The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-01-22

drew--they seemed TO have looked thro
his figure at some object afar off. She
passed on her way, and turning round
cliff, disappeared.
Crushed and amazed, Antoine gazed
after the phantom. When 1t had van
ished, he star ed from his trance, and
looked wildly above and nround. The
blessed moon shone serene and bright
in the heavens-ihe eternal rocks stood
majestic and definite before him. 1t was
not. a dream-he was awake.-Julie
Julie He had shrunk from the form o.
his beloved
He rushed after the shape. Its patl
was ia the direct route homewards hi
dead Julie, he thought, was going TO Wis
it the spirits of her family in the church
yard, their silent village Of graves III
turned the angle where she had vanish
ed, and threaded with instructive accura
cy the mazes Of the cliffs, till at length
he saw suddenly the appearance before
him. 1t was moving as before, gravely
and glidingly along.
"Juiie," cried the lover, in trans
port of passion and despair. The shape
glided on. He rushed up to it" Julie!
Julie !"-in vain He ran before it,
stood firm in the middle of the path, and
opened his arms. 1t swerved not to the
right nor to the lef:-its eyes were fix'd.
Onwa,d-opward it glided; nearer
nearer and he clasped the frozen form
TO his bosom, and kissed its clay-cold
lips.
The hear. still beat the breath of life
was in the mouth F! 1t was indeed Ju-
lie-shc was alive-she was asleep!
As soon as Antoine had convinced
it was not Immediately he
did so-that the preservation of his mis-
tress had been effected by one Of those
miracles sometimes performed by SOM
nambulism, he led her carefully into a
cleft of the rock, and stripping off his
outer garments, covered her up as warm
Iy as circumstances would permit. He
then employed himself in cha6ng her
hands and feet, TILL the friction, together
with the warmth from the clothing, had
restored sensibility to her limbs, and Ju-
lie awoke. 1t was long before she CON-
pretended what had happened. She
imagined she was still on the summit O
the fortress rock, and that the devoted
Antoine, daring even the horrors and
dangers of that terrific arch, had climb
ed to her assistance. The idea sent q
glow ofgrasitude through her heart; but
when she saw that he had almost strip.
ped him self naked to shelter her from
the cold with his garments, the sensation
almost to suffocation, and was
only relieved by burst Of tears.
When, cautiously and tenderly, he
had described to her the miracle that
had occurred, she insisted upon retul n.
ing to the spot, to see with her own eyes
the proofs of what it exceeded her imag-
ination to comprehend. When the ru-
ins of the arch met her view, and she be-
held its shattered segment high over the
abyss, and was told that on that fearful
point she had stood, her blood seemed
to freeze again within her veins, and she
clasped her lover in convulsive en-
brace, as if in'ploring him to save her
from the horrors Of her imagination. AT
the moment, the work of ruin was &C.
complished the remains Of the arch
fell with roar like that Of thunder, and
Julie, for the first time in her life, faint
ed away.
When she recovered, and the image
Of death had for second time, awaken
ed into life, it was the gray dawn Of
morning. The effects Of the moon
were scarcely visible, and the day-ligh,
was still SO immature that it was danger
Gus to stir single step in that region OF
cliff and precipice. Antoine was puz-
zled what to do, for Julia was still weak
aud unwell, and he was about to strip of
his outer garments and cover her up with