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van be,had Maga;iAes Of all descriptions, and sold
it the publishers prices-free of postage.
•lor4ale as above:._ • •
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Daily thranicle, Spirit - of the Times;!..
:Nitw . York Daily Herald
Tragedy 'We Seas, Life'in a Whale Ship, and n
' , variety of Coinit Al manack . ,i for 1842.
mrobacriptions' received for all the pridelphl
puhlicatrnotti.of the day. •
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World, will lie received and for sale on the first 'o!
January, 1842.
December 22, 1841
.!4•pitting Of BlOod,
Ta another dangerous symptom of "Pulnionary A I-
Tection;". and diffitillt to arrest when neglected; it
commences with c et, mipi lug expectecation4hich
Cousitits of (might frothy matter, or black ..atorclot
led with blond; there is moth sem • f•rer, hea
palpitation the heart. flusbes.oLltettt, and rechays4
. of the cheeks; difficulty of Ureathing,sarent es ((the
.throat. and sattish taste in the mouth. e., hut
can's F.Npectot•ant Remedy " be rotted to M rest
this complaint. Otte' single hettle. will answer if . used at the - first attack , but w lien n eglected; it may
requite 'Many more. Those who may be - a fliicted
waft." Spitting of Mood mo. :time
precurinkthe shrive medicine ? ns ilirstlisease mdstly
proven se:Nous when not early attended to,
wrr Pititicipai Office, No; 19 North ..Eiglith sti•eel
Philadelphia.
Fir sale at the Drag Store of .T..L'.llfyers & Cn
1 11, - . •Carlisle,and INA ppenslarrg. jany..l2
NI►TIC
Estate of geoge. Pippinger, dec'd
•.
ETTERS"ni---A din i nisi ra ti on - on—the
of Long
Islimd, New York, ilee'il., have this day Been
ed to the suliseidlior-residing in Shippetisburg;Ciim
- herlund emintyr Notice is hereby Riven to all pia.
soils having claims signitait said estate,to present Oulu
properly authemiented for settlenimit, nod all persons
indebted.are requested to make payment to:the sub.;
•sc—
CATIIARINE A IiTZ, AdniinistystyiT.
Shippenatturg, Juay. 18, 1842:-61.*
Cum ki-hcie.s!
A. lot of den's Gent Shoes for sale at cost by the
sabseOber.'
Carlisre. Dec. 42. 1841
BONNET SILKS & RIBBONS,
,/ of the very latest etyle, just received at the store of
CI.IIPINGER tc CAREY.
Shippetsburg, Dec. °8, 1841. ,
Groceries ! - .Groceries ! !
A fresh lot of Brown and Loa Slignr. prime cc.r.
fee, Molluscs. Cheese, Chocolate; also ull kind of
Spices, bee., &0.. Just received owl for sale by
CHAS. OGILBY.
Cat'lisle, Deo. 1 1841
G It in , •
Jußtareceired 150 pair of Gum Shoes,nnd fur
Bale cheap by
Carlisle, 1./cc. 1, 1 R4l
Intlinn Vegetible Pins.
- Just received n fresh lot of the genuine Winn.
Pills. CIIA9-0011:13Y:".
Carfi sic, 1,1841
aps ! Caps! '
Cloth, Silk Velvet. Taliby Velvet, Pelett, Hale
Seal, and Fur Caps ofall sizes and shapes, just open
ed ausl selliu y ^ drat reduced prices.:
' CIIAS. OCILBY.
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Dee; I, 1941.
Tanficry fo r R en t.
The,subscriber offers for rent the superior Tap
ning establfshment, reeently the properly of David
S. Forney, dechl; situated on the corner of Fast and
'Amber streets, in the borough of Cl l lll5ll. Pa. -
It is the most complete property of the kind in the
place of Its location—having a large
cs^i. !story
:?•19 •
Stone 1/welling
• HOUSE,
One garden and all ether buildings &o. necessary to
carry, on the:tanning business.
Pessessionilven on the I Bier April 1841. Terms
-mittle-knciwm-on-appliCatiotrto
• , P. F. EGE. --"
Opposite the Carlisle - tank.
November, 24;184i
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• WIITTEIi, GOODS.
have just 'returned from - the city, with a seaontl
*apply of Winter gonils(iiiieh as Cloths, Caeimeres,
w Is, 1 1 / 4 : c. Stc., u Inch
havislieesi selecteil,witli care, and which will lie sold
as cheap if notitheaper„,titatt at any other establish-
Aleut in the'boietigh.
CHAS. BARNITZ. .
'Cortiale,Wor. 24.1841.
Boots ,and Shoes.
•
• 51),Ca!rea of .boots and shoes vecAleil_fram title.
ttiopr,' tvb ietti have itar:ehaFeil at itifepa that van
ble 'are to . Sell cheaper' than arty other 'earablibhment
in'tbe bounty. " , . •
leniThile,•Nov. 24; IR4I
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„... . ,11411.1'5-.ole, ,cat i's. • •
I have just returned from the city with the latest
style-a( Fur, CHI' and Glazed 111en's,Auti Hoye ,
Caps. 4lettAtitett Ilata, for sale cheap, °
CHAS. 11A 1315T117.
• arlials, N0v.24 1841 '
',~' lion ~ ; I)eul~xs,
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CalLand_sc4the - bir,, , ve_itit,of_Bonls and Shoes
bought At unctlou„w,hlclll intend to JIM by tlip — Ei — teCe.
or tloten;'ohe:iper than ever.
• CEAS. BARNITZ.
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Carlisle; Nov. 24;1841. ', -
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" ••• :' '.•:, Shawls! ShaWls! •„•
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~,;:;.•-_•- L . • . • •
oFaitql,tabroittered Tbibet Shawlo, , froto s7' to
sipi f .4o pooh, libinket; Morino, intl 9ther'ellawls
in: rest variety, and c,cry,,eheap.
