The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-06-20


on, her hands, aud he could see the sigh,
come again To her eye aud the color TO her
check while she sprang forward brea,hless
with expectation; he however, averted his
head, und spurred his s,eed to lis utmost
swiflness he did not see her sink on the
earih-the strength which had sustained
her Ind gene with her husband.
Youths first acquaintance with sorrow
is a terrible thing-before time has taught, 1
what II will surely teach, that grief is our
natural portion, at once transitory aud e.
ternal. But the first lesson is the scverest
we have not then looked among our fell
lows, nnd seen that suffering is general
and we feel as If marked nut by fnte for !
: misery that has no parallel.-Theresa felt
more aculely every hour, how wide gulf
: had opened between her present and past
existence; her girlhood Ind passed forever
she took no pleasure in any of her former
pursuits; she had put away childish things;
and nothing had arisen to supply their place,
save one memory haunted out by one i'm.
age. Days, weeks elapsed, and Adalber,
returned moth her sleep wns broken by n
thousand fanciful teirors hut one fear had
taken possession Of her mother Ursulne's
mind-that the stranger was false; and bit
terly did she lament that she had ever en-
trusted him with the happiness Of her prec-
ious child,
And yet did il for the hest = she would
4 pitcously exclain', whenever her eye fell on
the pale cheek Of her daughter.
lie is come, my mother exclaimed
Theresa, bounding one evening into the cot
/ 4 i, lon nal IUbt nf
heart aud step. Though eager to spring
down the pnlh and meet him, yet, amid all
the forgeifulness Of joy, she had bethought
her Of her nged parent, and returned that
she too might share the happiness Of their
meeting. They hurried out, and three
horscmen were riding up the valley-sne
much in advance of the others.
Mother it is u stranger y with difficulty
articulaied Theresa, and, sick ut heart clung
to her arm 70, support.
!, The rider was full in sight, when, with n
shrek that reused her daughter, Ursuline
|, exclaimed, Now the blessed saints be good
unto us; butt is my old msster-I know
s him nmid thousand
, The words were scarcely uttered, when
the borseinsn dismoun,ed at n rough part
of the road, and, fnging his bride to hIs
attendants, approached alone. lie was u
tall, stately, and nustere looking man, seem
ingly about fifty, and one who apparently
knew the place well. Ursuline dropped on
her knee he raised her kindly, and, follow
ing the direction Of her look, turned and
clsspcd Theresa in his arms.
My child my sweet child" " aud he
gazcd long mud earnestly OIL her beautiful
face.
Your father, the Baron Won FIoi,singer,
murmured Ursuline.
But ms our explanation will be more brief
than one broken in upon by words of won
der, regret, and affection, We will proceed
TO it holding that explanation, like advice,
should be Of all conyenicn, sliorncss. SO
much good luck had the Baron Won Halt
Finger had during the first thirty years of
his life, that fortune seemed under the ne
cessity Of crowJing M inordinntc portion Of
evil into small space IN order to make up
for lost time. The same day brought him
intelligence of his wifc's dcscriiOn, aud of
his attainment ns u traitor; aud, further,
,hn, this accusation had been chiefly brought
nbou, by the intrigucs Of his former part
ner. price bciGg set on mans head,
usually makes him very speedy IN his move
menis and the Baron fed from his castle
with the rapidiiy Of life aud death, but not
uHnccompnnicd. Wrnpt in his mantle he
bore with him their only child, n little girl,
Of two years old. As boys, he aud the
: Count Won IIermanstadi had often hunted
in the forests around Aremburg; his own
fos,cr-sis,er had married one Of the depen-
duns of the family; and to the care Of Ur-
saline, now widow, hc resolved 10 enirust
his Theresa. Never should she owe her
| nature to her motbcr-no. she should grow
; up pure and unsophisticated ns the Wild
flowers on the heath beside her dwelling.
J Urssline gave the required oath Of secrecy,
r and took the charge.
, Years and years of exile have passed o.
yer the Baron's head his wife died-that
was some comfort aud ut length, new
emperor, together with The interchangeable cf-
forts Of his friend, Won IIermsnstadt, pro-
cured the establishment of his innoce nee,
the repeal Of lis banislimeni, and the res
! tora,on of his estate. Ills first act was 10
throw himself a, The feet Of his gracious SOW
ereiya, his second to depart in search of iis
child.
We have stated it was the Baron's wish
that Theresa should be brought Up IN igno-
rance and simplicity; but, MS usually hap
pens when our wishes are fulfilled, lie was
disappointed aud somewhat dismayed on
4 finding that she could not read; and that
instead Of French, now the only language
tolerated in Vienna, nnd which alone he
had spoken for years--bis exile having been
nIIcvisied by a constant residence nj Paris
his child was unable TO greet him save IN
the gu,turals Of her native Geru,nn. Aghass
at the ridiculc the result of the experiment
might entail on him, he bsrried 10 his fam
ily estate ; here having engaged a French
Coycrncss and professor Of singing he re-