The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-10-02

lraw upon her scanty stores Of memory
The light of pleasure for moment bright
ned her countenance, and its fitful fash
esembled glimmering ofrcason Have
ou seen him 2" repe ated she more slowly,
md with less vivacity than belore-and
er eye again assumed its unmeaning
heerless expression, benighted of intel!i-
;ence, and berelt of hope.
Poor wanderer, ! could understand
zee! had for a season known that
ickness Of the .heart-that loneliness of
,utfering, which finds no echo in the SYM
athy of the hacknied, selfish crowd
coarse, rustic kinds gazed upon thy agon-
es as on holiday spectacle, or taunted
,hee with their witlcss jests. Thou hadst
Undergone the tender mercies Of human
sind--the infections Of the experimental
shiIanthropist who wins back reason to
Aer throne with the sovereign ponacea Of
nrison and the scourge. But | could
~ woes, for had felt them: and
Ac accents OF kindness now speak
Mort, would bear with thy fran
&c f&vings;-I would soothe thee in thy
nilder hours Of tranquil sorrow;-and
8 weep with thee tear tor teal"
My rude companion approached her,
tapping her on the shoulder" Ebbe,
Jecca, non Thai mica truvatu''* said he,
With insolent and boorish familiarity
Maniac as she was, the ill-tim.ed railler,
tung her to the quick: her lip 1uivered-r
ler eye kindled.-" No, che no 'hagrio
ruvate," replied she, gnashing her teeth
With wild execration, and in an attitude oi
menace which forced my guide, though
,rmed, to recoil several PAGES. But hei
IDEAS instantly taking another direction
she paused. "Aggia pszienza," said she
g 30 il, so be duve lu truvero;n,t and, with
another convulsiye laugh, she fed, swift
as the chamois Other native hills, and was
.ost among the thickets.
During the rapid spparition of Cecca,
establishment and pity had rooted me to
lie spot. My eyes, fixed on the path b,
which she had disappeared, still followed
er trace; but the volubility Of my guidt
soon reused me from my emotion.-You
vould see her once morew said he, witt
N inquiring look and without waiting for
ny answer, he led back the horses which
rad been grazing on the iuxuriant her
or. As we resumed our route my guide
icqnaihteo "~ ~ .L~ -oo- ---.s.,.aj
story. -
.Cecca was the dsughter Of a rich farm
er who lived in one of the most elevated
If the little villages forming the canton Oh
i}astilica. The tough old forester, wh'
vas an equal adept in the chase of the
chamols and Of the msrauding peacher,
felt his bosom swell with conscious i'm
portance as he boasted that his house,
hold could furnish, at a pinch, ut least
twelve good men at arms. His daugh-
ter was the prettiest maiden in all the can
ton, and as she attended her devotions
each Sunday, adorned with her coral neck
lace, and the kerchief which We'd in white
ness with the bosom whose charms it con-
cealed, the old mans heart warmed with a
fathers fondness, and tear Of pride
plistened in his eye as the glance of many
village youth told now he envied him
his darling treasure.
Cecca was his only child: her winning
graces, her playful caresses, enlivencd
his dropping age, and soitened his regret
that he had been denied son, to whom
he might one day bequeath his antique
chesnut trees, his hereditary aniinos'tles,
and his double barrelled gum" The
flower ofthe village lads, said my guide,
with a significant look that informed me
himself was included in the list" the
comelIest and the bravest in tho canton
aspired to Cecca's hand, Notwithstanding
some five or six envehomed ieuds which
were to be espouscd with the bride, and
which formed rnrt Of her Marriage por-
ton. But, spite of their courage md
their address at the carbine, Cecca had
neither ewes nor ears for any Of them
Her heart had long devotedto, Pietro, a
rich proprietor who lived in the village
INST below her own, but. between whose
family and hers q mortal hatred had foi
some time cxisted--the father oil Ptetro
having been killed by Cecca's. In de-
spite Of the vengeiul fecoilcctions which
in Corsica, are cherished with religious
luminosity In despite Of the blood stain
Cd shirt suspended over Pietro' % bed, as .
memento ofthe still more bloody deeds
| in despite even Of the ball which had killed
his father, and which the son had vowedts
wear as an amulet upon his heart till ven
ueHnce should be satisfied lin despite o