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VOL. INTL
PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR
BY..WILLIAM M. PORT ER
Jilisce(Cciitcpt!§.
lqurlCE.OF.APPEALS.—The'Coin
•missioners ofOutriberlandCOun•ty have fixed upOn
e following Hindi, at the Commissioner's ORB., in Car•
lisle, for bolding the "appeal for "Weevers' Townships
and Boron?". in, sold County.
' Upper Allen, Lower Allen, New Cumberlend,nn Mon
day, Apr:l Sith. . •
- lisst,--moinsborough, North Middleton, ShlpilthiSlitirg
Township, on Tnesday, 'And! 28th. .
Dickinson, Hopowell, on Wodnesday, April 29th.
Silver Sprimf,'Fnitikford. on-ThursdayrAinllaith..
Solppennburg Borough, Newilile, on Friday, May lit.
Hampden, Monroe, on Saturday, May 2d.
—Weetpeirstiorough,litifillo,_Mondsv. May 4th: •
'toutli Middleton, Newton, MiTucidiy,"May - sth7 ---=
Carilibiond Mechanicsburg, on Wednesday, May 6th.
•Southelnptou, un TimrsdnY, Slay 7th. •
GEORGE M. GRAHAM,
-11. M. HENDERSON, , Comers.
• . ANDREW K ERR,
Comers. OMen, Carlisle, April 10, 1827.
• ____7_ _
1- • • •
yaveEAv FIIOI !!=YEN;GtiODS
-- ' ,--- PARIS - IiNIiJIIT, Late of-Philailtlpliin, ---
r Ming!up, Ileac, Sign, and. DCA-nth - 43 Painters,
Imitators i 4. Wood and Marble, challenge nil others to
'compote with them In tho various branehes °Rile above
- litisincsa. . • I
Ifaving . fitted up Oa storo f
AOA the exclusive sale' of WALL
• 1 9 :t d e GIN O' PAPERS, BO lip Ent?. F 1 Ith•
BOARD Plt 1 NT S, WI NDOW
. rises a' CURTAINS, SHADES. kc., we
respectfully invite the public to an examination of our
stock, fnmt which we ore confulent.of
giving entire xa+
tisfiction all who favour us with a call. Our goods
be, log been selected *ith Carq . from the 'first tnanufae.
tures In Phllatielphia,.will ho furuished nt the 101..01
price, All orders for Paper Hanging or Painthig
proniptly and personally attended to and executed in'a
workmanlike townie', -
.1. W. PARIS, Practical Paper Hanger..
.
11. P. KNIMIT, Prketicil !souse A Sign. Painter.
South Hanover street, ViaXt door to Ilanuon's Hotel,
Carlisle, Pa.
- •
IUMBERLAND VALLEY _BANK.
lIJJ ~.picopmEToics. •
• Wittrait Ken, ' . • Mumma
11011ERT C. STERRETT, , JOKY DUNLAP, ,
I{IOIIARD WOODS, -3011 s S. STLRETT,.
3011 s C. DUNLAP. 11E500 K. Siuttorme.
doing bushums in the 'mune of KEIL
11 - BENS BM AN & CU. Is now fully prc pared to dn a gent-
end Banking Business
Alehey received on Deposit and mild back riti o dentadd
without notice. Interest paid on 'Special Deposits.—
Cartilleates of Deposit. bearing' interest at the rate• of
VI N' E PEE CENT. will be Issued for as short a period as
YOUR
Interest on all certificates will cease at maturity.
provided, -however, that If said certificates - are renewed
at any time thereafter for another given period; they
shall bear tbe rate of Interest up to the time of
renewal. Perth:Mar attention paid to, the collection
of Notes, Drafts, Checks, Dc., in any part of the United
Odes or Cauadas.
NEW IIAT; CAP, • AND .":S110E:
" A r ARRIVAL OF FALL •DOOOS FOIL IW.
Tile subscriber has just-opend in ,the.stmsrooin fois
merly occuplekby Ore. W. Hauer, on the corntr of the
public square. Mate Street, near the
adjoining the Jewelry
. Store ,if Wm.-D. Naugle. an4m
tirely n nr and splendid assortment of Fall and Winter
tioeids—comprising the latest stylus of
. ' HATS, cws..noisrs AND SHOES;
of every vinrlety nod finish: -
Ms lists tousled of exalt tine Moleskin, Beaver,
Pearl, Claret. liossuth, Sporting Hats, ,te. Also.litmw
flats of 'all sari, ties. , Th*.e Ihnig"are manufactured by
(lnkfo•d. Morris A; CO.. nod Mlle celebrated batters or
Philadelphia. lie has also every. variety of In, me menu•
fact ore. All these goods he will guarantee to give entire
satisfaction. • .
Ills stock of Shoes is made up of every variety, and
style freer the cheapest tf, tine best,artlele in the mar
bet. and cannot fail to pleage.
Ile respectfully solicits the ramose° of the . ,publle,
feeling confident: that ho can sell the chenbest:innil boat
goods in the county,
0rp.17,1850
SAXTON'S
SPRING ARRIVAL,
70 A Rtl-w-A'R
IMMWSSE STO2K OF HARDWARE
The subserlber hue just returned from We Eastern
cities, and would call the attention of his friends 'end
the public generally to the large and Well-selected as.
aortinent of HARDWARE which he has now un baud;
renslsting - in part of BUILDING MATERIALS, curb ns
Nslis. ScroWs, Hinges;',lll.olts, Locks, Glans of every de
seelptlon and quality, ouch as Cotumon, White, polished
, American, French, Enamelled and Double thick of all
sixes Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Le., Ac.
TOOLS—lncluding Edge TOMS' of every description,
' Saws. Planes, Brace and Ditto; Augers, Squares. G unites,
Files, Rasps, litimmers, Vices, Anvil,• Screw. Plates,
Blacksmiths Bellows. ite.,
' Shoemakers and Saddlers,will find a large assortment
of 'fouls of every description, together with Ladles' and
°calcium,' Morocco Lining, Binding, Patent and
Fre'itch Calf Skins, Shoe Thread. Awls, Wax. Pe-s Lasts,
Harness Mounting Collars,4llrthing, Whipstoa, Deer
hair, Saddle Trees ' Ae.. Ac. • •
Also, Coach •Makers Tools and Trimmings of all kinds.
such as Hubs. SpSkes, Fellers, Shafts. Bows. Floor Cloth,
Canvass, Cloth, Damask, Wring, Lifte, Moss, Axles,
Ac., Ac.
Cabinet Makers will find a large assortment of l'ar
nishes. Oak, Walnut, and Mantivany Veneers. Knobs of
all kinds and sixes, Mouldings, itivetB; link Cloth.
'Plush,'Curled Hair Chair and Sofa Sponge. Sc., Au.
