The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-05-18

happened since you left us, to seek for
tune in foreign lands
'What what! my lovely Maria has
Married the miller
by all the spirits Of the Hartz, and
while he stood before me, had but known
that he had dared to wed my promised
bride y
The demon Of passion, with magic,
hand, changed the expression Of his Wis
age. Where previously reigned the calm,
contented look of the traveller, returned 10
his native land to seek his afianced wife
now predominated the thirst for vengeance.
lie rushed to the door as if TO pursue the
miller, but the host threw himself before
him.
BE calm, good Kleiner, have scheme
which shall, by one blow, destroy the mil
Ter and his family. Listen do
Gradually, as the fell plot discovered to
the traveller new way Of revenge, his
whole appearance changed, and when the
host concluded, his external ferceness had
di8appeared; but the calm that peryadod his
countenance showed the consuming fire
that glowed within. Let us leave them,
hastily preparing for the execution of their
plot, ,and accompany the miller as he ascends
the rugged path which leads 10 his noun
| tain home.
There are those who will utter their dis
belief of something they pretend to consid-
er ridiculous, who when alone in some wild
glen, or trackless forest, will ponder on the
subject, in spite of their wish TO think Of
something less fearful till, from very fear,
they own to themselves their belief in what
they have heard, and thus hope to exercise
the phantom which haunts their minds
Such was the miller, and frightful were the
images which filled his imagination as he
pursued his mountain path. He became
convinced of what he before denied, and
from every rock and hillock, from every
bush and tree, he expected some awful spir-
it to appear and overwhelm him in his
wrath.
His nature was fierce and fiery; though
in his cooler moments he had been srYed
coWardly, and even 1usuy SO, yet. when a
reused by an imagined injury, he could,
like many others in this world, perform
feats on the impulse of the moment, which,
. WHICH CdlIll, lC hdO DOL lllC llCdlI CNCu wv oI
tempt. He was quick and vindictive, and
it was always as convenient for him to for
get favour, as it was natural for him &c
remember an injury. He was alive to sus
picion and jealously, and as his character
was an exception to the national one, h'
was hated 81 dcspised by all save one swee
f soul, who seemed to love him most who
she saw him spurned. Who can acCoun
for woman's love Who can describe tina
sweet flower, growing unnotired upon
tender stalk, blooming the while for tht
most worthless object upon earth-a jea
: lous husband, but she who owns the pas
! sion!
In her case, size loved not her HUSBAND
I merely because he had once been the yer,
| god of her affection, but because she say
t in him the scape-goat, as it were, of hi
, fellows, and she knew it needed all her low
$ TO make him happy. When passion hat
endowed him with more than his usua
c strength and couIage, and he burst out wit
t threats and Imprecation against some neigh
e Dor, she, poor, il-used creature, would clin
d to his neck, his arms, his knees, prayn
i him to be calm, and detaining him, till res
: son had again assumed her empire. Some
l. times incensed at her Interference, he woul
o with brutal violence dash her from him, an
IS curse her for her-loge! Yet, though th
violent love he always professed for her bt
d fore marriage, ceased with the ceremony
s. and did not even dwindle into the solid az
ID mirat on and esteem it often does, he watcl
ed her with the vigilance that boy woul
r a new purchased dog, 10 see that nor
10 should dare be kind to him, lest some or
to should wrest his growing authority frO
=, him.
e. He neared his home; it was a truly gran
N and magnificent retreat, and yet, of cour'
had been sought by HIM, merely on accou
of its utility; and therefore in gazing upC
its use gratiied his desire for gain, MOI
than its sublimity fired his imagination
G, The scene was wild but beautiful. Son
ct hundred feet above where he stood, mou
OF tain torrent dashed over precipice, and {
ie each side OF the ravine through which
is took its course, lay two immense rock
hemming in and protecting the pret
IT, stream below; few stunted eyergreens pa
lc tally covered the steep rocks, finding b
d, scanty room to take root in their cliffs.
r. For one moment the miller deliberate