•Wo..list 1841 ' ' '- ' . C11148...0.G.1L8Y.
.•ARNOI4)- ft& .A.I3IIA.NIN have just . received at
theirlicyr afore; sin supply of
Fall & Winter Gonda
to which ithq.invibe the ,otlliolon :of,thO
Great hirktiins will be
P l P.M i tiorgi'DF4 ) ." B l lB4l .7 4 t.
O
ti ES of-all kinds fist . re c eived
"fic a eZtore.of '
7.CUINPINGER cikapor. ,
Shippensburg, January 12. 1842.. '
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C. W.-JUTNER
CHARLES BAIINITZ
CHAS. BARNITZ
A FAMILY IVEWSPAPER: - DEVOTED,TO THE ARTS iNr.,• saii,x_p_r*AdrircirL*ußE,'AM:USElgENT,Bze.
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POMTR`I:
• THE • ICING OF: TFIt,tiOUTIIERN SEA
Oh ! the whole is free of-the southern sea ;
He lives, for a thousand years;
~ • '
He sinks to rest on the breast "
• 'NOP the,roukhest tetripest fears. "
The ltowling.blast,as it . hurriea past,, '—
is music to 1611 him to sleep.; •
And he scatter - stile spray ih his boisterous play,.
-As he dailtes=:—the.king of .the deep; •
, • Oh! dip rare old whale,- mid storm and gale,
- • In las ocean home .
Agiailt in might; wlici.e might iaright •
A
•-• king of the boundless sea:
A wondrous tale, Could the rare!old whale
Of the mighty deep disclose; •
Of die skeleton forms of bygone storms,
And'oftgrasures dot no one knows. ,
He has seen the crew, when the tempeit
Drop down from the slippery deck;
Shaking,,the tide from his, g lassy . side,
And sporting with ocean and w yreck.
Then the - rare old whale,-etc.
.When the whale shall be still dear to me;
hen the miduight lamp burns dim ;
For the . stedent's book;and his favorite nook,
Are Itiminated by the air of him
From none of his tribei could we e'er imbibe
So useful. so blessetta thing;
Alien we'_'ll nu' land-go hand hi band,'
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To hull him the Ocean King.
Oh ! the rare old whale, etc,' '
i~cdcYl U coup,
From the Londol; New Alouthls• Allagitzitte
The in the
:A TALE OF . HUMAN LIFE..:
THE • COUNTESS OF- BLtasiNcrioi.r:
•
In witoclut ed spot; in • the wild and des-
ilate, regions of , the. hips,. dwelt torofaini !
ies, the. only inhabitants of thn place. ":The
wo 'chalets occupied by them, and o' few
- patches of land labored into.-fertility by
hardy=antVineesitiot=toil,-With-a---.-hetd-ofi
goats, who sought their scanty food
_Where
-I;ever the rare and stunted herbage appeared,
' were the only symptoms of human habita
tion visible for some miles. A. rnoro•dreary
,sp - ot-:--can hardly, 14 imagined,. thfin • that
Where, the chalets' stood. Winter reigtied
there with despotic force du ring ni no months
of die year; ffikl - 1116 -7 4f - tproaelt of stunmiii --
wa - s - hailed With a delight known only to
those who have, anguished for. its -presence
through 'many -a long and cheerless day,
surrounded by the dreary attributes of the
gloomy season. • -
Mountain rising over mountain, etivered
with eternal snoiv, and divided by yawting
chasms,. whose depths none had_ever Ven
tured to penetrate,, met 'the eye at every
side; the.. intermediate prospect only bro
ken by the presence of a few hardy oilmen
and pine trees,
.whose dark green foliage
formed a strikine , Contrast to the sno'wy
mantle, which, like the funeral pall of dead
nature, covered the earth for nearly three
parts of the,year.
The, firFt symptom of *Vegetation was
welcomed in this wild spot as the !ital.-bait'
is by a mother who has lortt.pined for off=
sprint;; and, as the ray.s-orthe sun melted
the froxm.surfaCe . " of the mountains, and
senticiftousand sparkling streams runnine
down their sides, falling with' a pleasant
sound into ti• e deep glens beneath the hearts
of the inhabitants of the chalets •becaMe
filled with cheerfulness; and- the rigors and
sufr . -rings of winter.were forgotten. •
Martin Vignolles, with his wife and two
- daughters, ocenpied one of the rude and
cemfortless residences in this solitary spot;
and the widow ilsuvais, and her son, the
other: . The hUsband of the widow had
been tee of the' most bold and adventurous
chamois Rioters in , the Alps; and lost his
life in' the chase of- - one . of those wild ani
, mils, leaving his - wife and son, then an in
fant, wholly dependant on the, kindness 'of.
thitir sole - friend, Martin Vignolles. Nor
did this friend fail them in the hour of need.
lje'beeame, •as a. brother to the. bereaved ,
'wife, and-a father to the fatherless; sharing
7 wi th-theni-h tosaanty - subsisteitlivaml cot=
tivating the patch of land -which the de- -
ceased had labored into fertility. : •
• Years passed away, and the widow's son
had 'now_ grown into manhood;'while An
nette Vignolles had just completed her six-
wend', year, and Fanchon, her slater, her
twelfth. Ihe young man was light. agile,
and-hardy,like most of the children nur
tured in the wild regions where lie ht d,been
horn, and whop activityof person and firM
nese of mind, are minima - ally. Called into ex-.
ercise.,.bythe:_dangel. and difficulty , with'
witielithe means of existence are procured.!