Housekeepers, will also_ find a large assortment of
Kulves!and Forks,.Bratatinis. Albata and Silver Plated
- Table and Tea .Spoons, Candlesticks. Wallets, Shovels.
and Tongs, Iron and Brass kettles. Pans; Sc., together
with Ccdarwaro of all kinds, such as Tubs, Buckets,
Churns, Ac , Ac.
Agriculture ,i implements, embracing Plowsof till kinds,
' cultivators, likes, Shovels. Bakes, Forks, Chains, Sc. '
IKON, a large sto k, comprising all ki nds In general
uie.whlch 1 nut selling at city wholesale prices.
Remember the aid stand, .East Itsin street, Carlisle.
•'Il. SAXTON.
•
GREAT ATTRACTION G.
BEET would respectfully Inform tile
Carmilmmtni .the.:puldtt generally that. he boa reptlr,
chased that ivell known DAttURRAEAN IiALLEItY, ast
Marl sir Ilan; formerly occupied by Geo; M..lloffer., The
Gallery Is now on the seems' instead of the third liner.
This will be a great inducement tOelchia.tpoople toper.
titular, as It is easy of access. The rooms have been
fitted up a superior style, and no pains will be spars d
to a - Ft ItssT - CLAsid tiALLEItY,--Thstapparatus
is of the best - quallsy. We receive our_usaterlals
airect,from the manufacturer in New York city, Which
enable no tq be In receipt of iilFthe latest stYlinitif lasscY
and other rases. and we warrant them to be of a supe
rior quality to any ever Offered far sale In this ichsity.
I have placed In this tlallaryan artist who has beets its
Successful operation in the flattery in liarrlstigrg for
Savoral-yearspast; - anst - will - guaranteer - good - picturcelo
nil those who will favor us with a.call. All pictutres not
perfmtly satisfactory will be retitkon free of charms.
Picturtm Inserted Its Lockets. Breast Pins, Finger hinge,
/Le. Instructions given in tin art on reasonable terns.
We invite all to outland examine our specimens, whe
ther they waist pictures
, or not;• than judge for them.
solves.
- REPAItE FOB. - WINTER!
t 1 PARLOR AND COCIEINWSTOVES.
Thu subscriber at his old stand on North Hanover et.,
Carlisle, the sign of the -.Mammoth Ited Coffee P 01.," de-
Des to call the attention of the public to his large as-
ortnieut of Sr..)VES, of the newest and most thsblona-
ble styles, from the best .uumufartorics In the
country, and at ell prices from $3 to $ll.
Among his PARLOR CDAMBER IiTOVF.S
are the Mirror Stove, the Arctic. Revere, Star,
, ersion, Union and rlittra Air Tight, together
silh other patterns which lie has of all sixes
.r parlors or chambers. and calculated forburning either
wood or coal. Also, the Etna; Globe, Astor, Albany,
Flat-top and Bandiscror Poor idents,.with other COOK
, IND STOVES, comprising time latest Improvements In
kitchen stoves, and intuud-d fur either wood or coal.—
Also, the Dining Room Cooking Stove.-a - new and ele
gant article. to which ho in , . Des the particular atten
tion of families. Ills cooking stoves range in price.fnan
$1 to 2!. with the liaturee complete. Also, Nine Plato
J3' yes of various patterns and different prices.
Also, lINANIELI.ED AND TINNED 15 ARE for Cook
ing Stoves, Dress Kettles, Ac. Also, every article in the
line of Tin and Copper Ware.' The public are respect
fully Invitgd to all as lie is confident with his large
stock,_varraty_and.cheapness of_bulng_ableirutheinn
"tiro satisfaction to every purcilaser. Call and - see.
, Oct.= 1854. • . M. MfMllllB
NE w S A, NV_ :under'L
slimed would inforre the public that tia has hi,
:d a Saw MEL three miles from Mount holly; on the
__roadjo Laurel Forge. and [Anew prepswid,to saw rittbe
various sizes of YELLOW PINE OAK and, CHESTNUT
dhieh are usimily'wanted. Ile Is slat( I We.
'pared to saw and furnish' Chestnut and Pine BEIM
(ILES to order. , " Also; - PLASTERING LATHS.' Those
desiring these articles are requested to amain their
• - Orders:,__.______,_—_.-_—B.
-
Papertowtrilifarch Mos. 1.
RW. G R . O C. R-R I E'g!--;-•
,
A choice 4,310e110n or ()coverlet' of ooerg veriety, Ins
eluding Spleen and.Teae dive Left added to our former
aesortmeut. !moult whiclu•teev be bed strictly , Priem
1110, JAVA,. i,Auu p t.k" , MOCIIA GOWVg
• tokelleer *Kb ettofteral eseurtment of • ••
• - I.IIIOIVN
leeluditut Cru•died,llr eulated., belyirleed.Und ciswv
Plod nlot:qir :New. (Iteeeo..:Furting' 4341,
Plurch, Nueterd, Chocolate, to: '. ALPO Green 4415111 ink
• -kur nate at klie lowest prlonseiVAll,lollirkir.bllll; ' '
'4IIIIIY •21t - Eby.
.
_
.'1!1 Of.) 118..- - -.l7lto',niiibiliiriket: UP
.
,hunt opeeeit e'rertety or I.44iras.
Long and Stem Illetiket-6uatle, 'l2et.httete:
Cash:nor" 11eue de L.llens, 411italtettio: ,•Cellteep,.llllalt.
kote; 4' to which he let ties the et.teutton el. the . be:
4
dive.r:' • 2 4. . • / 1 4TtitT 4 ','
Carlisle; Zhii. 26, 1666 •'• •
On hcndpa , "Oh I I cannot fruit to myself.",
• '
• I tho clonds above dip° lower—.:
Trust is thid:,
mi
If the tramit around thee iower,
Never !mot thou. feel their power,
thou, In_that otorroy,_hour,_
' Trust In God.
, _ „
— )3hodld'st - lhow hostkhe .1v of sorrow,_.
`Trnstin God.
If tho light of faith Ihou'li borrow,
Grief to thee "Vote Ito horror,
Aud will rants ere tho . nwrrow,
" Truot In God, t
---- When in . daeil and dark dfitross, , '
Trust In. God.
__.lVben thine oneniira oppreao..
TIE will nllthy wrongs redroaa,
And to Wee, thy sulierlnga Ideas,
'YAtat In God.
Does thy lot seem hard to bear? ' .
