such scenes ns this that
had jQ share in malting Bertrand so determined a
foe jo oppression ) among ' them he had' dnmk in
deeply, as. fronr'a puru fiAmti the love of liberty.
It lejpked to luni a land pf freedom and its " slvy
cleajVing lulls'" yore, the sacret"altars upon w hich
he sworo with iore than a Ilanhibal's sinccrity
eternal rcsisiance to ino oppressor. - ;iie could not
rwcivo ho a distant King,-, through a deputed 4
fegi.ir i nVhr , a ..if i kfTi " : m'L
jiVllnJSCrr3Vi execution of the Rpjrulalofs. ,:
VW. W, KLv, jq.t 0f c:iv;rkUef ';iui-c2-jj L-iU-.hiijr
tool in the shape of a despicable governor had a
right .to manacle a sovereign people and exact from
them' what their positipn did not warrant, and this
too 'when the people were unwilling, for any return
o)L protection .or safety they had yet received, to
delegate to their rulers the irbitrary power exer
cised oyer them. ', '!-' -' 1 "-' . 1. ;. . '-.:';. .
This evening was an epoch in theiives of Clira
and Bertrand and their, loves, were connected with
;in rrtrwrK in Rnrtfi'a mnmn!i"s' nnf lr imnnrtfint"
upon the destiny of the world", fur more so, than
thntkrAnthnn Wnrl (iloonf m's unorftho Roman
and Eirvptian' fortunes. ! Bertrand 'bent fbndlv
over Claraahd explained the nature of a paper
,.i,:u f, a; x .aa :
reading.;. There, was no 'newspaper m the County
kt thatearly Aiy, afid no't offise communica-W?Wp
tion with Mecklenburg ; hut printed cards , with
the latest news of any importance sometimes found
a. I . 1 a . A f ' ' a. 1 1" 1
their way to Charlotte and t other public places
where they Vould be read to crowds that collect
ed "at stated times for. the purpose of hparirig what
was going on' in the big world,' without theboun
darios of their retired back woods..1 These card
would be frequently again cojpied in manuscript
4nd thus their intelligence jmore widely dissemK
jtnc
Jlated.
j On the 1 9th of May the day previous to the
ratication" of the Declaration, during! thee rly
proceedings of the tUonvention, a handbill rec eiv
ed by express was read, announcing the Batt of
Lexington which had taken place that day a m uth
previous. -Bertrand had taken the following dpy
of a part of the handbill, j .y J ,'. V
" OCT- "FREEMEN TO THE RALLY
I:
! "Yesterday bv a Packet direct from Bosjton
which made;a. prosperous and quick trip, we have
the, following . extraordinary : and alarmmgJntolli
gericc.! A battle j has actually been fought e-.
tween tha Continental ists. and Armed JiritishS)il-'
dicrs. On ithe lDth ultimo, at Lexington, tis
bloody I engagement ' took place. It. apneaVs
that military stores had been collected at this piacfc
some 18 miles from: Boston and that Gene'ral
Gage" j determining Itotake or,. destroy themad
1 fttL nlMTt " 1 1 - -iVl wL- ri'ni intirJrrit!riir n -fin-
but thn Pmvineinls "sn'ted their annrnnrhruf
some, 70 men collvcted by 2 o'clock who. aiis? 1js-
ml nrd assembled: aeaui bv dav imht 14.0 cTAtArr
the stores and bcihs shot 'nponw.4.or t4-
;r were kill'"1 JirUiUjaAJ hei -T
lias aid
of Major PitCairn meeting wiu.ore j
suionj man iney. aniicipaieu ami oeing.iiera-,y
: : .t 1 . 1 ; ' ,r:5ii. i - T"i i. jTzri
driven Irom their position proceeded on to L4n
cordj wherc they committed sundry deprep rela
tions, destroying a quantity of-flour &c. Bc.:Bg
warmly repulsed he re,, they returned to Lexifg
where they were joined by" 900 fresh troops 'abd
two cannon under Lord Percy. They Provincial
in the jnean time had rallied in stronger nura-.
