The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-02-07

sleep that little refreshed him, when he
heard himself called Ivy his nane. He
thought il was his nurse, aud looked to.
ward the house, but saw nobody. The
name was repeated twice, the last time with
the addition of an epi,het of tenderness,
which he knew could come from no such
person. His hear, began To heat and his
ear guided him truly 10 the voice, which he
now recognized, he saw on the top of the
wall nearly opposite To him, aud under n
tree which ovcrhung it from the outside,
his beloved mistress, hnldlng with one hand
on n bough, aud with the other supporting
herself III the posture of Que who intended
To come down. "Oh Richard !" said she,
"~hat blessing to find you here, and no.
body To hinder me have cheated
them aud skunk away-my love, my
life !"
Our lover said these last little words had
Wonderful effect ou him. With all her
tenderness, his hethrolhed bride had never
yet indnlged it So far as 10 utter such "con-
jugap words, (that was his phrase.) lie
said they seemed Ia give her right To join
him; aud they filled him with such love
illness became confoundcd with bewicll-
ing pleasure. He confessed, that the dread
of her being infected, though it still recur-
red To him, was much fainter than before.
However he the more thought it was his
duty to urge il, aud did so-but the lady
had no such dread. She had come on pur-
pose to brave it. In vain he spoke as loud
ly AS he could, and rose up and began to
drag his steps towards her; in vaih he
made signs la her not to descend. Dear
est Richard" said she, if you casnot help
me down, il IS but mn easy jump, and do
you think TO induce me to go back ! nm
come to nurse you and make you happy"
" You will die" said the lover in n faint
voice, having now arrived within hearing,
and still making signs of refusal. "Oh mo,
heaven will bless us" Twill not go back,
mark me, will not iadeed; cannot,
much less new ] have seen you IN that sick
gown. But ] see you cannot help inc
down. You are unable. Therefore !
come."-Wnh these words she made the
Jump, aud the mex, moment was supporting
him IN her arms. She pu, her arms around
him, and tool, his repclllng hand iu,o hers
and, raising herself, kissed him on ,h,
mouth, saying, "now ,elong TO you. LIE
me seat you on The bench, aud get yot
some drink. nm yomr wife now mn,
vour dear servant, aud yonr nurse. Their
eyes were filled with tears, and the lover
could only lift his head towards heaven, as
much as To say, that "they should nj oil
events live there" Not being able 10
reach the. bench he sat down in u
ihicket of roses. The young lady went
to get him some drink, aud returned with
the news that she had walked the asonishcd
nurse, aud sent her to tell her guardian
where she was. Nobody expected him To
venture to come aud fetch her, aud he did
not. lie told the gentleman who had these
particulars from him, that this behavior of
his beirothed bride, put him in a state so
new aud transporting, that he conceived an
alteration of his blood must have taken place
very speedily after her return from the
house for though he could hardly bear
his delight, he began manlfesily to get bet
ter within an hour afterwards. The lady
never received the infection. Their friends
said she would, aud that two would die in
stead of one. The physician prophecied
otherwise. Neither the lover nor his mis-
tress, however, would quit their retreat, till
all doub, of the possibility of injecting 9th
ers was more than done away. ln the
course Of six weeks they we're man aud
wife; aud my acquaintance told me, not
as many days ago, That they were sill liy-
ing, aud pattern Of love aud esteem.