The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-01-30
me ,ha, you will no, be a hereto any lon

ger"
The soldier smiled, and sighed.
You guess why am here tonight" !"
resumed the Italian girl. " knew it BY
tha, smile and sigh. You think TINT ] am
come To tell You to seek your own land and
home, and, therefore, you smiled, and you
just breathe one little sigh because you
leave this bright sun-and me-"
Am | then To leave you, perhaps to b.
delivered over to the power Of your impla-
cable church 2"
Emilia crossed herself "No, no, go to
your own land aud he happy. Here is
money my father could not jeny me when
] begged il Of him with kisses aud tears.
Go and be hnppy, and forget u.s."
Never" exclaimed the soldier earnest
ly-" never! and you, my kind and gentle
nurse, my good angel-you who have
brought hope to my pillow, and beguiIed
the sad hours of sickness in a foreign land
words are but poor things 10 thank thee
with"
81 shall see you no more !" rnid the
young Italian, (" and what shall make me
happy when you are gone Who will tell
me tales of tlsod and field! ] have been
happy while you were here, and yet we
met very sadly. My heart stood still when
we first found you covered with blosd, on
our way hack to Milan, after the battle.
You had crcp, under hedge, as we
thought, to die. But I took courage To
lay ny hand upon your heart, aud it still
heat; so we brought you home ! and never
has IA morning passed, but 1 have gathered
the sweetest flowers to freshen your sick
pillow and while you were insensiLle in
that terrible fever, ! used to steal into your
chamber and kneel at your Led-foo,, and
pray for the Nadonna's care. And when
you revived yon smiled at my flowers, and,
when you had voice to speak, thanked me. ="
EmIlia's voice was lost in sobs; aud
what wonder if one from mans sterner ma
,urc mingled with ,heml
The morrow came. The Itslian girl
gathered last flower, and gave il in fearful
silence TO the soldier. Tie kissed the frag-
rant gif., and then, with momentary bold
ness, the fair hand that gave it, and de-
parted. The young girl watched his foot
steps till they were lost to sight, listened to
them till they were lost To sound, and then
abandoned herself % weeping.
"Tou art sad, dear daughter" said a
venerable father to his child, ns they traver-
sed that once countri6ed expanse through
wlIcb we jesile our way from the City to
Westminster, Thou art sad, denr daugi,-
ter" ..-- .-..-r F
Nay, my falher," replied the mniden,
" ] would not do so but il is hard always
to wear cheerful coun,enance when"
The heart is sad, thou wouldst say"
May, | mean it not" ....
81 have scarcely seen Ihee smile since
we entered tins Engand-l may not say
tits hereiick England"
4" Hush Z dear father, hush The winds
may whisper it: see you not that we are
surrounded by multitude ~
"They are running madly to some rev.
elry."
"L Let us leage the path ,hen," said the
girl 4" it snits not our fallen fortunes. or
our dishonored faith, to seem TO minele in
this stream of folly. Doubtless the king
hath some new pageanlry." s-.
We'll, aud if it he so," replied the fa;h-
err" haply the gewgaw and The show nigh,
bring back the truant smile to thy lip, mud
the lost lustre To thine eye. Thou art too
young to be thus moodily sad. See how
anxious, how eager, how happy seem this
multitude! not one care-worn brow thou
nnyest catch their cheerfulness. We will
90 with the stream"
The girl offered no farther resis,ance.--
They were strangers IN the land poor al
most penniless. they had come frop their
owu country to reclaim debt which one
of the mobiles Of the court had incurred in
more prosperous days, when the merchant
was rich in silver, gold and merchandise.
The vast throng poured on, swelling un-
al it became u mighty tide the bells peal
ed out, the cannon beloved, human voice,
augmented the din. The Thames was
lined on either bank every building on its
margin crowded and lis surface peopled.-
Every sort Of aquatic vessel covered IL, bo-
som, SO that the flowing river seemed rath-
er some broad road tecming with life. Gal
ley after galley, glittering with the gold aid
the purple, came on laden wiih the wealth
and the pride, and the beauty Of the land,
aud presently the ACCLAIM Of thousand
voices rent the skies, The King the king
long live the kingn He came-Henry
VIII, came. in all that regal dignity and
gorgeous splendour, in which he so much
delighted.
Aud then began the pageant, con,rived
10 throw odium on Rome, and to degrade
the preten.ions Of the pope. Two ealIeys,
one tearing the arms Of England, the other
marked by the papal insignia, advanced to-
ward, each other, and the fictitious eon,es,
commenced.
Borne on by the crowd, our nefefisn,
and his daughter had been forced into q
conspicuous situation. The peculiar dress.
the braided hair, the beauty and foreign as
pect Of the girl had marked her out to the
rude gallsntry Of the crowd: so that tie