Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-04-14

From Littelrs Museum.
TUE PLANTERS TALE,
CONTINUED.


..te looked thoughtfully on the path
. .Hodon. "Well," said he, there
.rng gentleman oflarge possessions, a
I. 5is own wife and be was talked of
..gntrv for very queer ways. So what
mi boy do, but he makes out that the
..olleman was out Of his reason, and he
ID him and shut him up in the very
- coll that's now clearing out under
l.g We'll, this went on for a little time
W. body was beginning to talk no more
ny NJ matierwhen one morning there was
,,rm in the abbey the young lad had
\ hiring the night. Well, sir, dear, the
.Gcma1 was furious, and Immediately
"a persons to scour the whole country
M. but he had, himself received private
,ton that the young lad was hiding in
sv mountains, so, thinks he to himself
make sure work oft. The old boy
.sops all the world over for his resolu-
md lust the very moral Of your uncle
Inall his ways he knew that people
N look TOO closely into the death Of an
he young gentleman ofwhom no one
Yuch. and who was strange in his ways
mes. So the old lad coolly put his PTS
Ms pocket and took his way over this
he knew il was best to have no people
m."
! there was a sudden rustling among
ekq,s. | started, and took out one OF
os which had cooked, and was, / be-
,bout to FIRE. O'Roorke, with great cool
|neruped his narrative, and said, a Sir,
nothing but a blackbird."
'-,.bed my teeth with fury at being star
ANIL swore, I'D shoot the bird,bnt It was
h seen. go on with the story, Tony"
resolving to compose myself; yet in
lsrree pleased at being reused out of
mmger.
r,r sIr, your uncle-I mean his grand
Event for a long time cautiously beat
hn, and prying carefully along every
Hs object was to come unperceived on
M lad. He had Just reached the dead
,dif and was peeping up aud down.
sing ofrotten boughs at little distance
"A the narrative. "Save US" whispered
nks | had gwen one step forward,
NE Eght broke strongly through the hazel
Ms which I pushed aside with my left hand
h within five PAGES of me, in the centre Of
Igr glade, over which ihe path ran, stood
! Richard himself.
fatal moment vas, indeed arrived
dagainst a tree in state Of torpor;
band upon my shoulder shook me into
Consciousness: yet it seemed like a
dream, too horrible to be true the
u cry Of remonstrance the glance Of
The clasped hand and sinking form /;
gazed and reproachiul eye the strong
M shudder = . In Gods name,
said !, "what has happened :"
Ion bad better not name God, Mr.. Joe,
Goved his eve with mine. Alas, it was
tue! Twas an assassin; l had taken
m which there was no return. a new
grbe consciousness fell over me, almost
la weternatural change which may be
Ial to follow the sentence Of the last
lnni ola guilty spirit. The lifeless form
Iane dspeled the morbid suspicious Of a
lht the accused reality; was thence
taa slave Of terror and conscience the
l.y ofthe law ;"thc adherence Of human
YET, fer moment, it was too much to
be- lroused myselfsrongly. Tony"
u "haye you slain my uncle ?" The man
avith a fendish meaning understood
IMt too well. He spoke IN whisper =
Iaer Joe, we are as get alone ; no one but
eiknows what YOU have done. think we
'ito conceal the corpse quickly, and leave
ace--hany one comes you are lost"
ith me the terror Of death was habltually
rmost; for it had been sedulously fostered
Infancy; andnow the prospect lay fright
.leu-and whata death! became ami
y into teniold strength. We bore the
HOdy TO small cavernous opening among
fused heap ofstones, round which the fern
nEuuantly; and having forced it in, we
lheap of decayed briers over the narrow
oihe cayen-it was a sickening task.
tpushed, for about a quarter of an hour
,iup the bin until we stood upon the top
nge Here we stopped to breathe
SAID O'Roorke, " it is not fit that we
DO seen together TIL evening. III just
Gown to the house and see that all is quiet:
an lolow in a few hours, when you stea-
oureIi i-lf any body were to meet you
would all be known by your looks"
\ 10y are not going to leave me alone, To-
answered.
Vne7er fear" said he, with the same re-
smile, "Pll not desert you any how
W Till gets dusk"
0oa ~ kind Of torpid thought for an m
When looked round O'Roorke was
1appearing among the trees far down. i
Eon a projecting fragment OF a broken
guy feapsed into a gloomy .orper which
wen Illustrate the passage Of the soul
ahe dark valley OF the shadow OF death
" region "where hope never comes"
aud terribly distinct the few years oil
Inrose up before me, and the images Of
Y Shook their heads against me IN scorn
sFoach. Every thing appeared IN a new
{ SOBER certainty of shame and sorrow
wye Richards thousand acts Of kindness,
vance, and misconstrued love there ne
y a deed Of his which ] could not trace
nv coed or generous feeling. In tho midst
v benevolent cares for my welfare IN
'uue oihls life Of WORTH had--thoughl
s'ased TO dive into the black abyss o.
n shouted out till the cliffs and wild
echoed, as IL legion Of fiends were
: Oand. was struck with superstitlouf
|, ' \ starting 10 my feet rushed away
~ se NIL Til night ! wandered through
scenes Of height and dechyity; ane
sung hundred changes Of thought anc
such as no sane mind ever truly con
ina night began to fall over the plains
\ pDo, p beneath me. looked over TO
- borough. All was quiet no alarm
n y excited. / could dimly perceive TIL
H'Og rom the chimneys over the par