Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-07-25

I rected his head to tie road, and acccst
, ing strapping young fellow, pass Z al
the moment, with his blue bonnet cock,
ed on one side, and keeping time to thu
favorite tune Of 'whar hae ye been a
dey bonnie Iaddie, highland laddie,
which he whistled with great spirit,
asked him who the female was that hat
just excited my feelings He stopped
on Icing spoken to, and touching hi.
bonnet answered my question by anoth
or, whats your wull Siri' On IN,
repeating the question, he said, "Ol
aye it's puir mad Efiie ye mean, do yt
| no ken Efiie. Heigh me but she wa.
ance the bonnest and blythest lass about
the t"un, wi eyes as black as ony slae
and cheeks where the white and red
seemed playing wi ane ani,her-A' the
lads were clean daft about her, and the y
cad her the "lily O. the glen,' but she
wadna say ony thing till them mair than
just ceeyil word. but at last a party
came here to recruit for the Forty twa,
the auld Black watch ye ken, and there
was anc WI them they cad him Ser
geant MacClaymore was his name, ell
sirs hut he was Draw chiel, if yr had
seen HIM wi his bonnet, his kilt and tar
tan hose, and the bit pladdie just hang
ing owrc his shouther,-it's no wonder
Efiie fel! in love WI him. So it was,
and folks said they were gaun to be mar
ried, and the minister had been spoken
till; but Just then an order came for Ja-
ME to gang TIL the North. There was
more nor ane sair heart the morn he
gaed ava, but he promised he'd be back
sune. Week after week passed ava,
and he didna come back, and Efiie be-
gan to be shame faced, and the red left
her cheek and she wad sit by hersel' the
hale day and greet as tho her heart
wad break. Her freends were hard wi
her, and we didna see her for some time
and when we niest saw her, she had a
bonnie BARN in her arms, and wad wan
der about wi it the hale day, out amang
the hills. She wad talk WI herself, and
folk said she was daft, and sac she is,
but ance she fell asleep up yon whar ye
seed her gang till, and when she woke
her wean was game, it was thocht she, it
made her clean daft athegither, and
enow she runs as ye seed just now,
thinking she sees the wean in the water
The poor girls history had complete
ly taken possession of my mind, and
my servant who had stopped few miles,
back to have one OF his horses fastened
riding up at the moment, l hurried on
as if TO get rid of the agony or my own
feelings; the tavern was one Of the first
houses in the village, entering he yard
l gave my horse to my servant, and
passed into the house without Eeeding
the bows and cvilities of the landlord
who came out to welcome me. In re-
ply to his questions of what / would
have, merely answered " private
room," and was ushered into a small
parlour, where gave foil scope to my
reflections. In traversing the large an
ii room, ! caught glimpse of a figure
seated in one corner, his face was pale,
and care-worn, and Showed the mark
of disease more than Of time he appear
ed wr pped in his own thoughts, and
raising his eyes as passed again, re-
lapsed into his sorrowfuI mood / had
not been long left to myself, and m,
thoughts were beginning to be relieved
from the painful subject which had TAX
en- such possession of them, when
noise in the courtyard induced me to
look out to see what was the cause Of
it. l beheld four men bearing along,
with all the tenderness their rough ma
lures were capable of, the body of fe-
male whom | discovered at once to be
the poor hapless Effie. She was ap-
parently lifeless; they had found her
lying near the bank ofthe stream where
she must have fallen soon after / had
lost sight of her = he was brought into
the outer room and laid down, with her
head upon pillow procured for the
purpose. The usua! restoratves were
applied, but for some time without eff
feet, It seemed as ifthe miserable spiri,
had iied to Its mansion of rest At this
moment the person whom I rad observ-
ed when first entered, came or rather
tottered forward, for he was so weak
that he could scarcely place one foot
before the other, to the spot where she
was lying. Those around instinctlveIy
made way for the stranger-he gazed
upon the figure for some time, as If
doubling whether he was right, and then
fell upon his knees at her side extend
ing his only remaining arm, the other
had been taken off near the shoulder -
he placed his hand tenderly under Effie's
head; he raised 1t gently, and nodde d