The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-07-01

ma, ha" said he, "you would have
served mo rare trick, but there was hole
in the cave which you did not see. and
got out to seek you. II was not difficult
matter, Tor tho island is so small; and now
we hare met, and we will part no more -
said to the msn, "Riso and follow mel"
So he rose, and saw that Of oil my food
he had left only the bones. "Shall this
thing reap and SOW ?" thought 1, and my
heart felt to me like iron.
| ascended a tall cliff: I.ook round"
said !; ''you see thut stream which divides
the island; you shall dwell on one side, and
] on the other; bat the same spot shall not
hold Us, nor the same feast supply ~
"That may never be-" quoth the man;
"for cannot catch the deer, nor spring
upon the mountain kid; and fyou feed INC
not, ] shall starvcw
"Are there no fruits" said I, sand birds
that you may snare, and fishes which the
sea throws up:"
"Bu,t like them not" quoib the man,
and laughed, $50 well AS the flesh Of kids
and DEER"
"Look them" snid I. "look: by that grey
stone, Bpon the opposite side ofthe stream,
will lay deer or kid daily, SO that you
may have the food you covct; but If ever
you cross the stream md come into my
Kingdom, so sure as the sea murnsrs, and
the bird aies will kill you ~
] descended the cliff, anil led the man ["
the side Of the stream. IL cannot swim
said he; so took him on my shoulders and
crossed the brook, and found him out
cave and / made him bed md table like
my own, and left him. When | was on
my own side the stream again, bounded
with JOY, and lifted up my voice; IL shall
be alone noie!" said /,
So two days passed, and | rns alone
On the third wsnt after my prey; ibe
noon was hot, and was wearlc! when
returned. entered my cavern, and be-
held the man lay stretched upon my bed.
aha, hal" said he, "hcre ! am; was so
lonely at home that have como to live
with you again"
frowned on the man with dark brow,
and said, $50 sure as the sea mnrmurs,
and the bird flies, viii kill your ] seized
him in ny arms; pucked him from my
bed; took him ont into the open air, and
we stood together on the smooth sand and
by the great sea. A fear came suddenly
upon me; was struck with tho awe Of the
Still Spirit which reigns over solitude. Had
thousand been round us, would have
slain him before thom all. | feared now
because we were alone in ihc'desert, with
silence and Con! ! relaxed ny hold.
"Swear," said, "nevcr to inolcst me again;
swear TO preserve unpassed the boundary
Of our several homes, and | will not kill
you!" III cannot swcar," answered the
man; IL weud sooner die than forswear
the blessed human race-even though that
face be nay enemy's"
y AT these words my rngc relurned; !
= dashed the man TO tho ground, and put
my foot upon his breast, and my hnRd up
on his neck, end he struggled FOR a. mo
nent--und was dead! Twas startled; and
as I looked upon his face 4 thought II
seemed to revive; thought the cold blue
eye fixed upon me, and the tilc grin rc
turned to- the lvid mooth, and TIE hands
which in the death pang had grasped the
sand, stretched themselves out to me. So
I stamped on the breast again, and I dug
a hole in the shore, and buried The body
"And now" said I, IL am alone at least ~
Aud then tie sense ofioneiiness, the vague
vast, comfortlcss. obieclless sense Of desc
iation passed INTO me. Aud | shook
shook in every limb Of my giant frame, a
if had been q child that trenbles in the
dark; aud my hair rose, and my blood
CIcDt. uUu L WONlN UOt nWbC SldNtu III thdl
spot moment more if had been made
young again for il. turned away and
fied--fed round the whole island; aud
gnashed my teeth when came To the sea,
and longed to be cast into some llmitable
desert, that might flee on for ever. AT
sunset returned to my cave--{ sat myself
down on one corner of the bed, and GOV
cred my face with my hands--i thorght /
Il AL
I live, saw on the other end Of the bed
the man whom had slain and buried.
There he sat, six feet from me, and nodaed
70 me, and looked at me with his wan eyes.
and laughed. rushed from the cave--I
entered a wood--I threw myself down.
there opposite to me, six feet from my face,
was the face Of that man again And my
courage rose, and spoke, bu, hc' answered
not. Iattemptcd to seize him, he glided
from my grasp, and was still opposite. six
feet from mo as before. flung myself on
The groynd. and pressed my face ,othe sod,
and would not look up ill the night came
on and darkness was over the earth. I
then rose and returned 10 the cave; laid
down on nv bed. and the man lay down by
me; and frowned and tried To seize him
rs before, but could not, and closed my
eyes. and ihe man lay by me. Day passed
on day and il was the same. Al board, at
bed, At home and abroad. in my uprising
and my down sitting, by day and at night.
there, by my bed. side, six feet from nc,
and no more, was that ghasty and dead
thing. And said. rs 7 hooked upon the
beautiful land and the still heavens, and
then turned to that fearful comrade, Il
shall never be alone again!" And The man
laughed.
At last a ship came, and hailed tit
took me M. and thought. as pu, my foot