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HALINA sRADZIvIL: OR, THE BAT
TILE OF WARSAW.
a TALE OF PoLANr

TILE OF WARSAW.
4. TALE OF POLAND.
BIZ professor Barber: author pulo;t eloquence,'
.doaOnfa IF nations &c.
On the evening which preceded the
memorable revolution Of Warsaw in
1880, two Poles in military apparel
proceeded, in deep conversation along
the winding banks Of the Vistula.
The costume of the elder, consisting
of the caftan, girdle, sabre, and yellow
boots, betokened him to be Of noble.
Lineage. His attendant, youth about
eighteen years of age, wore the insignia
ofthe military academy in Warsaw.
sSire, exclaimed the younger, as he
gracefully threw back the dark flowing
ringlets which shaded his manly fore
head, and fixed his. beaming eyes on
sthe face of his companion, Eve are now
without the walls. of the Kraga: gold
has purchashed for me this interview
with my noble father; perhaps added
he, as dark expression of melancholy
overspread his youthful countenance,
sperhaps the last.
Does the duke, them said the ED
er, seek the destruction Of theancicnt
housed Platter? Messhslisyet know ~
Speak Ssnftly = said the yosiiig man /;
Ire Verysssinds Of Poland are traitors
& toh bert Thr tyrant seeks the ruin Of
more houses than ours. Twelve noble
scions are doomed, Tomorrow, to the
dungeons Of Warsaw But continu-
ed he, as his flashing eye expressed
the daring energies Of his mind, the
cupis full-the consummatioflh has come.
Ere yon orb re-illumes the banks of
our ancient river, the Russian tyrant
must fee, or perish! Two hundred
youths Of Poland, like myself, have
sworn on the altar Of their crountry's
wrongs to assert her freedom, or swell
the hecatombs which the monsters
vengeance has already lighted
Noble butill-fated project exclaim-
ed the elder Platter: swhat chance for
freedom has Poland, before the power
of the Russian autocrat? Abandon the
enterprise, my son-it is useless. The
iron bonds will be more strongly rivit-
ed. Failure will erase the name of
Poland from the page Of future history,
and fill the mines Of Siberia with the
best and bravest of her sons
Father replied Casimir Platter. III
caut a,aieatr, aa0yvieua. aUec Aon,aeus'
que desc renare:::' forty thousand Poles
will assemble round our standard: sDe0
aGiuvante non tinaendata,a' shall be
our motto. The free in Europe will
awake from their lethargy and fly to
our succor. The die is castwe have
passed the Rubicon retreat is impos-
sible, and triumph glory'
But, Sire, 'eontinued young. Platter,
& tremble for the house of Radzivil,
when the torch Of liberty is lighted.
Halina Radzivil must not fall into the
monsters power. Speed to tile Prince;
warn him to place her beyond fhe Po-
lish frontiers; Twill see her tomorrow.
l'see my guards are approaching. A
dieu, best Of fathers! Arm yourself
for the events Of the morrow: the name
Of Platter shall not be dishonored by
your son. s
Two gems d'armes, clad ii the Rus
sian police dress. now approached. .
Your time has expired, young man,
SAID they. i am ready replied Cast
mir, as he pressed the hand Of his pa
rent, and departed for the state dun
geon Of the capitol.
The feelings which agitatcd the DO.
SONS o. the patriotic Poles were not un.
known ct the palace Of Belyeder. Spies
had been placed in the mansion Of eve.
~ noble family, and the royal agent ),
the altocrat was aware that some prea1
movement was about to take snlacn. In,
fear wasnot an clement in Constant;na !,
character, and he trusted that 81 I'll.
king decisive blow at some Of the mos
exalted IN Warsaw, the spark Of free.
dom would be extinguished before i,
could burst into flame. In tie morn.
lng succeeding the interview between
Count Platter and his son, Wars wore
sne appearance Of military can't. II he
drums beat 70 arms. IA militafs1 com.
elss,on wss opened, 1.-THE hes(l xhich