The Ottawa free trader., 1850-05-25

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window
One day, when she had sat on the narrow ter.
race Tor several hours, watching the little archi,
,ect carrying straw and feathers to its future
home, the shades Of evening came upon her, and
her thoughts reverting 20 interviews with that
hour she did not retire as usual but disconsolate.
" gazed upon the waters Her abstraction was
disturbed by half cocoa mt shell, which was
lifted up with miniature sail and which hoated
gently close to her feet By the aid Of her para.
sol, she raised 1t from the water Her delighted
surprise at H. contents caused her to exclaim a.
loud IN such manner as to bring the old servant
t" her side, anl nearly to lead to a discovery .
but Kong see was ready with plausible excsse
and dismissed the woman. As soon as She was
gone, She anxiously examined the little boat. In
1t she found a bead She had given to her lover
sufficient evidence from whose bands the lit
lie boat had come; Chang had launched it on the
other side of the water There was also piece
OF bamboo paper and in lisht characters were
written some Chinese VERSES
The nest yon winged artist builds
Some rohbcr brIt shall tear away;
50 yields her hopes the afiianccd bride
he wealthy lords reluctant prey.
III" must have been near me-" she murmured
"wr hcmu,t have seen my birds nest by the peach
The tuuerag bird prepares home
In which the ,poier ,oon Shall dwell.
Forth goes the weeping bride, co-stramcd;
\ hundred cars the triumph swell.
Mourn for the tiny architect
Astrorgrr bird hath tn'en irs nest.
Mourn for the hapess stolen bride
How vain The hope to soo,lc her breastl
Konr.sce burst into fears hr. bo,r,,, bor e,.,
or upnronchine, sL. biJ ,h.. EtIo L,', =; L riI
Of her loose robe When br yyos g"rn H. r,oI
the verse, arain and o,,oin vn,', ,l,,, ~,
on further examination shc f,,,Td rno, ,I'a H., i.
these words in the metophoricol styIe NJ Or;entai
poetry; "As the boat sails IN van so al ,,,,
thoughts tend to the same centre! bnt Whom tb,
willow blossoms droon from tI honr,h nnl I'a
peach tree uuflds its bud. vour faibG,i TIano
will sink with the .hIon,ns harnatt ,ho -
watert There will he see the r;rclas of ,hl
smooth river when the willow blossoms fall rnon
! it from the bourh-broken away lilo L;s ip,.a
! from its parent stem" As sort Of nstscrirt
was added Cast vour thongh,s rr,, ,Lo ,,,
tiers. as have done and IsLal hear vo,,r ,ror, y
Kong see well understood smell metonIorco,
language and trembled as she tboppbt of CLonr,'
threat of selfdcstructiona HAVING M ot5or
vr;t;r,, n,,,or;,,s cha sor,,h. ho. t..
and ,v,,h ,L, nooSI. sho ID Loa,, -;
derry sbc scratched ber answer IL; ,h,
in which her lover had odJresseJ hnr NJ; su''''
her rcply DO not wise hnsbondmen ,,a,,o, H..
fruits they fear will he stolen Tbe s',nsh;no
lencthens, and the yineyard is threatened 10 he
spoiled by the hands of STRANGERS The frr;, vo,
most prize will be gathered whom tho wiiIoyr
blossom ,lroops upon the boupb" M,cb da,,St
ing, she placed her tablets in the little boat AMI
after the manner ofhcr country women she nlorcJ
therein stick of frankincense When il hecon,n
dark, size lighted the frankipcense and IorrchoJ
the little boat upon the stream The curren,
gradually drew il away, and il acoted safely I'll,
she could trace il no Longer in the distance Tha,
no accident should have overturned the bo,t or
extnguisbed the light. she had been tnugh, ,o h..
lieye was n prom;sS Of rood fory AMI succoss a..
so with A lighter heart she closed her cosemsn,,
and retired Ia rest
Days and weeks possed ON but M moro ,,,,,
boats appeared oll intercourse seams ~ hauo
been cut off and Kon,,.cc hogan IN Jorb, H.
truth of the inlallible omen. IN, blossom unon
the willow tree-Sor She watched il mnnv nm
hour-scemed about 10 w;,bcr vhen n c;rSr,,
stance occurred which ,ov, ber adj;,;oral ,ro,,',
for dis,rust '''''''
The old mandarin c,,,rod bs d,,,h,o,,.
partmcnt one morning in Ligb GOOD hnmor In
his hands he bor. larrr box fnil of rar, ;oveIs
which he said wore nrosont fran, ,hc Ts in n,
duke to whom bc boJ bo,ro,hoI Lnr uS c,n
rrltulntcd bcr nron ber cnoi r,,,no ,nl l. T.
her snyin, that The w,,lhv man u,s tLnt d,y
thc wsdljpi by ,otn" so,J omG @ winn in bor g., "
-, t7,,, y ""N,'e ~, NV m'"o W ",' Il"
','c' "'HSe' hohs,cc n"P's "U Vnti'i,eu' ana
s"r ,uUnu ncr "''N ic!ei III tears Like the net.
ttd Hrd, she saw the snare drawing closer but
possessed no power to escape it, foil,
Tho lpkg pnp,r Ia. sprvon,s bn,1inrr t-oprs