Thkomelaneholy of : his widowed mother,
who had never yeatied to lament the hue
band of her youth, had, tinged the mind ofl
her,enn. with a_aoftne.ss and disposed it top,
"suseeptibilify . thriugh• it impaired
lint ,his,animal 'courage in. the bourof dan
ger,- exercised _a powerful influence Over his
affiectionS, rendering hint almost a,slaye to:
their , empire, - -
Annette creature•of - re,
markhble, , ,beauty and ',iluittltness ofieeling.
she had, been . from her. childhood as a
daughtOr_ H to,:tho.,widow,, and-had-never
known, thouglit,,a.tvish, or a .:hope in
which the tvidow's.son,,had.mot been. in-.
eluded.
paS.sopn after :Antiette had reached, ,
her siicteenth :year,,thet her father,ln. ex
t racating one.ofids:goats, 'which
.'had
from a 'cliff, missed .his, footingvarid,.wss,
burled into,j,an.•;ahyss, 'inearly
ssiovti-,- - where:a certain; ingeting death. wait
ed him, and he had been resomedjhythe in-.
trepitlity Michael :Bauvaiet
.whe at the
risk of .his •life.tleSeended.,where. Ain • hu man
foot had ev,er : llefore: dered.. ; te:
saved Martin i his ..
'situation., . „
:1 7 .10.:aeRident - was. followed: by jh ;, fatal
loss pf , Y,ignolle i elimbs;•...Aho'from,..that. cloy
became unable the Up 's!, iissistence
Orardit the maintenanceof his fimily.—
,Edited ,, and" , .Pablis4d for'the'Prokilors flanaerlanit Ctiatatil 'Pa.
1•111
MI
ME
Ew hen it W . Wthat: the° yiiitOW; t,A4 her.sot
.
'endedinted'io' .. ! repay thit::iiiiii(4.4itititiide...
dug• to' thgir f neighborO:';; ; Mlaftiellittiaifeiti
- fol , theni . with Onramittinecoita*kidiCilitY,
and Ahem . to eZpertei*O -no:ditninn
tion'Ofthe' few' . '• cht . nfOrts,. tr eeinTOrie 'the
-strict necessaries 'of life„Aiight bei called; to
hich they had hilllerto , been accustomed:
Anxiously hut Unavailingly had, Widow.
tried to preVenalichiel from pursuingthe
:hazardous Orefession of his lost father. •In
all other respects -, the mciactiocilelind obe-.
dient-of Atensirhe - revinced -- in ;this a -wilfol- -
Oen that often filled the heart with' the'most
gloOrny forebodings , —forebodings which hp. -
fected the mind of Annette with fearful ap.
Prehensions, whenever he ' was abeent 'op
those dangerous enterprizee. - Yet. when
lie. returned home herding under the weight
of his spoil, and made light - of the fears of
his mother, or:silenced Ahem by' his eaies
ses, the whole.circle collected in the eh-
I let of Martin, ,Vignolles felt ,too.'happy to
I chide him, 'though all never sought
,their
humble couches without offering up pray-.''
ers for his safety. Often would the widow
dwell .on the'paSt, not lean :With a, view of
warning her son than:from that.yearning of.
thg heart towards the dear departed felt by
all who have known the misfortune of los
ing the partner of their youth; . .
"ItAyas just such 'a night as this," 'ivotild
she sny, "thati - expected.my' poor Claude
for the last time. • Alt hOw well do li,re
"member. At 1, ;I made Op a
,good. fire; pre-'
pared his , suriper, and carefully' swept the
liearthaor - m - vdehr hnsbatid - alwayeAiked
to see a Iblazinefire •and a clean hearth--
Alichael slept in his cradle,' - and smiled in
his: sleep, poor innocent, ;little dreaming of
the drehdful misfortune that hung over us.
I: tried to-workrbut-thelteedle-tilip.ped-from
my fingers, they' trembled so. I opened'
the - dOtir, -- iiiii storid'iii-thillakiFOrth-e
-rock near it,- to listen for his step--that step
I was*never again_to;hear. The moon whs .
- shining, as now, like silver, and the frozen,
trips of the mountains were sparkling with
light; except_ when a, cloud passed-over the
bright face :of the moon, and then a dark
shadow fell. on-them l .- I knew not why- it
was, but a cold tremor shook my limbs,
and my heart trembled; .the blanches of
the pine creaked discordantly, and the wind,
whiCh a initinte, before had been still ; ''siglf, -
ed - motrnffilly through the lehVes. I look
ed arditml,, btu,
_all appeared so cold : and
bright; so, unree ling-fine to My fears, that l' '
turned from the view, as One turns from-sa :
selfiall,heartleas person, - who has no pity
for our misfortunes, and I came back to the
house seek' 'comfort in looking again at
my sleeping child. ,Oh! whiit a long night
Was dual.. I thought it, was.the most mis
erable I ever sheuld• pass; but I passed
many a more writehed one since, for then
„I had hope. I remembered through tile
weary hourshow he looked, and what he
said. He stood on the *threshold he' was
never more to pais.. looking back on us
with a smile which I at the moment thought
too gay a one when leaving us; but which,
when Lrecalledit to my menior3 that night,
Seemed sadder than a smile ever was before.
low pfteu have. I thought of .thatinuile
sineel - I'. followed him• a few steps r.nd
kiSsed him again,—.woe-to - me, it' was for
the last.time.+and he chided me because
the tears started into my eyes. But his
chiding :was gentle, so. it ever was, and
when he got to the last pine tree, he turned
round and waved his hat to nte. Alt! neigh
bors, who. could.have thought :that 1 was
never more to see him!"