' • 'Trust in God. •
Kerer yield to sad' despair,
ONE there la 'who heareth prayer,
-
x^ Cast on Illaz thy s erery '
Trust in tied.
tiny, it!7. ' •
.')rlrtt
THE MURDERER'S PARDON
The winter of Mllictioti, the hot sun of- lbe
yin, arid fatigues of many n field of chivalry,
slintl robbed nix-and twenty suirimers.,.of_theii,
titlailsetne beauty, giving to
. the warrior Pil
grim.-on 4pparance-matured nnd.sellati. Tall
nn l.fincly proprirtioned, his 'mien was
digni
fied, while his features regular anddiandsome,
were touched with an eipreSsion of melancho
ly. Bin blue.eycs indicated a more northern
race than hie dark sun-buritt.eitin, dark motta
tacties'end Spanish costume. In the front, of
.hie • brond'llapped; wpwrirds turned. hat, he
wore a scallop shell, which showed that he
batbeen Vn'ii - pilgrirnage to the shrine of San
Jego de'Compowella: fle--rode'an Andalusian
jentiet, blank.esjet, excepting a white sitar in
the centre of the forehead, and a white ring
above- the hoof of the near hind leg. Al st;tno .
distance behind hiin rode, on an English Norse,
'ilia Discern !Oct, leading q; Spanish mule,
hauled with the baggaLearni arms of the Pil
grin). •
Guilt—deep and fearful crimes—but In their
enormity wholly unpremeditated, bad banish-,
ed voluntary exile from his' witive land.
In unthinking.,imPtesioned
in
of.
youth Ita had felicitated himself in the success
of n, midnight fraud ; but When the morning
dawned. mind the terrible truth became• known
to his victim, reason from that hapless fair.
one tied, and his own avenging brother fell be
. Heath Idemnwilling.sword.
J. B. KELLER
- IVI4 - what - deek'Onguielrinul he fled froth
that licence of horror! flow profound had
been hie ternorre, hoer truly peuitgat the fol
lowing years of his life!
As he vow traversed the border, of Hemp
shift., aid recognized oFjects familiar to
hirO in tote guiltless_ days of youth;. the plea;
aura they would have excited was eltangedinto
agony, as they reminded him with all the vie
itlneas.of actual presence, of that . one most
fearful era of his existence.
• The turrets, chistered chimneys, high roofi,
notched gables„and hay windows of n mansion
were seen, fora moment, through on 'opening
of the tress ; and more continually, from its
elevated site, the ivy-clad tower of a church,
the 111011 body of which was concealed
some Majestic limbs; the nun woe sinking be
hind the - dietani woods, and dartetra parting
beam on that battlemelited tower. The gold
en light faded away . ..and a purple haze every
moment deepened into a more sombre gloom;
that golden gleam Was like one moment of
life—that gloom. the years that follow—the
dwrk obscurity which rapidly Wet:spreads the
scene—the
. .
'fbci Pilgrim - groaned from deep and bitter
ngany of eoul.
. .
A turn in the, rend; and abruptly onelling
banks,-now shut out front the traveller's view
these distant objeots of deeply painftill
est,- ho.now-rodo-on-buried : in-t bought--
At length he was roused from his reverie by'
the loud baying of dogs:and looking in the di
rection from whence the sounds cams; he ob
served, at -It iftylong's distance, a cluster of
buildings, corn and haysineks,"a pend, st, fine
ash, nn aged, nlnt)tat
atuntea pollards A deep!y-rutted bine,. be
tween a thorn and a hedge,' with a dappled
green ditch on the right band, and n-wall of
(nose atones on the left, led to thiorurallu6e:.
stead: Deerous of a shelter for the night, he
turned up,the lane and soon reached the gate
f the farm yard. The house was one of those
long, rambling, high roof, thatched buildingi,
which in The sixteenth century. and long sub
sequent, was the abode of the snimtontial En
glMh yeoman.: in minnellon which was.
and running: off in ."capricinus irregularity,.
other balding, creations , forms .and
ditnen-
Mons, front the granary' to the cow - hOuse and
pig=sty; and beyond these a cluster of corn
suMident Magiiitadeto-provn
the 'rural Wertlth of the owner. -
• 'As the traveller approached, the large mas
tiffs, chained in the y4d,growled, end the
tinrestraine'd Ours and tertiers ran to meet
kite', yelling and' barking Incessantly. The
Yeotrieti;Vmself, - with two' or, three children,
and a farm servant, etoorl in the yard, gazing ,
on the itkirenoltingipri4bilin. anent wonder,
but he was' courteous and idand in his man
:nere,:and when he craved shelter for himself
and seriant,fur - tke night, the farmer dropped
kitt.,fearit of.freebooters,•.anff opened his gate
_with a-tranli , and , kindly welcome The Mule
Mute
tmlendedi. and :the - lariner's lade - taking
site tibarge.or cattle , Diego gladly follow=
ed his master into the '
Whgd "illiltlor had finished.
repel nod was asated'on elfish. be eked settee
I to ; the Agl4.r iltsl7.l
I 41 1 4* . . " 11 i!,1 1,, 04*kort":gtilltnt'ar ei c tlie'cn 7
blob. weeittli t t.tho w itine
awoke trona ttlirte'aited
mother of the yeoman; knitting with
4
. s . aLg..
pott
"For the Herald."
TO "MAT,"
ETEIZZ3
CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESAOI:, MAY 2 . 0, 1857..
gable' industry a large stocking of
led The go . p4 wife Was still bustling about,
and two comely' wenches were putting 'Ale
haute in order'; while, leaning against a log
land high dresser, were three Or !four youths,
whose sleek and rosy faces, and vacant 'f3.3L
, p n of - countenance, were strongly cob. ;
trapted with the swarthy and shrewd visage of
the Itiscayau valet, who stooda little, distant ;
kora where'ljia c iiikiitOiesi. •ThO young
dren - Ware •seeted-onstOols—of.-on—the_fl..
amusing thamselvesvith a kitten, but oeoa
siotin~l~-eteaTiog-a look ' q..learfuLinquiry_ at
,the travellers.
The:itrangeriett'snme! time musing; his ,
eyes fixed on the crackling and blaiiug MOW ;-
which' fitfully lighted the more proMinent ob- •
jects in the irregularly built chamber,. while • .
it left others inimpiivions gloom: At length'
be 'addreased . some observations to his host
matters likoly to be interesting to- him, tind,
in the course of a somewhat desultory cOilver. • ;
saion, let, fall that he bad hitnoelf, recently
arrived frost Spain, and not being prepsed.for,
time on bisjournerto London, would like to
tarry. a few days at the fermi •if agreeable to
the host. After-kundry deprecatory apologies
for the lowliness of the abode and fare for 'a
gentleman of the stranger's 'supposed rank,
his-proposition was agreed . to The 'point,be• 1
'Mg arranged, the stranger again spoke of the
eurroundiUg country, and lit lost mentioned
.•
the ivy-clad tower Of, the church he hod 'seen
in the distauce with the . castellated mansion
- '1 hewer like to look ttt either,' said the fitr
mer, ' nnil em gi si ltienot'ourparleh church.'
