Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-12-28

hi'le thing, that | loved now rs II She hal
oeen my sister so spoke To the cautain
VINO was very good man, and, moreover.
mad children ut his own, and Ire agreed Ia let
me take her 10 England with us Well sir
! home we got, and il was aslnnisbing how
soon the little darling began 10 speak Eng.
hsh You could see she iik ed il, tless her !,
A nd NOW az she was a young latiy-t,r She
sail her ie'her Who had died about wear he
| lore, VAS Den Somebody or oIher-it was
such long anme We never any Of VS. could
| speak II sn we told her Ia call herself Jack
| son, which Is my name; bur, somehow, size
Always liked her Portuguese name best so
you see, SIR, how early prejulices GROWN
| ioteIsnerS, thai is la say-V rs ] said
seeing she was young lady and we had un-
derinken her education, | thought we ought
!" Il" II as sentcely as we could so took
her III n cousin Of mine, who kept a public
house iii Wrapping, very nice moiherly
wnman-puor Sally she is dead and gone
loo, long ago.
We'll, sir, she treated her as if she had
heen her own child; and because size thought
the company ct the house was too rough and
rude for her, she seat her tu very geuIer,
boarding schnul in Mile END and twas
wonderful how The Little thing took 10 her
learning So that wh.n came back from INV
next voyage, she could MOI only speak Eng
lush quite we'll bat read any hook she saw
And there found that with her little nncket
money she had huuSh Portuguese hr,ok and
all her spare time, used To tie BORING over
! them instead of playing like other children.
Poor thing, il was The only tie tina, was LEI,
between her aud her native land; for j, is a
strange thing sir, hut l've often fund for.
eIgners, even FrenChmen, love their owt
country just as we'll as il il had been Old
/ England.
W ell, sif, years passed on, and she was
sixteen, and sweeicr and more beautiful
'tefiufe you never set your eyes ON. She
"as as kind aud gentle as an annel md =,
fond of me am sure loved her better Than
my ownlIie mot in the way of sweet heart
ing, Tor lhnugh | was n pretty looking i.l
low enough, then Nobody could forget for
moment That she was young lady. But
then, had saved her life ,ou know sir
and We used To talk about her poor no,her
that was gone, and then she made me learn n
little Portuguese that she might speak 10 me
| IN her own tongue Ter her fathers land
serned ALWAYS uriermo,; ia her thougbls
a last J"J"ed merchant ship, which was
| 10 sail ior Lisbon, aud the long nuurished
wish Of the heart came out, and she beyoed
:" hard 10 s" with me, that | could not find
courage TO refuse her, hut got her passage
IN the vessel. Aud oh ! sir he griet thai
''"' lbc NOtuFu W men Sic " eflt
know sir. they are kind s"trhear.ed crea.
lures, and lhnngh! they never would have
| Consented However, go we did, and ,ery
pretty voyage we had
w hen we came in sight OF Lisbon new
er shall forget how the poor dear looked
She VAS as pale as ghost, and tremhled all
over, and while her eyes seemed To devuur
the shore her lips were white and quivering.
mnrmurirg Portuguese words, thai could
not catch the meaning of except now g. then
her mothers name. ell sir, Ia make a
short story oil il, we landed and | got leave Ic
go with her over 10 Town, and see If Is e could
Ind any body she knew. Poor dear j thought
she would have tainted when she set her foot
on The land. she irembIed so, for she was
weak, delicate lille creature. Bot oh
what a change we found since we left Iherel
| W here the earthquake had been there was
tie grand Black Horse Square, and all the
straight regular streets that the Maruuis Of
! Son,bal had built, and we did moi know
where we were. However, she som began
I 20 ask and found that her uncle, Dan
coniound his long name, / could never think
of iI,and am sure il is not worth remembers
ing, but he was living in grand house, they
| pointed out 10 uS-so there We went. Well
sir we found him with parcel of fine ser.
wants round him, but we did not care for thai.
| IN
| you think il, sir ?-he would not helieve US
The fact was, il did mol suit him to believe
US for supposing her dead, he had seized on
all her property, aud was efj ~ ing il. So
! the old scnunhrel CaIled.us- imposInrs- cal.
| led me and his own hrolher's beautiful child
| imposlors, and threatened TO send for con.
Stable! Nou may guess my blood began TO
rise, and Tor her, puDr thing! she stood
I specifics & trembling; Tor her in innocence,
! she had never dframt 81 this, nor 60 tell the
truth, had either. Well, just at this mo.
ulent great mssliff dog came into the room.
oh, DastO! cried she bursting, Tor The first
time, into flood Of tears, j am sure YOU
don't forget me would you believe it, sir
the old brute look ed al her and grow lrd-did
not know his old masters child No Eng
lish dog would have done that However
she was 81 overcome u, the sight of her faith
er's old dog, that she threw her beautiful bo-
dy on The ground and cas;,ing her " bite arm
around The beast Rugged him 10 her heart.
lie bit her, sir ] Can hardly sprak it-but
he bit her saw his teeth enter her snf,
f1esh-I saw the hlr,d trickle do,, n ; can,
iell you SIR, how ! felt II that moment Even
alter all these years my blood rs ma bniI
taking 81 H. flew Al the beast and before
you could count two dashed his brain. ont
The old Don swure IN Portuguese. I storm
ed in English.
II was we'll some of the scrvants Uoi be.
tween me and him. | believe kn,ckcd two
or three OF them down, but DON'T know
caught We darling up in my arms, Tor she
bad tainted and ca'ried her 10 Ire ship We
put her 10 bed, but nothing could recover her
from the shock There was ali the liule
dream nf ten years gone in moment and
so cruelty gone, Too she was struck to the
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