Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-07-07
tiou Of he Messr.. somef!ons with

sweetness and sffabilty; not, however,
diyested Of rustic difiidence; but when
the young lord attempted TO address
her, the answer was chilling as ice,
and seemed to imply that the frozen
soul within possessed not the faculty
eliminating form so cold and death
like. Lord Rosenberg, for the first
time in his life, was panied by wo-
mans indifference towards him.
Was it that Amy, singular and pecu
liar as she seemed, had really made
an IMPRESSION on his heart? was it that
his vanity could not support the un'
CARELESS manne.r with hich she trea.
ted him? Durin, Z the day the lmagln'
ed semblance of A my was constantly
before his eyes; at nigth it lowered
round him lin his dreams tie arose
earlier than usual-tbe .'un had scarce
ly tipped the summit OF t,He hill, when
he found himself walking on the banks
of the river which flowed pa vt the base
Of Castleton's cottage. 1t WIS love
Iy morning; the perfume ola thousand
flowers, as they distilled the pure dew,
enriched the surrounding atmosphere;
as the sunbeams fell on the glossy bo-
som of the water, the sportive trout
leaped joyously from the liquid bed,
and seemed for an instant to enhS lie
the golden shower as it descended.
Lord Rosenberg stood silently by the
current; he neither observed the gay
verdure, nor listened TO the birds
which now swee,ly burst from tive
thickIy waving foliage; he thought of
nothing but Amy Castleton. Buried
in u pl ofound REVERE, he seated him.
self on the trunk of fallen oak, 10
which position he had scarcely remain
ed ten minutes, when the piercing
shrek of female me: his ear, and
rushing to the opening covert, he be
held Mary, old Caslieton's servant,
wiinging her hands and gazing fran
ticIy towards half sunken boat in the
centre of the river. On the opposite
bank Castleton himself had fallen to
the earth in a state of insensiblity,
and Amy, the gentle Amy, was strug
Cling for life in the remorseless water.
Lord Rosenberg did not even stay
to throw off his coat nor bis hat; in 40
instant he plunged into The stream,
and in an instant more Amy was at
the feet of her father. Castleton,
when he beheld his daughter safe,
was almost frantic with Joy: he ire
quently stopped 10 the earth where she
lay supported in the arms of her brave
preserver, to Kiss her cold lips, and
as frequently bathed the hand of Lord
Rosenberg with tears of almost chill
dish gratitude. He was now an alter
cd man; it was evident that, howsoe
YER his austefity night extend TO a
stranger, he wanted not the heart to
requite the generosity Of friend. BY
the aid of some peasants, whom Ma
ry's cries had drawn TO the spot, Sc.
cond boat was now procured and A.
my conveyed home. Selwin, who
soon heard of the accident, flew in
nearly phrerzied haste to the cottage.
How Rosenberry envied him the
tears which'A shed upon his breas st
at meeting! and how did Selwin envy
the young pobleman the opportunity
of rescuing Amy, even at the hazard
of his own life, from watcry grave
From this period, Lord Rosenberg
became almost an inmate at Cliff cot
tage; the interesting circumstance
which had occurred, seemed to rivet
him TO the village. Castleion and
Selwin viewed him as the guardian
genius of their peace; and Amy, full
ofingenious artessness, 10 longert rea |
ted him with distant and freezing re-
serve. Day after day beheld him
welcome guest at the hermitage; and |
be even spoke largely Of procuring a |
living for the confidng happy Selwin.
In the mean time. all went on well
at the manor house. Lord Rosenber |
ry became even more marked in his :
attention TO Miss Julia Somerton; vii |
iage gosslps prophesied that it would
certainly be a match: but the loeua
cious Mary observed, that in her opin.
ion people didn't sigh and look, and
sigh and look, for no reason, at Cliff
cottage: she didn't mean the parson,
but she always made it an invariable
rule to say 'nothing.'
At length, Lord Rosenberg did
actually succeed in procuring living
for Selwin in distant part of the