Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-07-30

| ~ tno nospNai Out low weeks aVer, tnough
It was .visible she had not entirely reco, cred
from her maiady, but tho prospect was in eve-
~ respect favorable as the symptoms Of the
disease were every day lessening.
About this time, W found il neccssa-
ry for him to leave the kingdom on business
! abroad, and il was uncertain when he should
be able to return. He took an affe ectionate
farewell Of the maiden with tho exchange Of
promises to eternal constancy and SC, out for
the continent. Three years elapsed before he
returned and on his arrival in Ireland he was
Informed that his mistress was still! living and
enjo, ed excellent health, though il was said
that for many months after his departure the
seeds other rnalady were not eradicatsd, but
for the last two years nothing Of the kind had
! been visible. She was now lady who moved
in the highest circles Of fashionable society
and had attracted the notice Of several rich
gentlemen, among whom were some Of tho no
5ility who had solicited her hand. These offers
she had uniformly rejected, as it was general
ly supposed on account Of her engagement to
W.
With this cheering intelligence he hurried to
the mansion Of her whose re cole ction he had
constantly cherished and whose mistaken con-
stancy rendered her still more angelic in his
| view. He was received by tho parents with
the warmest gratitude and affection, from the
consciousness that he had been the main IN
IN IL e b.,.
but the issue of this interview they awaited with
the most painful suspense.
The writer continues:-" -"Shs had long ceased
10 mention his name. or bstray any symptom
Of collecting him; he seemed to have passed
from her memory with tho other less important
items Of her snuation, and this moment was
now to prove to them whether any Circumstance
could mako the stream Of memory roll back to
this distracted period Of her intellect. From
the shock Of that interview W never re-
covered. She received him as her family had
anticipated; she saw him as a mere unintersst-
cd stranger; she met him with calm, cool po-
litcness, and could i'll conceal her astonishment
at tho agitation and despair Of his manner
when he found too truly ho wus no longer re-
membcred with the fsnd aiec ecton he had an
ticipated. He could not repress his anxiety
to remind her Of their late att achmsnt, but she
only lieard his distant hints with a.tonishment
and naughty surprise. Ho now found that tho
only step which remained for him was to en-
daavour to make q second impression on her
renovated heart, bu, he failed. Thore was
still some mysterious influence which alta ched
their minds, but tho alliance on her part had
totally changed its former tone, when sho did
permit her thoughts to dwell upon him, it WAS
rather with aversion than esteem; and her
family after long encouraging his address
er at length persuaded him to forego his suit,
which with heavy hopeless heart he assented
to, and bade her adeu farove-
.But the die Of his fortune was cast; he could
no longer walk hcedessy by those scenes
where he had once spent hours Of happiness.
and he felt that wandor where he might, hap
pness could never return. AT length, to crown
his misery, the last ray Of hope was shortly af-
ter shaded by the marriage Of his mistress.t
W now abandoned every prospect at
home, and, in order to shake of that melan-
choly which was gathering like rust around his
heart, went oil to the continent; but change Of
scene is but change Of i'll to those VINO must
bear with them the cause Of their sorrow. and
find within. that void tho world can never fiji.
Er - r
ment to another; society had no spell to soo,hs
his memory, aad change no charm to lull it
"S.ill slowly passed away the melancholy day,
and still the stranger wist not where to stray
at length, he joined the cause ofthe struggling
Greeks, and his namo has been often aud hon
ourably mentioned amongst the companions Of
Lord Byron at Missolonghi. After his Lord
ships death he still remained in Greece, but his
constitution was too weak 10 permit him TO bc
Of active service as a Palakari. lie had
therefore. taken post in the garrison. which
held possession ofthe castle and town of Nava-
rno in the Morea, and was wounded inths ac-
t'on at spactsria, in the summer ofls25 The
unskilful management Of nltvo surgeon du-
ring his confinement, in the fortress, previous to
its surrender to Ibrahim Pacha, and a long and
dangerous fever from the malaria Of Pylo,,
combined with scanty diet and bad attendance
from his Greek Gomestics. united with his bro.
ken sp;ri, to bring on rapid consumption. II
was under these circumstances that Mr.. R
who now accompanied him, had fand him a,
village in the district Of Mania. and hs d since
paid him every attention in his power BY
cautious management and gcntle voyages he
had brought him from Hydta, where he was
enabled TO procure him n passage in French