Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-01-26
asatsrellameo,.n Department MT,
From BicckcoOi's .Nugssine.
HANNAH LAMOND AMI -r,,r y.

led I'll
disturbing the whole house with the snora If s',u
Sach Is too the character of the eve. witnesses
:, o present age. Now, would not claim personal
.cquaintance with an incident had no, seer-no rot
o' my guneas per sheet; and, therefore warm the
ID, To believe the following little story about an
AMI child hy the way that the DERBY crest, and
sign oil inns nthe north ofEpgand on the al
legged authority Of the writer of this article u tell
as twas told me- by the schUuin,s.er of the pa
rsh alluded TO above and If the incident occurred
Iheh must he have been of the greatest and most
rautous OF liars that ever taught the young idea how
70 shoot; For my single SELF am by credulous
Hiany extraordinary things happen in this Efe and
though seeing is bceYng,:so likewise bc!ieyinp i,
seeing as every must allow who Ieads the following
pages OF this Magazine.
Almost ak the people in The parish we're leading j
e'r meadow hay, there not in all its ten mesn
square twenty acres of rye-grass) on the same dar
midsummer, so drying the sunshine and the wind
and huge hcaped wains, that almost hid from lew
,e horses That drew them along the sward beginning
% get green with second growth, were moving in ali
directions towards the snug farm yards Never had the
parish seemed before populous ,Jocupd was tho
oaimy air =" iih laughter. whistle, and song, But the
| !reegnomens threw the shadow of Zone oclockn ON
The green dial face oil the eart-tiie horses were I'M
yoked' and took instantly to grazing-groups of men,
women, lads, lasses, and children, collected under
grove, and bush and hedgerow; graces were pronon-
ced, some of them rather tedious in presence Of
an,lin milk cans, bullion bars of butter and oracle,
ing cakes aud the Great Being who gave them that
day their daily bread, looked down from his Eternal
!
lures. The great golden eagle the pride aud the pest
81 ue parish stopped down, and flew away with some
ihnS IN his a!cns One single sudden female shrek
and then shouts aud outcries church SHIRE had
'u'noled down on congregation at n sacramento
Hannah Lanond's BARN! Hannah Lalnond,s bairn,n
was tie loud fast spreading cry 1.-THE eagles ta,en
All Hannah Lainonds bairn.n and many hundred fee,
were IN another instant hurryr towards the NOM
tain.
Two m.s ofM, aud dale, and copse and Single
ana many interesting brooks lay between; III in an in
short TINA E>nI ,f,l.o
with people. The eyrie was we'll known and both oId
birds were visibeon the rocS ledge. But who shall
scale the dizzy Cliff which Mark Stuart the sailor who
nlu .'e''i AZ the stnrmpg OF many fort attempted in
VAN! All kept gazing, weeping, wringing Of hands in
VAN, rooted to thegronnd running back and for
wards, like so many ants essayiug their ne,y wnos in
uSco"niuTe. hats The use-wlat's the use of
ony pniF human tneans? We hare no power bnt in
prayer" And many knei, down; fathers and notars
thinking Of their oUn babies, if they would force
t.'e deaf heavens To hear! Hannah Lanopi had all
a'i; "'s,e "een sitting on rock, with face perfectly
white, and eyes like those of mad person. fixed on
me eyre Nobody had noticed her, for strong as al
5yr a'tes with her had been the svvoop of the ca
Se, ih2y were now swallowed up in the agony of eve.
lShi ''Oniy last Sabbath my sweet wee wran
baptized IN tle name o the Father the Som and tho
!toiy @hos'!" and on utteIing these words she flew
Oil though The brakes ant over the huge stones up
up-apaster than !iuntsnlan ran into The de,
--itaFiess as goat playing among the precp;cas
no one doubted, no one could doubt that she would
soon DE dashed TO pieces 40 stop, stay: she knew
''!'It sue uFc" HeT breath Beneath her
Tdsnce fastened every loose st"l? and 10 her hands
strengthened every root. How was Size ever T., de-
scenG that fear Thea, h1: once CEASED her hear, &C
np, up, up 10 The little image made of her own flesh
ana blood chic Go! who holds NE cow from rer
ising will not the same God wien my Child is
on my bosoii' Down cauc tic fierce rushing OF tIe
eagies wings each savage bird dasiinr close IN hcr
',"' so That SHE saw the yellow Of tleis wratui eyes
t!i ~ once t!cy GnaIed, aud were coyyed YclIium
they ew OF 10 the stump of ash iut,inr out Of cHr
thousand feet above the cataract. and the Christian
mother, falling across the eyr;c, in the mis, of homes
AMI blood c!asped her chilli dead dead dead podopb
uut unnaEglei and untorn and syyadi;.J nm ;rs, 49, :,
was !" ii"n She laid IL down asecn among III. fri
hai IN nook OF the harvest field Oh what nanc of
oIcS'eGiie'S iranshrod he: he from that flint feeble
ciy. "I lives, II lives, il iye>' and barring her bo
som with loud laughter, and eyes dry as stones she
The Ills OF the unconscious innocent once more rnnr
tnirS al tie tount OF hfa and love. Cliffs chasDs
niciIs OF stone, and tie skeletons Of old treesfar
'ar Gown and dwind!ed into spects a thousand crea
lures ot her own kind, stationary or running 10 and
r! was that The sound of the waterfall or the faint
ionT ct voices? Is that Ter native srah?--and
ia TUT of trees does it contain the hut in which stan
the cradle Of her chiId?-Neyer more shall, i, he roc
ed by her foot! Here must she die-and when her
breast Is exhausted, her baby too! And those borIid
acaks, and eyes and talons and wings will return
ana cr child viii be deyOurcd al last even WITHIN the
deal 5asom that can protect il no r1uTe
where all this wh lie III rk Stuart the s1ilo,i
fl"lf way Up Inc cliffs Eut his eve had got dim and
lis head dizzy and his heart scls-and ne who had so
o.,cn cefd the top gallant SAIL when at midnight tho
coming OF the gale was beard aGar covered his face
with his hands, and dared look no longer on he swim,
nin5 heights" And who will take care Of nv poor
bed ridden mother" thought Hannah whose, sopI
rough he exhaustion Of so many passions could no
more retain IN lis grasp that hoye which II had clutch,
ai III despair voice whispered .'Godo Size locked
o"hi expecting to sec an angel-but nothing moved
EXCEPT rotten branch, that under its own yeipht
broke OIL from the cFumbug rock. Her cye-by Some
seer ct a!ntay OF iicF sou! with 'e usnnIae object
"lc"sd ' ai' an! II seemed 10 stop, not far Off on
y lori ty0 hoo, 1T.
re "eitbefe" not how or wh"n-bui il was safe-auJ
'caiccy daring 10 orcn her c,e, she slid down I'm,
heiVIhg roci she found be- seiGuu small piece OF firm
root bonrd s0i with the tops of bushes appearing ne
ow w M fingers suddenly strengthened into The 1o,v
'r OF IRON she swung herself down by bcr and broom
md heather, and dwarf birch There lonsened stone
capt over ledge and 30 sonnd gas heard profound
Sas It's fall. There tic shinge ratified down the screes
ma she hesitatod not 80 follow. Her fact bounded
'ahs The huge some that stopped them bnt she felt no
pam Tier body Gallons to The cliff Steep as lie
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