, 1842-07-16

NO" said the mother, all the spir
oil her race rising in her at this crisi
"no, my daughter, it would not BE-
come US. like base-born churls. TIM
TO fly from a foe. The wife and chi
dten OF Count Restchifky will NEE
ms enemies on his own hearth-stone
all dlsmanlled though it be-"
With these words she claspcd he
babe closer TO her bosom, and sa
down again behind the parapet /,
await, as the daughter OF a hundre,
princes should await, the approach o
her murierers; and although perhap
her cheek was a hue paler. the loft,
Glance Of her eve qnailed not. He
daughter sank 10 her feet and buried
her face in her mothers robe. Blu
after a few minutes she %regainec
courage, and Hooked tinidly out acros.
the plain. AT the first glance she
started and said eagerly,
"Bu: see, mother, can they rcally
be enemies? They wave their ban.
ners as if to us-thev increase thei
sPeed-surely, surely that gaI,an'
horseman in the advance is my own
dear father"
A moment the mother gazed eager
ly on the approaching horseman, buI
Il moment only. The eye of The wife
saw that her husband was indeed
there. and. with 4 glad cry, she clasp.
ell her children in her arms and burst
into a flood Of joyful tears. She was
still weeping when the count, dis.
mounting from his charger, rushed
forward and cIasred her in his arms.
''Thank God" he calculated. "you
al least are left to me. | had feared
TO find you no more. May the light
ming of heaven blast the cravens
who could thus desolate the home OF
I woman"
"My husband, oh! my husbaad.."
was all that the wife could say.
"Father. dear father, you are safe;
oh! we shall yet be happy said
the daughter as she chung to her re-
stored parent.
The father kissed and rc.kissed
them all, and for once his stern nature
was moved 10 tears, but they We're
tears of joy.
His story WAS soon told. Find
ing that all hope of saving his coun-
try was over, and eager to learn the
fate of those he had left at home, he
hal cut lis way through the enemy
with a few gallant followers. As he
drew near the vicinity Of his palace.
he had heard strange rumors of the
sacklng of his home. and on every
side his own eyes beheld the ravageS
OF the foe. Torn with a thousand
fears respecting the fate OF those he
loved better than life. lie had pressed
on, and when the bIackencd
AMI smoking walls of his palace had
before him in the distance he.
had almost given away to despair. -
But, at length, his eager eve caugh;
of a group amid the ruins. and
his heart told him that those he loved
remained yet 10 cheer his ruined
fortunes.
No pen can DO Justice to the feel
Of gratitude witch throbbed ia
the bosom OF that father rs he press
ed his wife and children successfully
to his heart. His plans were soon
laid. He had, by remittances to
on the outbreak Of the war.
provided his family against want, and
thither they now bent their steps,
Over his ruined country he shed many
4 tear, but, at such times, the smiles
Of his wife and children were ever
ready to cheer his dependency; and
as he gazed on his lovely family he
felt that there was much yet in this
world to bid him be happy.
THE EARLY DEAD.-Iti is Il mournfuI
10 dream of the young and
innocent, in the rosy blush of liie's
levy morning going softly and 81.
emily TO sleep in the arms Ct death.
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