•` Why ?' said the stranger, - end, the next
moment seemed to regret Oat haled
the Ties - lion. —7-7"
• • ISOcause you see sir, l -- Itived — the — old --
knight,' said the fernier, • ho was R good friend
to me When n, friend was most' needed
The stranger shaded his eyes from the fire,
* but did not speak._: •- • '
. .
I henri' i resumed - the farmer, that the
heirs-at-lair are clainang theeetnte . ,.nd though
Bloater Charles were ren4 ilfiad2 - • •
And so he is,'-said the goodwife stopping
in'the middle of the y It vensi - out of
nature that , n ship could_ever cross the sea
grill, such is fiend ou board—the blessed
Vie
gin forgive, toe.' .
.• Hui& thy peace, Bridget, holdihy peace !'
said the farmer, thou knoweat not what thoW
sayest.'' •
• Not-know-!'-raid-Bridget; mming-forward,'
• then I should like to know who should know
don'[. Was not my pool..sister—Heaven
rest her soul! sworn lAssip to Alice Mnyfield,
the still woman of. fi l iation, and did not Alice
tell-the wh . ole rights of the story. .to my poor
sister, and aid hot Kitty tell them all to me I
not know, in feed I' . .
IV &f r ay, you, beard enough I donht not,
said the former; but I don't beliore all I
hear.' • .
• Then you ought to lie ashamed of yourself
for.douhting honest folks,' Said Bridget ; 'but
I suprioge you ain't enj the poor deur young
lady did not go'stark staring mad!'
•
The stranger gninned. .
And that Incarnate fiend, Master Charles,
did not clay his brother?. continued Bridget;
but looking nt the atranget instead of at her
husband, and as she thus plunged into the re.
ry middle of the tragiCal story; th• various
members of the family silently closed atoned.
' The'r• nits •some sad mistake,' said the
farmer
•Dlistakel! oiled his wife.• .Whitt were
they mistaken who . found Mister Edward run
through the body with his own brother's
sword? Were they mistaken who watched
the poor crazed lady"? Was
_the 'old father
mistaken When he followed his on and her to
the grave, and was laid dOWn.: in it, himself,.
within three short months .of 'that serpent
Charles having done nil these horrors?'
The strap ger abruptly !paella walked from ••
the cottage. •
The wife looked nt her husband, end the
husband at the wife.
• Thou art always talking about What' thou
knowest nothing of.' said the fdvmet
•If I had I should not have been heeded,'
nail the dame niguffionntly.-•
heal, to nieltt for nehndY-kunettl,witaletrm•! ,
• 1 1kilit, goody.' vaidthe fernier.
A I beg_pardon, going
r atan,' Said the wife'
t he 111 loastin,_...l2.ls;llltia." our_ mete
• Non Itigleei, aonare,'. replied the Spaniard,
•
,
bowing. . . .
, • I never heard iiio name before,' . . said the
good, wife.. • What do you eoy is your mas
ter's 'Mine r . .
• ---• Nnn-Ingletti.-.senora,'—wan--the.
none oilier could she obtain f um the honest
It'scaynn.
• I believe he can't speak &OA,' 'sold the
good wife to her husband, • nhlch iv a proof,
that he is no hotter than his trineder, and so I
think the. moner we send them both irpacking .
the better.' -
"Tile stranger re-entered, the oottare,.Lie
face, in spite. of a southern sun, wee pallid,
his eyes heavy, and the expression of I'M noun
tenence full of melancholy. The fanner filled
a horn of nut brown. ale, and presented it with
a kindly winner to his _'guebt, who 'declined •
not the well meant otter; but' the-good wife . ,
heti certain yagneamapiolune 'and dmaginings,•
tossatiaty_whichleieitould_noldikki,a-stNeq •
„,.•
•' So, as l wee saying, air,' and she addressed
herself directly..:to the eirtioger, When poor,
Minima's Amelia died—J. " , L ••'• •
Tha strangeragain raised hie 'bend to hie
foiehead: !This' brlllipt hearted' mld• knight '
had her name put on the coffin se the lawful
wife of his pop' mitidered eon—what
think - orthat, air P. , , ••• '
Think estid,,the stranger, turning 'bia•
and looking ao wildly, in'" bee Ince • that ••,
the good Witetataited two pacesbeck., PThinkf
why ip.that Was the matlimeamethe_wholef-,t
• ' TIM bloated Virgin protect tui P.ejactilated- =
the joint" wife, why they were . not all •
The ; r'ecoverin ' g himself, returned
hie fu merapitsitiou i_a
think; Lair; Allister 'Charlet' knew,:
thisi ',were married I'. said - the good wife', after
• • . • • •
- sdpasise, with : th e fetnininetact at cross ex.
xmtuleg, fur hitch settja, members of the legal:::
- lengrotiti so greatly pique . t tuselvvs.,
• if he 101 l lie 'could intieed bate been-the
EINI
lend ion bave:atided_hint,!,o34 jbe stranger
•Then as he was a fi•letatif yonte, Ole,' said
the giOd 0df!,... seppostiou.., don't think
'here was any berm in4de goiOvunder cover
of the-tight, tied paseing,hirnyelf tte bia broth
because; he,,iia not knOte.:fbe ,pnor orphan'
adopted by histatheieree that' . brotheel. law
ful wife r • '
. ,
.!onwin! why 'speak youthuel'... efdd ,the
etriiiger,etenily. WOUld !NOV
_rest" .d the .excited-Solkeei,
' Con you root r
,
The istrunger rosa, but rearming sus selfi
p ion,•he returned his atel f end seemed
to forget - am presence of the person'; who •hint
ro greatly excited ekkain hie frank
and single-minded host, of tittle, corn, and
pasteree: leaning the boatennao tenth) about,
muttering and , glancing at hiMAyels of suspi
cioninci o . drencl. 4 _l3nt_tter4etirt..lws:_n' at_
unkind, and forgetting her tlOn c t . .,;eho went
andii
i.epared ber.brat fuel for,the• stranger,'
and - When she . again - appronoliP - Ithe-kitoben
fire the abaohitely started an -- teholiiirg her:
youngest and favoilte child, n, boy between
three and frier years of age, standing on the
stranger's knees and laughing and playing
t. •
with his moustnohes.
. . ,
*Come to me Willy,'Faid tb mother , with
voice and manner as don't her beloved
were in the hands of the evil 4e. .
But the child heeded She took
hold of his right arm,) intie me,laintoy.,!
she etid coaxingly. .
