The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-01-20
" Alas that hearts of high cmprise,

! Alas thai hearts Ot high cmprise,
" Shenld sink 10 such forgetting graves
These are bitter times, SAID old Rn2cr
| Norris, rs hc paced back aud forward on
| tie lite green before his rude cabin, smu-
/ king hi, pii,r with a Neheiusncr which To
the inaNriitrs oi that homrly bat, gave
sure aud irarlul u"te That something III
) alarming Importance WAS working IN his
husoln The good dame who had been
engaged iudustriou~ly at the wheel, rose
aud sci il aside. dlSdul"tcd by the omen,
! aud beautiful Sill came I" the broken and
deceived Window. and looked out with
/ trembling anNirtE toU ards The west. The
/ sun vas gliding gently down behind ap-
+ palling masses Of Ihundtr clouds which
W"tc piled mp ftnm the horizon high IN the
mellow bosom of the heavens, aud from
} the direction of the wind threatened n
tempest of 10 ordinary magnitude. The
shadows Of approaching night were AREA
! dy East changing III green mantl" al the
thick forest tn one ri funeral gloom, and
the staItling screrch al the gray owl
fell ut intervals on the ear of Natchtul anA-
iety.
Al the cottage all WIS siIcnt-hopc and
fear alternately | GIFTED or shaded each
! changing broW--as the distant echo seem
ed IN c"rnr laden with the tramp OF hurst
men ur The Good dew Of the evening fell 81
lent GA the t"som of the dying hr, ezr.-
- length flash was seen Ia the thickness
ol t,r forest. and sound like the report
of = distant ride pralcd along the blukeu
hilacks thu bounded the valley bronk.-
The aged dame with her Young daughter
IN Law aud two laNrly children, crowded
III" door in an instant, aud oil Roger put
/ /.
IL them as in a momrntary thought.-
There has been blood shed on the low
lauds IL 4 =, ;" ,aid, hr" and God knows
V hlch party is he victor, Ne noet hear our
| Gate with patient >allrraucc We have put
| our united prayer for George, and heaven
! " i'll do right It becomes us Ia times like
! thesr t" Use all dae prccauti"n In warding
| the III Nv ii0nI our unIi heads. The ladI, 5
nndrrst cd him. aud though EliZi wrnng
her hands and struggled deeply with her
feelings, Whrn the danger 10 which her
: George h.d been exposed, was made
known 10 her, and WHEN the thought that
perhaps he MAS NOW bleeding corps,
wrltciins in hrs blood, rusllrd across hel
breast, yet they all went quietly in aud as
sumrd such employment as MS best cal
culat"d I" conceal the Interest They took /,
the passing scenes OF wLr and bloodshc,
aroiIad them.
Situated az they were, in Il country ira
vcr,cd sl'ccrssivrly by the British and In
dams AMI sroiued Ivy the American Fora
gers, of a corps at nlirh old Norton's nul,
s"a WAS the commander. they had llltlert'
concealed their attachment Ia the re-, "i'
tionary cause from the r"ya!sts, and pass
ed for lloyd subjects oG the British crow
Wiir the hlsiant but cautious measures q
George Norton insured them protecto
J from the Americans.
{ The report that bad reused them fr"t
s thrir Twilight rvrcrie, died away, but IT,
sound of troopers succeeded after Il shoi
1 interval, and IN II few minutes their tos5in
.plumts we've seen dancing along the IN,
| fences and approaching the lonely cottas'
= pht nid man threw down the bans that /.
= into The yard, and began 10 throw wa
4 INTO the lnus trough, To supply the h"rs'
= trembling all he hi,t IN suspense wh"ti.
{. he Was about 70 receive his bosom eha
+. or smooth his brew 10 4 smiling wel"o
4 nf men whose bands for anght he k,,
I! miah. 5c ~c''e"ing u bis sons b|eod IL