Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-04

time her recovery was rapidly progressing, TIL
at length she was so far restored that her pa
rents resolved on removing her TO her own
homeland she accordingly babe adieu TO the
asylum.
There were here some circumstances which
Mr.. WIS companion Mr.. II related indlstlnctly,
or of which retain bat an imperfect re'ollec-
ton; and he who could alone have Informed me
of them was gone to his long home before l
heard his singular story. 1t appeared, howe
YER, that, after some further Intercourse, he
was Obliged to be absent from Ireland some
time, and during that interval, the progress Of
her mind to perfect colectedncss conunued
uninterrupted; but her former memory seemed
to decay with her disease, and she gradually
forgot her lover. Long protracted illness ensu.
ed and her spirits and constitution seemed to
droop with exhaustion after their former un-
heahy. excitement, till at length, after ted,.
Gus reco, cry from seri of relapses, her Ia
cuiti.s were perfectly restored, but every trace
Of her former situation; or he events which
had occurred 10 her during her illness and resi-
dence in D1bin, had vanished like dream
from her memory, cor did her family ever
venture 10 touch her feelings bya recurrence to
them
IN the mean time, w. returned, and eagerly
flew to her embrace, after SO long separation,
her-who had never passed from his thoughts
and emembI ance. Her family felt Tor him
the warmest gratitude and affection, from the
| consciousness that he had been the main in
| strument i'll the restoration of their daughter.
bur the issue of this interview they awaited
with the mos painful suspense. She had long
ceased to mention his name, or bttray any
symptoms Of recollecting him. he seemed 10
| have passed from her memory with the other
! less important items Of her situation, and this
momen was now to prove to them whether
any circumstances could make the stream al
memory roll bail, to his distracted period Of
her intellect From the shock Of that inter.
view w never rec overed. She received him
as her family had anticipated; she saw him as
a mere uninteresti"g stranger; she met him
with calm, cold polltrness, and could Ill con-
cea her astonishment al the agil alton and des-
pair Of his manner, when he found too truly
that he was no longer remembered with he
fond affection he had anticipated He could
not reprcss his anxiety to remind her Of their
late attachment but she ONLY heard his distant
hin with astonishment and naughty surprise.
He now found that the only ste7 which re-
manned for him was to endeavor to make Sc
cond Impression on her renovated heart; hut
he failed. There was i'll some mysterious in
fluence which attached their minds, but the al
lance on her part had totally changed its for.
mer tone, and when she did permit her
though to dwell upon him, it was rather with
aversion than este, m; and her family, after
long encouraging his addresses, at length per-
suaded him 10 torego his sui, which with a
heavy hopeless heart he assented to, and babe
her adieu.
But the die of his fortune was cast; he could
no longer walk heedessiy by those scenes
where he had once spent hours Of happiness,
and he felt that wander where he might, that
happiness could never return At length to
crown his misery, the last ray Of hope was
shortly after shaded by the marriage of his
mstresss W. now abandoned every pros
peel at home, and, in order to shake off that
melancholy which was gathering like rust a.
round his heart, went to the continent; but
change of scene is but change of i'll to those
who must bear with them the cause Of their
sorrow and find within that aching void the
world can never ell. He hurried in vain fro m
one scene Of excitement TO another; society had
no spell 10 soothe his memory and change no
charm to ull it,
''Still slowly passed the melancholy day,
And still the stranger Wis, not where to stray"
At length he joined ;he Cause Of the struggling
Greeks, and his name has been often and hon
Lord Byron at Misiolongh Alter his lord
ships death he still remain med in Greece, but
his constitution was too weak TO permit him to
be Of active service as Palikari. He had there
fore, taken post in the garrison, which held
possession Of the castle and town Of Navarno,
in the Norea, and was wounded in the action of
Sphactera. in the summer Of 1925. The un-
skiliul management of a native surgeon during |!
his confinement, iR the fortress, previous 10 his !
surrender 10 lbrahim Pacha, and long and |
dangerous fever from The malaria Of Pylos,
combined with scan,y diet and bad attendance |
from his Greek domeslcs, united with his bro |
ken spirit 10 bring on rapid consumption. II !
was under these circumstances that Mr. r.
who now accompanied him, had found him a,
village in the district Of Maiha, & had since
paid him every attention in his power. BY eau
tious management and gentle voyages he had
brought him toiydra, where he was enabled 10
procure him passage in a French vessel, from
whence he hoped to find British ship to land