The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-08-23

away single night on the lonely domain ofthe
Maroon. Her early career in the haunts ofthe
gypsy, was recalledto memory and'she long.
ed to realize, anew, the wild sense of pleasure
which her passionate childhood had felt, dream.
ing beneath the arch Of Heaven, and gazing
away long lapses of The night, in mute commu.
nion with the sadly bright, down looking stars.
Here, in a solitude which her lover had main.
tained for near a month, she might surely rest
one nigh, in safety. The beat might return 10
the ship, nay, should return, and she should
share, for that night, with Lopez, The soyer.
eighty oftbe island. <
"They shall maroon me also, lopez 3
They may !" was his suggestion. -
+ may, | fear not. Linares is faithi1l 10 me-
He cannot well do without ine.'''
i @But he may be blown off in atedpesf.--
They are fierce and sudden in these iatitades,
and terrible in proportion to The beauty and Sc.
rehity oflhe calmness now."
swell, Lnares will come back for u.s."
But, should he founderl"
I'VE then are safe, Lopez!'
The answer senced him for awhile. But
he renewed the attempt-more cautiously, bat
with suggestions as might have Influenced his
own nature. He described 10 her the unwont.
ed terrors which had assailed him in his first
acquaintance with the Island. The lowing Of
strange beasts of the sea which sometimes came
to sleep by night upon the shore The screams
of unknown birds great expanse. of wing and
power glimpscs of which he caught, rising and
descending, as from the stars, al midnight;-
the awful plunges of wild monsters, fronthe
ipfo a.,
tribes Of strange animals, whess nproar seeinss
ed 10 shake the islet itself. But these rather
provoked the curiosity than the alarm, ftba
fearless woman. The novelty of such sights !.
and sounds precluded the images oi terror which,
he sought lie raise. She declared the yerya
loneliness which still made him shndder. TO be- e
a consciousness highly desirable to her heart;
and as for the great birds and beasts,-she
had seen the elephant, and had heard tbelion
roar in her own desert Of Sahara; and the very
safety Of her lover was sufficient proof that
she could be in 10 peril. Her will proved su-:,
perior to his fears. The boat was filed with
fruit and sent back TO the ship, and Lihares was
en,erea,ed to lay his vessel at anchor for the
night when the tso would come On board 10
the morning.
TO keep Maria from the cave, was the
object of tho .s:::,arour';'--to prolon:; ram-
bic until nighlfa!l among the seashore,-and,
h'the nisht, while she slept to Seal away from
her de,-resan the cave. repossess himself of
his treasure. and soothe the. fears and the sus.
pcons Of Amaya, SO that ne might abandon her
in safety, and without detection by the woman
whom he most feared;-this was the nottble
scheme which he suddenly devised, when he
found that Maria was fixed in her purpose OF
remaining on the slet. TO leave his treasure
Was ont ofthe question. But for this treasure,
he had not cared to leave The place. lie was
really very happy with the Indian damsel,--
might have been completely happy hut Tor the
dowry which she brought, and which filed Tim
with the p:oulest lancas of the figure that he
should make in Spain. To say that he had no
cotnpunctious vsitings OF conscience at the
thought of her abused drvolion,-ofhis so soon
ana cruelahandoninrnt Of one who 80 thorough
" confded to his atiicions--woud be TO do
him great in Justice Bu. the sympathies OF the
heart, unless sustained and strengthened ny
decisive will ofthe intellect, are never longt"
b" relied on. They are al the mercy of every
mind, who bring to lis support rcsonte and
earnest character. Lopez was humh'cd when
he thought of Amaya, bot his remedy was to dis.
miss her from his thoughts with all possible
rapidity. lie was compelled TO do so, for his
companion required al his attentions.
(Io be c0a!iaucd)
op S,yr-!, many eases of dis