Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-07-09
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TALE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

a TALE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
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He gazed for moment on his deliverer-
there was something mysterious in his looks
and actions. '-t.' .T 5.'
"May make so bold )" said the youth, cas-
to inquire who you aro' always understood
thero were no inhabitants on Fanning's Is
land"
"There are but two"-replied the man, in
a tone Of cool, settled melancholy-in such
tone as man might address a being, whose
species he had been accustomed to hate.
Have you been wrecked here like my
self" asked Julian. .......
'.Do rot look like ID wreck % asked the
mystic erious being, in reply.
"You like 10 evade interrogatories, l per-
ccive," said Julian.
"And do not you '-questioned he, " did
not ask you if looked like a week. Answer
me that, and may satisfy your curiosity far
ther."
"You look like
" you said, while on yoEaer spot, he who saved
you, should be your father But oh see ,uan-
Kind are all sxke--the moment you are safe,
you even forget to thank your deliverer, you
smitten to the soul by this merted reproof,
Julian clasped the knees of the mysterious man:
".God, forgive mel" cried he, ''never, never
let the crime Of ingratitude be laid 10 my
charge-Whoever you may be, be assured my
soul offers you its most ardent and sincere
thanks.-Can serve you with my life, it shall
be chcerfully laid down But sorrow for the
loss of dear friend and shipmate had made
me forgstful Of the respect due to the preserver
Of my life."
Something like gentleness seemed to relax
| the rigidity Of the stranger at this sight
| as he said in an altered voice, and with fall
Aring accents: ......'.
"Why this; yes, this is as should be-
Arise, my son-I think l understand you--.
you do then believe that gratitude is
a virtue Well, well, we'l say no more OF
that, have done no more than my duty in
saving you you shall be my son-and the
first lesson which shall teach you, (here his
brows contra cted 10 a frown, his teeth were
frequently gritted together, and rage was
! strongly depicted in every feature, l shall
! first Of all, teach you TO hate mankind-nay,
to rejoice in the destruction Of your friends
who this night met their doom amongst these
! al. ,,I,,;, f,to
you so much de plore (Here Julian star ed
and for a moment his face was flushed. y
| "Nay, nay, be not surprised-once was l not
Just such one as you' Aye! so. trusting, SO
ardent in my friendships in every mans face
| saw an ANGEL was in love with the world,
and talk ed loudly Of virtue, benevolence, and
disinterestedness-I heard othcrs talk in tire
same strain, and thought they felt all they
pretended TO. Alas! experience taught me
| that they but talked, while felt-7I was in
earnest; they were not. When l became ac'
ouainted with mankind, discovered that from
the king to the clown, from the priest to the
lowest of the lai,y, interest, solhshness, deceit
\ and usurpaiion predomina,od in all their &C
tions. l however awoke not from my fata
sleep, my dclusivo dream, until had been re-
duced from aflucnce TO penury, by the machi'
nations ofpious men and respectable neghbors
Since then, these hands have been STEPPED
in the blood Of my fellow mortals. Since then
I have sought livelihood by rapine and plum
der, and TO my dceming, il is more honor
able mode of proceeding. than is the under.
hand, oontriving scheme. by which man, So
cure from all danger, stands behind the scene
and picks your pocke,s!"--(This thought
seemed to strike Julian fercibIy.) "Ves,
young man, whom oon6dine. open. ingenious
mind finds iiself deceived and imposed upon, il
feels tho sting with thrcc-fod anguish. No
wonder then that my wrongs have driven me
into declaration Of war with the whole world,
since found myself alone IN IT," "
Tho tays OF The sun pow sbst ever the sss-