Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-06-02

UAhtyS hom VhSh, o'Ss aoh6 oPPHSo-
ton of various stimulants, she revived
only to relapse into successive fain-
ings. The family apothecary being
summoned, by his direction she was
conveyed to her chamber and to her
bed, and his prognostics were unhap-
PLY verified towards morning, when
she awoke from sort of trance in
which she had lain some hours, in a
high paroxysm of delirious fever. n
Mr.. l. was truly and hu-
namely concerned for the distressing
situation Of poor Blanche So young!
SO fair! so friendless! so utterly de-
pendent now, in her unconscious state,
on the mercy and charity Of strangers
on the worlds cold charity. n "
BY his order careful nurse was pro-
vided, and skilful physician called
in, when, at the close of the second
day from her seizure, Mademoiselle
D'Albi was pronounced by the apoth-
ecary to be in imminent danger. Dr..
Ms opinion coincided but too perfect
ly with thai of iis medical subaliern,
and in spite o'' dleir united endeavors
to save the interesting young creature
entrusted to their care, it soon became
evident that the hand of death was on
her, and that human art was powerless
to unIo' Sc that fatal grasp. Previous
to her dissolution, she lay for many
days in state Of perfect stupor, far
less painful to contemplate than the
previous delirium, during which she
had talked necessarily with the embo-
died creatures of her fancy, rambling
volubIy in her native tongue, and now
and then breaking out into snatches of
wild songs or wilder laughter. But
at last that fearful mirlh died away in
fainter and fainter bursts, and broken
syllables, and inarticulate sounds sue
ceeded the voluble speech, like dying
murmurs Of a distant echo, and then,
as the nurse expressed it, "she lay os
quiet as a lamb" for many, many
days, with eyes half closed but not in
slnmber, or at least only i'm that slum-
berous torpor, the gentle harhinger pf
more perfect rest.
Towards the close Of the fourteenth
day of Blanche's illness, the respira-
ton Of the unconscious sufferer became
quicn and laborious, and DR.. Nj. whose
finger was on her pulse, directed that
the curtains of her bed should be drawn
aside, and free current OF air admit
ted through the open windows. Mr.
L. had entered with the physi-
clan, and stationing himself at the
beds foot, stood there with folded
arms, and eyes fixed in sad and hope
less contemplation on the affecting OBJ
ject before him. Thouglrthe eyes OF
Blanche were more than half veiled
by their full, heavy lids, streak of
soft blue was still discernable through,
the long dark lashes, from whence,
however, emanated no spark of intel
ligence; and far different from the
finely blended rose hues of heathfnl
beauty, was that bright crimson which
burnt in either cheek. Her head was
raised little from the pillow, by the
supporting arm of the nurse, who,
with her hand still at liberty, put aside
the deep frill of her cap, and the dis
ordered ringlets which had escaped
beneath it, that the sweet fresh air
might visit with its comforting cool
ness those throbbing temples and that
burning brow. 1t was beautiful,
mild, warm April evening, redolent of
life and JOY, and Natures renovation,
and the pale, golden light of an April
sunse, penetrated even through Lon
don atmosphere, and amongst laby-
rinth of high walls, and blackened
roofs, and clustering chimneys, into
the very chamber of Blanche; and
even to that confined chamber, and
over those gloomy precincts, came
the soft breath of Spring, breathing
delicious fragrance, as it was waited
through her open window, over box
of mignonette, coaxed into early blos-
som, by the assiduous cherishing of
one who had watched over her min
iature garden with the impatient inter-
est of eager childhood.
The balmy air stole gently, gradu
allv into the SEX chamber ond ho
tween the parted curtains of the bed,
as though it were thing Of intelli-
nencn and came nlndl,, AZ, L. Lloasal