Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-26

entered the cavern, and sitting on my Veu a"I
hv me- table. was that man whom thonSn' nau
jeft hurled alive in the other cave. ne iauS"s"
,,nsn he saw me. aud laid down the bone he ""s
gnawing. ,,d have served |
me- a rare trick. but there was hole III 'iI oa
which YOU did not see, and got out 10 seeS y's
II was not difficult matter. for the i'a.u
small; and now we hare met, anu we WIZ Pa
no more!!'' md fJ,ow
I said to the man, :: Rise ana io, ,I
me!' So he rose, and saw that OF al ~. .t;Un
he had left only the bones. "ohaii u,.1 e,t. -
reap and sow?" thought |, anu my heaf' ''''
assembled tall cliff: :.Look round, " sa'd !;
:. ron sse tha, stream which divides the island;
vou shall dwell on one side, and on the other;
knit tho same spot shall not hold Us, nor the same
feast supply" ..ror 7
That may never BEES quoth the man; ''ior
cannot catch the deer, nor spring upon the noun
tain kid. and if YOU feed me not shall starVe'
{. Are there not fruits" said |, ''and BIRDS tha'
vo, NAV snare. and fishes which the sea throws
up:" A.. wan and
laughed, $50 well as the heSn oi MUS anu
"Look them" said !, look by that gray stone
unon the opposite side of the stream, Will lay
deer or kid daily, so that you may nave the
| fond which YOU covet; but if ever you cross tne
stream and come into my kingdom, SO sure as the
sea murmers, and the bird flies. will Kill you.
decended the cliff and led the man to the
side of the stream. IS cannot swim" SAID ne;
50 took him on my shoulder and crossed 1ne
brook, and found him out cave, ana / maue
him bed and table like my own ana 'elt h'ni
when was on my own side OF the stream again,
bounded with joy, and lifted up my VOICE:
shall be alone nOw.' SAID l.
So two DAYS passed, and was alone on tl,e
third went after my prey; the noon was 'o';
| and was wcaried when l returned eh,ereu
my cavern and beheld the man lay stretcned up
ON nv bed. ..Ha, Ha!" said he ''here am;
was So lonely at home that nave coihe " NV
| with YOU again" 1I
frowned on the man with dark brow, and l
said so sure as the sea murmers, and the D"u
flies. 7 will kill YOU" ! sezed him in my arms;
nlucked him from my bed; took HIM out into
the omen air. and we stood together on the smooth
sand. and bv the great sea. A fear came upon me;
was struck with the awe of the still SPIRIT whlcn
reiyns over solitude Had thou sand been round
IL. I would have slane HIM before them all.
feared now because we were alone IN DESERT
with silence and GoD..' relaxed my mol d
{. Swear" I said. never to modest me asal n;
swear TO preserve unpassed the boundary OF our
several homes, and will not kill YOU 81 can
not :, ear. - answered the man; Il would soon
Or die than forswear the blessed human face
even though that face be my encmys.
At these words my rage returned; dashed
the man to he ground, and put my foot upon
his breast. and my hand upon his neck. ana ne
-tragaled for moment-and was dead was
startled; and as looked upon MS face thought
il seemed to revive; thought the cold blue eye
6xed unon me. and the vile grin returned to the
tsra. rIar q Isped the sand, stretched themselves
out to me- So stamped on the breast again,
aud dug hole in the shore, and buried the
BODY. g And now" said |, - | am alone at
last" And then the sense of loneliness, the
vague. vast. comfortless, objectless sense of de-
ISOLATION passed into me. And shoOk-shOok
in every limb of my giant frame. as it had been
a child tina. trembles in the dark; and my hair
rose, and my blood crept, and would not have
STAYED in thai spot moment more if had been
made Young again for it. turned away and
Aed--hed round the whole island; and CRASHED
nv teeth when came to the sea, and longed to
be cas-. into some il,imi able desert. that might
lee on forever. At sunset returned to my cave
Il sat myself down on one corner of the bed, and
covered my face with my hands. thought
| heard noise: ! raised my eyes, ana. as i've,
saw on the other end of the bed the man whom
, had slain and barred. There he sat, six feet
from me, and nodded to me, and looked at me
with his wan ewes, and laughed. rushed from
the cave-I entered wood threw myself
! dnwn-'hsre opposite TO me. SIX feet from my
face, was the face OF that man again And my
courage rose. aud spake, but he answered not.
| attempted 80 seize him; he sided from my
grasr and WAS sill opposite. six feet from me as
before. fiung on the ground, and pres
sed nv face to the sod, and would not look up
till the night came OF and darkness came over
the earth. then rose and returned to the cave:
| laid down on the bed, and the man lay down
BY me: and frowned, aud tried to seize him as
before bit could not. and closed my ewes.
and rie man lay By me. Day passed on day,
and it aas the same st board, at bed. at home
aud abroad. in my up rising and my down sit
ting. bv day and at night, there, by my bed side,
siN feet from me, and no more, was that CHASTITY
aud dead thing And | said, as looked upon
the beautiful land and the still heavens, and then
turned to that fearful comrade, :. shall never
be alone again!' And the man laughed.