The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-03-18
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THE GR.ivE sToAE.

fheH fortunes told. Alter d linking all the
vins which remsned On ihe table, in o,der
10 tuengthsn theh resolution, they sbqot
midnight sshied foilh, OF IN in arm, Wild with
their reseiry. 'h IS, '' r'f
The woman whom they resolved TO con.
snit lived witbou, Tho cny gates, IN 0 smell
house and, Tor The pur pose OF her prophe
cies, she used . mirror, in which he iruui
rer might behold wha,evsr scene Of his future
life he desired 10 have revealed. Many s,o.
~ wee related In which IL ~as ssseuod thst
her tvsls,ions bed come 10 pass. She had
however, been Positively inlc diced from
eontlnu,ng her dsngefouA occupation, and on.
iy carried IL on now very secretly.
As the noisy parry app oochsd her house,
she ob,efved by their deu,eaDor, ina, they
were elevated with wine, and she sIssdily re.
fused TO aceede to their request. No pro.
misses, no money, that they could offer, csus.
ed her TO wsver in hst resolution; and, st
length. m est Of the young men believed her
as,ursnees tha, sbe he'd hoally renouncsd The
ctsft, aod, leaving her house, sgt eed TO ps.
rsde tho streets: one only, Leopold, who had
dIank the lessi, but IN whose character there
IVES gfea. natural epthusisu, separated him.
self privately f,om his compsnious, vent back
70 tbs fortuDe teller, and ed bis soliei.
ts,ions undsr the mos, sole nm s,su, soces that
whsieyer he might see should be KEEP, secret.
by gold and fair promises he succeeded al
length in overcoming tho sctupies Of the old
womsn, who silently mo,ioning, lighted him
up = small staircase into q room in which
lhste was 9 large mirror placed sgsins, tho
wall, with q cuftsin before il. She act tke
glass on tho table, hid tho lamp in The oven,
o.. a. ... .,-. -. A. a
see. IS '
re reflected awhile, and d.bs,ed in his
mind whe,her DO should ssk TO behold his fu
,uto bride. his future residence, OF whs,sve,
eian curiosity dicrs,ed. Whilst he was thu,
pondofing he heard the csIrof the waichmsn.
The vino he he'd drank and his midpgh, ex
cursion had had q singular hnuence on his
mind; he looked up, and asked 10 see his
grave.
in manifest alarm. and. moreover, with
certain sort oil kipGliness in ner manner, the
beolam endeavofed TO divert him from this
sos 80 ft Out IN vain no Pe'-
sisted in his wish, and, after many feiu'ais,
tho cur,ain was wiihd,awn from the g'sso'
In the dusky ,wiIigh, which oeemed 10 DC
re,u ne d in tho glass, aod not 10 extend with
out Il, there appeared long green iuad, ao
gle, surrounded by . wall. Wl'h'n II stood
MANY oak and elm uees, aoo7e which sppeS-
ed the roof Of . building resembling clo's'
Ter. In the back etouDd there was seen ma
M hi,locts, raised above tho sod, with efoss
3. and q ave .s,ohes: on one Of these not Ear
| ftom tho wall, he, a, fit.t, with ssionishinent.
and then with constantly Increasing horror
! plainly read his own nsUe.
| He sat slilI and in silence before tho gla's
| up,,, the cur,oin was again let down, sno the
old woman hud taken The lamp iron, out o
/ me oven, to Ugh, him TO the doo'. lie wen
! home .doa in thought; every taco OF M
,eyeiipg had disappeared, but the image o
bi, gtavs was Impressed upon his MIND u
indeli5le chat ,sc,ers: many dsys and week
| passed or.
In order 10 divert his mind, he now dee'
I mined to 90 himself upon journey, when o.
account Of some dissgteeabie aHans' nc h'
/ prey,su.ly determined TO leave 10 sno'hs'
, lie tightly considet ted that q total change
scenes, places and sensations, would have
LeoefS influence. Visiting on horse bSt
many charming, and, to him, bihefio OF
known spots, his mind not only fegained y
70, r,er lone, bu, he became even more ive
then the ns,u,sl gravity OF his character ID
hitherto SLOWED him to DO.
withdrawing one dsy he wss overtsk'
bv 0 storm thst eons'sn,'y iOcssssd.
, ws. ,ire.dy many miles di',sot from u
o,see he bad left, and hsd about ss Tar TO
. | before he could reach Tho one 10 which
!. w.s iouroeyIng. Hc sooo became d,'Pp'
4 wet, end, .pur,ing his horse, he took 0
y path, in hobes OF fesching some village,
: which hs sew that tho main iosd ohe'eo
y pee, bu, the whole neiehto'h hood see
). ed sliks solitary snd deserted BY men
8. Al Ieag,b, however, he came IN sign o.
farm y.rd, partly surrounded Win Trees
enclosed within pretty high wsli. lie p
ceiyed ths, Ne should be forced 10 slgh',
tie up b. horse. as he could on'y ara q
roo ioo,ps,b /, end this he resolved up
s, though the ply he iel' Tor h'. 'ssed w.
'n h,m ior some time debate With him'eli 81
or N. proprie,y Of seeking sno,he. RAD.
lene,n, however, he advanced lie can
=, q ehutch.ys'd. lie. stood shl VITO sh y