Teirs interrupted the . wido tee melOn
eholy 'reminiscences; nor did they flow, a
lone, Ter Annette's too, coursed each, other
doWn her cheeks, not .so • much, the truth,
Must be owned, from sorrow 'for poor
Claude Banvais t : whom she could not re
member, as from the dread of . a possibility'
- of a sim' lar fate awaiting hik son.. - . . •
Annette and -Michael hived with no com
mon passion. Their attachment had grown
with their growth and strengthened. with
their strength.. All their notions- ot, the
past :and the' future were' identified.--with--
each other; and the possibility of separa
tion never nectirred - to either; save when
the widow rgleted "the mehinCholy parting
with her husband, which;.though often ' re
peated;
,never failed to "excitethe tears of
Annette, and the Seriousness of her' - !neer'.
. • . .
LOT, at 'all liMes''.so' . ingrnsising .a
.setitii.
ment,'When felt'flir'the first tithe_ in,Youth
ful hearts.'Was all-pow-erfel'sVith these siert . -
* ' children' of - natti, whose. thoughts,,
wishes and hopes were centered in their.,
own narrow circle.' Their parents 40: . ,
neasett,•the'affection - f their children luiitlt
satisenction.' 7 They . 1 ad; from the!birth':q.
both, arranged • th eir -
marriage, end neVer
doubted that thas'fitt sehinept I he)) deetred
2
should spring up 'between-'theta. - ivoitht
prove as warm•and ardent'as it really was.'
l ' Motives of Prudence had , induced them. to
defer the , marriage of the young people, un
til 4liehael-Aiti---..ntiained—hisAweitty-first
year; and 'the misfortune that had befallen'
the father of - Annette; by. leaving ,him- and
his family. dependant on . the exertions of
the yenng ,man, rendered 'the resoltitionS
of procrastinating the :marriage, still more'
,neeassqF.Y.'
..kwas. own cold night-in the early part
efatitumn,. when winter had,anticipated its
Visits by many .weeks, that'iVlichaeHlon-:'.
.Vats, returning-to his-home
. through a nar
row, pass-in: :the 'ilic . iuntatins,, was;.attracted
by theitairiCiag,a( a dooantLon approach-.:
inutile
,spet.whenceAhe4annds Mime,: dis-:
uavered-s-man, nearly An—a-- - state - of - intseit l - --
eibility; ; over lw ho m Alm faitliKaOhatiViii
uttering Ilia inljAnneltrily Oati.:4:jvviise , not!
without' conoi061)10416 pity ,th ati he, , sup*
ceeded in:restoring suspended.animationto
the stranger, and,, than sloWly lad him to.
•
wpac-vc , :atusimitztowunituggiguilaz-ot,-A sago
•• -•.- •
"Ilrantiful ;maiden, as pure as the anew-•
Of thine „ ewn, nati vtL mountains, 'wherever I, g 6,
I'll think uf ther,articos and fair as thou art,- - ,
`Though toon, oh ! toe arten,l trout thee must depart:
l? 11 think of thee, hvaming as.now .with a striae; ' , •
Atitithy innocent oonverselltactift did beguile' •
The long hati. of evening, and of thy:sweet song,
That the wild mountain echotcso love:to•prolong.
Ucantiful nothit'n, atl blest,be thy lot ! • , • '
With the 3, oath 'who Lai won thee,though be forgot,
Sly prayer shaillaseencl to the fleitsens for , thee,
\Viten distant thy Sweet face no more Ivan see."
Otte es.,Uttlttk, when Michae l . returned
to the' chalet .he . found 'the stranger I, plat: .
dog the long treasi*of Anf)ett,E; • ;,wiip , wag
.l
inhutieittly ap . glii awkwardness
ng at the
. t . Wariltteie
hti 'perfortnetlAhe-ottiration,-=-:
Michael had, t'roni her, infancy, alwaye re=
served hie task as a' latter ',of
. 16treltir Mel
len, end - hii'leelings • could n ot have' been'
more wounded when he discoverod• her 'in
the arms .of the.-stranger,
"1-19-w, 'faithless girl !"••,. exclaimed he,
."altd ; is it,cple,to, this IS all shame,gone
that you let - a stranger tnuelt,those tre€seei
;that ray hands alennArtve heretn(nre . .press 7
;,etl? And` You ungrateful man ! is it thus
.yott ; repay ; me -for•having: saved. yourdife ?
Ilu t ,t will Aly.fiont ycnrbotir.forover•r
*.V-ifig:ife,lllltied7 ! w it e
Trantio:hattlenf r a.:maniae,,. •
and:,loirretunsity, the aim iof Ayhielt•die Tor
thelirst time, Clearly. disnerned;ind - deeply
pained that he should •Itavo• furnished the
. .
lfi ',humble: ctiliyit; , ,i Where* liii,itiother :
itf..hie4 - iXertieneTicri render the
vls - 464-tbeli - ,titie,*Peeted guest !gout* foria- *
their:,'-limii* m eans • perriaitted.'--
ir*Oeid fire; and some
ett goat"S-roilk,holl , .:suelr a salutary efre'et,
> upon the invalids tbathe. , was 'shortly able
.to thank' hie preserver; and to inform him
he was. an Search' ofthe.
picturesque and sublime scenery wide!' lie
.wished to . delineate:: having. 'advanced - far
ther into the mountains than!prudenee'Wer
yanted;hadlost-hitisvayA ank.altee many .
hours of :fruitlessly' endeavoring 'to, regain.
it, had at..last sunk. exhausted into a 'slum
ber, whence; in all; hninan probability,' he
'might, from the.intense crild• to .Which he
was expoSed.. have , never airtikened, had
'be not been reseuedhy Miehael_Hauvais.