bers buf without assuming any regular jb'der-.fif
defence or attack. A very varm cngagcmciT.
now ! took place, the Regulars exhibiting miica
coolness : aul excellent discii)line : but the caiisc
of our country triuhiphcd . over 'discipline, order,!
numbers-vand superior officers. Not more than
400 of the: Provincials were at any one time-en
gaged against 1700 Of well drilled Regulars but I
they, fought with a bravery worthy of their cairj
and jdrove the enemy off . to,. Boston. ... Gnat 'exijj
.:..:J.in :t . T 1 .1 '
cueijiviu Pruwtus cii. i,om.iu urn m uiu cuumr
tl
surrPunalIlr. At this mace the excitement is iri-
tense.; but ne violent and: open 'demonstrations t
feeling 'are lnade.'j Evcrii man tho,..slwuldbrus
up his firelock and be in readiness for any cmeil
gencv.
Ciiahlestox, May 13 17751 "
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, " That is a spirit I admire Clara said Ber-!
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trarid the militia of Lexington.: have noblv'sas'
tained ! themselves, L, Th'ey have! shewn what aj
strong jarm nerved by, rights can accomplish. J
Like I the first important i move on a chess board
which ;deckles the ; game to the mover of' it, so it
we elo get. into a-war 1 with England, Lcxihgtori
has insured us successj"! j. - .
V War Bertrand-reitired Clara? I hope, thcrd
will be no war." V k - . j
Yes 'perhaps so. It is too bad dear Clara
that we should ignomlniously bear the yokq o"
Foreign oppression when we ; might be. free. 4
.Look at this grand scenery, this broad stream
beside 'which the Thames would appear insignifi
cant.' -Yoii mountains in the tiistrfrice, and all the
varied prospect ' before us ; I tell you' oppression
1S the - bane w hich 'poisons our enjoyment and
takes from us the delight ' w;c might otherwise cx
pcrience in enjoying our beautiful country. W
cannot' walk ovcrkthese ; grouijdsrwith tlie sanie
firmness, that elastic Jtread, that proud conscious!,
ness of being dxalted ; in the scale of being, that
wo could if the galling restraint wliicli make oui
existence; a servitudkwere removell."; . :
You nvty exaggerrvtc the case Bertrand ; thj?
eloquent addresses you heard in Charlotte tlie othl
er day, have jiorhaps excid you and madethinf4
ajvpear much worse than thy really are. ; 1 trusit
that such is . the casej and that you may yet. bb
'happy j under a continuance of , the Mother
ernment.7 ; '"" : -: ' ' " . ' . ' . ! V
"No, no Clara, never! Tryon can never be
forgotten
The kph-its of the 'six men that he
strung up like rebels and outlaws near Hillsbor
ough j hover, around us, and whisjxr to us ven
geance, vengeance : and no kindly star in tlie
heavens, as you have read in annals of supersti
tion, surely no such star beams above the head pf
the oelious tyrant.", .- , ' : j
"But IJcrtrand arc wc not h?ppy. Is thbr?
anything tp prevent ' our! spending the days allot
ted to lis by providence .quietly and nleasjintlv.
hiinv in each other arid'eninyin the rk
?X IXTJiSmr iSSi
t ::
ri-irn .Vou (To
not n
rr
nrec;'
been 'mixing with the rougher elements of
sbcie!
tv. rut oi uryorvs crueuy you are aware,
441 you know that the MOTHER COUNTRY
turns a deaf ear to all .of our -.complaints
and ear-
tt j entreaties for redress. Besides, w
nge our. Governors they only send
icri they
one man
tpj rivet the. chains which ins .predecessor had
thought and fettered us with. -: FprflJryi5h. thoy
have civon us Martin a Ceasar Borgia for a Ne
ro. tia he not attempted to prevent me asseiu-
W? Provincial Congress at Newbern? rj
Llfei bo not dissolve the; 4ast Legislature in-four
7? '.!foK,.,ny;:.-irapoi:tant business
COuId l)C.
