The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-05-01

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inconstant shower Of silver, shed an un-
certain light on their way. A silence
ensued between the travellers, as if the
spirit Of the scenes by which they were
surrounded, was impressed upon each.
BY degrees, yielding to the inquiries OF
her father, who questioned her respect
ing the sadness and silence, the gentle
Juiiette disclosed the history of the sur
veillance of the Hessian--the threats cf
constancy in pursuing her which he had
made, and the fears which his menace
had awakened. Sho confessed that,
full Of forshodings, she had written to
Leslie, who having been wounded only
a few days before, was lying i'll at Ches-
ter. He had returned most tender 81
afiectionate answer, imploring her to be
prudent, and promising, that as soon
as tho state of his wounds would permit.
he should presesd to Nazareth, until bis
restoration, during which period, he
hoped to act as her defender.
The next evening found the travellers
in tho borough of Easton, on the Della
ware.--At that time the place was di-
minutive and of little Importance, coz
sisting only Of a few scattered dwellings
Of various aspects and dimensions :some
of wood stained by the weather 9TH
ers, of brick, with spotted ends. In the
middle Of the road, rand near the end Of
the borough, stood decent public edi-
fee, apparently a church beyond il
rolled the Delaware, and an abrupt hill
arose I'm the opposite shore. As they
approached the church, Juliette re-
marked that a mile board stood near it,
on which she had before noticed the
words, "eight miles to Nazareth" She
was just opening her lips to mention the
pleasing thoughts of their being so near
home, when, as they wheeled by the ed
ifce, her eye became rivetted on a fg-
ure, which was peering out from an an
gle of the building. 1t was, at the mo-
ment, broad moonlight. She grasped
instinctivsly the arm of her father, aud
pointed at the object. 1t was the Hes
sian soldier, to whose uncouth and al
most brutal gallantry she had been SO
often subjected. He passed his hand O.
yer his face, as if to cast its shadow or
his austere brow and repulsive visage
and gazing intently for an instant, he
skulked abruptly around a corner of the
building, and disappeared from theil
view.
1t was near a month after these cir.
cumstances. that Capt Percival, with
his daughter Juliette and her young Sis
ter then in childhood, were seated
around cheerful hearth in their cot
tage at Nazareth. Tie afternoon wa,
closing; and as the sun broke out from
among the cloudy draperies of the west
and sprinkled his golden smiles into
the little parlour. juliette arose and
gazed with earnestness from the win
dow. The day, for the most part, had
been one of wind and storm but the
winds had retired TO their cayerns &
through the tears Of a clearing heaven
the sunset poured itself aslant upon the
hills and clouds, in unusual beauty
The scene was spell upon the hear
Of Juliette. 1t induced contended re-
lance on that God in whose infinite
sight are unfolded the cares and the
periIs of the children Of men. She
looked across the eminencs, or undula'
ting ridge upon which her fathers cot
tage was situated, to another nearly
half a mile distant. 1t was a low, white
mansion, before whose doer few pop.
lars and oaks, with other ornamental
,recs stood waving like winged rainbow
in the western air, ard clothed IN al
the colors which accampany an Amcri
can forest in the ausump season. Il
that cottage lay her adorcd and honores
George Leslie. There had she minis
tered to his wants and sickness with III,
devotedness Of unsullied and youthfu
affection. Before his wounds wer,
healed he had again rushed into battle
at Germantown and was now lying
scarcely convalescent, in a chambe
whose window she beheld brighteninI
in the last rays Of the setting. SUM-. Al
the events of the past few days fitted a
cross her memory. The royal ARM
had taken possession Of Philadelphia
and the regions around we're in terro
and confusion. Her father had agar
sought the field, and encountered th'
foe, and like Leslie, was suffering from
Injuries received in the conflict. I'm
pressed with that foa: for the future
which the state Of individu als and com
munitiss around her fully Warranted. &
actuased by the tenderest impulses of