The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-01-01

'You arc aight MASTER, said Altar Gul.-
They are great nuisance, and their bite
llmest always proves fatal:'
III is not only that said the young man,
but you know that my betrothed Marguer.
te-whom if Heaven wills, am to wed to.
has most unaccou ntable antipathy
to the sight of one of these imals.--Less
80 now than formerly confess s-for once the
name of snake would almost deprive her of
sensation. But her father, her mother, and
myself, have at various times tried to con.
quer her silly but deep rooted fears of those
reptiles. We have tried TO sccustom her to
the sight of them, and have often thrown
them in her way, after they had been killed,
and then laughed at her screams Of terror
THAT is the only way to conquer her
foolish antipathy, MASTER said the willy AT.
rican. In my country we thus habituate
our women and children to sights Of horror.
But = thought strikes me. A mems presents
itself Of curing her of those foolish fears. if
you can only be prevailed upon to adopt it,
And his eyes were for an instant Lighted up
with CLAM of ferocious delight. We will
take the snake home with US. But first let
US Gu, off his head. We cannot use too
much precaution.
Noble. fellow said Theodore, as he as
sisted Altar Gul to separate the head OF the
serpent from the body,--'It is female,
whispered Altar Gut to himself, and the
male cannot be far off,
They proceeded towards Col. Willis hab-
ltation--the black dragging after him the
bleeding carcass ofthe serpent The house
in which the Colonel resided like most OF
the houses n that climate consisted of ut
one story, with wings. In one Of the wings
was the bed-chamber of Marguerite. A
piazza in front Of the window, and q jalou-
sic, screened the room from the devouring
heat Of the tropical sun.
b. Theodore approached the window on tip.
toe--cau,iously opened the jalousie, ane
looked in--Marguerile was not there. lie
then took the serpent from the hands o
Altar Gul--who as it seemed through an ex
cess Of precaution first bruised the neck, o
the reptile on the window frame. Theodor,
hid the serpent, whose brilliant hues hat
already become tarnished by death, beneatl
the dressing table. He then retired on,
closed the jalousie. As he turned away n
metColonel Willis, who laughed heartily q
the trick which Theodore was playing Mar
guerite.
The room which was appropriated wa
truly the asylum of innocence. The han
Of q mother had been there. 1t was seen il
oil the elegant and useful furniture whic
had decked the apartment. That little be'
curtained with white gauze--ihose stuccoe'
walls, polished, and shining as brilliant q
Psrian MARBLE that harp and table coveret
with music books--thst little dressing glas
those si!ken robes--that cross of mothe
Of pearl--those iewelled ornaments--in
word, all those trifliDg things, which are 81
tprecious to ayoung girl, whispered tale o
Innocence, Love and Happiness.
The door opened, and Marguerite enter
ed. She seated herself before her dressing
table--but she saw uot the reptile beneath i,
While she arranged her hair, and essayed
ribbon, which Theodore hand pressed, sh,
, sang the song which she had been taugh, b,
her lover.
To-day soliloquised the lovely girl, i
must try to appear as beautiful as possible
To morrow l shall belong to another Oh
Theodore! with what devotion he loves me
f Nothing on earth can add to my happiness >
She approached SO near the glass, to Judge
. the effect Of the ribbon, that her breath tor
nishcd the brilliant surface Of the mirror
then with her finger, she playfully and smi
lingly traced upon the glass the name o
Theodore.
A slight noise near the window. awaken
ed her from the delicious revesie. She turn
ed towards it, blushing lest her dearest sc
cret had been discovered. But the palenes
OF death instantly came oves her features
She convulsively drew her hands before her
and she fell back into her chair. The un
happy girl saw peering through the lalousi
the head of most enormous serpent
In moment he was lost among the flow
ere which were tastily arranged before tn
window. His disappearance gave ncy
strength to Marguerite, who rushed toward
the door VIII ch opened into the CALLER
screaming Help mother, help Here is