Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-12-19
BY GEO. H. BEAMAN.

glare, while her heart told her, even
before she approached il, came from
her burning home, once SO happy. and
where she had so fondly hoped TO spend
her welded life. But a greater sorrow
than the destruction of the roof under
which she had been born was before
her, In vain she searched every where
for her lover. The little plain on
which the house stood was circumscri-
bed at the most, and few minutes
was sufficient for n thorough search
IN every part of il; but no where was
her lover TO be found. With fearful
eyes and faintlng heart she approached
at the last precipice, where the enemy
had first appeared. She almost tainted
when her eyes met the broken vatagan
OF her lover, and saw the ground wet
with large drops of blood and dcnted
with hurried footsteps as if deadly
struggle had taken place there. She
sank on the rock, and leaned her head
on her hands, while large tears rolled
quick and fast down her checks. looked
across the darkencd sea, over which
the still burning embcrs of her fathers
house threw fitful glare. All at once
her eyes fell upon a boat in which her
lover, if alive, was being borne away
into captivity, and burying her face on
the rock, she gave way to convulsive
sobbings.
Oh the first sorrow of the young &
7 - IL,
soul aud makes us wish for DEATH
Long wept the helpless maiden, her
only thought being that life was now
worthless, and that it would have been
better if she had never been born. 1t
would i'll that moment have been re-
( lief to her TO have found the corpse of
her lover, for she could then have en-
joyed the melancholy satisfaction of
/ giving it the last rites of scpulcher ;
but now, that was not here, she knew
he was prisoner, and reserved, per-
haps, for the dreadful death of nipple
| ment.
Long she wcpt Historically. Once
or twice she looked up, but her eyes
were SO blinded with tears she could
sec nothing but dim waste before her
and when she fixed her gaze on the
spot where the sail had been it was not
there.
at has vanished in the gloom" she
murmured, ''and | shall never see him
more. Would that were deadw
The terrible conviction was more
than she could endure, the weak nerve
gave way, and she tainted. All wise
| ly does heaven when our sorrows be-
come too great for endurance, fling
the veil ofinscnsibility over them.
"Morning came heavily and slowly,
and on that now dessolate promontory.
the weeping parents watched over their
dying laughter. The dreadful shock
had destroyed her, and during the
night she had passed from one faint
ing fit TO another The agonized
hearts of her parents almost broke to
see her sufferings, and as they watch
ed over her couch on the hard rock
for the conilagrati on had'left them no
better rcpose-the tears fell thickly
from their eyes. IL shall meet him
soon dearest mother" said the poor
girl faintingly as the dawn began to
break. "They cannot separate us in
heaven. His suferiugs too will soon
be over"
"Do not talk So" said her sobbine
parent. ''Hc may yet escape, and all
ofus behappy. o! it breaks my heart
TO hear YOU
The sufferer smiled family, but she
shook her head. A silence of several
minutes now insred, broken only by
the half stiiled sobS of her mother.
clark !" suddenly said the maiden
II hear footstep--oh God, can il
be " she said rising with flushed cheek
and eager eyes, "surely it is his-ye'
no! it cannot be-" she added plain
lively.
All started up and listened attentive
/ ly. A step was certainly approaching
though the darkness that preceded the
dawn prevented them from seeing al
once. Suddenly, a form emerged
from the shadows, and with a quick
JOY they recognized him whom they
had thought was prisoner
HAre you indeed alive! Oh! heav.
emily Father, be praised" said the now
reviving girl, tlinging herself on hel
lovers bosom; while the parents lif
ted up their eyes to their Creator anc
poured forth deep prayers for his prov
ideniial return and for the life of theil
child, which they now felt was re
stored 10 them.
As soon as the mutual aggilatior
had somewhat subsidized, the young
Greek narrated ,ha circumstance,