Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-08
Fr,a The i,z.ies Owe iitsssA.
THE SWISS PEASANT
ny MISS sorupoSiA STAFFORD.

viii aU1fj - bot iOdIlicfcsi aceofnmoIt
uon,r remarked 10 ny guide, sni'oa,
to eSnil"pn ny route While glimpse OF
YOU 70 travelling rev miles lsrl1r
Ils looked dosg-diy into my ,ee. bu, ]
appeared no, 10 ,l,es It, and tanning my
beast (which had pieked up b.: ears and
taken a step on, oil the way AT no h,h, VI
attack Of new made bay,) inio the path a
gain, observed - Y oader DARK pile, how
Tar d,saaal,s ~ lvo wHi stop ihsrs to-
n,ght, II our palb Iies III thai dneciiou.' 81
Now by efoss aud SAINT, 90, s,cp fp-
lhsr Wi 60, your mind Is 10 stop ,hare
ton,shtr he tIcla,mcd j,rkiog has ieiDs
% soilenly As " bfiug his mule back on us
hsunc bet
And Why not my good fellow 2 and
my h.an trs, quickly u, | asLed-'Arr
those the rui"s VI which The B.rIinese told
US j,houghi We we're Two days Ildc
from lhcru al east Tell me ngain wbs,
the gentleman said, for scarcely Icmrm.
bea word + aud again my beast began TO
lIod along
Bh the obsjnate RASCAL, Instead Of fol
lowing really IeapeJ from his mule, and
hal,uius aztec me cxclainrd--'l lhink ye
have no, ro,ncu,bereI IL Sir os 20 world
no, ~ n,ar shu place Ia night
1t was eXeecdIo. y provoking 10 be kept
back from my purpose but as II was utter
~ impossible ior me TO GIT through this
seemingly mtennInAbls extent Of high
rnouplaln and deep valley without IL guide,
,ni rs I could no; expect 10 find surcr
and safer one than my present conductor,
thought II wiser sometimes TO be ruled
5y him but this time was determined 10
have NY own way. for VA. fully resolv.
ID To- spend the ~ III at the ruincd castle
You arc right, my boy - sud, turn-
ing back TO hlm-'The gentleman said nc
Place wasa ld,zyou. lor robbers did
hel
NJ, nc sirl' he said, in n changed tone
shaking n. hrad omnonsly -sImcshlng
wuisr than that Two men like ou,srI,.s
might pat horie Of robb-u 10 fight -
Bun gu, SIS sir, wander there AMI a sln
gle mu,run ufa srItlt's hand on The wa.
wing uf a m1chuir j. cclt 10 death TO him
Who
NV good fellow, did ysu ever hear Of
the Black FiAr oil N,nice7 | asked 10 n
low tone,
,rhc Black F riuJ7 Yes, SIR, yes, and
ha. he charmed your life I aud can no e.
wi nuw come upon you 2 he asked ear
Mostly.
'Let il be secret between US, my boy
Nv life /, Us srcofe As ever natal ninu $
Do You not remember how an avalanche
KILLED The beast | rode, while cscnp ped un.
harmed, and how ! lepcd over TINT h'
sure which no other man could cross But
for this, II is necessary that ] never shun
danger, and particularly that InceW avo'd
meeting ghost Il IS raiher my duty "a
seek penurbcd spirits and sndeavor 10 calm
them 50 you see | must visit yoader IA
lbs tonight, and ifyou wish not to sioT
there, conduct me TO the place or poinl out
10 me the shortest route, md then seek fol
youfself elsewhere
lie stood ior moment irreiolue, gar
IN. in,o my face but at length he jump
,d INTO the saILie, aud led the way 10 ih'
ru,ns. Ahcr being repeatedly assured iha
Was no, only spri,rroot, but could pro
iccl HIM too from the power OF ghos,s, h'
,,,,,rrir uhl,os, satisfied. < b'gsn to tell m
he wUn knew himselfo OF the pi-ce To wh'cl
we were gong and also what the Berl'
n,,r h,d related was too moch oecu
,,.d with my Own relGc,ioos 10 hcar bal
he said but this much learned thai IN
nv vsas before All eXilcd FEcnc hman.
c,u,lman of nigh rank and immense for
iunr, had wuh his daughter, resided Tor
long u.nr ~ the cas.Ie, thaIthe lady IN th
NO, nee % her fIiher married her page, al
when he returned and discovered what sh
had done. he caused The unfortunate hui
bs to be secret a~isslnaicd, and 'mm'
dialev after he leG The castle carrying h
daughter with him For some lime aft,
their drpa uure, the peasan,ry supposed ID
gentleman had left some OF his auebden
i<b,nd, Or every ulghl part Of The ea
wing of the castle WAS brilliantly ligble
aud strains of n,usic were heard 10 lssu
Tom The orchestra but al length the lIgh
npp ,IfCd NJ more Yet sincc that COZ
t,nlrI my guile drawing near me an
lacking up IN nv face, rhere has hppea
cd every n,ghI srung 90 thh large nbl
rock whrh you see projecting over III
maaL i-rn,lc hguio elolh,d N wAI
rob-, ani b,,fug "a her hand IuIe O
w'lch az phys aee Im, lIuyIus IA masi
S,h hrr y-lcr.
T"lhshI h'l drrp"nd into night whe
we reach d ih" sI0l, AMI a gay MIA
male 10 "s'nrn" 4 thousand fnnciiui shap'
hy the hgh eurrruls Of All crep sloul
up the sii"s 4 N ruined e4iece, hIugin
ar1uni the dtraying pillars and hlin. u
nichr, ffJrn wh'ch the mouldering aon
hal f,ll'u The wlr had b-en rrrelcd
c.-- h~lsSe, tut though the na,a bpilt ic
and of the wings were fast filling To d
cav thu o. q sr1g WA mil 10 n habit
tl, road iiou hs ssng AppIrealy bera