The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-01-19

,trant, hear the song 81" sang for herself
alone admire She works OF her pencil and most
of all, at that t'aiY critical period Vt hi, life,
mark her cuunrnnncr As she read hl- letter,
and KN3W III, doom AithDui thp modification Of
per,,nfi or written relu> 4 With such
Thought A. these he retired tn rest. A. Dr., ans
are continuation of Thoughts tn. ugh thu day ,
it is not to be Wondered at If tll,v are often We
ry singular Tn" hopes and regrets Of Loren
"a were soon buried IN >erp-hr dreamed that
he had pinned away. ana died broken hearted,
and "A, immediately transformed into an pys-
ter He was surrounded by thousands of his
companions, and had scarcely become familiar
Wi h his new sItultion. when h.. VAS grappled
up ~ an FISHERMAN. carried to market and sold
-aud who should he the pure la>rr but Mr.
Tracy As the poser Of reflection. and the
acute >ensihilitv of pain was still left him. his
situation was rporablc Mr. Tracy had pnr-
chased a large quantity of oysters and invited
his friends to a supper. No language de
scribe the horror of his feelings while the sup
per wa preparlng-some Of his companions
were LAID on hot GOALS, some were sewed. some
fried and others reserved to be eaten raw
The beautiful Rosahne and every thing save
his sutfrrng) was forgotten-it WAS his fate TO
be brought alive to the table: there sat his be-
loved Ro>nline. like the queen Of beauty, but
her charms had lost their power-n his human
state he thought she had the most beautiful
mouth and teeth in the world: now nothing in-
spred him with such horror But Judge of his
feeling when h" heard her prefer raw oysters:
and several of his companions were instantly
opened and put on her plate, He thought Of
the Wild cannbtls Of North America; there was
no hope TO cling to, and with trembling horror
he awaited his fate Had speech been allowed
him, he would have said. Oh Rosaline cruel
Rosaline! wilt thon not spare me 1t was his
fate to suffer next the cruel stroke that severed
him from his she-it Did not deprive him Of
life He was sensible Of pain as he lay upon
her plate; but when she raised him upon the
fork TO her mouth, and crushed him alive be-
tween her teeth. heavens what moment 1t
was 50 horrible he awokc-and it was some time
before he could persuade himself he was still
human being. II was but drram-and it left
a deep impression on his mind In the morning
h." received letter; he opened it and the sig
nature was Rosaline She merely mentioned
she bad received his letter. and as she could
not Judge for herself in matter Of 50 much i'm
porancc. had delivered it to her father, and to
his Judgment She referred HIM Poor Lorenza!
his mind still agItatrd with his dream, was IN
able to hear the contents of the letter, hich he
hooked upon as the humiliation OF all his hopes
He felt himself the most mise rab!e being in OK
istance-hnt he had gone too far to recedc aud
with all the modification oi proud spirit op-
pressed with misfortune. he waited upon her IA
ther to hear his DOOM Mr. Tracy from his first
acquaintance with Lorenza, had conceived
great partlality for him. L. looked upon hun
as one Of the few Young men deserving Of bet
ter (ortunr-aud contrary to the most tattering
homes Of IOrfnZa received him in a oracious