The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-01-25


awe ar respect in the mind of ,h,, Roman
for, stridmg past the shrine, he cried,
4 Priest I! dost slerpi"
The individual whum he addressed slow
ly tnrned his head, mutered, ",is he -
then drawing his robe more closely about
him, answered,
No, ] sleep not.-The priest Of this de-
ny ~ not ~ other men he needs M Sleep"
Cease this folly" cried the senator in-
patiently, swell know all tricks and jus =
giles of Thy craft save Thy prerinus trash
t" dose the vulgnr-resrrve thy lectures for
the fnols who knrrl Ia this thing of stone ~
Beware rash man,' returned The
priest, chow, ia the s,ucIi,y of his house,
you brave his vengeance what thou thiuk-
est stone may possess power la strike ter
ror Ia eyer thy siubhorn h~art."
Forbear this idle talk" exclaimed the
other. r..
+" Idle talk !" repeated the prr.t, with
deep s"lemnry of manner, ohdurate MS
thou art, this deity through me, en- dis
close that would make thee irrmblr :"
] would fain witness the skill of which,
thou yauu,est," said the senator, in a uiore
serious manner, for he was unconsciously
lnhi5ng portion of the awe which per-
vaded the place
=" Thou shall be graii6ed," remarked the
priests "whri now tell you, ,hnu think st
buried in thine own bosom, unknown by
others; if ! disclose it to thee, doubt not
that he who presides here can read the
hearts of all who approach him, whether to
worship or To scnf."
Proceed, " proceed" cried the other.
Twenty years sinoc, Armenius, thou
vert y general, The commander Of lc-
g'un"
:" Well done for the omuicience of Thy
god" cried The Roman jceringly. "My
name, triumphs have chronicled, the truth
of Thy remarks in the archives of the repub-
lie. l. 'hIs thy wonder p
" lnrerrupt me not" answered the priest
calmly: "wh"n | finish, 8 eak what words
thou'st mind-iill then, listen. Twenty
years since thou ladst frirnd, hut do not
,rrmble. Thy friend loved thee, served
thee, and shared his all with thee. Throuyi,
his hiu!, Influence, when accused before the
senate, thou saved thy nam-, thy homer, ard
thy life. Although thy Iunior, thou songIi,
est hun for advice, and using il ddsi bint
Thy brow with lnuf.ls of victory. Wien
surrounded by hrburians, and the plum
taken from one Of thine own band, was
hurled at Iher, his huckIrr wardrd off the
well directed blrw-hui," and his m,nu-r
becnme more oppressive his vocr more
m-lodious, "that friend. alas loved mn
Italian girl, soft, pure, aud lovely Ms the
sky which arches over her native hnd-see
thou stnrl'st again did not tell thee,
would make thee trrmblel Yes, he loved
III. girl, not with the vile feeling which
tempted ihee to gaze upon her charms, and
admir- her for them alone. His fondness
was tor herself, her rich angelic mind, more
than even her dazzling beauty. Treach-r-
affections by the splendor of military rank
knowing as lie had con6ded to thee, that
their vows had been exchanged. Thou
fpun'st thy arts useless, and dijst change
Thy love To hatred. The girl became Thy
friends wife when thou, falsely accusing
him of crime, didst use Thy power tu tear
him frora her arins-srll him into bondage
name from the lis, of citizens. His wife
survived her miseries hut year, wlnle thou
dds return to the capitol loaded with the
spois of the rnriDy. Yet with the red ho,
hand Of guilt grnspinc thy conscience, aud
even naw, pro;fd. and oslentatious before the
world, The god tells me in thy chamber
il,nu'rt u cnward--siarring, IN alarm, II the
least noise breaks on The midnight"
Who ART thou that dost know all this J
" cried the Roman, in evident alarm.
~ am the priest" answered the other,
" of the deity who can unnrrye even the
Roman senatorn
a ptlenrss ovcrspread the face OF Arme-
Mus, as he looked first on the craven image
aud Ihrn on his oracle, hn;, by "a violent
~xrrtinn, resumi z IIis wanted csrelessuess
of deinran"r, he, SAID
"Well, if i, IS So, let i, res,-,hough II,
all false, rs tho. hast said, yet here is a
purse; | pres mt ., to thy god or thee;
suppose IT'S the same thing--I will to-rnor-
row add another. lie may be all th"u's'
represented him, but I bYlicve neither Il
sipcks nor stones-however, have an OBJ
jeci, but first, priest, canst thou keep a Sc
cret :"
Why ask, have I not formerly done 80
Cor thee p
"'Tis true but this is of more impor.
lance"
So shall my lips he surer guarded"
Priest, am rich ~
81 am bouni,ful!"
Wander i.v,lIrd vase attpsisit -
"Wrll, then, I will trust thee serve m'
+cll aud I wiil erect y sanctuary to thy dc.
ny The proude.t ~ Rome"
Nv ears are opcn aud my heart pre-.
pared 10 bury iby words" said tie prirs'.
Tis ibis," coniinurJ Arnrnius. " Th,
proud Augustus, our new censor. Is abou
10 make himself prince "f the s-natr, "nd
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