The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-12
SELECTED TALES.
LOVE AND CONSTANCY.
BY y. BURKE FISHER.
CUAPT. love.
r. PlGOT.

CHAPT. love.
oh, how this spring oflove-resembleih of
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty OF the sun,
And, b. and by, cloud takes all away
'Harry dear Harry, fSrereHr God
bless yOu, Mary, ne shall meet again -
stuffed sob from the first speaker, Il an
ejaculation of manly sorr"w, ir"n, HE Latter
nirsteJ their pu,"iinn -,h- .'nrro'rn dipir,
,her hsm Madrs into the wave, aud IA,
lurle craft obedicm ia The Impulse r,pioI,
rccrdrd from The shore. The ,outl, watch
ed lis progress through de glnncing wa
ters, aud every ripple II created seemed la
wash upon his heart n monirni, and
IT ranged under the bows of ~ stately yr.-
sci, which soi'n after spread her cnlIyass 10
the brrczr, aud bore dawn the bay, nn her
outward course. Evening found the youth
pacing Tie sh re, gazing upon the tain'
outlines of ih. departing ship, rhd when
the tIgeard rule Of night hid her from his
view then il WIS that il,e full sense nf his
situation fell heavily upon him-he felt
that he was an nuicast-an alien, without u
single tie To i,ind him 10 life. aud with u
sensation uf wfcIchrdupss, kuuwn only in
him who has tasted of the butter chn,cs al
misery cast hi'p dow" upon The snn'l,,
aud wept long aud bitterly
Who is there who hns no, heard the me
lanch"Iy detail, us
From his sire's lips glean'd.
Or hIsory's page,
of the fierce aud destructive totoado that
usllrrrd Iu The nutumnnl rquinox "f 1857.
Its luiy WAS felt by the storm tnssed sea-
nian, ~ his irail bark drove onward To DE-
slruclinn, aud It's disastrous results might ~
pHri he gathered from the many eyid"uccs
al ~ triumph rs strrwn along Ilir shores "i
Cage Cod. The tempest pf"veJ ,r'is'e"i
rs It wac violent, aud the sun TIA; tIIone
out nn The MORROW ofIhr Storm, sie.pe'i ns
rays III the nav irnnquh ocean, which, APP
parrnlIy conscious uf the run II had
wrought seemed in nione for It's mIrchIrfhy
sindIrd repose. The regular swell "f the
sta snccee,lrd the raging hillnws "f the
night-ibe shrill demon of HE tempest had
rrIIred to his northern caves, aud ~ hi'
stead, the playful zrpbyrs nf The south wan-
ers were nut upon The beach rs usual, Al
ter nIght of slnrin., culIIng n harvest from
the spoils which the ocean had cast upon
their shores. Men, women, aud children
were engaged ~ this employment, aud -
Injured had they b.come To thur somewhat
rquyncal profession, that whether the "h
pet they inspected was the corpse OF tl',
shIpwTecked, or n cask IT West lndia, th.
same sang froid was evI ced, AID 'heJ
proce.drd as lrisur,ly To- rifle tie gArment'
of the dls6gnrcd aud ghnslly drnd, as ~
breaking open sea chest. An unu."nli,
well stnwrd bale had drawn the attention %
tire crowd, and they were busily empi"ye'
turning nvrr It's contents, when nn rIcli
mAiImi nf surprIse from rn Idlrr upon ih'
strand, caused the parry to turn IN the dr
rrcilun he had pointed, aud they beheld th'
object that hal .licned his outcry
Drifting IN towards the land they saw ;
floating spar, upon which rode sopl
taI oe some sixteen or seventeen years
suplnriIng in his arms what seemed Ia bs
tl,. Ifr-ss l,ody "f female. There wa
something So nnble in ihi. geUrrous dryo
; tim to anniher's safety, ~ the hour I"
dradiy peril touching display &c al tia
rnnnlIe., in the ronduct of one 50 young
thus i.opariiZing his avn doubtful chnnc
of preservation, IN the rrscnlng from th
fierce waters ilrir prey, tia, even III. cod
and sluggish feelings of the men Of Barns
stable ~ers moved N admiration soJ for