The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-05-06

ticuar inquiries. Her lover. however. when
the first paroAysms of his despair were past, af-
tiIned that no such meetings as were supposcd
had taken place between them and II was ut
length generally believed that the evil spirit.
whose name she had pronounced when diving,
was her murderer, whether from malice or the
Jury OF rejected passion was doubtful Mean.
MlliFe tnnc passed on and Persis, after ngcr
Ins some weeks in state of hopeless election,
set ont to JOIN the lcgions of PIPER Danube
III, dagger deeply cncrustcd with blood. wa,
discovered few days after in a Ticket, and
many reports to his disadvantage were the CON
sequence, but as the chief ma .istratcs civil and
rtisous. had decided that this was a elusion
OF ti'" t!end. all who differed from them were
content TO express their suspicious in whispers
alone Even these We're shortly forgotten and
nothing except an increased aversion to the de
mons Of the fountain was felt at the time of
Which we write. Yet the clear TRANQUILITY of
the stream, the rich verdure which clothed its
brink. and the various beauty of the surround
ing scenery still made ii place of tavourlte re-
sort to the Old and the young. and many a grave
discourse was held and many love tale wills
pcrcd on its flowery margin. No unholy form
was ever known to intrude on these sweet or
solemn interviews, yet still the spot was shun-
ned by tie solitary wandcrer, and many who
dwelt near affirmed, that often in the clear calm
nights Of Syrian climate they had caught I'M
earthly Voices and heard with mingled awe and
pleasure strange music stealing from its waters
II was evening; the deep rich twilight of a
summer sky was jnst drawing to a close. the
stars already shed light Of briancv unknown
70 the colder climates of the West while the still
grove Of palm and cypress in which the loun-
tain lay embossomed, was yelled in one unyary
ing sombre hue. A faint reflection from the vet
radiant summit of ma este Lebanon glimmcr-
cd on the wave, but what was wonderful for the
hour and place on the brink rcclincd a female
form She was weeping. her dropping head
halt shadowcd by white mantle rested on one
hand, while the other with seeming unconscious
ness strcwed flowers on the murmurnc stream
Tier FAINT sohs interrupted the stiffness of the
night, and her eyes We're often turned with wild
and ANXIOUS glance toward the darktnng hca-
Nens. vi Greclan origin. for her ancestors on
the destruction of Athens by the Goths, had de-
serted their desolated home for the wealth and
fertility OF a Syrian province. Ada united much
OF the Athenan dignity and grace to the lrss re-
tined and more voluptuous expression Of Eastern
lovellntss and poet through the mysterious
gloom by which She was cnvcloped night have
mistaken her for the Naad Of the place, mourn
ing over that btcst era never to return, when
thf passing stranger disdancd not to breathe
prayer Tor her protection, or to cast a coronal
OF roses on her wave. At length her feelings
took a different turn. she started from her lux
nrlant couch, andcastny a tlnid glance around,
III manner somewhat more composed, sang
some stanzas resembling the following, to an
old Grccian air
Oh Spirit. art thou sitting
Him, IN fita ra ul-