done I When the Congress did . at last Assemble,
lis iiad to do so in open-violation 01 mo
.: ' -I . k ' i '. ' ' 1 a. I
arbitrary
Wf1 r-UdMaiu " TjT-
: .not exaggerate, andhbugh you
. -secure m person,. aia enjoy -our-
ijoy our- j
1 Ci.l V'f K -III I Tit TI III I II T i MN'lf! V. VI
ipider entangles his victim, the meshes of slavery'
j1 V U r - v h 1 - 1 -r 1
re oeing wrougiu arouim us, uim u w vj uu uoi
j'-reak thj'm apart soon, wc-' wHl ' find owjselves . af
Lr a wiile likethe fly tro much wea'kencdjo
ilosclyj CranijKJd jo make even an eilbrt."
- You do not think any thing serious will come
pf it do you ? Dp- you have ahy apprehensions
hat blood will) ber shed? . - -!.
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Serioussaid Bertrand, warming
with his -
mbject Yes 4 seriousNClara and 'that - blood wilx1
je'.s.Hcd. ' I Tne Regulars, will try) to rctrieyp their
icharactcr from the disgrace of tlieir retreat from .
jConcord, and the ijiame of their defeai at IiCxing-'
j kon : That wilb-.contiiaue disturbances , at- the
jNorth J: 4t the Convention 111 Charlotte j just held,
the cry was raised in which we all joined, " Let
?us be Independent. ' Let us declare our indepen
fderice and defend it with; our lives an forttnacs !"
That independence., vas declared. To .give up
our; position now, would be to ddcla re i:i advance
that we have, not the spirit to, deiend it. And. the
Hnamcs of Brevard, Kennon, Polk, Balch Gtahani
Hand Davidson, names
which should hereafter live
J jn history,! would bnly'bccome by-words pf reproach
jj "coiuiiely.. No Clara dear, we L-in'iiot ,ref
I- -' -:
cede ; and I fear the crisis is approaching which
1 1 will determine ' our freedom, r draw the cord oi
laylu,oiuid-us sso tJghtly as,to plaod it beyond
f it-J . iJ'c. v.-..:.tn. .,-..ib
:i,)--
her head .and gazed fondly -in .the
J. c toar ,Jdr,wpfl
liet.lrjh.t
huifg like tiny3dew drops Upert their
long 'si'lSjqn lashes': she brushed it away and lean
tawayj and lean-
rtrand:5 shoulder
'silence. ; : ;y
ed her head confidingly upon Bertrand
for some
moments the two sat in
The
on
purple hal
which hung like rich. tapestry across the glowing
wvi : aaaci uucu uu-iu loiiiuiuw giiuueur
through fthc cloven hills, andcthe whippoorwili
whistled plaintively frOm-its snug Covert. tj 'yds;
a Ijeautiftit evening, and for the" first tii ie hi tlieir
lives when at that sjot," Bertrand and Clar allow-;!
ed the gorgeous sunset, the tlicincoff poets; and
the admiration : of painters, to pass unnoticed .
They arc so and slowly , walked towards the house
hvr father's residence being about a half mild d;s
tant.. i . : - . ;kk'.' '
But why that tear? y " t
I (Concluded in ovr nrxt.)
I u n h t n i) i
.' "Virtue in itself coinmcnda its happincjsaj y
M Of every outward bbjeetiort in
The tpllowing beautiful piece, Hoiii
jeof
the most talented writers in the New
I must be appreciated by erery reader who adiaikes a style at
iOnce glowing and hig'hly deeenptive. -lid. Jieraetd ;Nest.J
BY REV.-WIXCIIESTEE IEYNOLDS.
