Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-04-29

roaf fatia d5tth bp n th# Winds, ~ If
a4t bHeH he aJtial If waves III a rocks
cavern. The cloud f8Iied nut like d Ian
ttaf fId ttp41 tbs aifi bot still thB aiHf9s
pHf vas ~ tstiH ard tbs iaava= ~ fmp
~i6atass b. before, 8f1 fhaFe WINS n6t evaf
i q1iFet upon HE sleeping w4lets to tel b
the coming hurricane.
To s=eapa the tempest 'tas impossible.
A. he emily t~esbttt te fed u an mIt, thHt
stool IT tie EBt Of Il ttll aid ragged efeei
piess Here We Fatha ine1 I'D satei ahs8sI
bfeBthlesslg Upon tbs clouds, ~inafshaIline
Themselves liNe bleadF Fiihts in fts sk4.
The ftirtiaf Wts not frequent, but eybfs
taifst e8s ~ faaff5t saat tbe young sfaatafs
vfh9 stood ~ me, shit iteF eyes ebngfi.
sivelf, sting with desperate strength upon
my arm md slifisted 10 finer terry hear
would btak. 4 fW minutes and The
STORM was upon u.s. i1ttira lie height d
its fury, tlte little girl lifted bef finger ~.
ward the pfheifiGe That t8tfefef B1ets III.
| Iogted ~ aud al athethystfae flame was
4plverlh8 upon its sfaY peaks mud The
hekl moment the clouds opened. lie rocks
Uttered te thaif foundations. 4 taat like fhp
er8ah Of Il Universe FLIED fha Dir, and |
felt myself h inled and thrown, | knew h5t
*|ithefs How long | remained iHsehsiiie
| tatu6t tell but when consciousness TO-
turned. fhe Violence 8f fba tempest Waq
ahatibs, lie foaf oftts winds dyiaa IL The
Tree top@si ard The deep t6ties n he cloud
coming in fainter mtif1tttfs ffBta the East
CRIT hills. IHf6sa, and tGGkad 5tenbiihRtF
| almost aellfi91siY af8HHL. she vas there
tts IDOL IT my iht4ut love, stretched out On
Tie wet green cath. Ahef d moment oi
irresolhtlbh, vent up abd locked gp6n hst.
The handkerchief upon her Heek was
slightly faBt, ahd i single dark spot upon
her basotn told wlafa fhe pathway BfdaHtb
bad heFh, At ffsi | eIaspad her IL my
breast with q Try of aRony On sazsd upon
her fteet almost with q feeling Of calm
ness Her bright aishayHilad f%ihptets
clustered sWsetIy around her bf8R. tHa
look Of terror bad faded from her lips, aHd
It fanR smiles wsts pictured sWsetiy there !
The red rose tinae up6t her check was lBVg+
" as in life, and ~ | pressed IL ~ ing own,
the fountain Of tears was opened, ahd |
wspt IS If my heart Rerh Ratefs. have
but n din recollection 6f what I'll owed
Gully know thai | remained weeping and
moligitlesa I'LL tbs coming Of twilight, and
that | was thsa takepie0dstIy by tbs hand,
ard led sway where | saw tbs e~et1ateparee
Of parents and sislaf.
REeay years have gone by on tbs wings
efligbt and shadow, but the s6eHas | have
portrayed still come oyer tde, at tines
with ii efrihfg d ist~iactness. Tie 6aE gag
stands ut tbe base Of The p~tedpfee, hit its
limbs ire black and dead, and holtsw
trunk, looking upwards 10 tls Shy III II
calling 10 the clouds FIR drink ii an eu1.
bIem Of rapid aud ugisslaas decay. A.
year ago, ! visited the SPOT, and the
thoughts Of by gons yehfs cams fnoafuf8f
Ii haek 10 ms-ihoughts reflective of the
.hF88tiful tee 81 Springs rent 0p ny he
Rhifld ild IN fhs midst Of liz tloss6,8inR.
But | femsnf efed-8ud 5h tb6rs was 10y
~ tbs memory l@ttatt she had gone where
40 I)aitBfBRs slumltsr i'm the folds Of the
rainbow cloud, md where the sunlight wa.
ters ore broken only by the storm breath Of
OntipG ence.
Myfeaders will Understand wtYT shrink
in terror from the thunder. Even tie cons.
eieusaUss of a~eeufity IL no raIiefft me-ny
fears haYe assumed lhe nature Of "a I'll
and seem indeed q part d ny ezts
Tug ExrpLsfsF ogruE Euefasn Rail.
WAY IAnoffugua paoN IN AwsE5-1hg FIJI.