The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-12-04

spa KING oenufes--when her young spirit
Was juu brigh,ning into ihoosh, snd .ffec-
iion: like tho rose in the morning. ss IL nfs
its biushing head oil besui,ful ic .,s own ten
detness, beio,e The sun hes witheted sway tts
freshness, or any rude gale swept the per-
mme from its bosom. Such was Catha, loo
Is. She had attecied much attention, bue
she took particular pleasure in puI sung her
ihtle spots with Charles; and he, s,d.nt in
his disposition, and strong in hts attachments.
soon became 30 dehghied with his httie COM
psoioo, that they we,e seldom sspsrGed.
She was dhofe0i fom ell other company :
SO void al ceremony, and constt sins d pollis-
ness, aud cold conversation hat time hew on
golden wings when they were sporting TO-
ee'he' aud they 'soghed snd romped swsy
me hours wiihon, sign OF wdium. Thee
wa no hypcc'isy IN her bosom, or no con.
eesi'nen, of sentiment; II wss no, sac,ilese
to touch het lip; if he told he, she did DOT
love him, her little blue eyes would 6i with
teas, even " the doubling Of her affection
end when he would told her to his bosom, ask
he' to kiss snd make up, he, beso,iiu, lip w,s
put io',h' her arms hong sffsc,ions,eiy round
his neck, she would cisnabes Oh his knes--
and they wsre friends Agaio.
There 70 90 u"sospec,iog purity In such
bsing--s chat n,--so novel, so perfectly d,iIet-
cnt f'om the cold, selfish, interested friend
ship OF msny Older tbsn her, that ChstIes
soon became uneasy unless in her compsoy.
lie called her his i,tti. wite---his beautiful
ks,e---snd she, ~ If she possessed all the
timed bIoshiog conscioosness Of love, would
bound into his a'ms, snd hide her rosy cheek
In his bosom. She seemed 70 love hin. win
an ins,incuve sffection, and Nth all the silsn M
strength of womsn's love.
Such wss their situation when thirty dey,
he'd elapsed, end land wss every hou, expec,.
ed to Use In TO view. They retired 10 re.t
on the evening OF the thit,ic,h day, under the
delightful expectation OF swskening within
sight OF the western world. Charles LONG
pressed l'is pillow before his thoughts Woutd
permit him TO sleep. Al last, however, 10.
pose weighed upon HE syeiids; his idea, be-
csWc moo confused; dresms chased each
other rough his snint. Sometimes he snw
Caths'ine on the mast head, falling INFO the
sea- then che TELL into The wave, end. be yhu'.
q Ahs'k, witt Ssssended jswv, wss chewing his
wsy towards her, and no could not move io
her sssis,snce. Al lest he bcheld imsge. ia
his sleep, shouting, sod gnsshing their tee,h,
sod HE dresms Ill told . disturbed imigina-
uon, Unlii he swoke.
a loud end incesssGt noise made Fin
spring i'om his biuh. A creskiog OF ms,,s
IA pulling oi ropes---a roaring Of Winds
splash ot wsves--Sud tho violent motion uf
tho ship, made bim comp ehend that ih,y
were in o storm. lie dressed himself AZ well
- no could 10 the roc king vessel, and weut
up on deck Here ell was conius,on--.s
mingled 'umuit oi I'm end shouts !; nc
wind blew with terrible io,ce--,ho rain tell IN
iorrenis--sDd lightning seemrd to rend ssnb.
der the thick black cl0nds that hurg ovcr
their heads. Al hands we're on deCk--.ssi~
iors aud passengers skunk from he brignS
glazing hsshes ths, qoiversd In fo, ked sire sk,
along the ky and the brsven heart lei, hu~
feeble On niom II man amidst the cts,b
ihunde's tbst soarsd end echoed around.
The ship efesked end rolled, end seemed
yielding 10 the waves, sod the water bursi -
yer the deck, fosuiog sod curling, and d.sa.
ing, with tremendous VIOLENCE.
No one but ihosc who have actually tx c.
tienced ii, can conceive the sickenipg ,e,,uts
OF Q moment like ,his. by the Aasb,, Of
lightning, Charles could pc ecive his com.
panions, and among them, Mrs. b. pressing
to her bosom MS pretty Kate She wss alone
snd the young hero wss soon ., bc' side. Shs
uu,, TO him her child wbeo---st the momeps
he wss receiving her in his srm,, The ienioid
blsokness around was bfigbieord by . e., am
Of unesuhly lus,re-ii seemed ss IL the hesv.
ems were wrapped 10 Iish,ninss; . Uemen-
dous crash sccompsoiedsiti the loud coutus-
sinn Of the thunder sboot The ss,y ses; tho
fiie, with the fspidi'y Of though, s2rsog quiv-
eiiog from the eloudS-i's liv,d streak fell
upon the mast, and cjsi, l, into . thousand
spIinters; II crsshed 10 the vessel aide. Tho
rain descended wrh increased violence 4; .
huge b'iiow came lumbling towUds them, tho
frequent lgb'o'og shone upon the moving
mountain end 1t lited its gigantic bosom
wh'ls, the issm ready cu'lsd 90 is breaking
summit.
Win an ins'inciive eifor, Of preservation,
Charles csugh, tho ssii--,hs thunder fosfed
and the wave esms---snd creation seemed
aonib. b.ilsted With the tremendous erSsh hat
en,uee. The ship was completely css'-
wheimed. Chs'les found himself near beng
swept swsy. Cstbsiine was hufied f,or his
arms. The horrible certainly thst che spusr