Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-13

| my eoiiNc'en himself, sald, that whilst slt
ting by the table, waiting for the return Of hi
MASTER and reading the story of " snbad th,
Sailor,' he was suddenly aroused by sirang,
! noise IN the garden, and looking round, h,
| saw winding sheet on the candle, and tha
the light burnt blue, and looked as il forebod
ed some evil event:--That terrified. he insta nj
~ called up the good Mrs Bromlec told hel
"hat he had seen and heard, and then ask ed
her to solve the mystery. That Mrs. Brom.
lee told hun, that such things never occurred,
unless something wrong was going on, and
that she never knew them to fail being prog
nostic of some dreadful evil. This usseye-
ration, he said alarmed him, and he asked Mrs.
bromlee to sol'e the mystery, when examining
her cards, she informed him, that his master
had long been in love with beautiful YOUNG
lady, and that he had long wished to wed
her, and she also wished to wed hm;-but
that her father, and female acquaintance
and young man would interfere, and break
up the match; and then, his master would 90
mad and cut his throat, and jump into the
river, and destroy himself twice-once by cut
ting his throat, and once by drowning.''
o'Connor listened to the idle tale of the bow,
and although he loved him for the feeling he
displayed, he could not help smiling at his cre-
dulity, and superstitious dread.
" And is this all, is this all that has caused
your anxiety and grief;-is it nothing more
than the fantasies of the old beldam that
main produced these tears and these bitter ex-
clamotionsi" inquired o'Connor.
All, ALL" replied Edwin, q" and dear mas
ter is 1t not enough TO make me weep, when
am told, that you are to be afflicted with
sorrows and dstresses' And, my dear master,
have not been good and faithful to you! and
have you not been a more than fathcr to me,
Why then should l not weep, when am told
mat we are to separated, and am to be left
upon the wide world without a master Or n
protcctor'"
Again Edwin burst into flood of tears. and
wept as those Of broken heart.
O'Connor, deeply afle ctcd with tho sincere
lamentations of the boy, badc Edwin bo of
good cheer, 4" for" said he, "the stories that
have been told you, are but the dIo cmana-
lions Of an old woman's fancy. Be a GOOD
boy, and in the morning, see that nv wardrobe
is carefully packed up, for on Sunday next we
take our departure for Marscilles!-and re-
member Edwin, think no more Of the taIos or
the old beldam, and rest assured. that am
easy saie' comfortable and happy, and that
he prognostics of Goody Bromloe, will moi bo
terrified.
u wish could think so, replied Edwin. "bpt
fear they will prove too true; for we'll re-
member, that Mrs. Bromlee, forc,old bv ber
ards, the exact hour when Mrs. Jones. the |
aundress, would die-and die she did. and was |
s dead as door nail, at the time appointed
or her dissolution, by the mother OF" the mag
C wand"
" Silence, silence" exclaimed O'Connor
omewhat irritated in beholding the influence
he modern sorcercss had upon his mind d" and
ct you TO bed, as soon as practicable, and
cave me TO my mcdations"
with sonowful heart, Edwin withdrew from
he presence Of his master, and as he closed
ne door, he cast upon him fond, and as if
Is! look, and secretly implored the benedic-
ons Of Heaven to rest upon the head of him,
ho was more than father, and thrice q
enefactor.
The night had far advanced, before O'Con-
or was relieved of the obtiusive prcsence of
dwIn; and as the clock chimed the hour of
velvc, he laid his head upon his pillow, and
'ught on the couch Of rcpose, some consola-
on for his disturbed and unsettled spirits. For
'veral hours he lay listlessly upon his pillow,
'flecting upon the singular contents or the
tier OF Richard Stanley, and though he would
ave gladly believed that it was nothing more {
ian an idle production Of Stanley's fancy, still
feared that there might be some meaning
it;-at any rate, it caused him no inconsid
able alarm and dsquictudo. AT length, fatig- ,
ID. and like Cato, "weary with cone ntures," ,
, gave himself up TO the influences of sleep, ,
ter determining in his own mind, that early {
c next morning he would sec Stanley-ob;ain
om him the meaning of The note, and at once
tile upon the plan Of leaving the country, or
rover abandon tho project.
AT day break, the next morning, O'Connor
SC, and after having taken his usual promo
de, called at the lodgings of Stanley, and on :
wing his name, was informed that he had. a
0 night previous, been necessarily called &
IN town, and would not return till tho cvc-
'g, and had left word at his hotel, that he cx- y