The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-02-09

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tipe of bis country She recnuered with that in.
| tenoe sonsa of grat;tude which sncb an event was
snro IN beget She looked nm into his onen and
oaIan, features as thouob some cenins of the sno,
| sbove the measure of humanity had been her de.
| l;yerer And she. the moor Tanland GIRL an ant.
cost from Norwegian homas-pne with whom the
conc of old Norway would neither ait nor eat-was
| there tended bv Norseman. to whom she was
Jb,or for her life II has been some where heauti
fnIIv said "We pIant a rose and then we water if
because we planted itr Olaf felt tb, influence of
some such feeling: he would fain have carried
home the gentle and subdued BEING he had rescued
but the superstitions of his country wers strong
uson him and as soon as he felt thai she was sufIi
GENTLY restored 10 leave his boat he raised her in
his arms, and laid her upon that yerv bank where
she now sat- Thence he helped her along the rude
footings of the rocky path and as she indicated the
direction OF her tribe he led her to the Felde where
her people, with their aocks and tents had gathered
There left in security, he parted her, scarcely re-
turning the warm and passionate hand-grasp she
bestowed upon him, as kneeling at his feet, she
prayed her earnestly honest thankfuness to him and
Is Npen - (b) for her deliyerance
"Pray 10 Nipen" said he to guard me on the
Fiord-tis all ask
And the poor Fin prayed, and WARMLY prayed
They met to know each other no more but his
image, and the thought of him, and the warm
PRAYER to Nipen for him for her brief life filled the
heart and so,ll of that Young Fin. She and her
tribe passed far north but Wherever thew sfruck
their tents-wherever She led her aped and SIGHT.
less mother. victim of the LaDland blindness. Ccl
there her mental vision carried Olaf Her filial
du,es of guidinc and caring for that feeble narent
her duties to her tribe her needlework. which she
nlad Jaytarnslv ,yere still nursned "a constan,lv
AS before bnt he Iannish song no LONGER ken,
time with her emnlovment. her oaietv was GONE
She M longer SAT- before her tent surrrounded bv
the voutb Of her tribe listening TO the music of her
gentle voice or deIigbtino in her tales of tent.
adventures and stories of the Fiord demon and the
Ninsn yenoeancn The moor Ians sbook their
baads .nd marrsIlod ,,bo, bod f,Inn mon g ITna
Her whola character was CHANGED One all.
,hsorbinc thonobt f;lIad her mind "Olaf her
co vionri sbonld che aver meet him again What
cond she do to show him the denh of her gratitnd
for that kindness from the hands of one Of his
rocea y; Still !, never engoesfed itself IN Tna,s
simnIe nature that this fseling of gratnde was
gradnaIIv extend;no ITSELF into deener nassion
For two whole years while with her tribe Che had
zone north and now south again hack 70 the old
and we'll remembered encamnment. Her tbonohts
had been upon that man and that hour. At her
blind mothers knee she had wrought those gloves
of the oveJiest akin she coud nrocfIre and fastened
with such needlework as never Fjn.girl had given
to skin before. and made to fit him OH she
knew they would fit him. ~ Poor innocent. and
vet she knew not it was love. And now, upon the
first morning she had reached that Ford, she was
down upon it, and there upon the we'll remem-
bered bank she had placed herself, patiently to
await the fishing hour that would bring the object
of her mission upon those waters. And who was
the Norwegian girl with whom she now conversed
Margaret Franz was the pride of the village
above that Fiord. She was the daughter of the
farmer or landowner, who held all those lands
stretching up from its boundaries to the mountain
foot Every one liked Margaret Franz She was
so good and then there was so much of that good
ness shining out in her features. All the young
hor e1,o, haa,, ;f,l and
so cheerful at their feasts-so free from guile she
sang so sweetly, she danced so well, and she was
So kind TO all. Alas, poor Fin and Olaf loved
her warmly and wildly as ever man loved woman
and Olaf had won return-love. And ere the winter
set in Olaf and Margaret were to be wed together,
and he was to live with her upon her fathers land
and every thing was settled, and the day named
and Olaf had gone down to Drontheim, to lay in
the necessary stores for a wedding, and a winter
home in Norway
All this, with the open frankness of her nature
and her nation, Margaret Franz told to the poor
Fin She told it, partly because every one knew
it, partly because she thought that grateful Lapland
girl would be glad to hear that Olaf was about TO
be happy she told it because she felt proud to have
a listener who knew that Olaf was good, and Olaf
was brave she told it because her heart was full
Of 10Y and she thought every one must participate
in that Joy and sure the outcast Fin, who owed her
life to him. must rejoice in it too,
Now, for the first time. that poor Lapland girl |
felt the truth She knew not ill now she loved |
but now she felt II in the envv of MARGARET
which snranq nm in her bosom at that moment |
She felt il in the hot tears which rolled down her
cheek as she STONED to nluck the flowers that Law
At her feet TO hide her hitter secret She felt if in
he beart-sinkinp which made her wish she was |
beneath those Waters again. and no Olaf near to |
rescue. Rut 70 bear and suffer was the destiny of
1er race and she knew if and she must endure il.
oa came 50 suddenly upon n .e 'sa .,lousn o Sl5
nonId ,uod Tanl.nJ Irn. sha neror ,bongb, ne il |
',ouiu Wou I''pdii' oha sue MY iiousi' VI ~
u all tLi now, and now II was all, all upon hef