The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-12


sssoeisas. The Depsrney may he AS fas-
cinating as yeu describe her, but I own not
her power The CanaiIe of the National
Assembiy May be won by her lures, but
Marmont wears no colors save those of the
fair Destraix
Hold, i~perlinent Know you not that
the Lady Depcrney is my friend, and be-
ware how you speak of the members of the
Assembly, or shall send you to republican
America. there to learn more fitting terms,
by which to designate the leaders Of the
people
THAT may almost gain some tidinss Of
yosr lover of Barnstable,' was the laughing
rejoinder of her companion. your uncle
tclls strange stories Of that same youth, and
| am half inclined to be jealous of some ccr-
tain passages that occurred in the tete-d-t etc
yos wot Of
Aye my gallant deliserer from the ra-
gng pillows of the Atlantic. For mo-
msn,, there came associations Of a painful
natuse, aersss aer mental vision, and she
felt h ,rself checked in her evity; it was but
fer IA moment, for in the next, she smiling
iy tapped the mercurial Frenchman upon
tha shoulder rs she answered, Nay, you
should act be too severe upon my youthful
fsies-thc boy saved mo from n watery
death, and in the hour of parting there
might have been things spoken, prompted
Aore by gratitude than prudence-besides,
was so young
But what if the boy should cloths this
pretty romance with the sober hues Of real
ny, and come to claim his rights, What
would the heiress of Marine think, if at the
e har
da m lover should step forward, and demand
her as his bride =
Rest contenlcd on that score, knight Of
the trislful countenancc,' laughingly res
psnded the fair one, the lad has too much
sense to attempt any flight Of the kind his
modesiy and wits would teach him that in
50 doing he was ,ransgressing the bounds OF
discretion
Aud yet, could he survey the ripcned
loveliness of the flower he saved when in
its budding heIpessness,' urged the gallant
Narmonti. bending his lips to the hand Of
his companion, 'and feel no wish to claim
il for his transatlantic bower, he must be
indeed Stole and tuke it that his is =
warner spirit than voluntarily to purge his
nomory of the recollection of IN action lha,
must come coupled with the charms Of the
rescued fl0werer. BY the bones of the i'm
Aortal Henri but the little I have heard
of thy deliverance; !; and the hcroism that
achieved it, have taught me a brothers love
for ;his same-how call you the youth 2
Harley ey-No-Iiurwood ay, that is
his nanc-but, methinks, a glimpse of him
would tend marvellously to lesson thy bro
,herly feelings. lie had but httle of knight
ly bearing, and his speech and nc,ions saw
.red somewhat of his nautical training.
would that he were here.
There was II rus,ling III the adjacent
shrubbery-a hus,y step wns heard upon
the gravelled avenue, and as the intruder
i.=ilrd swiftly by, there camo words upon
Tie car Of tho late speaker, brcalhsd in
tones she remembered but too well. And
this is Mary Destraix, asd it is thus she
speaks Of Henry IInrwosd Great God,
how have been duped y The footsteps
died nway in the distance, and before she
could rally from the shock, the speaker was
gone.
The sword Of Marmon,i was drawn from
lis sheath, but the convulsivc grasp OF the
co.science-s,ricken girl withheld him from
pursuits and when he inquirngly beut his
gaze upon her countenancc, its expression
was so denth-likc and cold, that fearing she
was i'll, (for he understood not the purport
Of the Strangers eIclamation,) he hastily
returned to tse saloon.
Duriag the remainder Of the evening, il
was the subject for comment that the favor
tie oi the queen was grave and absIracted,
AVID her brow, usually lighted up with the
Jay Of an untroubled spirit, was crossed
with darker Lues thon were wont to sully
it. Even Marmonn sirovc in vain to re-
store her depressed spirits, but it would not
do the words she had heard in the garden
cI@ggcd her soul, bowiug it down to reuorsc
and anguish. Memory led her away from
these scenes Of hollow .emblance to the
shores of Massachusetts-io that eventfnl
sight, when, in her fcebeness, she batlled
with the adverse waters. Again she was
listening to the of repeated story Of the
sarulous wreckers, ns they painted, in their
blunt honesty Of speech, the daring courage
and generous conduct of the you,htnl mar
iacr, as, AFTER baving lain her gently upon
the beach, he uttered that prayer of thanks
giving for her safety. As fancy's finger
pointed out these episodes of her past exist
snce, and she reflected upon the return she
Ind made, that she had spoken Of him as
thing of scorn-and that he had heard
her! The swelling waves Of contrition irri-
gated her selfish soul, and she retired to
her chamber, for that night redeemed from
the trammels of coquetry and ingrattuGe.
Dismissing her maid, she sat down in an en-
hrazure of her apartment, but was disturbed
from her rsveric by the entrance Of her at
ishdan,, who placed beside her pacqet,
bearing her address, and again retired.-
Hastily breaking the seal, she opened its
folds, ia doing which braid Of hair escaped
fran therein and fell ia the ground 'vhe