:The. young artist was pressed by his
ponehut luispitable hosts to'Continne' with
their a,day or twr.,.until he had recovered
sufficient strength..th' ensure a safe 'return
try-his hotne.. - .He opened his portfolio, and
delighted' their inexperienced .eyes with
sketches that might well -have claimed ap.
prob r ation from those'accustomed. to see the
Arrest dra wing.. Annetfe was galled to Shari
in ;the gratification their*difiPlaY afforded,
and her beautfand artless grace excited so
much interest "in the young artist that he
immediatelrmade'a portrait of her, Which
filled hei lover with joy and gratitude.
. The,yieinity of:the •spot inhabited
,hrthetwo possessed such attrac
live scenery, -that. the painter 'prOlonged his,
starseVeral days for the purpose of sketch-,
jog :the' different views. • Annette:mould!
hang with delight; over,: his . drawing's ; and
likten with_searcely less - pleasure' to ..the
songs he would sing her White_rriaking
_them.She...would-loiteerit-night-an_hour
'or'-tivo after the usual houriof seeking..re
pose,,-tohearthe-youngartist's-descrintions
of the towns and their inhabitantein which
lie had dwelt; aed had a thousand ques
tions 'to ask relative to scenes .of.
hitherto she-had been in perfect- ignorance.
-At &it Michael--shared in the interest
which- Was awakened ity 'her 'mind ; but
soon a jealous feeling, occasioned by wit: -
nessing her attentions to the' Stranger, took
possession ofti le mind. . 'He became moody,
captious and harsh to her, towards whom
he had never•previously evinced a symptom
of ill-humor: This sudden, and to. An
nette, unieenuntable . elknge in his temper,
onir aggravateri-thCpwfirre - thin led tO it,. and
the poor, simple girl, repulsed by her lover
each time that she 'sought to address him
with her wonted and affe.-tiosate liberality,
tank refuge in the mild and amusing con-
versation of the • young painter. When
Michael. was c o mpelled to to absent • from
the chalet in search of fuel, or telead-home
the goats, it was evident that his moodiness',
increased; and when he returned it was ex- 1
cited almost to frenzy, by finding Annette
seated by the stranger. listening with Am. ! !
concealed - delight. to his rins, or to' the
stories he related to her.
• The whole eharacterolMithael became
changed. No longer the gay youth, whose
cheerfulness had been the life of the chalet,
his ill - -humor was now a source of chagrin
to.all 'its inhabitants, none, of whom, , oriing
to their simplicity, suspected its cause:--
Often -in the moodiness - of his *spirits, When
stung into 'anger by some innocent candler
ity exhibittld towards. the stranger by. An
nette; he almost cursed the-hour when he
saved him'from death,- and . led him to the
chalet, to fascinate her who hitherto had
never lent her eyes or ears with pleasure,.
to aught save hitnielf alone. , •
,sketehes of Annette multiplied everr.
Itintr: The artist found her figure so eracei•
ful and picturesque, and it gave.sucli' a
charM to his drawings. that• he Was never
tired of enpying.it; and. Booth 'to say, An.;
nette, With all her simplicity, had enough
of woman's vanity in her hearri"to he
pleased, if not 'proud of the artist's evident
admiration of her% • "
At this ti=me, too, the.yeung painter, who
sometitnes nor usekhimself. in:Abe-Corn poi+,
liiiii*OrSitiPle songs, arldreseed.o4.firdloty 7
ing oneto Annette, and this pieceof rnatie_
gallantry excited the jealouirrif her lover
into atill,*greirter
becasiiin ilevelopernent of:a pan - Sion'
which oW' raged ilk' 'sue h. 'tory, fled' in,
perstiii of leaving Allnette over
whelnied with surprise andgrief.,•• Dread
ful were
,the sufferings , of the ppor girl, as
hoer after hOurelapsed, bringing , with, them
no tidings of her lover or his pureiter.,' Ac
early'daWri. after•i night efeuelt•wietehed
ness as:,she• had alter . Vreviously .beeri!n
stranger to, she etrimfin — front olthe,ebalet:, -
siraining her eyes in hope of discerning her
!Over; when her sister descried . . a figure in
the7distance. and.pointed.it 'out
to lies.--
The M' osrfearful apprehensions filled•-her
breast, for there was -but pne.,figure to he
seen, and shat, with-the ciniek eight of love,
she discerned was netliis.
' . Alas !Vie fears of Atinetti.were bOt - too
well founded.- Durand, -the young, artist,
only returned-for the reception of the corpse
of the ill fated Michael, which, after a long
-search-, .was discovered, owing , to the bark
ing of his dogyin_the s fery spot whence'but
n'feti days before ; he had risCued-him mho
was the innocent creme - DT the . 'groulidlees
jealousy
,that led to his own destroction.— ,
Whether the Unhappy youth liad willingly
precipitated h mselfinto the yatining gulf,
orb the rapidity of his flight he had.over-'
looked his vicinity to it; .and.. so had semi
' dentally fallen in, was never, ascertained.,,
The, charitable-minded Drtlie few per
sane collected. from the neighberingbarn
lets •were disposed to ador_the latter sue
p.
-o .•• en, while those less good • natured, de
clared- their couvietimn . that, the
,deeeaseti,
thriven to,, madetess_b_y jealousy, had thrown
himself into tlie•cliasm, where -his mutilat
ed remains were found—a belief in which
they. were strengthened by:the frantic self
accusations of the wretched A"nnette, whose
_piereing—cries_declared herself_to_be—the_
Cause Fearful was the picture pre
sented_at.,the4wo ._cha I els, __solately_Lthe_
scene of peace
~and content. The poor old
mother of Michael fiauvais, - rendered nearly
insane by this last terrible, affliction . , sat by
Ilie_corpse-of her son; and, gazingfondly
on the pale face; -murmured; from-time, to
Ogle, :"Yes, there he lies, as his father (lid
- before hi twenty years ago. Gone from .
me, without a parting wOrda single em
*cc.," These cold lips; that nevefuttered
it:word of_tin - kindness to me, cannot return
the kiss thati imprint en . them. Ali, my
son ! never : Worn did they,feteive the touch
of mine without returning the hresbure.--
tiiiid in my dreams have '1 seen you
as you now lie, cold, speechlees, Without
life, and' rawoke agriny to blebs God
'that it was but a dream But now, oh I
who 'will close the eyes,of YOuf wretched
mother? Who will lay lief in theirave
'The wickedspirits of these dreary' moontains first. envied
,rne the possession of my
poor Claude, and snatched him from me,
and new they hav,e torn away, my son !
