Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-18

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earth still holds. Detain me not-but abide
here, and watch me as l advance. If L fall,
as is most likely, I charge you to take the
Sealed papers, which you will find in the
yalise, and carry them to the person to whom
they are addressed, with the least possible
delay. There is money enough in the purse
to bury me with my poor boy, and to cause
masses to be said for our souls, and vet
leave you a rich recompense for your Jour
ncy."
The honest Swiss lad, obtuse in his under
standing, but kind and faithful in his DISPOSE
ton, blubbered as his employer spoke, and,
afraid to offog further remonstrance or oPpo-
sition, saw his temporary master prepare
himself to traverse the same fatal precipice,
over the verge of which his Inflated son had
seemed to pass to the fate which, with all the
wildness Of a parents anguish, his father was
Fastening to share.
Suddenly there was heard from beyond the
fatal angle from which the mass Of stone lac
been displaced by Arthur's rash ascent, the
loud hoarse sound Of one Of those huge horns
made out of the spoils of the urus, or wild
bull, of Switzerland, which in ancient times
announced the terrors of the charge of these
fnountaineers, and, indeed, served them in
war Instead Of all musical strume
"Hold, sir, holdl" exclaimed the Grison,
''yonder is a signal from Geierstein. Some
one will presently come to our assistance,
and show US the safer way to seek for your son
and look you-at yon green bush hat Is
glimmering through the mist; Saint Antonio
preserve me as | see a white cloth displayed
therel it is Just beyond the point where the
rock fell"
Ihcfather endeavorcd to fix his eyes on the
spot, but they filed SO fast with tears that they
could not discern the object which the guide
pointed out. at is all in vain, he said, dash
ing the tears from his eycs-"I shall never see
more of him than his lifeless remains"
"You wili--you will see him in litc!' said
the Grison, s'Sdint Antonio wills it so-See,
the white cloth waves again" 81
'Some remnant of his garments" said the
Observation-Disclosures wretchcdm memorial
of his fate.--No, my eyes see it not-I have
bcheld the fall of my ~house--would that the
%lultures of these crags had rather torn them
from their socketsl"
"Yet look again." said the GTison; "the
cloth hangs not loose upon q bought can
see that it is raised on the end of q staff, and
is distinctly waved to and fro. Your son
makes a signal that be is safe"
And if ii be So" said the traveller, clasp
ing his hands together, blessed be the eyes
that see it, and the tongue that tells IT! If
we find my son; and find him him alive, this
? day shall be q lucky one for thee too"
May" said the Grison, vi only ask that
YOU will abide still, and act by counsel, l viii
hold myself quit for my services. Only, 1t IS
not creditable to an honest lad to have peo-
pie lose themselves by their own wilfulness;
Tor the blame, after all, is sure to fall upon the
gH1afl 6 th if h mist S2q HON. nrf his BROW @ls p or BANKS isa of
earth from slipping down into the valley at a
f.roa ar ntyp hoirhra;noI r,IJ,-t- Co..
walking upon precipices as narrow as the
edge Of a knife, or madmen, whose gray
hairs might make them wiser, from drawing
daggers like braves in Lombardy.'
Thus the guide ran on, and in that vein he might
have long continued, for Seignor Philipson heard him
not. Each throb Of his pulse, each thought of his
heart, was directed towards the object which the lad
referred to as n signal of his sons safety. He became
at length satisfied that the signal was actually wa
we'd by a human hand: and, as eager in the glow Of
Teviving hope, as be had Of late been under the IN
6uence of desperate grief, he again prepared for the
attempt Of advancing towards his son, and assisting
him If possible, in regaining a place of safety. But
the eltreaties and reiterated assurances ofhiS guide,
iuduced him to pause.
Are you fit he said, "to 90 Oil Tic cYag' Can
YOU repeat your Credo and Ave without missing or
misplacing q words for without that, our old men
say your neck, bad you a score OF them, would be
in danger. Is your eye clear. and your feet firm
| trow the one streams like a fountain, and the other
shakes like the aspen which o~verhangs il! Rest here
till those arrive who are far more able TO give your
son help than either you OF | am. | Judge by the
fashion ofhis blowing, that yonder is the horn of the
Goodman Of Geierstein, Arnold Biederman. lie
hath seen your sons danger, and is even now proyi-
ding for his safety and ours. There are cases
in which the aid Of one stranger, well acquainted
with the country, is worth that Of three brothers who
know not the crags."
"But if yonder horn really sounded a sigma" said
the travels1 "ho" CHANGED f. that my son replied
not"
"And ifha did so. ne is most 6k.lv bo dJ ro:.mj
the Grison. chow should we have heard him, The
bhgle of Uri itself sounded amid these horrible dins
OF water and tempest like the reed Of a shepherd.
boy; and how think you We should hear the holloa
of mau'"
Yet, methinks'" said Seignor Phlipson, 81 do
!nya' something amid this roar Of elements which is
1kea human yoice-buti il is not Arthurs."
"ot wei, no. answered the Grison, chat is
"onans voice. The mSidens viii converse Sgitb
each other Ia that manner, from cliff TO clrT. throrgh
storm and tempest, were thcrn q nniln hnt.rnon %