Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-10

brave African" Lara answored;" cease
to grieve- day has broken-our camp
is at hand-I will go straightway to the
king, and urge your release. TO your
captor he will not deny it. Meanwhile,
rest and refresh yourself; in a few hours
you will be able to proceed!
AS he spoke thus, they arrived at the
Spanish camp; and after short time,
Lara proceeded to the quarters Of Fer
dnand, to give the report of his noctur-
nal adventure. He found, however, the
king Just seated in his council, on affairs
of great weight and moment. Lara,
therefore, took his place and awaited
till opportunity served to introduce his
more immediate business. But the cap
ture of the Numidian chief was, in the
meanwhile productive Of other conse-
quences. Fora had been anxiously
awaiting the approach of lshmael; and,
| from the causes with which the reader is
! acquainted, had awaited it in vain
Hour after hour, she thought every sound
must be his footstep, till, as day dawned
upon her, hope had almost sickcncd into
despair. She maged to herself every
misadvcnturc which might have happen
ed to him on his way from Granda; and,
at last, with that impatience of inactivity
which suspense always brings with it,
she determined to 90 forth to seek him;
she hoped to meet him on the way
She procured the war-dress of an Abcn-
ccrage; and, active and courageous, as
her husband had represented her to be,
she mounted on Courser, and affecting
TO be charged with a commission from
the governor, she passed out from the
city without suspicion. She took the
road towards Granada, and had not ad-
vanced far before she met an object
which seemed to verify all her worst
forebodmgs. 1t was the well-known
horse of her husband; which, with his
name blood. bedabblcd, and his air wild
ndtcrror stricken, was rapidly approach
ing those towers to which his master had
so often guided him. Fora recognized
him at once; her heart sank within her
at the sight; but she determined to know
the extent of her misfortune. Placing
herself, therefore, Immediately across
the path Of the horse, as he drew near
to her, she called to him by his name, IN
the tone in which she had so often ca
ressed him. In despite Of her dress,
the faithful animal recognised her voice
at once. He stopped short. and ap-
preaching her, rubbed his head gently
against her knees. She pat;cd his neck,
and called upon the name Of her hus-
band aloud" Ishmael!-lshmael!'-
To Inn
meaning, for he ncighad and tossed his
head into the air, as though in grief and
lamcntation. Fora took her resolution
in an instant. She lcaped upon his back,
and throwing the rein loose upon his
neck, the unwcaried animal struck, at a
rapid pace, into the direction from
whence he had come. A moderate time
brought her to the spot where the fight
had taken place the night before, and
where her husband had sunk under the
blows Of Lara. The bodies Of the four
Spanards whom Ishmael had overthrown
lay upon the gronnd. Fora perceived by
the javclins that the blows had been
dealt by him. But not far from them,
she recognised his buckler, cloven IN
two, and, as well as the sand on which it
lay, stained with his blood. She flung
herself upon the ground, impregnated
with that blood, and gave vent to the
most passionate grief Suddenly groan
struck upon her ear; and turning around,
she perceived that it proceeded from one
Of the Spaniards, in whom some life was
still left. She ran towards him: raised
him; assisted hiEl; questioned him.
The wounded soldier, grateful for hel
care, collected the fey Arabic words OF
which he was master, to inform her that
it was single Numidian, who, attacked
upon his road, had pierced him and his
companions, but that Lara had avenged
them. The buckler was cloven, the
blood was shed, by the hand Of Lara
Zora gathered from this that Ishmac
had been slain by the Spanish leader
She asked from the wounded soldier the
direction of the camp; he pointed it out
and she set off at speed to reach it, pro-
missing to send the wounded man his
comrades help. Even in her own dis.
trcss, woman observes and remembers
the distress of others. even when, as in
this case, she dares to face the dangers
Of war, she does all ;hat in her lies, to
mitigate its horrors. Having reached
the Spanish outpos,s, she desired tc
speak to the officer of the guard III,
appeared -" Tell your commander,'
she exclaimed, "tell Lara, that the gov
ernor OF Carthame awaits him here, witt
his sword in his hand-that he will fgh
with HIM, hand 10 hand, within his ow,
lines. If he is not the most dastardly o