The Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1822-1822, 1822-05-16

| first sight he loved, at a..second be adored,
| al the third the sacrifice OF bis life would
| have been but a trivial test OF the ardency
! of his passion. So far the ambitious tather
was satisfied, so far he telt successful
| But monarchs have eyes, and passions too,
| and seldom do they remain ungratihed.-
| Louis of France saw the beauteous EivIn,
| rosa, and with a truly royal licence placed
| no bounds to the indulgence OF his crimi-
| nal irclinations. The vows OF Rodolph
| had been received with joy, and returned
| with SMILES. This Osmond knew, for he
| was the bosom confident of his unsuspect~
! ing friend: be was also aware of the mo-
| narcb's affection. and to plant the standard
OF has w fortunes upon the rum OF 10
dolph's was his perfdious resolve. The
King soon learned that be had a successful
rival, aud Punishment, under some false
pretext, was the speedy punishment IN
hlcted upon the hapless iavorlte OF otner
days.
Rcdolph received his sentence with a
| bitter smile; he spoke not, his eye never
| winked, nor did the lilly supplant the rose
| upon his manly cheek. He wrote to Eli
| %vinrosa, he told her he was no longer Wor-
thy in the estimation OF an unieeilng
| world, Of that love which she had often
sworn upon his breast. He told her maj
| the hand of a remorseless and hldd enc
| my, had blighted the opening prospects
| of his lite-that the king had delouaceu
| him to eternal Punishment ifen nome
| country and friends, and that never wh'ie
! his breast throbbed with the pulse OF uh
| sullied honor, would he beg tor forgive
ness from those to whom he ne had never
offered injury.
This letter he instructed the bearer not
70 deliver until he had removed far from
| the object of his fond affections. Accord
ingly the weeping Elvinrosa was not
! ava are of the extent Of her misfortunes.
until the innocent, though wretched cause
OF them had reached the confines OF his
now hated country
Strong in his animosities. and implaca'
bic in his hatred, Rodolph formed the sin:
| gular determination of r%evenging on all
| mankind the wrongs which one %imperlous
being had inflicted upon himself, lie fled
! &c tie mountainous Alps, and became one
OF the lawless band which be commanded
at the time of the commencement OF this
little tale.
A scouting party, composed of nearly all
his gang, had gone out in the early part OF
the night in pursuit of plumber. RodolPh,
left to solitude, had ascend ed the craggy
peak before described; reflection brought
back in slow ard solemn review the days
OF other years. He thought OF his early
Donors, the applause Of approving armies,
the smiles of royalty, the ~luxuries OF riches,
and but that touch'd the nerve whence
agonies are born" be thought of Elvinrosa!
Elvinrosa perhaps in the arms of another!
The glittering dagger shone with a light
ming lustre in his convulsive grasp, as this
soul distractihg idea crossed his sgitated
mind, 81 curse thee, O World ! Che cri,
ed in the anguish of a breaking heart |
curse thee and all thy hollow enjoyments!
thou art a pleasing deceit, a smiling fraud,
an empty, heartless cheat!" As these
words issued from his lips, the sound OF a
bugie rang through the arched caperEs be-
meath, reVerterating from rock TO rock,
with a noise like the distant roaring OF a
thousand thunders; be Immediately an
swered from the horn suspended at his
neck, and leaping from crag to crag, short
ly disappeared amid the interminabie
gloom OF the dark Tavine below.
40 be continaed.)