Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-09-23

cerees," pursued the chaplain, " she may
probably be mermaid, and with such be-
ings man should seek no fellowship
God has created them for another ele-
ment, and placed enmity between them
and the human race, and wo be to him
who seeks to pass the bounds which ma
ture herself has prescribed"
Gay, we have stories enough" pursued
Ruthard of the il-fortune of such kind
of love adventures; and, for my. part,
do not see what should hinder us from
hunting down, like a wild beast, such
creature as this, who lies in wait, and
spreads her snares, to allure man to his
destruction"
"That would, ! think, be going too
far" said the Countess, "for water
sprite, as they say, is creature devoid OF
sense, while man is blessed with sufficient
reason to prevent him from following the
blind impulses Of nature.
"And can tell you, Ruthard, will nev-
er lend you my bow again" added Hubert,
elf you talk in this manner of the lovely
Loreley."
The Palatine now put an end to the con-
versation, and called upon the chaplain for
the evening benediction.. But Hubert had
little rest that night, either waking Oh
dreaming, for he felt almost sure that Lore
ley would be assailed, and fancied that he
saw the arrow transfxing her fair bosom,
and her blood streaming like coral down the
dusky rock into the dark deep Rhine.
A few days afterwards, a large company
of strangers assembled at the castle, and
such as were disposed for the chase, were
Id r. kx,
through many vine-covered valley and
beechen glade.
The Palatine had secretly given direc-
tons to Ruthard to keep strict watch over
his son, lest curiosity or rashness should
induce him to disregard his parental injunc-
tons, and he be attracted towards the Sy-
rem of the Rock. Notwithstanding this in
junction, however, it happened that Hubert
was imperceptibly separated from his par
ty, and almost before he was aware, found
himself in solitude, and heard the bugle
notes that were sounded to recall him, al
| ready sottened by the distance. His heart
beat high with JOY of newly-acquired free
dom, like the young eagles, as it listens
to the retiring wings Of the guardians Of
the nest. He rushed eagerly forward,
| oCdiCoiy hHoWhhS WHithoi " uHOSt hio
course. Sometimes he felt as if urged to
accomplish the will Of his father, and make
| Loreley prisoner; and sometimes it SEEM
ed as thoug gh he had long known and loved
her, and was called upon to hasten to her
rescue. He now descended through deep
ravine to the shore, just where the river
makes turn through solemn wilderness
of rocks, overlooked by the lofty turrents Of
Oberwesel, and the|watch tower of Schcn-
berg. The last rays of expiring day still
fingered on their SUBMITS, while from be-
hind the mountains glimmered the first pale
moonbeams, as on that sweet evening when
| Hubert had sat with Una on the Kuhlberg.
Suddenly there came waited over the
waters a sound of melody, repeated again
and again in one unvarying strain, but so
soft and soothing, that he who listened felt
as though entraced, and knew not that they
were but the same tones which still return
ed upon his ear.
| (TO BE CONTINUEp.)