Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-04-18


r his shoulders; scimetar, the handle o
/ which was studded with gems, was suspen
ded n, his side; and MS the dancing moon
ssl.eA .itsz4sersd ores
4 cen. which ornamenled the front of his lur
e ban, revealed 10 Everington Inc PRINCE
2 Abbas Mira, and the person Of the lemal
: could no longer be doubtful. Everingtol
, did not need second invitation from tn,
lady 10 perform that which lay nearest t.
his heart, but removed himself nearer t,
her feel, touched the strings of the Lutte 10
sweet and simple air which he had Learned
at Delhi. His voice slightly laltered, n.
he sung the last stanZn, in wi i:h this noble
youth replies TO the command OF the weep
ing maiden, to Jorge! her forever, as Heav
en- had forbid their union:
"Forget thee'-bid the wh1tewinsed dove
Forsake the lov'd ones nest
] Roll hack the sun, as slow he sinks
TO grace the gorgeous west
Bid springs sweet flowers and golden fruit
To gem the !eaAess grove
All may be done, ere my fond heart
Shall once forget thee; lows!
There was deep and b, ea,h!ess silence.
rs with voice that trembled with emotion,
he sang the air; and when he closed, there
was general murmnr Of appreciation.
'By the head Of All, that musician must
have felt what he described, and should be
rewarded by US, said the Prince, as he
flung Everinglon piece ofgold.
The lady sal 'lhing bat as it was
custom Tor them 10 reward The minstrel,
she took out some gold, and as Everington
kneeled before her, placed 1t in Ills hand,
repeating, at the same time, in low bat
emphatic manner, the last words which had
just fallen from his lips.
There was slight agitation of her band
as he touched it; there was that same
witching melody in her voice which ac-
companed her farewell at the gale, which
together were enough; and Evering,or felt
rs though the sun had sud ienly burst forth
from the midst of clouds and storms. Dan
ger indeed there was; difficulties to ove'-
come; yet, who that had seen such bright
eyes beaming, and such sweet tones en-
couraging, would have thought of dangers
and difficulties: Everington could not
while the delicious tones tlIa, the beautiful
Corainn was faithful, was sounding in his
ears. Hamors now struck up q lively iay,
and the Prince and his companion, with
their attendants, left the bower; and as
they did SO. a light breeze waited away the
veil, and in the moonlight Everington saw
that the eyes Of the maiden were turned
upon him with such an appealing glance
Of tenderness, that had doubt Of her feel
ings existed before, that look would have
removed them all. Everington replied by
placing his hand on his heart; and after
The prince had departed, soon followed to
the pelace. Here, niier duiging ltle
longer in the m'rth and festivities, and list
ening TO the music, which, from the gar
deus, the banks of the Bendennir, and the
city, rose as if by magic, and mingled in
the stiffness Of the night, like strains the
Hours, in the mus>utman's paradise. Ev.
erinslon and Hamors left the palace in the
same way they had entered il, passed the
guards without being discovered, and reach.
ed their lodgings i'll safety.
CHAPTER III.
The next day, and the next passed away
without Everington's being able TO hear
any thing from person in whose fate he
was so deeply interested. The merchant,
100, was invisible; and though Hamors
faithfully watched all corners and goers
TO the palace, nothing Of them was to be
seen lie indeed learned from ,me in
the train Of the Prince. that in order more
strongly to cement the friendship which
existed between the Prince and lis new
subjects OF Schiras, lie had declared his in,
tentlon to select from The most beautiful of
their woman, another one 10 add to his ha-
rem; and report, now as before, fixed up
on the daughter OF the Circassian merchant
as the happy individual who was to be thus
honored. Itwas further stated that the
marriage ceremony would be performed in
few days, and with all imaginable splen
dor.
70 Everington, who had strong reason
for believing that rumor was not in this in.
stance the liar it is so often, and with so
much Justice represented TO be, this intel
ligence, though not unexpected, was gall
and wormwood. If it was what he feared,
still until now, hope had whispered that the
tears he felt arose from lne nfeau VI flFal,
and the intensity of his affection for the
beautiful Coralinn. He spent the day in q
thousand wild and useless proJ ects. In dis
gui<e, during the moonlight evenings, he
examined as he dared, the pile of buildings
in which fancy pictured his loved one to
be a prisoner. He gazed on the high walls
which surrounded the palace and gardens
of the Prince, but was unable to catch
glimpse of her he so much wished to see.
Everington recollected that the garden in
which the entertainment had been given
reached to the walls Of the city, and that
they were washed by the Bendemir. Love
is fruitful in expedients. The thought oc-
Cured to him that some spot might be
found where he could from the river, ente"
the gardens, and though the enterprise
might be fraught with hazard, he deter;
mined on the attempt. Hamors procured
light boat, and in it, when night came
came on, disguised as they were on tht
evening of the entertainment, they min
gled with the numerous parties, which, ii