Beauty -oppressed by WearinCvSs, but sttchgth
encd by Love, '.watching at the Midnight hour J
She was a young : wlfej-richly and neatly ai
tired, anT gifted with natural attractions of person
fJe as Art I vainly sought to. rival. She was a
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vounc
who, ana me nojes ana joys mat sancu-
ficd her womanhood erel in their ( nlayrbloom
wiioso tuii-uagiauw, .cjiuaiuu lai.acii genuc
breath that heaved her snowy ,bosom. ' "-''
' She was a ouhg-wif whose ejes. of cloudiest'
luafro rnvf'd nvnr an flprrnnf nnfii-trnnnt nf m-1i1i !
she was the .sole occupant, with that-JrestiessYairj
which denotes earnest and 'fond ahtipipatioh pf a
pleasure which has been UnreaspnabH delayed, j
CJ. t.-.r o .,.,,..1 .,.;V. l...:.U.. ...U, I
y luutv. wimu Mm uwMj.wuusu
gilded bindings glittered in the lamp light, with
one hand upon'the pae of an open volbine, while
the pther toyed with?. a jet black curl' of her luxu
riant hair ;witlf head thrown slightly back, the
slender neck of spotless white fully . rev'ealed,
and the lull bosom :thrillin'gvith the firepf ex
pectancy,) the 3'oung wife glanced over thepart-
mon't. ;- ."r ,y:. -' " ' ' y '
. - . i . y :
. Three, months-hpw quickly the time had sped !
she hadxbeen mistress of the splendor she sur
yeved. fhrcc months had she revelled Jm the
light of expanding afiecfion, tenderness, adoration,
elevated and glorffied by the Bridal Tie. 'And
the sunshine other soup hid remained unclouded;'
the tikes of her.'love had swept smooth by on
through j verdant val ley s unopposed by those nioun.-.
mystic realnu y, ,,y'; - j - f
Iheiff
wer .manv.' w ho envied J CI
er .m-jny. w no envit u i,in.L.uicoin f
von
sun sank be-hind- a small mountain distant 1 revealed in the'' Kerhfof'the. Mi&r!elt Tninnr?n.t
th opposite shore, tinging its summit with a there mingles. with anyair cfMlitiablekonAu trfa
o, and gilding with g'oldenliued the clouds look of recognition, J and . dVen of -aiToctiail aicli J
over affirmed that shD was undeserving, fori' iod
had blessed her withfa nature to be.lovedf ;.cr
ever. the light of its presence weilt. --
The Husbund was absent later than usuis
Could business have detained lam. so Ion ga( lie
always closed .his store at nine o'clock.
pleasure have clcfamcd him. - Thcisourcf
greatest 'jlcrtc-:jre was at ho;iie; . let heca:
$o,'j ,vi;lh something -of impatience ahd; rant 'j of
appichsnsion-1- '' '.J''.;- ' :r i-';. jt
Beauty .oppressed by Veariness, brit 'ttprfh
by Love, watched and waited at thjo, 4id-
is .
Without, the . heavy notes ofa gathcrikiri-
' pest broke, harshly ironi driAing cb ijs.' All oth
er sounds were nuslie3 in tlie shdowv iktk4t.
. .occasional-fnf
along, eager Ho M il,
e
1, : y -k . - j c. k'i
! labh of Necessity to -seme, ekn of wretcned
i'ce
; or
y 1
.crimev. : -'T-'y-.y '.";' -y . - ;-. ' i :
To the young Wifij's ca came the echd sf a
footstep from thet marble threshop.;! Thcr tune;
the sound of" a bolt forced. from its socket and
the; lieavy depr swung -lipon jts hingcjsi Ttore
was: a sotrnd,1 slightly varied, yet well r cmc jeer
ed J hi the broad hall, tls the door svung bac vkh
a' crashy -; l.k y-'.-:. 'VV-' I--i '1 Vk."
The husband had come f and the Wife'fiy to
me' t Iiim with lier welcome, with the storf oi her
.weariness and-her apprehensions,-. with her gentle
inquiry and her tender rebuke ' '-;'! ' - i ; J. .
