Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-08-20

I lovers. Look love, said the fascina.cd d
youth, gazing al ou,.d him with rapture
! look; how mildly does the sun shed his
last lingering rays over the fuce of ma
(ure. And as he has not ceased during
the day to pour his bcneficcnt beams up
on the earlhs so do l hope that ours wll
be lives OF untiriDg benevolence; ano
that at the close Of our brief pilgrimage,
we may lock with equal compIacensy
upon a multitude Of objects, rendered
blessed by u.s. Yes, replied the happy
maiden, but do you not see yon cloud
which darkIy skirts the horizon! Who
knows but it may convert this calm and
peaceful rest Of nature into a troubled
and ruined desolatien' That threaten
ing cloud was indeed a prophetic omen.
A miserable object, at this moment,
presented himself before them. 1t was
the brother Of Alonzo. After his ia
theirs death, as we before said he had
removed to distant part ofthe country.
Owing 10 the influence Of corrupt socic-
ty, hc had lost every principle Of virtue.
For long time the strength of morals
lnculcated in youth restrained him from
acts Of open guilt. But advancing from
one vice to another his character being
destroyed and his health ruined ,he yield
ed to tho fatal suggestion, united with a
band of villains, and committed robbery
and murder. II was Immediately after
this that he presented himself before
Alonzo, exclaiming--Shield mo my
brother, from the officers Of iustice:-
Hide, hide me! Who art thou, replied
the astonished youth, not recognizing
his features, rendered haggard by dis
sipation, and dim by the twilight. Thy
Lother, proud youth; was the answer,
uttered with startling vehemence. II
AIonzo carried any passion to excess, it
was the pride Of an unspotted family.
Actuated by this feeling he sternly ans
wercd-Begone fellow! | know you not.
Once | had brother; but the moment
he forgot his own reputation, aud dared
to couple his paternal name with infamy
he burst asunder the last cord OF kindred
and affection. Away sir, know you
not. Trembling with passion, tho mad
man drew a poniard from his bosom and
exclaimod-Persists sir, in this contempt
uous treatment, and I will sheath this in
your heart.
DO, Sir, cried the impassioned youth,
tearing asunder his vest, and laying his
bosom bare-Do, Sir, and TO all the foul
crimes, with which you havc stained the
escutcheon of your family, add that ofthe
remorseless fraticide:
The terrific maiden, percoiving the
fatal weapon drawn back, to give i'm
pulse to the blow, threw herself, with a
loud shrek, before her beloved, and re-
ccived the blade in her bosom! God of
heaven! exclaimed the agitated Alonzo;
and, by the bursting Of bood-vessel,
sunk into the arms Of his dying bride
and expired in a moment: But thrice,
after bis last groan, thrice did the liati-
eide plunge his dagger into the heart of
AlonZo.
Now 60 to bed said my grandmother,
impressing upon my cheek one last, af-
fcctionate kiss: now go 10 bed, and cry
no morc.-True wept no more: and
during the recital it appeared as if those
very fountains, from which tears flowed
so freely, were forever CONCEALED by hor-
ror. For since then until this day not a
single glittering drop has gemmed the
cheek Of JULIAN.