The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-11-20

strangers, for the nrst time meeting |;
and, when urged by the sudden frenzy
Of the savage, he told her of engage
ments and a betrothed in his own land,
which forbade .heir further nnexion,
she forbore all speech. and, with "a
InournfuI sternness of manner, the sol
cum emphasis Of which he did not uu-
derstand, she retired suddenly from his
sight. Nor did he experience much re-
gret, when. after brief and coldly urged
search, he failed to find out her place Of
retreat. ~ 81 Hktt = sa ffr -l.
He had now taken up his abode in the
vessel, and had removed on board the
treasures, for such they had now become
which he had amassed upon the island.
The young Indian had been profitable
companion. She had explored the re-
cesses among the rocks, and had gath
cred the pearl oysters in abundance,
with skill and courage known only to
the people of her nation. These, with
lavish hand she had given, unconscious
Of the value of her gift, into the posses
sion Of the traitor, who had SO little de-
served them I; and had, probably, in this
msnner, provoked that feeling ofavnric-
ious pride in his bosom, which could not
tolerate the idea in his own land, Of ac-
knowledging debt, which must have
called for that gratitude imperatively de-
manded by nature and humanity, but
| which would have resulted to him in
forfeiture of caste aud condition. The
selfish spirit triumphed in the struggle !;
and, as we have seen, he did not hesitate
to sacrifice the hope and heart of the
young creature, whose imagination and
heart knew no other inmate or object of
regard than himself
1t was a night of storm and many ter
rors. The tempest was high. and the
fierce lightnngs common to that latitude
kept up a continued blaze, that seemed
to FIRE the black waters themselves.-
Secure in a safe anchorage, the Span
iards were merry in a deep carouse,- for
with the morning sun they were to take
their departure. The flagon was pledged
to many fair saint in loves calendar !;
and. with swimming cup, Velasquee
INDUCED in extrayagant dreams Of q
beautiful Spanish maid, the memory of
whom had not entirely departed from
him in his solitude. Sill he could not
entirely stiAe the workings Of his con-
science. There was sleepless monitor
within, that no draught could set at rest
and all in vain did he seek, in ingenious
sophisms, to excuse to himself his pro-
ceeding in relation to the young Indian.
1t was with this feeling of self-reproach
and remorse at work, though half-stupi-
fed with the wine he had taken, and
surrounded by those entirely under its
control, in an interval of silence in the
storm, such as SO frequently marks it
when it appears to pause in the collec-
ton of its scattered terrors, that his ear
caught the well-known voice of Amaya,
singing mournfully the broken stanzas
OF the song already cited, and which was
now famili TO his ear. He rushed
wildly on the deck Of the vessel, for he
had presentiment of some evil, to
which this singular occurrence now APP
peared to lend confirmation. 1t came
more distinctly to his ear, and with a
glance, rendered acute by. the active spl-
rit within, he saw, or thought he saw, a.
form dimIy defined upon the waters, and
floating with them. The vessel, too, ap-
peared to he in motion. The song a
gain rose
Come, seek the oeean's depths with me-"
and, with nameIess fear. the Spaniard
stood mosionless, mutely gazing on the
dim and distant spsck from whence the
well-known voice proceeded. On sud-
den he underatood tho mystery. The
vessel did move, and driven by the insid-
ious and powerful current, was setting
in upon the fatal shoals and coral rocks
which girded in the bay. The Indian
mnid had evidently an agency in this;
and the Spaniard we'll conceived, that,
familiar as she wqs with the neighbor-
hood, and prompted by feeling Of des-
psration, which his conscience assured
him was the natural consequence Of his
desertion, she had employed herself with
an industry that resulted ia full success
in cutting with a coral. rock the cable
that secured them in their position
He rushed below and sought to arouse
tho mariners TO their danger. With a
stupid sense they heard him, but refused
to heed, and indeed could not be made
to understand, till lifted with a fearful
energy among the rocks, the frail bark
reeled and shivered beneath the shock
of their irst encounter. Then, indeed,
but too late, did they recover their con-
sciousness. Another shock and she par
ted--her back was broksn--and the wa
ters, with a mad fury, rushed into her
sides. vslasquez seized upon a spar.
and floated of towards the shore. But
he was not alone. A wild form swan
beside him and the song which invited
him to the flowers beneath the sea, had