: . The parlor door is ,oiened for his entrance . but
the -young Wife starts back, with a'jhsappojitcd,
an iangry, and a teixifijed look. . ! ' I I -ii
.The Husbdnd is not , there;! k t k"
A Form is there in the broad hallthe jforn of
a rnan--tottering '-to and -fro with ii strange and.
silly: air. !; But the Husband who left. ha ytung
..wife. a fev.f ho'ursbefore was nowhere to be isen. :
-' Arid. yet! the outlines of the Form; and tie j fea
tures are j strangely farniliar.- Thpre' istlrell
reinembeix3d .'garb and- most icefxpiiedb Is jt f all
mysteries' ;lher is the identical ring thd.y;ung
Wiiciicstowed a month before the pawning jf her
Bridal rDayi- But .still the Form; could nofj tliki
of the Husband; for:hc-:had never met lw t ' .vith,
the Idiotic stare thq trembling nerveless thrt
f-aitxifLsiiiipc?0 -oTviJ-wtrnttTOWr. she now LeheldV 1
Who can explain the mystery that
ery tliatlurks'ar-unl
j this strange' Form I jtWho &y5 him'tliel-M i:re,l
: :, the garb, the 'ring of the oneibolbved ? ' N, f 'Z
A. ruArp siimifix'tiw I kf irri Lii .
eal . res,'
j rests on' the youni' Wife. , . 7 $ f
t x ne iwo stanu gaznig upon eacn otner, spp rat-
ed:by,ihe threshold-cf the parlor door; '
ha'passcdlthe. lips' bfeithery There' is
; fjseU icubticftook dn'the oneliand, ald"t!i
surprised il:-indnantinquiry on tlie ptli
lut the young W ife 's ' bosom thero is.a thVdi g of
wild n lid unknown emotions" . h'ch chaiiVtlic
- ppvpr of if.teranQe,. and cpngeial tlic w arm tdls'Of
joyj Th'ere isa tremor like that of some sfir:tual
agpny, w hich pervade?, the slonderV beautiltj ex
pectant being ; she sinks' back into lierfeljaiT;
andji.whili?: her jew elled fingers; are pressed q-ihs"t'
hcivpail fair fa.ee, she calls mxin'the nr.nie"oT.Uod
in broiccn prayer.: j ,: ; ; " , 1 " fe. y
.Thefstrangd man tho Form who prpVited
himself there j at; tlio Midnight; hour st.-j red
with -an.' unsteady step, within the' elegant pa or ;
and, sinking efcwn upon dsifa in a distant fe?t:bf
1 the room, still dircctea that IcoivPfiiiinlcd Ersme,
nition and Iover toward the b'catUifjilfcijvpl
, Whb. -k ki-
Ana
bVrijjsthus on the
I
f ing
1 w
Hoi.ii. siiiu wmie iiitji vounfT rw. . r. t
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ony-ra -strange and shadowy suusuiBtv in
from the broad wall, skipped lightly ;6ver the ;ori
goous carpet On tiie j.arlor floor, aid tlifen dis
solved in a disnlal mist, that thrc'atcxied tfja-otin-
guish the Midnight Lamp, j Tlie face of tilt
blanched, at thelj view of this singular and 'jarful
phenomenon, , and the young Wife prayed f ore
ardently, though her tones were more brokp: ml
more rife, with pain.
Finally the Mist gathered deeper and ida
'ter
ocnmd taa suppuanr, it gatnered tnero,': irJn;
ery emarter of the magnificent apartiiieaL
sooii became again jembodiedii Sbaje.; 'itH'rtk
.1.-4 T'L if JS-.'..,.;-l'-: L'-:
nant in' mifen; Cruel! in practiJck ; ' k'i
This, Shape, or rather: this Curse for he M
ig-.
vas
nothing less--pcrched -upon the inarbls "i-rjarel
'' i- . i ' t :" .1 . - '' F I i
piece, lmmeuiateiy aopve ane young y i:ev;i-tn
thd
frpm this elevation surveyed the pair .be-iowSf'h'
pair .1
7
a
singularly cold and! malicious: smile.; ; 1 -
The Form of the! Husband was there : birfuhat
the young Wife had loved, and wadded ivaypjos.
