The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-06-13
rms sWoOP or THE NIGHT
HAWK.

II "a. the scnsle hour Il cleaning.
IL. t-sv,ifoi lsuhsl I'D lsfl the pa
,.ptsi Coz fcr an evening rAmtae.--
Y,svush q green lane. fsSosens of honey
.sellc. ,he beat her Wy 10 m antique
.o-o!en trsaC, cruising r'volet that
.ourtnu~ed hssssa4h the barpnisl towers,
ll.,an, s~ne ~ . milo from her hum
sler ba ~ Iess happier dwelling
4 mendSennt who uss leaning over
,a bridge ro.e - ale approached. and
W . l~~r.e voice solicited alm.. Isabel
aai eft h~s purse II home, OF the ap-
,,cai to her g-as!e bosom would no, PER
h.s.. have been made IN vain. There
a.. truth. then IN her pro'es'ai'on that
.l,c had rxh;ng for the man but he
,a.,u no. believe Il. q. she hurried 10
sec,,v. his imruniiy. be followed her
18th the S,y!ers;cd step AMI heieh'rn.
II voice ~ peculiar to The determined
nd professional brsg.r.
Al tiis junc;ure a youth emerging
from bch;rd q gnasied OAK, and armed
9th .sb-,sa,,al walking cane. su'llt n.
I, ,.iac-d himself between the maiden
AMI the ,agnbossl, and au'horiiaiively
oni.red him to e. about his business
The fellow. gruu,bling. sulkily obeycd.
The young man, taking of his hat
respectfully made an offer to escort isa'
s,l home, and his services were CRATE.
iully accepted. lie was tall and dark,
wearing a rrofusion of sable riDclciA
With must schios and TUT. The moon
which was just rising over the neighbor
my castle tower. bcntned full upon his
a,nilne nose, aud was reflected in the
h.,rv of his black eye.
.i3-auiiiul moun" he exclaimed. ad.
dressing the planet. For ages Of ages
~, hi. turbulent world, has, thou shonc
down, tranquil and serene n now. And
shea wilt shine on, in thine unchanged.
Die calmnss,, on hopes As yet uniformed
"n grief, unfclt, on uniinagined fears.
Thou. oh moon. that smilcst on the
quiet graves. thou wilt one day smile rs
peacefully on ~. when we are laid in
Earth. and all our cares forgotten /.
It not so
oh. yes" answered Isabel, with c.
mo,iun.
The youth hcaved long drawn sigh
''rhis is strange meeting. he OBJ
served, after a pause. n few m inutes
more, and we part--pcrliaps forever
In the meanwhile, might | entr, at q
tr,hins favor. which would render inc
extremely happy.
Really, sir, THAT is--pray, excuse
i could not. indeed . stammercd isa
ts'l. blushing with nm intensity actually
visible In the moonlight.
suffer me To imprint but one kiss -
he maiden shrunk back-'on thai deli
cate hand. sHil the stranger.
'rhi. il indeed strange request,
,hc replied.
1T is perhaps romantic. But Of late
years, he continued. 4 have resided in
Germany. where the boon which | now
venture Ia crave would be esteemed ;
lie long happinesA Would you dny
80 rich blessing 80 easily granted j!
10 my prescrver that were in
decd ungrnscfui.' Isabel answered. AM
Investing her little hand Of its neat XII
glove. she presented il TO the stranger
who kn"oli"g, respectfully raised it T.
his lips.
Al this moment wild cry for hel
proceeded from coppice not far dis
,an,. The stranger started to his feet
holding the hand Of Isabel in his own
and clutching /. convulsively "a he lis
tened to the heart piercing shrek "a
wait me for u moment y he exclaimed
~ fellow creature in distress Farewell
beautiful being, for one instant--fare
well. farewell" And bounding over
gate into the adjacent field, he disar
peared.
So had diamond ring from Isabel
'orctinger. ]. Was the gift Of a genel
Gus uncle, and worth at least thirt
pounds. She never saw either III
stranger or the ring. 1t was too prol
able that the latter was stolen. and Tia;
the former was member of the swe
mob.--PancAe's Pocket Book.
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