Often have! seen a light too bright for mor
tal' ken, shine into his room, when he
slept, as if the moon itself had entered his
casement, and east all its beams around. his
head, just ad it used to do around his poor
father. I ought to haVe known it boded
no good, 'but I dared not think that my child
would be taken from me. *I have heard
Such signsauid. Whispers, fon," in the night,
when the wind has shook the chalet, and
the snow :has drifted against the windows
with a 'violence .that has • dashed them to
pieces. Al, I ought to have known that
even then the evil_ spirits that haunt these
wild mountains were planning his destruc
tion.!"
.
So rated the poor woman, io all the in
coherence of:a grief that unsettled •her rea
son, 'until , some;of the inhahititnts
,of the
nearest hamlet came to remove the corpse
for interment, when, uttering 'a piercing
'shriek, and clasping it to her arms, she fell
senseless on the coffin, and when raised,
was found to lie.dead. Annette,4d . lost all
conseinaafiess of:the
,misery around her, in
a brain fever, Which ' : kept. her ,lavering
between life and {leach during many Opt,
1 7 11,eit health.onee more began,Ao tinge her
pale cheek, It •wailitsdovereil witii:sorrow
1)0/twain!, who had waicbed over her with
%incensing solicitude and untrearying care,
that 'reason, rs-asinpriO: not its,,esnoire
Perfectly4eX Brain. ,' il'armless gentln,
=
docility of the most obedient child, but wee
utterly incapable of the 'eget reflection or
. . , .. , .. .
eelf;governinent. ' : . ,• , ...
Darold. :eon:tittering -that - , he_was. the'
cettse E thongit the innocent - One. of the•af•
flietinns thechad.hefallen these 'poor fami•
lies, insisted on becoming"their support for
the future. . He prevailed 'on the. helpleis
old -Mprtin. Vivo)lles, to: secoMpany him
with. hie. . two daUghters to, rsris, c vitere
having established them in
,his. home, he.
left nothing ; undone, to:promote their totn,+!
fort: Fortune, 5 trt,.. fsvored the worthy
yOug magi who religiously imposed dor . .
tit's, - for. ll ! 9 PichirET; justly ~ admired,. . pro
dueed:AtOiypricoi;-Ata!i
he:secured- n-..haodeome.eottipetelfee, and.
beeamn theiltappy2ltoShand of. the.
,pretty
rantilmn, the luster • of. •000, Anne t te,. to
whnivi.he Itid.given so,equestiort that ilety.
! dereti her ,in.eyery,.Arty eultableto
companion .ofs, persim :Who, hed rkeultiva
ieil. 10- g ,n 5 )116 1 ,1i 3 0 . e4,t0
serii . ,tho . :iiliiirkgp:or his rsnehon;
poiti:.Annette
Still survives, innticen4,getitle, rind fondly,
berovett :kW 4 tler.:'sister, mitt „Durand,, with,
whose Tittle ChiliyenAe'Ldoloo, to play,
toireriOiSO,hjeasi,for - his - ,penetl,, the .rspre•
( #l.lw l L ii° 6 ::Prirt
wirr O iir,o4stmol : them: VOA* gtilory 9.(1,11,„
The- hrel of nil , i , irtuteltrinnoeence.; the"
next, mndesty , '
S.
- OVENTillit - Ift4H - §ThAIVI - Ilortii i . -
'lleVini - beenfreqUeritlYinVited . hy. - eirial.
ternal • uncle,' Wife" heicieniiired In 'early life
from:Laneasbire; tee Village 'on the:Western
.coast of Argyleshireito pay hin.4.yisit; I
at last go)._tnatters so•far settled as to have
4i - fewlittinths at my own disposal, which I
'thought Zeiiid . not :be turned to• better • ac
count than in: peying•-my respects 'to. 'MY
worthy, relation.' t .
.. -- ... -- 7'7 ..; ..,• , ~. .• , ~, ;. -
~ ,:Ai, I set out With theintentiori.of_expicir
ipk;•fiti ' m uch ad possible,: 'the -i'iimantig
-scenery-amidst Whielfin'ytitiolefiail: Witted
liiineelf,.l embarked at' Blaek wall ' b on board
the ," Duchess of Sutherland? steamboat -
Tor:lnverness, intending to cross from thence
'to Skye, and•siame Others of' the Weritetii
151e5', , .. , '. - ;.• % ' • - ' •.•
.. My prese t objeet is: sithply to' narrate
an adventurehich occurred to me during
my northern ip; I shall not, therefore, at-1
,q t
tempt to describe the magnificent scenery
of the Western - Highlands. After spending:
a few davit 'admiring the 'wild grandeur of 1
the Island .of Skye, I left. Jean Town by
the "Maid of Morven" steamer. for o.ban,'
gl'ibeibtiful-little-village on the. Maiii'iand,
near Which •my Uncle resided. The morn
ing %vie °delightfully still ind, crlr4 ;but the
,valleys arid lowland near the coast. - were•
Shrouded in a thick veil Ail mist, while,
probably, the - sun sliOne• ill•lill its splendor
on,the towering peak of' Ben-Storr; neve - red
with 'eternal- snow.-- 'There - is *something
'awfully grand.in• standing, 'eel have often
done,,on the •stimMit of.e,lofty mountain in
the brilliant sunshin e of a summer minling, -
I I and he ring tile busy hum `el 'life ascend
from the dark sea of mist spread out.: un
clernpath.•• , •
Al we odvaneed on our veyager the mist
still_continued to coVerfthe " face of ilia
waters"'so thick ; diat, in 'spite of our pre 7
-cautions;--we-rtin-fottl-otallarge- brig-IY-ing
et anchor in the sound of Mull.. All was
now confusinti - lin board, nor Could the. ex
tent of our'. damage: be- ascertained,' till
something like order. had been restored. It
• was then discovered-that
our' mizzen mast
and - larboard. quarter bulwark had been car
ried dway,.,and the funnel knocked down,
EtY which oneggertunate relit)* Was killed;
and several others -were' more or less in
jured.-
After.remaining more than two hours in
this helpless condition, we got matters so
far righted as to be able to continue- our
voyage.. .
