Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-05-09

! heaven. The young and beautiful Fatlmn
IIanoun. had wronged him with Greek
The gray bearded merchant, trembling be-
, tween rage and grief, rose from his seat
and rushed into the harem.-The tale was
true for one moment the aged and outraged
husband looked upon the young and hand
some; and in the next the active Greek
had flung up the lattice, and sprung from the
open window. Ere long the house was filled
with the relatives of the wife, and It's spa
r cious apartments were loud with anguish
/ and inyectlve, but Fatima IIanoun answer
ed neither to the sobbing of grief nor to the
reproach Of scorn; she sat doubled up upon
her cushions, with her eyes rivetted on the
easement by which her lover bad escaped.
, The merchant. stUng to the heart by the
stain that had been cast upon bis honor, EN-
Filtered in spirit by the knowledge that il
was a Christian by whom be had been
wronge5; and not altogether forgetfnl, il
NAV be, of the grace and beauty of the
mother of his child, sat modify apart; and
all the reasonings and besoeching OF his
wiEe's anxious family only wrung from nm
the cold and unyielding answer that ne
would never see her more.
And the hereto lover where was he?
Like an arrow shot by a strong arm, he
had sped to the home Of his widowed mother,
and had hurriedly impaired to her the fear
fu jeopardy in which he stood. There was
not moment to be lost, and hastily snatch
ING up some food that had been prepared for
his evening meal, he flung himself upon
the neck of his weeping parent; and then
disengaging himself from her clinging arms,
rushed from the house, no one knew viii
Their.
But the man, meanwhile was not idle.-
He had aroused the neghborhood-he had
raised the cry of sacrlege-he had bruited
abroad the dishoror Of the Mosem-and ere
long a Turkish guard was on the track Of
the volng Greek. But no trace OF him
could be discovered; and the frail and fair
Hanoun was removed to the harem OF one
of her husbands relatives, where every look
and action were subjected to the most RI
gorous observance, before the faintest hope
had been entertained of securing her mise
rable lover
Three wreiched days were past, and on
the morning of The fourth the langs OF hun.
ger became too mighty for the youth 10 snp-
port. He stole from his concealncnt, he
looked around him. and he was alone! lie
ventured few PAGES forward; rich fruits
were pendant from the branches OF the tail
trees beneath which be moved, and he seiz-
ed them with aydlty; but as he raised his
head second time TO the ladended boughs,
he heard near him the deep breathing OF
one who wept-he glared towards the spot
whence the sound came, and his heart melt
ed within hint was his moher-the
guardian of his youth-the friend oil his
manhood-the mourner OF his hopes. lie
rushed towards her-he murmurod her name
and for a moment the parent aud the
child forgot all save each other. II was the
watchful oveof the mother which first awoke
TO fear: and in few seconds the secret OF
her son was confided TO her, and she was
comparatively happy. She could steal to
his hiding place at midnight: she could en-
sure him against hunger; she could hear his
voice. and convince herself that he yet lived,
and with this conviction she hurried from
his side, and babe him wait patiently few
hours, when she would bring him food.
The young Greek stole back to his hiding
place, and slept--the sleep of the wretched
is hcavy--slow TO come, and weighed down
with wild and bitter dreams; and thus slum-
bered the criminal The night was yet
dark when he awolle and heard footsteps,
and then he doubted not that his watchlul
parent was indeed come TO solace the mo-
ments of his trembling solitude. Had he
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perfect waking of his senses, he would have
discovered at once that the sound of many
feet were on the earth; but he had already
passed several days without cause of alarm,
} and his past safely betrayed him into a
false feeling OF security.
The unhappy youth had not wandered
beyond the spacious gardens OF his home,
which, rising the height beyond the house,
we're divided into terraces, along whose
whole extent had been placed oil
orange and lemon trees, planted in immense
vases of red clay. Several of these, in
which the plants had failed or persisted
had been reversed to protect them from the
weather; and one Of them dragged in the
2 first parvoxism of terror to the mouth of al
: exhausted well, had served to screen the
5 cuIprit from the gaze Of his pursuers. Ba
e on this night, when by some extraordinar!
fatality he forgot for an instant the caution
! which had hitherto been his protection, b,
+ clambered to the mouth Of the pit as h
+ heard the coming footsteps, and pushing
t aside the vase sprang out upon the path
i The moonlight fell on him as he emerge
e from his concealmect, pale and haggar,
c his dark locks, dank with the heavy atmo;
phcre of his hiding-pacc, and his fran
Il weakened by exhaustion. As he game
his feet and looked arouud him, his arm
. fell listlessly at his sides, and his head droo
a cd upon his breast---be had no long,
= either strength or energy to wrestle wi
Sc his fate, and he put his hands into the gra'
=, of the armed men among whpm be stoo