The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-06-24

ADA, WIN I6W leaves ON ttio uoo III het lHOuoiiu5
hail, hasteued back to her 3aanbeen, and Sellm a
gain alone, gazed from his stadowy hiding place on
the CAV festival in which his eyes behed one form a.
lone How brief seems the retrospect of one yearl OF
happiness How sad how interminable seems the
same space of time iu anticipation, when we know
that at its close some long looked for bliss will be obs
tanned, some cherished hope realizedl
Sem bought steed, the.whitest and the swirest Of
the province, and he soon loved itdearly for it SEEM
I'd to be living link connecting him win Ada.
He daily three times haversed the valley, and thrice
he forded the deep and foamng river; he saw not his
love. he received no token from herr but if his eyes
did not deceive him, he occasionally saw female
form on the summit Of her fathers tower and snow
white scarf was sometimes waved as he speeded rapid.
ly through the valley.
To Ada the year passed slowly anxIousy often
did she repent her injunction to the Moor, when the
sky was dark and stormy, and when the torrents from
the mountains had rendered the Jumma impetuous and
dangerous Then on her knees on the rajah's tower,
she would watch for her lover, dreadhg at one mo-
ment lest fear should make him abandon both her and
the enterprise, and then praying that ne might indeed
forsake BOTH rather than encounter the errors OF that
foaming food Soon she saw him speeding from the
dark oresG he plunged fearlessy into the river he but
feted with its waves he gained the opposite Shore a.
gair and again she him brave the difficulty, again
he conqueredh it, and again twas to be encountered.
AT length the annual festival arrived the gardens were
adorned with garlands and resounded with music and
gladness once more, too, Sem stood beneath Inc
shadow Of the wide.spreading tree.
He saw crowds assemble, but he needed them not;
he heard the crash OF cymbas and the measured beat
ofthe kettle drum. The raah passed near him, with
his officers and armed attendants, and these were io'
lowed by troop fdamseIs; then came Ada the raIahs
daughter. She was no longer the trembling bashfu
girl he had seen at the last festival Proudly and self
possessed she walked the queen ofthe procession her
form glittering with kingdoms wealth Of diamonds
Sem's heart sunk within him.
'she is changed she will think no more Of me 7 he
Involuntary exclaimed. But that moment her dark
eye glanced towards his hiding place.
She spoke to her attendants, and the procession pau
seG as she approached the tree alone, and affected to
gather some Of its leaves .
Are you faithful p said she, in low tone; 'nay-l
wrong you by the question: hyesesn tha. you are so;
YOU have courage as you have constancy, you are
mine, and am yours-hush where is your steedI'
Selim held its bride rein.
Then in your hands place my happiness she ad>
ded these gems shall be our wealth, and your trust,
my trust-away away!
SeIim in an instant bore Ada to the back of his Ara
bian, and ere the raah and bis attendants were aware
she had quilted the cavalcade swift the wind he
bore her from the gardens.
The pursuit was instantaneous and uttering curses
and indignant reproaces the rajah and hundred OF
his armed followers were close at the heels of the
fugitives.
Follow! followl' cried the foremost, we gain upon
them, we will tear her from the grasp Of the Mahom-
medan. They approach the rivers bank and turbu'
lent as It now, is, after the storm ofyesterday they will
either perish in its waters we .sl.al seize them on
its brink"
Still they gained upon them; the space between the
pursners and the pursued became smaller and smaller,
aud the re-capture of Ada seemed certain. When 10
to the astonishmeni ofthose who followed him, Seins
we'll trained steed plunged the foaming .orlent bat
tied bravey with its waves, bore his burthen safely
through them and bounding up the opposite bank, cor'
tinue1 his flight.
lHo IuouO'H SiuOu odihou vi uiO i'O '""'' ''N''
horses having been trained to no such feat as that they
had Just witnessed. it would have been madness 10 have
plunged amid the eddyins whmIpooIs of the swollen
Jumma
Every tale should have its moral. What then will
be said of mine, which records the triumph of
a dsobedient child in a secret, unauthorized
attachment A temporary triumph which so rarely
leads to happinessi For this Far ofmy story have
no apology to offer but fromth little history of Selm
and Ada, this small grain Of moral inference may he
extracted Ladies will do well to try the integrity and
provo the Constancy Of their lovers they marry; and
lovers should endure trials and delays with oriituie
and thus prove tie unchangng truth ofther affections
-,.1. Character of washington.
by THOMAS JEFFERSON s...
His mind was great and powerful, without being Of
the very FIRST ORDER his penetration strong, though not
so acute as that of Newton Bacon or Locke; and,
far as he saw no Judgment was ever sounder II was
slow in operation, being little aided by invention or
Imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence it was the
common remark ofhs officers, of The advantage he de-
rived from councils Of war, where, hearing all SUCCESS
tions, he selected whatever was best and certainly
general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But
ifderanged during the ofthe action, il any
ber ofhis plan was dsocated BY sudden circumstances
he was slow in readustment, The consequence was