The impenetrable curtain of mist that
had hitherto veiled surrounding objects
from our view, was suddenly ts ithdrawn,
as if hy• the hand-of-an : enchanter, and the
hold outlines. of the wild scenery of the
island Of Mull, on the Orii'hiiiiitlfiat - of
the rocky coast of " windy Marvell" on
the other, were reflected on the glassy sur
face of the water, undisturbed by a single
ripple, except in the wake of our digabled
ship.' As we neared Aroe, a small boat
was descried making towards us, evidently
bringing an. accession of passengers,• and
on its nearer approaCh; ive observed it con-
tained, be - sides the rovvers, a lady and 'gen
tleman—the latter dressed in the Highland
costume. The boat-being secured along
sideolni lady-was handed.ort beard by:Ur: -
companion, who, however, immediately
quitted her, hiirrying down the side; as
.if
wishing to escape observation; was' rowed .
off.in his little skiff, which soon diminished
to a small (lark speck in the distantherizoti.
Our fair fellow passengerwas n beautiful
young girl Of. about eighteen years of age,
.-diminutive in figure—a lover Wonidtsay
fairy.like-but a perfect model of symme.
complexion. Of the most delicate'
hue, shaded by
. a profusion of dark' glossy
ringlets, and •a ;pair of such bewitching i.
eyes !—so_ dark and expressive, but so
qpisitively soft! Her wholelattentioe,since
her arrival On boaid, had been,.(firected
wards the skiff, which evidently bore ... away,;
a loved object—a -brother, perhaps,no:.... I
he• must have.been:e lover; Abe expression
Of dint. " last k _lougaingering_loo_k4Art,_ { .
reeled to the tiny bark, too clearly, indicated .;
the state of her feelingsshe had' been
separated for a time, by cireumstantes oven i
which.she•had .no control: fro'm him.ivho
whispered. into her, ear the soft voice .011
love—who had first taught her young' and
heart to beat With
. feelings-Of elite
lion to his - presettee, or 'even at Abe sound.
of.hie name, and With. whom •she hoped
be,mtited on enmefittere . day. by.the most
sacred and endeari ng ties, , Observing. that
the part of the vessel Site oeeepied, probe , `,
bly '.l(iti the - •salte• bf '-observatiOn;t l
• was that which .was left ,upprotected.by the
removal mf the bulwark ~,I was proceeding
to (flour!) hi! reveries with the view. of
Warning 'her' of `the danger to- wideb 'She
**et posed ; 4 but just as 1 was' in. the'act
of addressing her.slie sudenly turned round.
and, perceiving,,her perilous, situation, fess .
her ,presence of mind antFfell :overboard.
111 - Y;firat irrintilse".weg - to 'Phinee in'after
her; ;but 'recollecting that Lnias.but'an "itt=
different ;:swirnmeri. I Threw Over .a long
bench ,which had ..beendetatched from its
plate by Ae 011440C : with 'the, brig, and
.iintitedintely followetf,it; ;;.,Alt this wog life
work of :A . ' few • *while. ~O n • emerging
front..tba"Vesty,ileert''after,the pinege.. ,
Ippreoye4„nly..fal - , ; companion.atruggiing,l
in ilia:water et be grelitdistance; Aniinnt
ed by in"strPngtitlwith whieli.
theltrnspeet of , saVing a filltint- being's life
Onntetimea lustpirw,oooo struck" out;
cumbered;with,,-,clothlitt..thel: at ; another
-- tfinewoerd Once"sunk ,Oprinfe . M
Oekiiii3(lo4ti.riitehing the drown..
og kitldinft ‘iiii4thef wattiriV , :rll,o'
ElOtipg::-PfAltlec'zif,Aften Tpticimiil4lll4o,
gained the: floating bench, wfierelsaA4ls,
to sustain my fair' charge in. comparative
safety, until we . tere.- picked up 'by the
' "';
nant Examaun o 'olio, 6 47. - Rzo
-kart - ~enE-fromTi
tence.
, •, •
,
.
Every means ivhieli
.the liMitetLaccOm
mothition 'of our affor.d:Or Itind;••
ness suggest, i'vah iised to i•eifoielhe vital
spark which, had tieF' p ilidetkr absailed hi
its frail tenement. Our effortsl'vett last
successful; in the course of two !mare 'she
`had sufficiently recovered "to thault , me in.
the'ttiailuest terme (9r thn life I had saved,
.and.b4,g'eci tiiltuotv- the name atithruldtfess
of oiti.t•to,'Whoni Slie . n . Wed d:-'clittit of etern - al
.04tittide;.._. .preSe n fed.
bearing; after Wards ;found, my. name
'onljp : In . 'a fp*. ininutei our vessel was
Alongside .theAtiny Of 04;), and leiv,irig le..
to continue its voyage, to, the 'south, .I.has;,.
tenrd
_to the nearest
myself oriny we garments:. . , •
' '
One evening, about six 'months after the
' events related above, I went to Hayinarket
theatre;
. td see that talented actor and wri:.
