Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-03-17

all his fortltude to bear himself and his
afflicted fair one bravely through the
trial. You might hear the less impass-
i0ned but not less sacred words of conso-
la,ion which an only son uttered into the
ear of bereit and widowed parent.
Here was an old man exhorling the child
OF his promise to emulate his fathers
dtarly-treasured courage in the same
righteous cause-thal of his king and OF
his country there a youth pledglng to
a brother the vow of lilial duty and pro-
lection to their aged and common sire ;
and in another direction was heard a
deep-drawn poignant burst of sorrow
poured from the wife of his bosom into
the struggling heart of many manly
mould. g. Don't be unhappy, Mary"
said fine young man to pale, fair
girl, whose grief, depicted in her gaze,
at first too acute to relieve itself in tears !;
don't be unhappy you will live with
mother, and YOU will write to me, and ]
shall perhaps sometimes find time to
write TO you; and a soldiers letter, you
know, travels over the world for pen
ny; and We shall soon settle the ma ter,
and come back they won't dare to
stand their ground long when our bayo-
nets touch them-and then, Many"
All !" exclaimed Mary, bursting into
tears, A" bu, they may stay long enough
10 kill some of you, and how can l tell
that ,ou-" "Oh no, no." replied
the brave youth, many chances before
my turn. Mary, Come, be merry, you'll
love me all the better when have fought
for my country" And then Mary wept
again but there appeared a hope in this
second flow. impaired by her soldiers
confidence and pride.
you'll get half my pay" whispered
a man, with AN accent of more tender
ness than his appearance seemed to war
rant the expectation of--a tall, hard
featured, slrong-limbed figure, with a
Waterloo Medal suspended by the usual
riband asthis breast, upon which he look
ed down as if the sight Of it nerved him
to some great exertion. You'll get
half of my pay" said he to pretty
young woman who carried an INFANT Oh
her arm, while with the other hand she
held blooming boy of six or seven years
old &; and as we cannot spend any money
in Portugal we shall save the other half
to send Johnny to school, and make a
clever fellow of him shall we not, John
ny ?" stopping down to kiss the rosy
boy: and lie shall take care of his sister
when he grows To he man > and |
thought ! saw a tear fall from his full eve
as Ia raised II towards heaven, and ad-
ded,' and when / come home shall get
my discharge and my pension, and wen
go and live at the old village, and make
all the country folks stare, with the sto-
ries of all the battles and sights have
seem" His sorrowiEg helpmate was too
deeply afflicted to utter word but she
looked frs, at her husband, then at her
boy, whose little tears fell fast, though he
scarce knew why he wept; and then at
her infant, which she clasped i'll silent an
guish to her bosom, and hid her face
over the little innocent.
III tiiiS iuOIucIt liIt commanding Uui-
Ger who was to conduct these gallant men
TO victory or to death, mounted on his
well-paced charger, which seemed to
know the exact extent of its military
step, placed himself at the head of the
battalion. The word of command
4" attention." "shoulder arms" "march"
we're given in rapid succession. The
scene was changed-all was life and mo
lon-,he baud struck up martial air,
and the column moved forward. The
assembled crowd gave the departing he
roes cheers of encouragement and fare
well and ] retired to my room, and
traced these few desutory lines, which
may perhaps be cavilled at by critics
and condemned by the stern but which
may, nevertheless, not be without the
sympathy of some kindred spirits, nor
the delights arising from the conscious
ness of warm hearted sensibiliiy.
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