Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-03-28

With its roses the brightest that earth gave,
Its temples, and grotos, and fountains as clear
AS the love lighted eyes that hang their wave
tLALLA RooHE.
1t was the afternoon of suitry day, and two fe-
males. both lovely, were seated by the side of a
bath, in the gardens of delicious pavilion, among
the hills of Persia. The sculpture adjoining the
bath and the that grew around no, less than
the attire of the females, bespoke luxury and rank
The youngest and oveest of the two had Just e.
merged from The water, and wtha loose robe thrown
around her, and one foot still dangling in the cuol
liquid, sat in pensive ATTITUDE, while her ccmpan-
ion, who was evidently OF lower rank, was endeas-
orng TO console her.
may, do not despair" said the latter "Yonr
father may releni Surely if you throw yourselfat
his feet, and fell him that You love another, he will
not force you to marry this strange prince"
"Alas you little know the Caliph," replied his
daughter "When once he has resolved on a course
OF conduct, he is inexorable. 1t seems was pro-
missed 10 this prince in infancy. There is hope''
And she burst into tears.
The princess Amra, or as the poets of Tsrahan
called her, " Gut sed berk," the rose of hundred
leaves, had lived to the age of seventeen without
loving Her life had been spent wholly at the ia
vorie country palace, rather hunting seat of the
Calph, days journey from the capital; her ONLY
| employment being TO walk with her female slaves,
to play on the lutte, and occasionally to- 90 hawking,
sport still followed in the East
One day, however, while flying her falcon Am
"a became separated, for few moments, from all
iler attendants except her lavorte female companion
just at this crisis, leopard, pursued by some hun
tiers, and mad with rage at the loss of her cubs,
broke from neighboring thicket, and bcholdinr
the young princess, with fierce prowl spranU IN
on her. The beast alighted on the launches ofthe
palfrey which Amra rode, and the next instant the
, tangs OF the wild animal would have bcua fastened
IN the princess had not lance, hurled viii. uner
ring aim, whiZzed by and transfXed the savage as
saIlant. Amra and the leopard fell to the ground
together, the first in swOon, the last dead
The hunter who had thus OPPORTUNITY come TO
The rescue, was remarkable handsome youth, some
four or five years older than the princess but evil
deni'y of inferior rank His attire indeed was that
of native of the hills though worn with more taste
than usual. lie lifted Amra from the ground car
RED her 10 spring hard by. and sprnkled her face
with water, while her attendant stood motiOness
as yet 5ewildered with fright. Soon the Young
princess opened her eyes, and finding those of her
pFeserver fixed adently upon her, FLUSHED deeply.
In few minutes her train came running when the
hunter resigned his lovely burden, and withdrew
70 pick up his lance. When the .umult of Amra's
attendants bad subsidized and they came to look for
the youth, they found he had disappeared.
For many weeks the young princess caused in
quries to be made after the hunter, but in vain no
one could remember TO have seen him. either before
or since that day. Meantime Amra thought of him
by day, and dreamed OF him by night Educated
as she had been, the romance of the rescue was ir-
resstibIe to her heart One day when again hawk
ing, and when again separated from her train the
hunter suddenly appeared before her. The strang-
er impored silence, saying, in tones that Anna
thought inexpressibly musical
''For many weeks, have followed you unseen.
whenever you have gone abroad but dared no.
make myself visible on account of your attendants
The distance between daughter Of Caliph and
a poor soldier is unreasonable yet, nevertheless,
as our foreiathers could worship the sun unchecked
so let me, at the same distance. worship YOU
have loved you from the moment | saw you shrink
! ing in terror from that savage wild beast"
As the hunter spoke, he stood respectfully, with
his head slightly bent, before Amra, so that she
thought she had never seen any one half as hand
some. She was silent, for she knew not what 10
| reply. Her heart, however, pleaded loudly in his
favor. In Persia the freedom of females is greater
than il other oriental countries, and Amra moreover
had been brought up TO roani where she pleased in
tie vicinity Of the palace So it is 10 wonder that
in the end, love riumphed, and she yielded a tacit
| assent to another meeting. No such interview in
deed was proposed by the hunter, but his eyes at
parting looked his wish, ard Anna thc very next