American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-04-18

From the ". 2. Commercial advertiser.
A TALE, BUT NO FICTION.

--She never told her love,
But let concealment, like worm i TIL bud,
Feed on her damask cheek she pin'd in thought;
And with green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience q monument,
Smiling at grief. SHAKESPEARE.
Although tales from real life are usually consld.
cred too tame and insipid for those whose element
is the airy regions of romance, yet it sometimes
happens that the actual occurrences of this OLD
fashioned world, if embodied and described in the
rich and glowing language Of some Of our living
masters Of fiction, would be considered too improb-
able and wonderful to be true, without drawing upon
the Imagination for additional facts by way OF EN-.
Enlistment. Such, we believe, would be the case
with respect to the following narrative we're The
writing Of it not conhded to pen which seldom
aspires to holder flights than are called for in the
discharge OF the dull and rnonotonous abors Incl
dent to the publication Of daily newspaper.
Ma B. were friends. Their friend
ship commenced 10 boy hood-the season in which
are sown in the unconscious and susceptible bo
som, seeds which spring into vivid impressions 10
youth, and rpen into stronger feelings in afterfe
As they grew up to manhood, the bent of their in.
clinatons was widely different, though th.ir com.
mon feelings of attachment grew with their growth,
and strengthened with their strength. Our coun
try had drawn the sword to vndicae our national
rights, and avenge her wrongs; and while the ex-
hiarating notes of the fife, and the wild blasts of
the bugle, fell on the ear of NJ like music
while his bosom swelled with enthusiasm as his
mind dwelt on martial employments, and he longed
to participate in the gores acquired by the soldier
10 showing how fields won, the other preferred
TO travel the smoother road of domestic ard civil
life. Through the influence Of friends, Mob
tanned commission in the army, and was ordered
upon the recruiting service in the interior. There
| was simplicity, and confidence of mutual affec.
ton which marked this frst separation, and which
young and ingenious minds can only appreciate
They had heard Of false friends, and supposed that
such might exist. But snch was their confidence
IN each oher that the remotesi suspicion OF treach
cry never darted across the mind Of either. They
felt as secure as the mariner when safely moored,
who listens with pleasure in his hammock TO the
din Of the elements, and the dash OF the waves
Without With the ardour of youthful imagina
tions, they drew glowing pictures OF the future,
and reIoiced in the anticipated advancement and
prosperity Of each other. Or it, perchance, an
idea of the waywardness of fate or fortune for q
moment awakened an unpleasant sensation in the
bosom Of one, it speedily dissipated by the as
surance of ready relief from the other. Protesta-
tions OF friendship neither reiterated nor mul.
tiplied; there was mutual confidence that their
bosoms bea; in unison and an Undesirable feeling
| OF regret came over them, as they grasped each
Others hands, when NJ stepped on board OF the
steam boat, and with faultering voices, they pro-
nonnced the word "fareweH." At this momen,
with what Indignation would either have received
and resented the least suspicion Of his fidelity to
| his friend. And could being endowed with
knowledge OF things to come, have predicted in the
hearing OF either, what would be his future course
towards his bosom friend, with the same Ignorance
OF his own heart he would probably have exclaimed
with Hazael, "is thy servant dog that he should
do this thing"
/ Whoever has visited $50 *ssv*s *--anc
who in this fashionable and travelling age has not
will have been struck with the singular beauty Of
the irregular valley into which the traveller descend:
a few miles before reaching The fountain, in the bot
| tom of which y y - = creek silently
winds lite way among fields and meadows of the
richest vcrdure now lost in the thick foliage oil
willows and other shrubbery, whose pendant branch
es dip in the stream, and now bursting upon tht
view like a silver stream skrted with grassy banks
sprinkled with meadow lilies and clusters of wilt
honey suckles. II was al the old village in ths
broadcast sweep OF this delightful vale, that NJ
was stationed for the purpose of obtaining recruits
for the feeble ranks Of our army. Here he became
acquainted with a young lady. the daughter Of &
respectable aud worthy farmer, for whom be soor
felt a growing attachment OF that tender dcscrp
ton which warns the bosom Of the young soldier
Though native If this tranquil valley, yet her ed
ucation had not been unattended to, and she had
received that cultivation Of mind, and these person
al accomplishments, which, when tempered with
good sense, and mingled with the innocence and
sweet simplicity of country life. impart such 9
charm to the female character. 1t was in the
spring that happy and delightful season, when, as
the poet tells U.s.
from the virgins cheek fresher bloom
| Shoots less and less, the live carnaon round
Her lips blush deeper sweets-----
The shining moisture swells into her eye,
| ----her wishing bosom heaves
With papitaons wild, kind tumults seize
| Her vens,-and all her yielding soul is love-"
1t is sufficient to say, therefore, without lifting the