The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-04-28
Affecting Story of a young Eng.
liShman who died at SMYRNA.

HIS name was W, and his father
a gentleman, in opulent circumstances
! Is still resident in Dublin, where he was
! originally destined Tor the profession Of me-
dicine, IN the preparatory studies for " hicl
he had made considerable advancement.
It happened that the hospital in which he
had been in the habit of attending clinical
lectures, and where a considerable portion
of his time was spent, adjoined private Sc
adjustment for the care of insane patients,
and the garden of one was separated from
( the grounds Of the other by wall of con
siderable height. One day, while lingering
in the walks in the rear of the hospital. his
ear was struck with the plain,ive notes of a
voice in the adjacent garden, which sang.
with peculiar sweetness, a melancholy
Irish air. Curiosity prompted him to see
VINO The minstrel was, and, clambering 10
an aperture in the dividing wall, lie saw
immediately below him a beautiful girl.
who sat in m0urnfll abstraction beneath a
! tree plucking the leaves from "A rosebud as
she sang her plaimtivc ditty. As she raised
her head and observed the stranger before
her, she smiled aud bcckoned him to come
10 her: alter moments hesitation, and re-
Election on the consequence, he threw him
self over the wall and seated himself beside
her. Her mind seemed in state Of per-
feet simplicity; her disorder appeared To
have given her all the playful gentlcncs> Of
childhood. and, as She fixed her dark, eX.
preSsive eyes on his, she would smile and
careSS him. and sing over and overthe song
she was thrilling when he had first heard her.
Struck with the novelty Of such situation
and the beauty Of of the nnuCe nt and HELM
less being before him. W STAYED long e.
nongh to avoid detection, and then return
cd by the same means he had entered the
garden, bat not till she had induced him 10
come again and see her.
The following day he returned and found
her at the same spot where she said she
had been singing for long time before. in
hopes to attract his attention again. He
now cndeavourcd to find ont her story or
the cause Of her arrangement: but his ef-
forts were unavailing or her words so in
coherent as to convey no connected mean.
in-. She was, however. more stad and
melancholy while he remained with her. and
smiled and sighed, and wept and sang, by
turns, till It was time for him TO bid her
adieu. With the exception Of these child.
like wanderinCS, she BETRAYED no other
marks of insanity; her alterations were
merely playful and innocent; she was often
sad and melancholy, but of,encr lively and
! light-Spiritcd.
W felt an excitement in her pre-.
Sencc which he had never known before
she appeard 10 him pure child of Nature
in the extreme Of Natures lovelinesS. She
! seemed not as one whom reason had de.
serted, but as a being who had never min.
| g|ed with the world, and dwelt in the mid>,
OF It's vice and dcformiiv. in primcva beau.
/ ty and uncontaminated innocence and ar.
! lection.
| Ills visits were now anyouSly repeated
/ and as eagerly anticipated by his interest.
/ ing companion. tn whom he found himself
almost inyoluntarily. deeply attached; the
more so, perhaps from the romantic circum.
stances OF the case, and the secrcsv which
1t was absolutely necessary to maintain Of
the whole affair, so that no ear was PRIV
to his visit, and no eye had marked their
meetings. At length. however, the matter
began TO affect similar change in the mine
of the lady, which became every day NOR,
and more composed. though still subject tc
wanderingS and distractions but the new
I passion, which was daily taking possession
OF her mind, seemed 10 be eradicaiinC III,
cause, or. at least, countcractng the effect.
Of her malady.
The alteration was soon visible 10 the IN,
mates Of the house, and the progress of he,
recovery was so rapid rs 10 induce them e
seek for some latent cause. and to wa,cl
her frequent and prolonged visits to the gar
den; the consequence was that at their mex
meeting, an eye was onihem which report
ed the circumstance Of VS. visit TO tn,
superior Of the establishment and then NJ
immediate stop was put TO his return, an,
the lady's walks were confined to ano,he
portion Of the grounds. The consequence
were soon obvious her regret and anxc',