Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-02-20
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| OOLS! i axe thy tnlaeTdVG tdJe. lHt0t
rupted the Horseman and galleped for
wards. He was a M0ratist !!
Next came rolling on, guarded BY a
numerous train with torches in then
hands, a Coach, in which were seated
Father and his Daughter. The mlser'
able sufferer was soon discovered.
Though stiliened by the cold and ex'
hasted by fasting, yet at the sight OF hei
own sex at the sight OF face N which
the noble attributes of the female CHAR
acter appeared to be enthroned stim9-
lated by despair and hope alternately
prevailing, with con'uIslve ehort, the
orphan threw herself at the feet oil the
young virgin, who had now approached
her, Iecounting her offences, her con-
tliDution, and her suderinss. But this
appeal Tor pity was Intellectual; those
who have never known misery Them
selves, cannot sympathlze with 1t.
Miss, had been educated III principles
innexibIe to all excavation OF error.-
She had been taught to believe that. the
will of Providence proportlOned the pun
i.hment TO the offence, in this Lille as well
as in the life to come and that an IN
reference in or an alienation OF the
creature suffering, would be in direct
Opposition to the DEGREES Of Heaven
Perhaps like the rich, who only give to
the rich, had the virgin iOund poor En-
ma, sinless, she would have exerted her
best means to have preserved her 80. She
might have suatched her from tbs Ainty
ground on which she agonized, & nourlsb-
cd in her own bosom; but Emma had
committed thatunpardonablc act, which,
in the virgins mind, outweighed the
measure of her punishment, and closed
the door of mercy Accused be the
precepts which originate such feelings i!
The father of the virgin, regardless Of
every consideration as they connect the
social Ink, or expand the circle of hu
mainly save only as they relate to the
prosperity of his own child, felt no rcluct-
ance in ordering the couchman to drive
on and Emma was left once more de.
serted on the Heath Must she then pc
riSh ? No. Heaven has forgiven; Jus
tce is satisfied!
Through the dispensing gloom, vet
augmented severity ofthc blast, firm
ana steady step was heard, by the or
pban, to approach. There was some
thing in its sound, presaging OF succor;
something which conveyed hope to the
heart. a glow of comfort flushed up
on her frozen cheeks. A delicious
sensation, like tothat which is exper-
fenced when we feel the congcniaI
sigh breathe upon US, as it leaves the
warm bosom offriendship) animated
her with new life. Sine arose with
strength and feeling, she knew not
how to account TO-; she hurried to
meet him that approached her, and in
the next instant fell senseless into his
arms.
Child of afllictionn enquired the
stranger; (as he wrapt her shivering
form more tenderly in his mantle, and
watched the returning life in her paIid
face, by the indIstlnct bcamings of the
moon which had now arisen) Child
OF affection! why hast thou on this
lone II. ght wandered from thy friends
and home:' Il have none resumed
the dlsconsolatc Emma with convul
slve emotion, while she cast upon him
a look which might have melted the
heart ola stole, and endcavorcd to re-
llcve herself from his embrace. It
was the first time since her unhappy
seduction, that the orphan had been
touched or cherished by man.
Il am very young, she continued,
but have experienced an age OF mise.
ry. Seduced by a heart, / believed
to be the oracle of truth and constancy;
an orphan, Stunned by my former
friends; scoffed by my undoer; uopiti
ed; unprotected, L have wandered
alone the canopy of Heaven at night
my only covering, the scanty fruit of
the forest my only sustcnancc. / could
not love sin sufficient to pursue it for
my bread, and who would administer
to the woman dishonored? Stranger,
the measure Of my suffering has filled :
in few moments all that will remain
of the orphan for the exercise of thy
humanity, will be the interment Of her
corpse, and the inscription of her of
fence, that others may profit by her
mlsiortunes, and sEun that rock, on
which she struck and perishedn
Orphan thou wilt not dien replied
the stranger, pressing her cold form
tirmer in his arms. / am chlldless.
and will make thee mine. The world