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Fastening through the back door sh
led her lover into a small grove t
trees. and in a few minutes stood be
fore the month of a cave. completed
i~concea!ed from sight by the tho
underwood growing over it. Her
they took refuge.
For half an hour the iu.ilives re
mained in their retreat, though the Ii
on heart Of the Young Greek chafe,
to hear his enemies so near. and h,
u able to strike a tinw. At lenglF
the sound Of their voices GieI away
Many mlaues now were suffered fc
ieiaDsc: but finally The Young sold l
insisted on his going forth to see i
The cneny lad departed. lis mis-
rrtss he.-cA him IN wait longer. and
her cntrcaties for a wkile prevailed.
hut when another AaIfhour had cap
sei he cautiously left the cave.
With trembling anxiety they wal
led his return, and every minute
seemed an hour 10 the maiden: ut
length even her parents admitted
that his absence was UNEXPECTEDLY
and could not conceal their
tears. The daughter would listen TO
no entreaties. but insisted on leaving
!heiv retreat 10 ascertain tie cause
Of his absence, and notwithstanding
her m"ther's prayers. set forth
What a scene presented Itself to Ter
eyes &c she emerged into the oHen
air. The night had set in, hut the
whole heavens were illuminated with
= turid glare. which her heart told
.hcr, even before she approached il,
cane from her burning home, once
so happy. and where she had so fond
lv hoped to spend her welded lie.
Bat n greater sorrow than tie 6es-
.rurt,on Of the roof under which she
had been born was before her.
In vain she searched every where
for her lover. The little plain O
which the house stood, was clrcum-
Srrihed bv a small space and a few
MINUTES were sufficient for Il thor
"ugh search in every part OF It. but
no where was her lover TO be found.
With fearful ewes and fainting heart
approached at last the edge OF the
precipice where the enemy first APP
pearcd. She almost tainted when
ner eyes met the broken yaia"an Of
her lover. and saw the ground wet
with large drops Of blood. and dent
ed with buried footsteps as if dead
iv struggle had taken place there
She sank on the rock. and leaning
her he'd on her hands while large
tears rolled quick and fast down her
cheeks, looked across tie da'kcned
sea. over which the still burning en-
bers Of her fathers house threw ..
ftful glare. All At once her eye Tell
upon a sail. II was that. she felt, in
which her lover. If alive, was being
i,arne away in captivity. ard bury
ing her face on the rocS, she gave
way in conclusive sobbings.
q! the first sorrow Of the young
and innocent heart. How il crush
es the soul. and makes US wish :or
death. Long wep' the helpless mai
den, her only thought being that life
was now hopeless. and that II would
nave better if she had rot been born.
1t would in that moment, have been
"a relief to her to have found the
corpse Of her lover. for she could
then have enjoyed the melancholy
satisfied Of paying !, the last IItes Of
sculpture; bu; now that 1t MSS not
here. she knew he was 4 prisoner
and reserved, perhaps. Cor the dread
fuI death Of implement.
Long she wept there hvs,eriGai'y.
Once or twice She looked up, but her
ewes were So blinded with teas that
size could see nothing but a dim
wasie before her; and when she FIX
ed her gaze on the spot where the
sail lad bern il was not there.
st has vanished 10 the gloom she
murmurcd. 'and shall see him
more. Would that | were dead
The terrible conviction was more
than she could endure. her weak
nerves gave way and she fainted.-
All! wisely does heaven, when our
sorrows become 70 great fur endu-
rance. fling the veil, OF in~senslbiIity
over Them.
Morning dawned heavily & slow
". and on that now desolate prom
entory. the weeping parents watch
ed over their dying daughter. The
,dread(ul shock had destroyed her
and during the night she had pas'et
from one fainting fit TO another. The
agonized hearts Of her parents q!
mos, broke to see her suiierings. ant