New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-05

shone mo her eyes iuli of tears ana seemed 10
iee much pity 70, her hat at last they scothed
her 10 sleep She dreamed tha, the larry lu.-
tered bc'o.e her and pointed forward with
loving slnle, and suddtnly she started up full
OF lpy. But now il was midnight, the young
moon had vanished, and the colo d.ws chilled
her to The heart. Then she said, al w Il 70 on,
on, night and day II Say he;e shall die IN the
Il ."my wo3c
On she wen, amid greA, bougns that seemed
like The arms OF giants stretched iorf, 10 imPfi-
son her, until shc III the distance t@ink.
hug hight Ii appeared and disappeared az she
walked toward It aBilc tn: great trunks sf The
trees. anG sc thought /. might ne only Will o.
the Wlsp. hut al last It shOne s,eaGIiy before hcr,
and she dIscoyvfcd that Il c.nic irrm d ittle IL
hut. she .aock-d, and Voice SAID - Come IN"
She catered and iou,d an ulc spinning
away most cniseuriy, a!I' ouch II was midnight
aud every orc else waS at ust. Her voice and
iace were stern. even hash, the little rlia"ucat,
rug s.e tOid ner that she could not 'ind her way.
aud asked leave to stop ther. al nIgh;.
Tnn,ght ard macy Dshr, unless YOU want
to he lost IN the wood, ;or yec never can find
votr Wy OUT ans~cfsd the ola Won n
Gcrtruce eIt vcry 4.diy 10 hear tt-s. but w.s
20 tnc.i thai she ia q down on tsc noar and so7n
'o.l ,l.cp. In The mornng early tie Old women
dH akcc !!,r and SAID, t"ine, Juiip Ip a.d neIp
lne syiii ; you must wU;a hard i you ave here
G.tuucc -oked out .rto ,ho wood, hat saddcatd
when the sa~ how gloomy II dPfrsrod e".n IN
toe mufE.ne. Not Inc II, e -; ld II ~dg III h-
,"cG any where, ana scarcely 2i-a'e = - %
,ky shuEe rough the tf,cs, % sre te"u-.lt stc
nd betIer st.y The iut. and perhaps lie fiiry
~uui.: some tone come and show her Inc Tayout
through tne i,fest. Wii tears 80 ho' eye- si!e
began 10 sprii - gt,"t w.m, winch stood be
SIDE The I'D woman's, aud there Tor many days
aHG ghts they spun together al. TIC ii,hc. Eve
r +, now and hrn n ercr! parrot IN :. cage ~ the
correr crleG out, Pretty Poll, pretty Pm but
the old woman never spoke 4 wrrd tie sua
never shone III, the wind Eoaned IN the branches
ana beat the,n against The roU and :. seemed
20 Gertrude the most dlsma place IN the world
Al last she could bear i. no longer and thought
she must make tie old WOMAN talk 10 her even
If hcf wyrds were harsh and unk.nd she
asked her why she was spinning there. The old
WOMAN answered IN somewha; plcasanter tone
than bc.o!c, II am unccr tho spell Of an en-.
chanter, and have had 10 spin al day and al!
night for many weary ears. but now YOU have
!earn.d To- spn 80 well. ! can share the work
with YOU. and VIC will each spln balr tic time "
81 from ths time forward the itIe grl aud hail
the Gay IT, sleep IN, and the old woman also ceu d
rest. THIS made her much nder, and she
would often let Gertrude 20 INTO the wood for II
yr,ls. Tia, shc w,.s very glad 10 DO, because
She vas vety cage. 10 find some way that would
lead her c,.i, and often climbed mo the rees T.
sec If she could not cscc-n iIc cOurtry b., ,CnL
But enc day sic sad tp hcise.i, g" snail 90
away aud have ,his poor uld woman 10 spin I'll
the TINE ~
She knew no; wha, to d., ard hc- tears fell
=, J. 4,
rEc th"rgn, that inc brock stad m ,'ic t. CT Erd
wacred the roots Of the trees which prcveutcC
The ssnhclnls from shining upon II, when It
righ, have run sparkling through the open
l;clas, and she TN ug:it she would tie 80 kind "a
the b-ou,. was. She returned more csn,entedly
TO the hit, and from that ,inc did ali shc could
To make the old woman nappy, aud oi'en spun
more than her own share, that she might have
m 70 tino TO rest ana 10 read IN great hook over
wiich she WAS always Pyrng "ncn she had 4
to spyGc.
A few days after this, whic ,hc WAS spinning,
she though. she teard low music mingled with
the whiuDg OF the wheel. She listened vorv
eagerly, end sGon Gstii eui>hcd l.,jic air wh!ch
was 80 sad and sWec; that Il brought tears INTO
ncr eyes. Il was repeated over and over again,
and she initiated 1t until she had caught the
tune and could hum 1t 10 hersei. When she
went into the wood she sang 1t slic walked
along and II seemed if the murmurng of the
brook answered her, end the whispering OF the
wiEd among the trees
from that ,linc forward the spinning wheel
was a,s eys musIcul, ani every day the tunes be.
came Clearer aud more IpYu Gertrude thought
Of lilllc songs 10 90 to Tie tunes, which she sung
u herself from morning 20 night. and was 81
happy that slc seemed like n-cam wherever
la...
her now, for every tung auswc-od her VOICE
She could understand thc sOar- nl the t.rds,
ami they told her ol The woac.;iul things they
saw as they flew The earth, aud even the
grass blades Whispered siianec things she
passed She wondered that ali had been ~ silent
before ana that Inc o.d wuman never seemed to
hear the beautiful music tina; sound, d around
,hem, however luucy Size heard II, or n!sI.
rly sung her own songs. But one day as
hey were both spinning t"eetier and Gcrruce
Was singing very gauy the o'c wo:nam s4Id.
- Hack. is that nird ry!ag bv - teuruc,
snl.cd aud went IN singIng. " W hv, Is II you,
Geuruce to-p rwe,t'y Sou sisG Auc trc
old woman listened 60 ser wih s-eAt del ght -
\, lVnrth sho asked her waere sho mad etrned
that ueauli'u sung. Gertrude told her IL listen
to the wheels, and perhaps snc cguld rear ola
also. The old woman !lst,ned. bui SAID she
could hear ro'ninS except tue ihcessant whIf-
rinq Then Gertrude sang ii inos, merry soug
ana SAID that the w4y me waifr "i..r, sound
&c 10 her.
From ,ns time the Old woman wished II hear
t;er:t4ce ny aimos: oil tle dey, the stern
pr.sso.i pass, as:.v from ..ef iacr -ad st:o o,-
came - ccclgul &c gtsd na'l'iye IRA. '.-e it9ie
p;ri though: sn- sh,u oe w!Ing II 1--we with
p,r all ner lie. Al lenl III tbs I'D woman could
.-o .icar music IN tnc wh;.rng ii the wheels,
ana although shc could not herself s.ug he tunes,
.puining was no longer tedious !asS u nsr -
Inc, were sp,n su Prlscd when tie parrot began
to whistle l.ve.y ans, and II was great delight
10 ,hcm. for they were both very uicd oil hearing
him continually cal:ng cut, Pretty Pol Pref.
~ POLL"
One day when toe old woman was telling
Gertrude traditions of thIngs that happened be-
fore the fJoJ, fairy foaiec IN snd saic 10 Ger
t1ude, You have been such good ndustri us
girl that now you may 60 hohe TO yosr mo,he!
and her beautiful castle.
But SHALL leave the old woman alonc 10 DO