Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-23
SATURDAY. MDasaNa, JUNE a8, 1882

and myrtles, sprang upon his horse. and was out
of sight in an instant The tender Jacinta, in
the agony of her grief, lost all thought of hel
aunt's dispeasure. Throwing herself into her
arms, she broke forth in sobs and tears. SAY d
NIP cried she; hes gone!-he's gone!-he'.
zone! and shall see him no more! 'Gone!-
Who is gone?-what youth is that saw at your
feet?' "A Queens page, aunt who came to bid
me farewell 'Aqueen's page, child!' echoed
The vganl Frede sanda family: and when did
you become acquainted with queens pager
=. The morning that the gerfalcon. came into the
tower 1t was the queens ger.falcou, and he
came in pursuit of it, 'Ah silly. silly girl !
know that there are no ger-lalcons half so dan
serous as these young prankling pages. and it is
precisely such simple birds as thee that they
pounce upon The aunt was at first indignant
at learning that in despite OF her boosted vigil
| lance, a tender intercourse had been carried on
! by the youthful lovers, almost beneath her eye;
but when she found that her supplemented niece,
though thus exposed. without the protection Of
bolt or bar, TO all the Vaccinations of the opposite
sex, had come forth unsinged from the fiery Or
deal she consoled herself with the persuasion
that it was owing to the chaste and cautious max
inns in which she had as it were, stepped her TO
the very lips. While the aunt laid this soothing
JUNCTION to her pride, the niece treasured up the
oft-rereated vows of fidelity Of the page. But
what is the love of restless, rowing man? A va
grant stream that dalles for time with each
flower upon its bank, then passes on and leaves
them all in tears, Days, weeks, months elapsed,
and nothing more was heard OF the page. The
pomegranate ripened the vine yielded up Its fruit,
the auumnal rains descended in torrents from
the mountains; the Sierra Nevada became cover
ed with snowy mantle, and wntry blasts howl
ed through the halls of the Alhanbra-stlll he
came not. The winter passed away. Again the
GENIAL spring burst forth with song and blossom
and ba,,nv zephyr: the SHOWS melted from the
mountains. until none remained but on the lofty
summit of Nevada. gIisteniug through the summer
air. Still nothing was heard OF the forgetful
page"
Poor Jacinta sits and weeps her time away be-
side fountain in the hall.
"As the bell in the distant watch-tower OF
the Alhambra struck the midnight hour the toun-
| tain WAS again aaitatcd- and bubbe-hubble-
bubble-it tossed about the waters, until the
Moorish female again rose to view. She was
Young aud beautiful; her dress was rich with
| levels: and in her hand she held silver lute.-
Iacinta ,rcmbled and was faint, but was reasur-
ed by the soft and plaintve voice of the apparl-
ton. and sweet expression Of her pale, melauch-
IL countenance. Daughter of mortality said
she. what aiIeth thee? Why do thy tears trou-
! bic nv fountain. and tbs sighs and plants dis
tnrb the quiet watches Of the night" : weep be-
cause Of the laithlessness of man, aud bemoan
nv solitary aud forsakcn state Take COM
! fort: thy sorrows may yet have an end. Thou
| bphodcst Moorish princess, who like the, was
unhappy in her love. a Christian Knight. my
ancestor. won nv heart and would have borne
ME to his native land and TO the bosom OF his
church.. was convert in my heart but
lacked courage equal to my faith. and fingered
ill too late For this the evil genl are permitted
! to have Duwer over me. and remain enchanted IN
This tower until some pure Christian will dcisn
to break the magic spell Wit thou undertake
the tash?, Il VIII replied the damsel trem-
bling. Come hitler tb.n, and fear not, DIP thy
! hand in the fountain, sprinkle the water over
me and bap,ize ne after the manner OF thy rain;
so that the euchantment be di,peled. and my
! troubled sptit have repose' Tue damsel ad'an-
ced with !auItering steps. dipped her hand IN the
fountain, collected water in the palm. and sprln-
, kjed it over the pale face of the phantom The
latter smiled with ineillbe brnIgniiy. she
dronnrd her silver lutte at the feet OF Jaclnta,
| crossed her white arms upon her bosom, ahd
melted from sight, 60 that i seemed merely as II
shower of dew drop, had llen into the fountain
! Jncinta retired lron the nall hiied WIN awe anu
wonder She scarcely closed her eyes that
nioht: but whco she awrkc al dAybreak out OF a
troubled siuuber. the Whole appeared to her like
dlstempe,ed dream. On descending into the
hall. howe,rr, The truth OF the VISION was estao'
I!.he,: for beside the fountain, she beheld the
silver Lutte gi,;tering in the morning sunshine
The music OF thi, lutte fairly encirants all the
hearers. Til at length its mistress is sent tor TO
court; to try its Influence over the hypochondrlac
monarch.
AT the moment we treat Of, however, freak
had come over the mind of this sapient aud H.
lustr,ous Bourbon that surpassed all former va
carries. After long spell of imaginary Illness
which set al! the strains Of Faranelli and the CON
sultations of whole orchestra of court hddlers
at defiance, the monarch fairly, in idea, gave up
the ghost. and considered himself absolutely dead
This would have been harmless enough, aud even
convenient both to his queen and couttlerS. hao
l. Io,, ,,ntapt IN ROMAN the Ouletuue bent