The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-06-12

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1hrre IS here a blank nj snnae weeks in my
~slsirn.s ! apskr rs irnm long slcep and
found IN, 4rif stretched upon bed IN . darir''-
ed cissn,,sr--A naomeul before scem.d IN
br IN tic nii1si 81 saagt trs NOW Hay ~ 'h~
1aietness ~ SEX bed Twas certainty III, 'ar
I feii week beyond urasntr, aud could scarcely
turn upon ny oaueb. Ny head swan, tatnt
cloud faated before me, y rngtaes Il whisper
ues frii apon thy cars, On hooking around
morr attentpely, perceived bsAeiui female
form seasrd hssid~ me- gazeb on her rs On a
ss5es an Ia AL Al 81 sneak
She ohse ead nv sudesveur aud s,s,ng mp pia-
eed ane slender finger upon my lip, IN token
ri s,Ienor Irepssled my attempt at ottsrancc
when str shook her head, and hispeird w,'h
smile 81 ihc most aficctiunate tenderness " Ne
pnries pas. mon oh,r. po0s stes encore ypp io'
big Far some time could do nothing but
gaze on this lovely apparalion, Her counter
ancs WAS lighted up with the beauty not only of
form hni of freiing. aud appearing as she did
under such circumstance she seemed 10 my
wondering Imagination mnre creature Of the
sky than Of this earthly planet
Days passed, and vas still waited on by this
ninlstcring angel. She sal by the bedside ba
thing my heated temples and administering nonr-
ishinent Nor vas she the only one who per.
formed snrh offices Of kindness \ lady older
thnn herself, aud seeminsy hey mother would
Frequently inter the ronm and lpnl her helping
hand had also the consciousness of hcing
waited upon by physician, who came 10 visit
nc often during fhr day Atimes, also, I pcr-
Owed through the thin curtains n The foot Of
'ae bed, the shade" ola tall military officer with
= cooked lat aud lofty feather which tower.
ed almost To tfr root of the chamber Wy sen
sea fallied. began 10 thnk correctly, and was
at last by my gsate nurse permitted to speak.
! found that both she and her mother were
French, ard understood no other language.
Fortunately | aas we'll versed IN that tongue.
hY which menus or intercourse WAS easy aud
agreeable. In the course Of ten DAYS | was
PEI mtted by the physician TO SET up ADD II
was then was told by my hind attendants. in
answer 10 my an1ions inquiries, thai had been
wounded IN the battle of Waterloo and lodged
IN their house by a strange officer, who also 10
sided There, but Of whom they knew nothing