The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-07-10

tones from him she had watched so faithfully, so
devotedly, since sickness had unnamed him.
so, noble Spaniard ALA be thanked, thou hast
outlived the dreadful disease-my prayers have
been heard--Alla, ALA be thankedn'
81 deserved them mott deserved them not,
replied the Knight, "nor did deserve thy care
For thy sake must recover"
Love and Joy are natures physicians; and what
ever is natures must be efectual. Day after day,
under the careful treatment of Cedora, did the
Young Spaniard acquire health His limbs his fea-
lures, his strength, resumed their wonted energy.
o, love how faithful are thy emissaries 3 y ~
As vet the Knight burst not appear within the
bounds of Constantinopfej for the hue and cry had
circulated even to the lonely little hamlet in which
he had taken refuge; and yet so strange is human
nature, he wied it not otherwise. pure a holy
and haowed passion, had fired his bosom in place
of the gallant knighterant feeling with which he had
at first regarded the Circassan, and created tie
that he would not for worlds were broken.
On the banks of that noble stream, the Bospho-
rus, it was their wont to roam, when the spy was
far away or wrapt in sleep, when the pure zephyrs
of night played about the ringlets of the beautiful
Circassian, and famed the flame that kinded in
the breast of the Spanard They had wandered
far from the little hamlet on such night-a beau
tful, cloudless moonlight night, at that
"soh hour, which wakes the wish and mets the
heart
when the young Knight interrupted silence of
some moments ''Cedora, )" said he, ",hou hast long
promised me to relate thy sad history. By what
ordinance of Providence didst thou become slave,
for nature evidently framed thee for nobler pur-
poses !"
"Don Lopez" replied the maiden, "Ipromised
thee, and fulfill my word. My tale is an adyen-
turous one, but briefly told | was born at tn"
grand city of Serki, the capital of my native
try, My parents were wealthy, and gave me an
excellent education. Brought up in the greatest lux
ury, frequented the most fashionable society, and
obtained every grace and accomplishment that
highly cultivated circle of acquaintance cOu'd af
ford My father was general in the army, and went
to war when was not more than fourteen. Years
passed away, and we received no lidings of his
fate, AT length returning detachment brought
news that he had fallen in an engagement with the
Turks This calamity so seriously affected my
mothers health that she pinned away, and finally,
wrought to the extreme of misery by II consuming
disease, put an end to her life by poison. Nisfor-
tune followed misfortune, and my uncle, cold
hearted avaricious man having taken possession of
VI. P'P'''!' ''"' "'' '" &" ''"''". W ''c n'""h-
famous regions OF our country Although per-
cmp'orlly refused to take the ven, yet my obsti-
macy did not avail me, or prevent my being con-
fined with the strictest severity; for nay uncle, to
secure the estate more eilectually, had spread
report that had clOped with a Young officer
and by large bride had consigning me TO a living
death.
The abbess of the convent was a naughty and
sol Inn inf hn ,l.I. t,I
her power by rendering my situation as miserable
as possible and o! how often did call npon him
the only powerful, to terminate my wretcled exis
tence by stroke of his hand!
But il was ordoned o,hcrw;se Ar,er vosnors
one niyht whom we had nil rc,;roJ RI had ,nJ ro,,
oc ms wore ,sIccn -, dro,drnll III, ,,;n,loJ ,;,I,
the sbrieks or female voices md ,bo ,on.r, n f.a
aims, assured Ms the convent, was attacked bv :,
por,v oc bopd;t; mr. slove-co,cbors ,ybo ,ro,i
boui the remote nor,s If C;rcoss;n ;nr nr;,,m
ers of nIl whom thew can cnn,nrc n c,rry 70 Con-
stantnopIe far sale The only n,Ies ,hon, ,ho
convent were Father Ambrose nm ,nod md Jaoron
i, friar. and domestic. whose Ju,y il WIS IN rng
the bells for ycspers. Tbcr. was but fneblc .re7
,,.e~o modo TO rro"-~. L..,l:. m Of III, ,lou
Tor Father Ambrose, instead of protecting his flock |
cast himself on the floor and in the most ahiect
terms called upon ALA to preserve him; and the
instead OF sounding the a'ari-bcll, had
placed hlmselfagains the door, armed with grea,
poker to do battle against some fifty or sixty ruff
lans! The terrified nuns had gathered in group in |
The vestry room, around the abbess, who, on See
ing the thieves, betrayed by far the most alarm for
her own virtue. They offered us no violence, but
choosing out the youngest and bcs,-ookiny, allow
rd them time to prepare for their journey, Sever.
Al days OF lncesant and loi'somc travelling brough,
US to the coast; we were then confined in chains,
md shipped for Consaninop'c The horrors Of
he voyage ] need not dwell upon. Many long
weeks we were cooped up with scarce air enough
% breathe, and frequently without food more than
'nce day. Aswe ncarcd the port of our desli-
nations we were allowed greater liberties; but the
motives which induced them were entirely incrcs-
ed. The sickness and suffering of the VOYAGE
,ad given us an unhealthy appearance, which il
vas the object of our owners to restore, BY expo
ing US to the seabreeze. Thus our fate approach
I'd to consunlallon, when low, suspicious look
ny vessel appeared and gave us chase. Three
lays and as many nights the most active vigilance
md manoeuvering was kept up to save US from the
clutches OF the piratc-ior such the vessel proved.
mt she rapidly ncared; and on the morning of the
onrth she was within gunshot, and by her cleared