Attirdi...nj stop and
sleep
with gemletnnu—naughtY. ummtuy hot
mnke bed for nobody: , ' ,
The gond_wife_Coiored;and looked for aino•
went in the now mildly emiGng and GnnJsome
face of.the stranger—eo benutifui, he could
itothe-bad!—it.wattliniposiittle.L.__Tiieeeirtir.
chords to it icornon'r heart, which, if toueled,
are yodre—no metier whet elee.you he;
--Frei' this moment all allusion to the trn - gir
and events,:ef bygone years wore carefully
avoided, and the - stronger during some days
sojourned at the farm in uninterrupted quiet.
Um chief gratification appenrekto . he . in Aerie.
trading the depths of theforest, in w,bichl he
Would wander for many hours apparently • eh:
sorbed in thought, so much so -that. when
.hte
- path' was occasionally crossed by . a: anuatry , '
'man he seemed - unconscious of the .-respectful
animation with which he, - would be :greefed.
,Frequently bad he approached that desert•
Pd mansion, and the iry,claddower, andfield
.f sepulture, and he had noVonee entered'
heir immediate precincts. Ile had iiadeed
,stoned to' the garrulous chroniolings of the
'geil sexton, who, with bonne4 hind, had'
naked him to enter and !ea tootribs, and
•von the ball of which. he bad tbo charge;
and when those offers were d t +ed, !lateens'
-d desirous of piquing the Idr/tiger's' curiosi'
y : by relating many wonderoun events of pot .
tenenttions ;but none of which'were so, truly
ppalling as the fatal One whieli t has al-,
eady dimly sketahed, thin iail tale. : With
ill tts coloring, the stranger Liia.tened with
nostrained Oeinpoiire, but offered neither bi-:.
erruption nor comment; but
: when after a
hart silence, the sexton said, •
l'ilaster - Cbarlea was a fine, generous spirit
.l(l. youth. I can even ., jet scarcely believe
ihn capable of such fearful deeds-L'-if he he
- live what a sorronful heart he must have
toor fellow !Lhis good father prayed God 'to
•
forgive him.
The'etranger breathed with difficulty:
• °id - forgive said the Sexton.--
• Gild forgive him !' murmured the strangcc,.
and drawing bin bat over hia brnyr, and touch
ing, in doing no. the sonleoP of
. San Jago de
Compoetello, he turned slowly away. and: wan
soots !oat in the deepening shades - of the for• .
eat. .
•• A fine autumnnl day woe l and
the stranger,• buried'in thought,.'was still
wandering in the forest. For enure time tliO
clash of swords, nod briefojaculationa of hu
man voices, close at: hand, were ' wholly un
heeded, ro completely wee the agency of the
•external settees in abeyance .to the profound
operations - zaf - nll- absorbing . 'mind, •_ n
ierchig shriOk ient - the gates
, of temple,
rid he started, completely a.nakened to, sir.
_minding circumatances. Ile had ptinetrated
lit very de the of the'foresi. itt.trrhich -huge
aka, throwing; their. kneeled and, fantnstio .
inns around; ) gave with their (ined foliaget
horror-to-the- seene.--11e-heleldiT-leliti.
ing against a massive tree, a young and lama
tiful female, irO,rwhelmed with ; terror, and
gazing on a cavalier of moat noble presence,
who was manfully contesting. with. his con-,
Iran de obrisse..agninat the combined migmatite
:of..two_powerlul and viioreil.tueli,..ortned with
cu)-and:thrtist ewards. ,• •
• The 'wronger could not doubt .a Single-in
stant on which Ode be should array himself,
and drawing' hie highly tempered' ateel,of far
raw,' Toledo, sprung forward itt the succor
of - the cavalier. Although' time' placed, •Iti
point of numbers; Mien equality, the ruffians
did not give up the contest, but seemed to
rely on their more gigantic, frames as superior
to the more slight and elegant Proportions of
the cavaliers. • lint in this they soon found
their error. tud their blood..began to 'flow
•friim.soula severe woundii, bri4 tittering d ma'
tun' signal cry, they 'suddenly Started Off' in'
dircoduos,opposite and iu tilow
Thon tieet. done well,' oalictlie•oevoliee to
hie dellt;eeee., * • ' '
The dtwiger, drew :';'hipleelf • leek edz
life Intel ally, and then, without motlelng,. tile
wattle, approai;hed the lady they had mooned.
ger heart seemed., too : full , tor utterance ;
at lenfth alie n happily ;burst into 11, flood rot
tearect-.-• •
. , .
By holy ;the tips
prosehing, thou h eef done dm good sereiee, ,
*Mob slialftiot be forgotted,: , Odd fish I whet'
e eorepelwitalts with those big-boned knaves
—gisitneroY ! an you Itad not otur?„,,
eve. had enOw , on' toy heads ;—pretty demo's,.
.tide; :whet in the fiend's name tuutight
, you
into.the midst 'of this forest with two nutsited
ruifiuns proetioefluierir
The ladyspeag,.;.
," Is she a ;grinner to
their
• . . . . .
••• *tievii;.tiiii'.her,in:iny before,,,,,rep_ljed
ifie efivelfei. "Lost uiyselt iii, luntieg, mud,
elluni4leo oil those • rtifftiitir limo to
•
ere too late, thi foul ~assnult ;—she's befititi
faith,'but - Hike not teare—they spoil
thc
~ eies;Labgeri ye, cheer. ye, lody,'we'll
haro•aid anon.' And so saying, he taloa 'a .
silver bugle to his. lips, and sounded a call •
that awoke, a -snore of . echoes in the foreet..
These no sooner died,away, thhn other horns ..‘,
were beard, and by and by, a crashing .:thra'
the trees, nod tra mpling of horeee; end yet
littie'irhila and li . unterii gaily apparelledlinme
by. ones; twos , and threes, galloping t o the
spot, who all, no they :arrived, . dotted:lb - el
plumhd bonnets to the envWier ;
: .Ode Ash! my gallante,' he said,, with - ith•
patient gesttire, .1 owe you marvellous
thanks! I should have been dead Richard
but for this brave fellow I' •
.My liege said . one; thr s oci.ing himself
from Waiters°, and berullink his knees to gm
youn gic r ing..llnrvyithe_Eighth,J_we_ have .bee
traveraing the forest in all dirootions search!.
for your-Pince.'
- Adike-not such hooded -hawke,!,„gaid:tha
king. 'But aa to you, Stanley=—and -thereat
mark ma- 2 -I will grant this.gentleman.a..boon,.__
when to ye I may say nay.' So, turning to
the traveller,: he said, ;Kobel bravo' pilgrim
from San Jag°, what boon thou asliest, were
it the : brighieft_jewef t of my crown, on a
Kings royal word it shall be granted,' •
The stranger bent his loft - line°, and said
looking in the king's-face, "My liege it- is the
brightestjegrAil: in your crown I claim.'