trate and invisible!!;. Manhood, Nobility, Hhtfrtu
ality these were hidden by the Power of Rm,
And in their places avere. revealed .Folly, t)crra-
dation, and Lust J f -y : .y '
' Sq the, Husband was "not there.1 y AndLn the
fear that .he might aever return might neef ap
pear again, the Wife bowed beneath her ago iy
arid prayed.- - .:; :;' .-,'" j; i-r-f-Vi ll ''-h
-This. was the first blow that .the bcaufifiil am
ple; jof hopes had received the first blow, aimejlat
her wedded liberty. ; - .. ' ,, "k f -k J L J
':, The Curse who sat upon the , marble m xi.le-
tQtrftiwaa
, j ria'tes steps every whfre-i-that is ever portliCd a
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lh'u!d
la
f his
tat mt.
' ord
tflft , ;on-
hkof
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forms rjfj s
i.uiaig
w 'ics, groaning at.,
Tkijj thus the' Njgl4jvroowiy,yreariiy; lippc.;J
away. ') k;:- ! 1 .;;., ff , x
I m; though the Morning, nt jup .ne .nvueiKu
vcvU Withfa blaze of unpeakabl.gloryy in,thd
km
:in realm of souls tlicre was one .uuri in -tne
shadow,
: Vihlv " rnyv. vcars'were recorded-in the volum
I r 1--L: ' ;ikvr&rs had traced t ie deep, linos of t
tho bri-htjautiful (brow of
fcockd sorrow oil i
nrfi't.incoliiJj . 'J '1
- U - - n f; e sic had seen iicr itrsiiANra ?
purine aJrthia.t'.iie,s.ja , . , .... i .
J i y . s ( , r ... -Knii.rj 'srinietimes onlyiit-
but seldd-i ojny a K W;.ri--. r; - v - t .
v 1 , i t- . H n,,f li s- fiirm was lo .
hcrotlcn Mhat Form al which Shn, ,e ; ?Bruj ,
IfrtMJya . -,a-V ov ! .. a . ' - J--, ' ,. . ' ' f. r ; .
k irlhp., Ji : : i- ' ' . . . -'. : . i i- '"
;r?t!ie;!?i:;v':4the "jLc-ve ; ,hl tlroatness tluit ;,-:
iadk,,I-;ij,;aaLT
I v i 1 i,. i;.lniHfl and truster
lovt, v.;;:e ii i.tf woio. '': "' . ...
.a .! ! '- LL i- -.'l- thflW-'. divine qualiUcs ; - 5
b4k. . ; ..k ! ;: )k;'f: ; ''.-.':
A:d cven-tl rait ecasor.s when the Husband
v- J!, .k,k; -n'ii i';i'f,:r Form lie had becajwont bi
hM.-c, U Ihci fee i'gony of rcTect.on,
bccise Ul.y
!clbre hcrj in living colors.
heVl-J ekjnly. Umako
ti.ei yirt-:e iuit; ?.ad';v.'on
J i ' ' '
her i):or;i; w
ti-.'ie'd by tiiejr removal. : ;
.lv.;d ll-l ti
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td hnujlicd l)r during all this
"rfii'-J 'it bnt ciatinunlly on the
ft?..
maVbie. n.rt ntie-.soce,; .ino.u. (. "v., ."VT "f1y;
i kkw.vk h-JA T -rrrltuinw the marrv-tintcid f-'.
