The Litchfield County post., 1827-10-11

with Wild delight her emancipation rum tae
,...;hl.. ,hr,yaom under which she bad Lam
s',.;sh'J Car "a many wears. Memory turned
so ,be lovrd Mains of her country andin the !
v;e;ons az night, the groves and the bright wa
t.rs end the blue skies of her own native land
rose fair to her view, while she sat beneath
the shade of the gOurds that encOmpassed her
dwelling, and listened to the sweet VOICES oil
kindred and friends as they welcomed her
once more to her home. ,
The night before that morning on when the
unhappy negress underwent the punishment
which ruined her fairy built hOPes.and brought
her to sudden and violent end, me ne"
moon made its welcome appearance, aIu' Cd
serving the ceremonies prescribed by the ue
ceased sorceress, the negroes repaired 10 inc
machineel, where, cautiously digging Oeheatn
the root, they seized upon the ring ana pore u
away in triumph. TheIr plans ol reVenee
had been long in review before them; mercy
,v.s excluded: and now that they were certain,
"a thew imagined, ofsuccess,it only remained
tn Hx upon the time for striking that blow
which was TO restore them to liberty. Alth0
M nrohable circumstance could place within
their reachsthe means Of escaping the power
G,l CRASH ofiustice, the deluded negroes, rely
inc upon the infallibility of the ring fanced
every thing propitious to their cause; and de-
s;rp;nr tn march to some of the fertile but
unfre0uentedN. passes of the mountains, TO
xrhich the women, under colour OF be'ng
present at distant negro festival should pre-
r;a,,s,v have retired, they imagined nothing
short of success. g.,
When the aged Maloa was released from
Tho torturing scOurge of Maltravers, in the eit-
tary,ess Of her heart she invoked her son to
leave her at the deserted hut and 99es1E het
from his companions, in token of their resou-
tion to avenge her DEATH The youth obeyed
her commands. and notwithstanding the risk
of discovery, he cOntrived to commune with
the negroes by signs and to receive the pre-
cious assurance of their faith. In the interval
occasionedby his absence, Maloa recalled the
tales which Zarilda had borne to herbf Loui-
sa's goodness, land dwelt with grateful earnest
ness upon the long remembered circumstance
of having been once rescued from threaten
ed punishment by her casual intervention -
theconseuuence was her determination TO bind
Morengo, by the duty he owed his parent, to
become the guardiano Of Miss GreviIe, should
she return to the plantation before the revolt,
and never to quit her side until he had pla-
ced her beyond the reach of danger. The
frenzied Joy that usurped the dominion of her
faculties upon the receipt of the glitteripg to-
ken, which told that the burning thirst of her
spirit would be allayed by the blood of her
prosecutor, overpowered her: but, as recol-
lection returned, the second wish of her heart
rose in her dying bosom, calling family, yet
feryently for fnflment. MorengO listened to
his mothers injunctons as to those of one who
had already thrown off the letters of NOR
tally, and accordingly sealed by a VOW ofsol.
emn import the pledge of obedience he had
rendered.
Unacquainted with the arrival of Miss Gre
vile and her aunt, he proceeded to the garden,
and taking his usual station at the bower when
watching for Zarda, he waited to inform her
of Mal0a's dissolution, and to prepare her for
the approaching crisis, well aware that her
sworn fidelity could be relied upon, and that
f" the safety of her beloved mistress would rec
oncile her to that event which was to avenge
the barbarous murder of her aged friend. The
intelligence that Mrs. Russell and her niece
had returned unexpectedly, in some degree
perplexed him as to his intended movements;
but, holding consultation with Zarilda, il
was determined that the latter should loosen
the belI-wires of her mistress's apartment, and
that. when all had retired to rest, Morengo
should enter at the window by the assistance
ola rope ladder, and convey Louisa to place
'sof safety, to which Zarilda should previously
be conducted in case she resisted, he resell
we'd to stife her cries by muffling a cloak
round her head, provided her silence could
not be commanded BY the knowledge Of her
danger.
! While Miss Greyille was intently occupied
with her letters onthe night Of the mutiny her
attendant, having observed the directions of
Morengo, prepared for fight, and, availing
herself of the ladder, the ends of which were
flung up to the easement by the negro and
made fast by her, che tremblingly descended,
and with him alided noiselessly to the clump
of trees, where He had concealed light to
guide them through the impenetrable shades
of the shrubbery. Having brought her to the
hut where Maloa had breathed her last, and
which, on account of its being situated in the
depths of thcket on the borders of the plan
tation, offered sure retreat from the terrors
and confusion Of the meditated attack, Mo-
rengo, reiterating most solemnly his promise
to bring her mistress as speedily as circum-
stances would admit to the cottage, retired,
having FIRST taken the precaution Of securing
the door.
On his return, his aIarmwa excited by the
appearance of a travelling equipage drawn up
on grassplot, at a considerable distance from
the house surprised at this unusual circum-
stance, the negro secreted himself among the
branches of talnarind tree, whence he could
distinctly watch the movements of the driver
without incurring the hazard of being seem
Z In two or three minutes n lipht ylanceA alopp