'Ha I.'. exclaimed the king: '
• "Tin mercy 1' said the kneeling pilgrim.
.So.won, ab pledged, so naked,' replied the
rtionareh,..thou host it were- thou krnitor-to
our-mownand fife.' • •
- 'Venm aultKniciuity-•God shield me,' said
the pilgrim. `Mine"ia n private crime of deep.
eat die.' : . •. • -
'I griere.to heir such acknowledgment of
guilt from one of such noble bearing.' said .
lisury.; •;hut my royal word is _plighted, and
the great.sealahall - confirm thy pardon. 99d,
not man must be thy judge.'
'My future life ,PII.III speak my gyntitude,'
inja, the - pi grim ; 'and mv jtmiltence
cats the wrathful judgment of God.'
‘_
.'Arise, and toll me Who thou art,' said the
2 'Charles• Brandon replied the pilgrim,
standing erect.
'Mr Charles Itrencion I' - exclaimed--the
Klng,'ltti'd v ittl the 'courtiers looked with
creamed curiosity of the pilgrim 'I hare
heard the tragedy of Thy houee ;
_beswrew me
but.thy cunning feint had a doleful end; but
thou shalt tell me the tale thyself. I
thou art 'perked for adventures I—here le our
fair resoued demoiselle who bath gotten half
o dozon-Vnights to console her, while We are
waning time on perogative.'.. Fair lady, we
shall mount you on' a gently-pnoltig palfrey,,
and escort you to ypur home, if eo it pleases
The rescued lady wee with all care eeeorte4 .
to her borne, and from the hour of.:that meet
ing, with the king, the' deep grief of the pile
„grim _began. to soften. and -theit. arose ;the
bright star of Charles Brandon's splendid for
tune.
'THE LOST. PEARL
"The gorgeims Emit, with richest band, •
Showers ou her kings barbaric pond and gold."
• - . JimoN.
It was somewhere in the hat quarter of
the last century, that Charles Pemberton; the
younger.son of an ancient but imPoverislied,
family, baring committed the old fashioned
folly of marrying a young lady, for no better
qualifications than beauty, sense, and good. ,
noes, without regard to those worldly oonsid•
orations which modern prudence deems Ind's..
pensalde, esteemed hiiiiself wait, fortunite to
inherit, through the bequest of a distan't rela•
tire, a entail estate in the Island of Ceylon ;
and to obtain a commission inn Dutch regi
ment serving in that 'colony,lin which in the
course of fourteen or fifteen•years; he attained .
tlies•rink•'Of lieutenant colonel.
Living, chiefly upon his own property, about
a mile from , the beautiful village of Negumho,
amongst - some of the -firiVatecenery -of Ceylon-.
(which the inhobitants • imagine to have been
the nbodSrif nu rfirst parents, the paradise:a
Abe old world) ; enjoying-an - 'elegant-compe- ---
tenee,sind all sufficient to each other.:Colonel
and Dire. Pemberton would have' considered
. t . inunselves blessed beyend
humanity, in spite uf their banistaitent .from
the country they loved so dearly, and i the so- •
rimy they wore so, 'well Sid:minted to adorn,
but for the . great•evil of earitertollinates,lite.
811000IAVU deaths of several promising chil
dren. "Fire fine boys anti girls had they fol : -
towed to-tlac - grave ;- xud-tbo - only-one-who'
nos; remained -to them wits their little son;
iYillinigi a child 'remarkable for his affection
ate temper, his intelligenae add his beauty ;
upon whom both: parentsdoted, more partion
larly,perhapsAis mother, whose own health
had been considerably injured by the, repeat-.
ed trials which lier'fitaternal feelings had Ura. -
deigOkle. • • " ' •
No tutor :had tMen , provided for Willy,
whop' they , intended-hereafter to bend to . Eng
land for education' 'Meanwhile lila father,,
taught him, 'when at home in , the intereals - of"
duty,' whilst, ?sinberton supplied his
place in Iris : absence ; hilt the active, lively .
boy was Much aboulin thtlitinnainois pinata: .
.tione-(ju!tt,thea_t_nitining to
.. be Cultivated ,
by' the few British fosidentsjOn the ielands,)
.which, wereseuperintended by aCpiglese, call
ed ViElll}l,•lll'man:qii4markable quioltaess-and
much apparent fidelitY; whilst on 'longer ex !,
minions, tie wee put In 'Amite of, a superior .
domestic servant, a lidalay, by the name of
°attire; ;rho, by hie pliancy of manner, and
powers, of atiiiisetnent,hadgreatlY ingratiated
him,riirqiifi4olo,llbg Master. - :
the , o9lonel'it confidence in
these, deptindents,`-eePeetaiiyhi" .
there . ocknisigrint ,expression th e
eye:cifthe to •,
Ceileetionthe,eindlotivitiestoi ids rase ;---but''
Stich !lufvgrily
and mire, thai ft entire
to . fiud, intrine„.cot:traeted for the-
Safe of,eoint„ettentiel oil of Main:len (tilfratsiS
ed from, stioheragmentatiahappen to lie; titok='
en.6ff in ,, pnehing._up' the b,ilee ) ,, and barin g::
seen, jt aeinill.v.inensure!l and ready lot de.
1 111 0 h 01 4 belf-d-der , 4lbettiei.of. this value
—•
ble 'oil, which senietimessalls as .high,as ten ,
.
pounde British `a—Pint, were missing;, and•
that upon subjecting all concerned, to an -ex
amination, two of 14verypeouliar bottles, in
which the oil bad been ootitaincA, were found
in a•norner.ofl7itma's hut, behind the earthen
vosaeis used for 'cooking rice! Onotiter
wits bidden between the brass - basin:and the
peeiles mortar, *hero_ the ',spices are
'Pounded, upon the bench which surrounded
the apaitriieni, and: formed with the articles
-whiatrwelmvcrenutherated-rnearly—the whole
of its simple furniture. The bettleevrere ; riat
merely • distinguishable - by — their -fabricrend.
shape; but the strong aroma of the precious
commodity, and even a few . drops loft in the
bottle; proved thatthey had.been secretly-and
hastily emptied of their 'contentsf_ and , that
Vienni-the trustedsuperintendent of this val
itable_panufactori,-iva's-himselithe-thief.
After one simple but earnest denial .of the
charge—a denial to Phioh hie master made no
other.reply than pointing to. the. concealed
bottlopp 7 thedelinquent : attemjited pd_ferther
defenee„, but- resigned ;himself tranquilly
whatever punishment the JaWn might decree.
