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Bear that frantic woman hence said the
emir ; but guard her WE'LL
The countess was dragged away by the
soldiery, without regard to her struggles and
her cries, and confined in dungeon of the
citadel.
The child was now brought to the cnir.
He had been awakened by the tumult, but
gazed fearlrsslv on the stern countenance OF
the soldiers. Had the heart Of the emir been
capable of pity, il would have been touched
BY the tender youth and innocent beauty of
the child but his heart was as the neither
milestone, and he was bent upon the drslruc-
ton of the whole family of Julian. Calling
to him the astrologer, he gave the child into
his charge, with "A secret command. The
wiihcrcd son of the desert took the boy by
the hand, and led him up the winding stair
case of "A tower. When they reached the
summit, Yuza placed him on the ba,llcmen,s.
Cling not to me, nv child said he !;
there is no danger Father, fear not,
said the undann,ed boy; yet it is IA won
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The child looked around with delighted
from about his face, and his cheek elowcd
at the boundcss prospect; for the tower
was reared upon that lofty promonorv on
which Hercules founded one of his pillars.
The surges of the sea were heard far below
beating upon the rocks, the sca-gu!l scream-
ed and wheeled about the foundations of the
tower, and the sails of lofty caracas were as
mere specks on the bosom of the deep.
! Dos, thou know wonder land beyond the
blue waters 2 said Ynz,.
1t is Spain,' replied the boy it is the
land of my f'thcr and my MOTHER
Then stretch forth thy hands and bless
/ it, my child said the asrologrr,
Thu hos l.. - Iii, huid III the wall, ana.
as he stretched forth his hands, the aged son
Of lshmarl, exering all the strength Of his
withrred limbs, suddenly pushed him over
the b,lIements. He fell hcajong from the
top of that tall tower, and not il bone in MS
tender frame but was crushed upon the rocks
beneath.
Aahor came to the foot Of the winding
stairs. Is the boy saf?' cried he.
He is SAFE replied Yuz,, "come and
behold the truth with thine own eyes
The e,nir assembled the tower and looked
over the bat,lemcns, and bclcId the body
of the Child, a slmpeIess mass, On the rocks
far below, and the sea- gulls lowering about
it, and he gave orders that it should be
thrown into the sea, which was done.
On the following morning, the countess
was led forth from her dungeon into the pub.
lie square. She knew of the death of lr,
enid, and that her own death was n hand
but she neither weep, nor supplicalrd. Ilrl
hair was di>l,evcllcd, her eyes were haegard
with watching, and her check was as til,
monumental stone bat there were the re-.
mains Of commanding beauty IN her countc'
nance; and the majesty Of her prescnc,
awrd even the rabhle into respect.
4 multitude Of Christian prisoners wcr.
then brought forth; aud Alahor cried out
Behold the wife of Count .Jull,n; behold
one of that ,ra,lorous family which Ira,
country And he ordered tia, they shoulo
stone her to death. But the Christians drew
back with horror from the deed, and sad
In the hand of God is vengeance lie
not her blood be upon our headt' Upor
this the cmr sworc, with horrId imprcc.
tons, that Whoever Of the captives refused
should himself be stoned to death. So til,
cruel order was executed, and Counties
Frandina p,rislIcd by the hands Of her coun
trymcn.
Having tNis accomplished his barhnron
errand, the emir embarked for Spain, ant
ordered the citadel of Ccnta,o be ton fire
and crossed the slraleh,s at night b, til,
LIGHT Of the towering flames.
The death of Count Julian, which tool
place not long after, closed the tragic stor,
of his family. How he died remains mvolv
ed in doubt. Some assert tina, the crne
, Alahor pursued him to his retreat among thu
, mountains, and, having taken him prisoner
behcadcd him others, that the MoOrs con
fined him in dungeon, and pu, AN end t.
his life with lingering torments while 9th
prS affirm that the tower of the castle o
, Marcuello, near Huesca, in Arragon, il
which he took refuge, fell on him and crush
ed him TO pieces. All agree that this latte
end was miserable in the extreme, and hi
death violent. The curse Of Heaven, which
, had thus pursued him to the grave, was ex
him shelter: for we are told that the casil,
is no longer Inhabited, on account of thu
strange and horrible noises that are heard it
it; and that visions of armed men are seer
above it in the air; which are supposed tc
be the troubled spirits of the apostate Chris
llans who favored the cause of the traitor.
In after times a stone sepulchre wa
. shown outside the castle, as the tomb o
Count Julian: but the traveller and the pill
grim avoided it, or bestowed upon il male.
diction: and the name of Julian has re
manned by-word and scorn in the Iano
for The warning of all generations. Such il
ever the lot of him who belrays his country
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