The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-03-18

french; ana perhaps" added he, blush
ing, "you will then bring Maria with
y you. as you used to DO; and | wont al.
tempt to see her ill ,hen.'' sOh, we'll
all come Of course,' said Antonio, ini-
patiently, "cat, dog and all; and when
we do," added he, in very significant,
tone, "you. may come again YOURSELF"
Giuseppe tried to laHghat this jest, and
thus still propitiate him; but the old
man Fastening to shut the door, angriIy
: aried, "Aye, cat, dog, and all. and the
cottage besides, with Maria's dowry
along with it; and then you may come
again, and mol iiH them" And so say
ing, he banged the door, and giving a
furious look at poor Maria, went into
ano ther room to scrawl Il note TO the
young citizen. The young citizen
came in vain, and Antonio grew snlkier
and angrier every, day, till a, last he
turned his latter jest into vow; ex-
claiming with an oath. that Giuseppe
should never have his daughter. till he,
(the father,) daughter, dog, cat, cottage,
bee-hiyes, and all, with her dowry OF
almond trees, to boot, set out some fine
morning 10 beg the vine-dresser to ac-
cept Them. Poor Maria grew thin and
pale. and Giuseppe looked little better.
turning all his wonted jes,s into sighs.
and often interruptIng his work to sit
and look towards the said almond trees,
which formed beautiful cump on an
ascent upon the other side of the glen,
shel,ering the best Of Antonio's bee
hives, and composing pretty dowry
for the pretty Maria, which The father
Ionged to see in possession Of the flashy
young citizen. One morning, after u
very suIlry night !, as the, poor youth sat
endeavoring to catch a glimpse of her
in this direction, he observed that the
clouds gathered in very unusual man
ner over the country, and then hung
low in the air heavy and immovable.
Towards Messina the sky looked SO
red, tha! at first he thought the city on
fire, till an unusual heat affecting him,
and smell Of sulphur arising, and the
little river at his feet assuming a tinge
OF muddy ash color, he knew that
some convulsion of the earth was at
hand. His first impulse was wish to
cross the ford, and, with mixed anguish
and delight, to find himself again in the
cottage of Antonio, giving the father
and daughter all the help in his power.
A tremendous burst of thunder and
lightning startled him for moment;
but he was proceeding to cross, when
his ears tnged, his head turned giddy,
and while the eartl, heaved beneath his
feet, he saw the opposite side of the
glen lifted up with horrible deafening
noise, and then the cottage itself, with
all around it, cast, as he thought, to the
ground and buried forever. The stur.
DIV youth, for the-first time in his life,
tainted away. When his senses re.
turned, he found himself pitched back
into hlsVown premises, but not injured;
the blow having been broken by The
vines. But on looking in horror to.
wards the site of the cottage up the
hill, what did he see there? or rather,
what did he not see there! And what
did he see forming a new mound, fur
longs down the side of the hill, almost
at the bottom of the glen, and in his
own homestead? AntonIo's cottage -
Antonio's coltage, with the almond
trees, and the bee-hives, and the very
catand dog, and the old man himself.
and the daughter, (both senseless.) all
come, as il, in the fathers words, TO beg
him to accept them!' SuchawfuI pleas
anlres, so TO speak, sometimes take
place in the middle Of Mattress trage-
dies, and much exquisite good may
spring out of evil. For il was SO in
the end, if not in the intention. The
old man (who, together with his daugh-
ter, had only been stunned by terrorJ
was superstitiousl frightened by the
dreadful circumstance, ii not Affection
ateIy moved by the attentions Of the
son Of his old friend and the deIightand
transport of his child. Besides, though |
The cottage and the almond trees, and
the bee-hives had all come miraculously "
safe down the hill "a phenomenon which
has frequently occurred in these extra
ordinary and-slips,) the flower gardens,
on which the bees fed, were almost all
destroyed, his property was lessened,
his pride lowered; and when the con.
vulsion was well over, and the guitars
were again playing in the valley, he
consented to become the inmate, for
life, Of ihe cottage Of the enchanted
couple. Leigh Huat's Jar Of Honey.
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dayato his son--.lm,, you are lazy
what on earth do iyousexpecito dofor
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