That , extremity was,"however , averted by the
intercession of Willy; whose urgent entreaty
for : pardon for his,friend was ec far complied
with, that Colonel Pemberton antented hitn
self with dismissing the favoured eervnat,
I Whit had set so flagrant an example of (Helton-
I °sty to the labourers under his charge. •
!RemeMber,' said his mnster, impressively,
when pitying the weges due_t c : .. hm and die
charging him Ii•om - his . rrer,vioe, 'Remember,
thatl have abstained from punishing jou at',
the earnest B,l4Mit - Miens' of this child; but
that if you ever again come before MC for any
act of theft.or fraud, ,the obastieement Will be
exemplary.' V,inna listened in silent enb
e
and departed.
Fur awhile , the boy missed his kind and
.
pleasant face in the cinamon plantations .
and
about the home grounds; .but the. griefs of
childhood are enviably 'brief, - - and he had
nearly fergotton his old playfellow, when •he
Was thrown 'unexpectedly in his Wiry many
Months afterwards, in a visit-paid "by himself .
and hie' father, attended, by Gritura,,' to the
. ,
pearl flskeky at' Condntobx . • ,
gay anclpleasant ACene ras'ihis . pearl
fishery. Thousands of persona, of all .colours
-and nations, in the piituresque costumes- of
the Emit, trowel the rich travelling mereliants
who supply the great jewellers of our Europe
an cities, to the poorest of the Cingleee worn-,
en and children, vrho hover around the sieves,
and pour for days over the heaps of sand
'which have been thrown'›eide, in hopes -of
lighting upon the emptiest seedling pearl;
crowd the streets of the temporary town, (at
other times a mere fishing village,) weshing,
sifting, boring, drilling, squabbling, and bar
gaining, in etery variety { of dialect and jargon;
all intent upon the beautiful luiury 'destined
to add a costlier splendour to the monarch's
erewa,atalrerercharmtaihi.brow of lleattly..
'Willy was delighted ; all the more delighted
that he met his old friend Vinna, and that
Vinna had been • singularly' prosperous. • A •
speoubiting merchant had not only engaged
divers on his own account; but had employed
persone.to, examine the nand that hid been
thrown lly after passing, or being'suptiosed to
pass,,ihrough the selves. Vitals had been
;fortunate enough to- discover,
,in a portion
which must have been spilled before being sub
jected to that process, a peer-shaped pearl of
such size•and beauty, ne had not been found
off the coast of Ceylon within the memory' of
the oldest 'trader connected with the fishery,.
An agent of the King of Candy, specially•des-•
patched• . by his royal master for the purpose
of obtaining euchn jewel, to gratify a fanoy ex
pressed by his favorite wife, who wanted such
one to complete a set of ornaments, was at
that• Moment treating for it with his employer.
Vinna ran to procure it to 'show to the boy,
and placed it on a crimson shawl to display
the shape nod oolour tti . the test 'advantage.:
At entreaty, Colonel Pemberton also
admitted to admire the treasure, attended by
Gawk, who had occompanied • them .to Con
Satoh) , ; and _a little crowd of merchants and
natives gathered round 'the place, enlarging
upon, its inerits, •nonrvgingAtt: - Vitina's •good
tortoni, or rather the extraordinary luck • of
his employer, and won.lering hotvliiiany de
gine Urokirellirsiiiiis, a porirrafeact7iiiiiini:
Ludo could have cusped from the Helves.'
, .
Whilst thesaissistrints; in the heat of their
discussion, stood divided into separittegrouna,
and Colonel Ponberion, at Willy's entreaty,
wits speaking with a grave nod measured kind=
ness to Vinun. his emp_ll,ver and' the agent. of
the King of Candy baying concluded their bar
gain, returned for the pearl. They applied
to Vinnn, who motioned to the shawl whic'i lie
had deposited on the top -of a high covered
banitut •close behind him. The basket wee
-there, and tho-shawl ; but the pearl waegone!
The constriation,wns general, Vilma wiung
his hande'in agony; the buyer . and seller of
the precious commodity were in equaldisrna .
Ev!.ry men !Oohed- suspielotisly on his fellow.
Bain° ; .itotee . 'amiused. Gittura,
who had stood niaareet to 'the basket upOn .
which the'vilunble jewel had been-so unhap
pily left; Insisted' ea . , vehemently upau 'being
acarehed, that rattier, pacifY, him ,and rid'
themeelvelo(ttie clamour, than from any 090' 7
five m lul l t, LisTteee aatT person were, ae,
liedeelred subiented-,to - st very:rigoritnre,xatni ,
matron; notblE4,' of course being fann4
oilld.implicata him in any way In the daliti:
In the meantime, Abe-less inectiestal 'Wren
toren,' who. had before been louV . the
preesion of their astonishment 1- that - such
pearl could be feand is such a tweilierVbegai
to gather round , Colonel' Pemberton, to exam=;
inn . into the. character ,Vinne, whom
t hey.uhderitead, T froM' whet ' , had; passed
tweed thaw . ,,, to. been heretofore
by bun , Lnd horns ; while serride. The
agent of the isiti g .oo a ndy, the , purchaaer' (if
the' pearl, 034 it . ta:.ociaottl ator 'who hatt scad" It,
altoltiq; I t tlialitania.`,eieW,". , • Wtili,l
who child at ho wite,:. - eaW the tarn :ther
tei.e tierdabout to taki,':4oii&l:iti,.4i9i;YOX
to sttt .
'tentartlehis ft:iend:"''"r
an, Vince I go With
it Midden start, and a momentary pause, Vio.L
on obeyed,the injunction. , He .dhiappeared . •
among the crowd; and,.by the time that 'the
.queetions that 'Ehnen interebtod had . extiected
team Colonel Pb'inbeiton the ca uee
~ of
missi;l, And that twe-or three of the
termined called out to arrest him;
made suob good ficeOhis time, era coraPletelY .„•'•
every effort of his pursuers: hie flight;, • r. -
.whifit It , saved', biro from 'almost inevitable ~ •
pUnisluireni, Prodhoing upon, every body, -ex
cept Willy, who did-battle manfully in his be- •
- bait-the most - completeconriotiOnof
It .seemed'aseertain that he.'had 'stolen the •
pearl-porbaps, that - he - had -twice-Mien it= as that he had stolen the oil of cinnamon: -
No one believed,inthe possibliity of hie itinn:
- sense; except - tint' •
The,boy and bie father returned to. Negum, -
no ; and, in a 'little 'while, the colonel was, •
'ealledlifisly on service and Mrs. Pemberton
being in delicate health, `Willy was left much
tothe Care of Gatlin; who spared no pains in"
hisiendeavor to win „ the favor- et the _
and spirited boy. He oonstrncted a Pad
which to take him before him on a blood, •
-horse, belonking to the 'oolenel, and carried ; -
him every diy, upon some 'excursion-.to the . ,
cocoa groves (or topes!) or the 'dreary forests •
which surrounffed,theif hnliitatien. -• One, day; j.
be kook him to see t h e manner in which wild •';•,
elephants are caught; and Willy 'wits delight
ed with,.the sagaeitir , and 'affection displayed
by one of the, tame ones, .who apparently'scc
ildgnisingnn'oldoffinpriniois in the largest
I . those that had been ensnared;-aotually opened
the fastenings-of-the gate for the' release', of ,
Lino friend ; time Showing, although enslaved -•
himseli,•bis sense
..of the rattle of4rCedotn.
