The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-09-20

was a thought so dre.dful, that in it's agony
God seemed a ruthless blow. "Blow, blow,
blow, and drift Us up forever We csnno, be
far asuEder. q Hannah Hannah think We
not tha, the fearful God has forssken US p"
As the boy groaned these words passion.
\ atcly through his qoivering lips, there was
sudden lowness in tho air, and ne heard the
baskng of his absen, dog, while the ono at
his feet hurried pf in the direction of the
sound, and soon loudly joined the cry. Il
was not bark of sarprize, or anger, or feat
but of recognition and love. William sprung
up from his bed in the snow, and with his
heart knocking.a at his bosom even 10 SICK
! ness, he rushed headloDg through the DIFF :,
with giants strength, and fell down half
dead with JOY and terror beside the body OF
Hannah Lee.
But he soon recovered from that f. and
lifting the cold corpse IN his arms, he kissed
her lips, and her cheeks, and he, fore ad,
and her closed eyes, tiil, as he kept gaziog
on her face in utter despair, her head Tell
back on his shoulder, and long deep Sigh
came from her inmos, bosom. "Sho Is yet
alive, thank God !" and as tha, expression
left his lips forth FIST time that nigh, he
fell pang of remorse: 81 aid, o CD,
| that thou hadst forssken US | ON no, wouDy
! 10 be saved but let not chi, maiden perish,
Tor the cake OF her parents, wbo have no 9th.
er child" The distrac Ell youth prayed to
God with the same earnestness as # he had
| been beseechibg fellow eautu e, in whose
/ hand was the power of life and Of death.
| The presence oi the 6 "a, Beng was felt by
| him IN the daIk and howling wild, and
strength was impaired 40 hin as to deliver.
| ar. He bore along he iai' child in his arms,
even as 1t she had been lamb. The snow
! diff blew not, the wind fell dead d sort Of
! Slimmer, like thar of an upb eakng and de-
| parting storm, gathered sbouI him I; his dogs
bar ked, and jumped, and 0nrrowed joyiully
IN the snow anc the yuuto, strong 10 sudden
| hope, exclaimed, WIN the bes s,0g oil
| q d, who has not dese',od as in our sore
dIst'ess, Will cary rhee, Hannah, in my
arms, and lay The down alive in the house OF
| thy father" AT this moment there were no
! stars IN heaven, but she opened her dun blue
| eyes upon him IN whose bosom she was un
consciously lying, and said, as io a dream.
" Send the rbbon hat ties up my hair, as -
| keepsake 10 William Gueve" She thinks
that she is on he d, tn bed, and 70 gets no
| the son of her ma '"r. II is the voice ol
| God ths, tells me >he will no, now die, and
| that, under his & zee, | shall be her deliver
| er."
| The shor.lived rage Of the storm W..
soon over and William could attend TO the
beloved being on his bosom. The warmth
| of his heart seemed 10 ,oiuse life into hers
and as he gently placed her feet on the snow,
! ull he muin d her up m his plaid, as weii as
| in her own, she made All ffnrt TO stand, and
with extreme pe'p'ex'ty aud bewilde mcn,
| tointly rnqu,ed. vince she was, and what
| fcarfGl catastrophe had be efaiien them Shs
| was, however, too weak to walk and as her
| young msster car led he, along, she mu,.
| INJURED, 80 William what if MY father be
| IN the moo, Fo' If you, who need care so
little about me, have com, hiiher, as sup.
pose, to save my If yno may be sure that
NY father sat not wittIn doOs during the
|! storm" As she spoke, II was calm below,
bu, the wind was still olive in the upper aiT,
| ADD cloud, rack, ust and slee,, were all DIV.
| ing about 10 lht sky. Out shooe for a no
ment the pelId aud shosiy moon, through a
zen, in the Eiocm, and by hat uncertain
| light came s'aggesing forward the figure OF
a man. "FaIher, iAtheI," cried Hcnnah
and his & ey hairs we.e al'eady 90 her check.
| The baking of the dogs and the shou ing Of
| the young shepherd nad struck his ear, as
| the sleep OF death was stealing over him,
and with the last fort of benumoed nature,
| he had reused himself from that fatal torpof,
! and prcst through the snow w,ea,h that had
separated him from his child As yet they
knew not Of the dauge, each had endured,
bu, each judged OF he othe,,s suffer ing from
their own, and father anc daugher regarded
one another as creatu es rescued and hardly
| yet rescued fom dea,h.
Bot few minutes ago, and three human
brings who loved each oher so we'll, and
| now feared not to cross the Moor IN safety,
| we're, as they thought, on their death beds.
Delive'sncc now shone upon them all like
| geHtlc fire, dispclIiDs that pleasant but deadly
| d. owsiness and the old man was 5000 able
| to assist William Gricve in leading Hannah
| along through the snow. Her color and her
warmth returned, and her lover, for so
might he we'll now be called, felt her heart