Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-02-03

rent Of c:treaty, and smile on him who
sought her love-as the only thing that could
prevent him from cursing life as miscra-
BILE burthen?
They stood hand in hand by the fountain,
and Edward sald-'iny fair-my beautiful
Ellen, will love thee so long as the wa
ters shall boil up in their perpetual purity
the burning heat of summer nor congeals
in the severest FROST And Ellen said
my Edward, Twill be true to thee till
death There was much emotion in her
few words, and the last was accented with
n melancholy trcmulous tone that seemed
prophetic. As Edward gazed on the
spring, thin cloud lett the broad and red
dened face of the setting sun, and the
beams slanting through some leatiess trees
fell upon the fountain, and he thought the
waters became the hue OF blood. In mo-
mcnt the sun sank into the bosom OF a
black cloud, deep shade settled at once
over the wild glen, and the silence OF ap-
preaching night seemed like fearful ON
inous calm As the breeze awoke on the
distant hills, ihere was a general shiver
among the dry forest leaves, solemn sigh
ing sound came from the bending tops OF
the aged pines, and soon the gust OF au-
tumn reached and swept with walling
rush through the glen. The lovers felt ITS
chlllness, and there was something heavy,
mysterious, and forcbodng, that pressed
down moment their glowing spirits. As
they turned from the iountain--behOld they
were not alone A tall, wrinkled Indian
woman had her eyes fixed keenly on the
lovers, and they stopped to gaze al her
with wonder. There was light in her
sunken eye, that had an unearthly CLEAN.
But few of the usual ornaments were about
her person, with the exception OF her deer
skin moccasins, which were richly wrought
with many coored beads. Her leggins
with the wide seams standing off from the
limb, were Of the common kind her robe,
or rather iroCk Of blue broadclOth, was
grded with rude leather belt, and only
ornamenled IN front ana round the lower
edge that reached just below the knee,
with three narrow rows oil waving RIBBON.
Instead of the broad silver plate at the
breast, there were suspended the beads and
cross OF a catholic. She wore mans hat,
but without the piumes and ribbons which
those OF her race usually assume. For
some moments she was molionlesS, then
raising u shrivclled hand all branching with
prominent veins and sinews, that betokened
great age she eXclaime1 in loud shrieklnS
volce-'Niake love ON lsnassot's grave-no
good, no good '--and the sharp toned
echo from the brown hill replied-no good |!
Then turning she glidcd with noiseless
step into the thick forest.
A convusiye shuddering for an instant
seized the lover but the buoyent @pring
of youthful spirits soon recovered from the
temporary tremor, and Ellen called aloud
after the woman--'Polly, Indian Polly,
have you forgotten your Ellen whom you
onco loved I" No voice came from the
thickct, only the dropping bough of a will
low was stirred violently as II shaken by an
unseen hand. Ellen informed her lover
that tho woman for many years had resided
near the village, occasionally reno, ing her
rude wigwam from one situation to another,
but never 10 any great distance. She
sometimes visited the spring, and had early
testified degree of affection for Ellen,
having at different times made her presents
Of curously wrought baskets and miniature
birch canoes. Many wild legend had
she related of her countrymen, who once
possessed the country, and l. was from her
that Ellen had learned in French, which
the Indians acquire more readily than the
English tongue, the tale she had formerly
recited to Edward. Ellen added that she
was supposed to be nearly eighty years old,
and was yet able to sup ort herself by max
ing baskets it had also been surlnised
that she was the wife or sister of the chief
who slept in the mound. The lovers sepa-
rated not that evening till the parting kiss
was bestowed near the threshold of the
cottage. IL.
TO be Coni,nued)