Hilly was 'enchanted ; and on Gatura'ndirell
log upon 'the grandeur and of a blau ,
le'hunt;.,rieronceased importuning,the Malay
„ L
„
I.to afford .hlm that gratification. • ,
, One fine 'morning,. secordingly.theY_set forth
professedly to nituels•thie remarkable specie
°le.:. The high-brad steed carried' them rapid- .
ly through the Cocoa tope; into the very depth
of the forest • No - sign appeared of. the bun
iere; but pleased' with the benuty•of the ace-
Uery, the. golden rays of the Jun darting
through- the shaddock and-the tamarind, :and, -
resting on the beautiful fruit of the - jembon,
'arilitritused by the variety of brint coloured
jorgedus butterflies, •she' boy took
no iiole of the distance. At fast as the day -
sijltaneett; tbe_Claitns of hunger began to be ,
felt, and heintimatid-to-Outuralis desire tti
return home. , .
Home!" said the Malay, in the low no
cent of bitter hate; 0 , you never shall return.
Do you remember the day—you, child as you
are, may forgot;
.. but, on my memory that day ;
is burnt in characters of fire--Srlien for strilc
ing flak horse, ay, this very horse, as 'Colonel
Pemberton, my master, your father, • Was
pleosed•to think over bard, be snatched the'
whip from my hand, and struck me, ay, lash- i
ed me with it, as if I had been a beast ? I .
grasped ihe• crease in my bosom; but that
would, have been a brief and common ven
geance: I have 'waited ',for such revenge
may endure; anrh:ow my hour ootne. 'You
too; young air! you were pleased to read out
of some story book to your mother that pearls
might be hidden in the mouth ; that stripping
the dress and searching-the - person. was no se-
cued) against a skilful thief! Homo you •
shall never comodo tell your fatherthat dole,'
unless, indeed, yhu can win your way through
the beasts and reptiles, the snakes - anil-dlia
panthers of this funk 'Down with you, sir!
Do not.cling.nrotind the in thieZniatinrr! Let ••
go my sash, or I will cut salty those little •
hands ! What noise is that I Off with you
say!" .
And frightened at some real or imaginary
noise, Gnturn dashed the struggling child to ,
the earth and rode rapidly away, leaving in
the bdy's• betide, the shawl sash; by which he
had hung aodightly; and which lied been fohh
ed aft‘r - the oriental fashion round the waist
of the Malay. A small packet dropped from
was the MM. pearl . ! .
Hungry 'and bewildered as "ho was; the .
stout hearMsitoy lest neither his oourage•uae.'..-
hie mind, He pocketed the '•pre•••
ciouit jewel, plucked the unripe fruits"td ap- • •
pease the neudings of appetite, and tried with:
tdl his might to retrace the way, by which he.
had virile, and to turn hank to his home but
for beyond hie own knowledge lie Only plung•
ed deeper and deeper , in, the forest, . lie
'avoided, however, with remarkable sagacity`
and botdness; the frequent dangers from
snakes and wild anitnuls,took refuge, tindern
talipot tree' from A storm, which sent the
shriekirig for-mouse, to the 8111110 'friendly
slielter.;..and retnembering that the
Cinglese sotnetithes constructed their. habita
lions fur security on,,theditanclies of trees ho_,
What was the agony of the bereaved moth. ,
er during that long and solitary
.eight ! Ga..
tura hod riot returned, and wholly uncouclous
of hisdretichery.-elie imagined that some fatal
• necident bad happened to him and his charge.
'Messenger after messenger did she despatch -
in every direction ; Colonel Pemberton • was
;- and every intiana taken that the -
inast_tuirdoiwaffeetien_tie_uld dielate,
cover Missing•child.
lie, meanwhile, wandered on, subsisting on .
wild finite by day., and sleeping in trees by
until lie had tditarly reached the boun
daries of Candy. • lle, 'too, pool child, was •
betirt sick aid home sick. The high' courage
wide thinherited from.his father, roused of
the'approatili of danger- ' .but 'at other me
me to, footsore, weary, bruised .by.fals, and
t n by: bushes, his spirits. Bagged, And hie
strength 'Was exhausted. : Gee day litr. was
pa sing by some bruiliwook,Which half • con;
'sealed the entranim to id lOw cavern,'a furious •
butfslo ; ' pausi n g g up track in the f•'•
est, an for 'an' insiant;'lowired 'his
le A tt . th attack . the chiltl‘'.; Another _thothent
-and! Willy, won't' have been . gored , hie ,
horns, or' tossed into the ; but a, man
tondred from the eavern, end,-seizing the child'
withxino arm, ISM the other flung, piece of
olotb (part--eirdilirtiwn-garetentirever-ltte—
head...of the,bulFsloblintlittg hithittclantingl4 .- '
fug - his haus, so- that ihn boy nod hde'preserv-7
Nor had fame to retreat hitt; AIM come, the:At....
t
trance to whit% wag foe low.WO'adthlt 'the en
raged animal. Williwsssaved ;And, hinting
to thanktitiefriend to whose boldnevaduid
tlress'hth owed his Wei' he hint Into tiara of
dellgbe,tilipped-hie littie bands; dogethey . and.
dear r dear Vines
.
21trett Vinak.,bonding!
tankotfat'aalutiliOn; tilth'idairtas folded up
'on )4 boetihr4 ,atood , hathe . :Prottaitne - of the,
beautiful., yore „ Pandian • king... , " 3 She'
.listened to'bfalittle story„ app Ifetened, pity
ingly Tot? she mitt woitant bud ti 'niotber.~
She protuitoad the grace of oonciouir pow
Cr; , anti nobly did oho ratleet p her., pratallte„, .-.„'
.10.trediCait all Vintfa'n bar as
r-'13 0 1 .1 Fd 11 1.0' 01 . 1 0 ! etlalutiow
Gaiutalo I,(4vesfineff;' or A1104..e4y1,;..',
aiiJ
,r it b regatti .16 Chit , earl or.
pearls,.; the',
041 0 ' 60 7 i , i I 4', taut - Twin ' t ti
tuf - fliot •olettourei , Ao !nod hirit home , to ,bli
(Koffman pureria, la den pOiauts,
olooont p.an lod by Idabiu've . .-proverver.,. tfie • .
faithful (litigious. , -'," , '
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