The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-01-26

s. pronounced her IN biz .vv,,
mind the io,eIirst IN creation. lie
eaIloprd IN lthe fort. pruured pa
lankcens. and saw thr fair parsre
conveyed home in safety.
! wish ior Capt. SIS sake-T
"ish Tor The sake Of a happy trrrni.
nation al my story That his acqnai,l-
ianu with famma I'D here ierlnl-
mated but am ilnpelled by the lAws
al history aud lhc nature Of my in
toro atinu. Ia pipcerd. not With the
wing oftancy. but with the plume of
PLAIN matter ct fart IN shor,. lhrn.
Capt. s. used ever, means in his
power 10 win the love Of YamuG.
lie corrcspondcd With her through
the means ri fakicls. or religions
mehdlcants. and fortune. trlers lie
loved her 10 distraction he ofier,d
tn marry her for s. had s,all
II" noble IN ruin the oh lret OF his a
doration. She listened 10 the magic
of his addresses she forgot all the
customs of her tribe s; size offered
her lover opportunities of seeing
her he visited her IN the disguise
of Hindoo astroIoger. and she a,
greed 10 leave father and mother, Il
follow him for life. Unfortunately
they We're discovered. aud 81 prompt
~ Followed by three ,toat aud well
armed Parsees, that s. was nearly
Killed ~ an unequal contcs, tu pre-.
serve his prize aud poor Yamma
WAS returned To her enraged Il dis
tracted family.
The reader may conceive her ter
ior aud cpnfusion--how SHE protest.
Ell her inDoCcncr--bow Abe Was dis
believed aud upbraidcd--how s.
stormcd and ra,cd-how he offered
her family every PREPARATION that aD
honorable man coald make i; X how
they spnrned his terms With con
tempt aud Indignation. he cannot
however 40 easily picture What fol-
lowed Tor he may not have believed
on fno"n that such scenes occur in
the world. Well | must briefly de.
r'be--n0, | cannht dwell upon IL
VIII hurry over II. merely sketch
ing the outline, and turninc with
horror even from my own fcint co.
lours.
The heads of the tribe were as-
sembied. and M oath of secrecy ha.
wing been taken. the fair Yan,na
was introduced. arrayed asa bride.
AMI decorated az the daughter of the
rich jewcllrr, Llmgcc Dorabler. Az
Ter certain ceremonies, her mother
and grandmother approached her,
where she sal like "A beautiful sta
tue N presenting IA poisoned bowl
anti dagger. sad in "a firm tone,
+" Take your choice, -. Farewell,
mother ! farewell, father! farewell,
world !" replied the heroic parsee
daughter. taking the deadly cup ;
j" Fate ordained that this should bs
famma's marriage p aud she drain
ed ITS contents Her ieadcn eyes
were watched I'LL they closed in
death she was then stripped, ar
rayed rs corpse, aud conveyed to
the receptacle Of the dead.
When s. heard that Yamuna was
gone, aud suspected that she had
been murdered according 10 the rus-
tom OF the parsces. the u ,ble fabric
oi his brain gave WY. aud reason
fell from her throne. NV horse,
my horse ~ cried he and ~ he
natttd his "ar-neck, ser> ant the saw
the lire OF his tear starred eye. nd
tremblcd. Away went horse aud
rider far behind Went the groom.
He heard the hooi al thnnder on the
ground. and his masters voice urg-
ing his spirited sized towards the
flaming surf then IA loud explosion.
AZ "f breaking pillows *. on gam
my the sea-shnif, ht SAN black
pint on the stormy surface Of the D.
cean, but he never saw the brave
s. aud his Arab more.