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d!Jdlcr li'rkborn hilcr iSilu anjl trcinblitig-arn
iklvi.i t',iM ..w'l..-;ii '.'Mmtivb jtailing by 4 ho
; !ia ita.'ji. i. - ' i 4 v J - I 7 j a-' jr w
ft'-. viiVc Tlicn shc; prayed
1
notes of L-iT Iv
y i : i !. .. !: '
Meavtv. tlfa't it.s.';;:5'tr,c
Jvtlc -ti
tiny hiight bo brighter
thnitH! n-.-t;uMg lip:;
tr.v.vhcii
it KickentHU and
the cold w ing of
Cui'tfiuicil 'ril-t Ju'l.-'Ct'
kiih
llcathw'.d l :-!;(;
ubt
hat its blight and geilri
around the gulf of her.
tie! spiri.i ;.'.-it stm Iirire i
SI ii
sorrows
i - '
The Curse
ini!'in
1 t ill 'hi it iintuoVrable ma-;
lignity.
Lt Hi :thcr! bitter drug in the
cup' of her ;.it:f !"
:, I ' . :-.! ' 1 . "-.
- .: When, at Ikt,' in
iviv oa'.Vx.-IIcu hertoay,
fatcwell
1- r
ii ag.-iificei;t --' part 'icnt,' tlic Curso
follows :lie" lot'Utcv'
t.ioiV -?'lVbMo abode,'; and.
l fAc lied yijytfu ' a ri : L! I' mi dy ! ri-ry lca m j ' w hem
jfcc'uIJ ;mai:ife'fct Li. -xelh'Jiy- hy itigbt arid by
J:fk;4:-.k ;r.V:?4'.f kV
?' Nine year? and . it is :Miduidt again. ' In A
snjali. ugly :-roor,-' Fvjantily. fur!nfihcti.'an4 imper
ikiiflkliteVi, tolling -with ix nccjrlb pvrr a piece ot
i
irlicO i wliicli r.-Pi -yli a . thej:coi:vta,nt dripping
Oi jicart'
-tiJoii'1,. bo ..'?'! i.ijid' t.:i)i!iciitcd the bfier
'o'filife ready, to eij-ii J
i:: ,ti rn.ty. recktt behold
ClarnXniklu,! ':; :-
. ' r ,:;. - -'.. j-,-..'!.
. 1 1 js the ; saddest sp
t'acle vpu would wish to be'
hoM '. ttt fitv- M i'doiht liour:
r
thyr
$ h 1 1 deli-M h rec black-c vod
br,
Ik
to tarf a gi oen' above their
win f;'.u,.rtioir spurn sare
iwaj w ith.G odk ' !
KUt-'iVii" falcai'e-
!
2r4etni.tlie Form i-ithcrc-
c tjieypreserlfi'o e.
Tit A: Cuksk.'
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lure are?
Wnv.y'.stcris.w itbont' -fboinV
:frdiM.th'e. bjhg. dark , pd
' t; ' ,y ' .. -.
u-ffial: load. .a. b tlfi niis-
Cfkk'oOifii .The.
dKr is thrust- r'udeiy
it'po I rrtpd! v annr. i.icli, the1
irl nd two dark tWn dn-
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teanUjito-' M'i'ikijtho noorUUxj .i'crtu'of the
nlV'V "'- I - .I.!' 1 i
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- litQ - orin is1 mangled : aii d
lilr:dy,'frcj:;h from
some terrible brail ; bjild kou
im see that life W
- ... . - - .if V : . :
sorrow.! u I . one
lays .'aside her ncfdle and , f : 1
I if ii, andjluyels, bylie ik
-takep tl'e blooi
d. in h4riir be iitls
pyer t:j. s
rii breast and fiiM
Oilu
There
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win Net;
.t leoyi;r.: . .- ij
ias a.' mere
f.
Tyyeite:!-
icf.;Yor.' he
'j0 1 I'lpati oiijiiir-iianeo ; in .one
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lin ,ri! f l-o hah 1 ' tUd vcetneddi
ahemoryr ofaotr .vyssho .receW-J back tU
ack tho
loisg-Iusi llibnnd agi; ifctVU hhu
but to" rei'
i -lure ver. . :
v.;:s: ll.y lasf ll.b,
a " s
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ind lady ' and ( I
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!f wfiHtiLl -bid
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iJvl'.ji !-:; y,vfk ' I '
rouiitry.
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