The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-08-16

The object IN her dream-the purpose OF her
watch and ordeal--.he benefcent creature
vouchsafed by her savage gods, from whose eui
dance her future destiny was TO he shaped and
governed. The instincts ofthe Spaniard were
sufficiently acute 10 see the impression that he
had made, and to conjecturs, in some measure,
its origin. He was well aware that the first
impression of the European upon the Aborigi.
mes was that of superior being. The devout
appealing eyes of the damseI--her hands cross.
she held him TO be so. He advanced single
step, he smiled on her kindly, he raised one
hand upward TO heaven, while he placed the
other on his heart. She followed all his move.
ments with others like them. Her hand was
lifted to heaven, and carried to her breast. She
too smiled-the smile of innocent hope, that
might have brought with il warmer assurances.
He spoke, sweetly and tenderly, but the words
were lost upon incapable but not unheeding
senses. She shook her head with mournful.
ness of look that told him, plain as words could
speak, how sorrowful she was that she knew
not what he said. But he smiled encouraging.
y, and resorted once more to signs TO assure her
Of his affection. These she understood.
The language of the heart is very univer.
sal one. Charity and sympathy may speak and
be understood, though they have not a word in
common with the hearer, from the centre 10 the
pole. She answered his signs. She pointed
to the fires before her. She threw a fresh sup.
ply of fuel upon the blaze, then rising to her
knees. knelt before him, and crossed her hands
upon her bosom. He stopped, and took her in
his arms. She would have receded, but he held
her tenderly in his grasp and once more press.
ed his lips upon hers She sunk submissive in
his embrace. She spoke. but single sentence,
but one of its words smo,e his ear like famil.
lar accent. He had picked up few of the
Caribbean phrases from Spaniards who had
been among this people. The girl had desig.
mated him as "the good White Spirit" The
word "Spirt" had become frequent one in
the intercourse of The Jesuit missionaries with
the heathen. God, and love, and heaven, good.
bad, the sky, the sea, The boat, CASTLE, white
and red man-lhesc, and several other words
had, from The communion of The Spaniards with
the tribes of the Caribbean Sea, grown 10 be
tolerahly common property with the two races.
Lopez rapidly ran over in the ears of the girl;
all Of this description which he found it easy to
remember on the instant. Some of these she
repeated after him with ready acquiescence.-
Again she described him as the good white spir-
it-her good white spirit-and he now under.
stood her.
lie did not disabuse er. He feared to for.
felt her reverence, il. seeking to awake a hum.
bier emotion and as the master of her destiny,
celestial visitant, provided for her guidance,
he proceeded to enforce her affections. He
placed himself beside her-together they sup.
piled the altar with fuel and incense, and when
he kissed her lips, she crossed her arms upon
her breast, and submitted with delighted rever.
enca.
1t was the benevolent spirit whose favor she
implored, who then, in his most gracious aspect
presented himself in compliance with her invo.
cations. She had been taugh, to believe that
he was difficult Of approach, slow to be won,
reluctant TO appear that it required earnest
and long continued devolions, and painful and
protracted vigil. How fortunate was she a.
mong her sex, that, In her instance, he had de.
parted from his wonted severity! that, instead
OF presenting bimself as he was reported fre.
qnently to have done, in harsh and ungenial as.
poets, in the shape OF bird, or beast, or reptile,
he had assumed his noblest attributes of form,
and put on features not onl Of the highest, but
Of the tenderest character. Verify, she was
the favored among women The tones of the
Spaniards voice were to her sounds Of the
sweetest music from the Caribbean heaven.-.
His smile was that glance Of the morning or of
The evening, when the brightness is equally
rare and henignanl; and, when his hand rested
upon her cheek or neck, she felt the thrill Of an
emotion through all her veins, such as she had
been taught to believe was vouchsaled only 10
the favored few, the select of the Caribbean
Elysium. Their eyes took part in their con.
slant intercourse, and never had Lopez looked
or spoken with so successful eloquence.-
Though she comprehcnded but few of his words,
yet nothing was thrown away Of all that fell
from his lips. As at the first, in the primal
hour ofcreaIion, the speech which heaven be.
slowed upon its creatures was that Of love, so
love constitutes the basis Of that ancient Ian.
guage which it is still so easy for the heart to
comprehend. Assisted by this heart.manual,
it was easy for Lopez to make his Spanish and
her Indian words subservient to their gradual
use aud ere they sunk exhausted into the mu.
tual arms of sleep that night, they had commeac.
ed course OF study quite as rapid as the Rob.
ertsonian method, by which modern or ancient
dialect il to be mastered in six lessons.
The bridal hour ofthetwo e1iles thus strange.
ly brought together, promised TO be as happy in