The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-15

COnuden-
tiai nature, aud including variety of mpotans obi
CATIONS. though was itranger ~ the particulars
Ny holt did noS enquire when had heard iron, my
| iath-r. He might indeed have received letters as
lately as could have done. But he did ak me
reipeelns his health, his vgor his ien,iments, his
habits, ,houald n,inutir which ocular inlpec-
ZION alone qualify man fp-ak. Ii is 70 natu.
rli tor friend to be anxious about thee, and think
he never can talk hear enough upon thefe inte-
! reiine topics!
| After having buiily employed ourfeves 10 difco-
vering and examining the various memorable obeta.
which occurred in route, pailed quietly
ahd hlently along the lake. Ii deep and mar
row water, about nine miles in length, and ikirted
on both iides with rocks lncommouly wild and TO.
mantle; fo'ne perpendicular, iome itre,chng over
cur heads, aud intercePtng the view OF the upper
ky, and clothed FOR the mott part with foreits of
| beech and pine, that extended themfelves down to
the very edge of the water. The lake was as inooh
as ehrytal, and the archng prscipises that ncoled
1t gave peculiar folemnty to the gloom. AS
palied near the Chapel Of re the bell haprsned to
toll forth, as if for funeral. lie found full !;
the elect melancholy each reverberation of the me-
tai was prolonged among the echoes of the rocks
This continued for about ffteea minutes, and then
ceafed.
We were attended by only two rowers and
iteerman, labourers in the fields and garden Of
NJ Rufgny. Shortly after we had pafTed the chapel,
the rowers iuipended their iabour, and we gldei in
ilence over the We had been 70 buiied in &c.
ton and converiation during the whole of the morn
ing, that the ftiline.s which fucceeded ieemed
perfectly enforced and natural. funk into deep
revere. thought of William Tell and the glorious
founders ut Swfs liberty; and thosyht of the iinple
manner, which fi prevail in the primitive cantons
teit as it were in the wideit and mott luxaran. of
the uninhabited ilands of the South Sea. ! wa, oit
IN vi!ions of Parable, of Indications and bowers A.
monst the eeeitial orbs, of things supernatural and
remote, OF the unincumber-d fprits of the vrtuous
and the quit, of the pure rewards and enoyments of
happier tate. had forgotten Switzerland, and
NJ Ruhgny, aud the world, and inyfeif.
Accidentally lifted my eye, and Jaw the coun-
tenance OF my holt fixed upon me with peculiar i'll
tentneis tear moilened the burrows of his cheeks
This fpeetacle recalled to the reality of things
about me but my heart foftened by the image.
which had paiied through my thoughts, and could
| not fpeak.
! have not named your father to you fad NJ
Rnfhgny
My dear father His name uttered at that mo-
n'ent awakened the bea feelings of my foul.
Calimir ! Cafmir Fleetwood exclaimed my hoR
where have you been9
In France at Paris.
How have you besn employed!
Not we'll My father fent forth for i'm
provenent but have been employed i'll libertiniim
and diilipation.
Fleetwood, ALTO am your father. And ! will
not be eis indugent, earcely efs anxious than your
natural parent. You know III erols, ,hou,h Won
do not know in detail the peculiar attachment feel
Tor every thing that bears the name of Fleetwood
Am not your father?
This ir, is the third day that have ever feen YOU
know little of you yet; the little have obferved has
ieareey had time to trke its hbres deep in my boiom
But all that do know makes prefume that, were
worthy OF the honour, you are the perlon of all
mankind whom lhoald prefer for an adaptive pa
rent
Caimir T! my dear Calmir ! let not your ears for
ever abhor the found of my voice; let not NV form
and my village be forever loathfome in your Ggh, -
| cannot fpeak-
underfand you, fir. My father is dead
Ruthgny held forward to letter. took it
from him; gazed mechanically on the faperfcrpt,
on, but could not make out fylable. My friend
drew nearer to me he put his arm round me- as
fat; Irefted my head on his ihoulier, and bura in
to q food of tears
The communication of this melancholy intell;-
gence no doubt affected very differently from wbat
it would otherwife have done, in conieouepce oftbs
frame OF mind, which this days excuriions, and the
varioss objects, had beheld, produced in me- NV
eniibiny was increaied by the preparation, and the
inpre!llon received was by 70 much the deeper. I
do not pretend to divine Ruffgny's motives for 70
contriving the fcene. Perhaps he knew enough of
human nature to believe that it rarely happened to
on i'll the bloom of life, to break his heart for the o
OF an aged parent. Perhaps he underlfood and dic-
approved of the train of life in which had latelv
been engaged, and thought the thus foftsning nv
heart the mott effsaual way of recalling me to NV
better felf.
Why, fir, cried l mournfully, did you fuffer me
TO remain moment in ignorance of this dreadful
intelligence Why all this pomp of preparation3
What are icenery, and patriotifm, and heroes, and
the achievements of pah ages to me? What have
to do with all this world My father my onlv
friend!-Where have been7 Lofing myfelf, while
You food in need of my confolaton? Breaking bro
every plan that was arranged lettering away nv time
among the frivoties and centioufeis of Paris while
you laid down an aching head in olitude while YOUR
puies failed; and your eyes were eloied in darkness
Would to God it were in my power to recall few
Paft mouths! No matter My profpeSs and nv
pleafures finiihed my life starnied; my peace
is detroyed; hall again think of myfelf with
appreciation, or with patience
did not fay all this aloud, though part oft
did, The ihort time had paiIed with Ruffisny wa,
yet long enough to make feel no fort of contrant
in his Preence. On the prefent location he did not
attempt to conole me he left my grief to its natural
courfe; we hnifhed our voyage in Glence. By de-
grees, lrecoyered the ufe of NY reaCou, Eel,
myelf grateful for his kindneis, and refpeted his
judgment in this forbearance.
The night of the day have defcribed did NOT
pais in rePoie. Amidf ihort and dnurbed lunber,