.ter, Sheridan Znnwlee, perform; in one.:or
,his own popular plays. Alter . .the:perfor:-.
mance Was.over, I with making the best of
my way through the eroivii - ift. - the robliy
itilren irifatt6ntion wee ettracted - bithc ap;
pearance of a tall, military-looking person.'
age,dreified in •the Highland garb . . As I
`wps admiring:the fine upportione of his
- tall and .manly
. figure, %vita
bilianiebts Setoff to the beit...advaritage, I
.heard a petlion tical- me titter some scur-.,
rilous national reflections,-which were evi
dently intended for -the . ear of the High.;
lander:. The -Words- bad hardly, escaped
his lips, when the • athletic. Mountaineer„•
stddenly turning rnimd,:aimed
my: head, under thre - linprOssfori that the•_6l: '
fensiye epithet had been utterod - by me,
r Seeing his braivity are sweeP towards me
1 -like-t Ike-wing of-a windmillil-hathsiiiielY—
' time to "chick," 'and my hat flew to the
acquiesce• in - the justice of the summary
L vengeance Whiiik his
. otrebded nationality
prompted him to take, howeier I.Afight
deprecate his selection of myseliat the
object of it, and therefore began , to remon- ,
, strate calmly with hirn;• but, be Wai ih
towering paision, me the 1/4.; and, -
handing tee' his card, exclaimed, you
- are a gentleman you shall, give or 'rkeive -
satisfaction according to circumstances." -- 1'
had no aliernalive but to 'accept the prof
fered card, which t accordingly . did, and, -
giving him mine in return, we paried;•
-
On reflecting' on what had Hissed, i•• •
tonld trot help cursing the folly,. 6ity the"
least of it, n! thoge hot , : heittlett
:eers, wearing their national dress in a place
• it is so likely to draw' forth remarki tvhicll
_theirirascible tempers Can so 111 brook.
believe I was led into this train of thought
by the very agreeable..prospect of being
shot through the head,before my adversary
! could be convinced of his inistalte,oterelf
becatise a blackguard folldived the instinct
-of his'nature in uttering'abusive language.
Befole I was tip next morning, I heard a
loud voice on the stairs, asking-my-servant
whether his master ivas up, and presently .
a loud knocking at the door. of my bed;
chamber. 1' hastily arose, and em opening
tho-don4.-Was-nat-a4ittle-sturtled-io-ste-tay-----
_
tall friend of the preceding evening stand
ingThefore lioubtrul of Ills intentions;
I at first held the - door partly open; init hie
good Immortil smile, and the friendly offer
of his band; sooft banished all fear of vit)=.
-lenee. " Mr. B—, '' cried , the impettoius.
Celt, "I beglour pardon—not" for ;:triking
you—because I Men . thought You had in
sulted, me—hut for. doubting your word
when!you calmlyretnonstrated — iritlyme - .
From what 1 have since learnt of you, I
believe,. you incapable of tittering ungentte
manly language, or falserioniTh and now, it
you accept my . npolpgy, I, have a favoi to
ask—comelobrealdast with mil I will
trodtiee yopioarFedil.aequaintatictirs,.;
Ask ino (pistil-ins, lint say 37'ou'll wine."
I at,onee setepted avoloOt-and-the
vitation, and dressing myself' walkedrthy:
waits my mew gladTtalifd—that—
anticipations of a hostile meeting bad nri
been teali2ed. After half an hotit".4. Wane
we arrived'at — 7 — square, where - tny ,
ditch:or jpformed me• he was quartered , at„
present. • The!,door was .opened by, a atma
vane and We were ushered, into
a handsomely furnished:apartment. :Where .
the.firstobject that met flit it ondefiligiyee
was. my , fair PteaMboat, companionr•thni
beautiful . .gittl,,liad,-,heei the rttana of say 7:
lug, Item . the watery :element, during, My
.excursion in thellighlande.•
.
Traripeated: that,..she had Veen` Married
abour - three•montlis' hefotefo tier- cousinit-
Lieutenant : Roderick IW.Leati,.
vv4oacrorOpatiied her
on beard The steaMheat, and to whose ;
otiaititance - I had heen introduCed in itch:
an unpleasant manneemi the previonslnight.. -
.wife, with ,Whose print they viere rt ,
present. residing, had ne,eide.ntally seen ritY
card, tint! recogniting it. eagerly asked her
husband•how he came by it. e He pit Oral .
thought,' front - het • siOtionit• • led; triat'Phe''
had discovered , his •quarrel at the theatre;
but she.soon convinced hint•of hie eriOti-h.,y:
,anothet. catd—th;i_ comiterpart
oir theone in poinessiOri, excePt 'the ad=_
drese.- this was - enough7-Ite 'l'lo_ Often,
heorld the adtenture of•the , ,itentthir4t; and'
longed ; to. thank the preserver or•his:Aear,
Emily; buirrorn_thli.unrortitnaie;
of my d d reap; his e Mitt •to me •
had , failed; • till • ; chance` "threw :Me in Md.
tvey.• r• t . • 1 “. :
zrekine gave w • fer ; i 4trett% illetittatlen
tiie teit:t;'"•',Uninti strength, :wlien:
enitlof w:pleee Ite'4ied slept
that if the Ileasimil been unanimous ifiep
would have lifted him; auvof bed!,
la
Eli
pmal3rA
n