Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-10-18
selected Tale.
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THE BRIGAND AND THE NUN.

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Lovely as vss tina, az Eden is the .Ay That bends
over the terraces OF Napier. arches the rocky cas-
tie Of S.. Elmo. and lends it's msgie eoloring to
the romantic bay Beneath lite sunny influence
fair flowers and fsirot " omen spring TO early IN.
turty. and pas.ions,e hearts GLOW with lie per,s.
ding war NTH: but stern a. well a. gentle passions
are uur,ured by it's sun and love hate revenge ard
cruelty grow IN nnlson together.
Gsspsron was gay and passionate Nespolisn.
young. brave and ardent, and q, sixteen yesfs Of
sge he hal he form and feelings of a man. Pss
sion shono IN the eyes thst CLEANED beneath their
black bruws daring and resolution nigh, be read
10 the lines precautionary traced in the lower por
ton Of hs face. lie was not without accomplish
meu,s for he could troll q barearois and touch =
guitar. danced with grace and spIru. aud handled
stiletto and refined a Seed IN manner which
proclaimed him gentleman. But alas he was
poor and on his hearing alone rested his claims to
a noble origin, for he the offspring Of a love
which the priest la never bren,hed his benson
and he knew not his father or mother. At stated
times he received small sums Of money. but they
were conveyed to him with such precautlon that he
could not discover the person who sen, hun his
slender remitaDccs. None Of the youth of Naples
dared reproach him with his birth, for they knew
the blood of Gaspsroni to be fiery the lava Vt
Vesuvius and his hand hs Promp. to crush as to ca
rcss. II was in his seventeenth year that the
Young Neapohan saw and loved the beautiful lie
onors, the only daughter Of rich old merchant of
the city. lie loved her with all the fervor Of
which his passionate heart was capable, and had
the happiness of being loved in return. The low
ers met only by stealth, for Leonora's father had
conceived violent dislike TO Gasparoni from his
poverty and from the guilt OF his unkno parents.
But Leonora's Kindness compensated her lover for
every rebuff, and when, awakened by his nightly
! sereuades she bent from her window and dropped
some flowers as a token of her presence and hdr
love he felt that I've lived for her alone.
One night when Gasparon repaired as usual to
the dwelling Of his beloved he suddenly encoun-
tered her enraged father, who in tones ofthe wild
est excitement babe him begone. Gasparonl re-
pied with equal warmth; a war of words ensu,d
and in the height and frenzy Of passion, the young
man struck his opponent To the earth. An instant
AFTER the lovely L.eonora, pale and with disordered
tresses. rushed from the house.
You have slain him = she cried.
| It's true :, answered Gusparoni, still gnsDinc
! win passion; was u,svcnt and | have chas
teeJ him.
! BECOME exclaimed tie excited girl Mon
s;er, begorr The hand that has been raised a.
gainst my fathers person shall never clasp mite in
love, smiy, or marriage!
/ 'Leonora, hear me
! Isw.arM. Beeone
You will think better Of this
/ Never
With glance OF scofn and Indignation, she wa
/ we'd him off, Gssparoni stood one moment loo k
ing at her with demoDiac expression then h
bowed low with mock respect and gravity, ant
| Quilted the scene of his Quarrel with a hasty step