Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-10-08

"aAaal Hah'u NuuuE Eiti, w NNoh We wv
form Of womanhood had already displaced the
childish beauty Of lcss-ripcned charms. A
deeper grace now reigncd upon the rounded
brow, and on the rich transparent check, on
the darkly Criuged and soOly shadowing eve
lids, and on the lips, parted half in grief, hall
IN the sudden terror which the supposed dan
ger Of the Young soldier had inspired in her.
Sclim saw all this in a moment, and but for a
moment, as he turned with avsrted face, TO
watch the passing crowds. Still, whether he
would or no, his glIc would dree, itself,
again and again, To the ccrner OF the bazaar,
and when those large, mouplul eyes met his
own, a strange sensation would thrill through
him, such as he had never felt on tie battle
field, aud 4 sadness which he rcli It impossi-
bic to control Slowly he paced by the clang.
ing chargers, bu, his spIrit was changed
The noble s,eed seemed 10 sympalhIo with
his master, now no more h,nging hs head
proudly from the b,, bu, moving quietly and
steadily along, obcdl.u, to tie lsh,es, touch
Of has rider.
Sclim ,lumbcrcd liule that night. Mistake
not, gentle reader Scim vas M scnsualIs,.
But those sad cyes-,hc gushing tears Of hap.
less bcau,y-ioIloWcd HIN through many a
troubled dream, calling on him for sympathy
and relief They told tale, whose accsnls,
though uuI,isrsd, through ever, 6hrc, aud
fastened on lhc dcrpe,, emotions Of rhc bearl.
Morning c.upr, aud found Solim already at
L.c bazaar The ,l1'c.mcrchart marked, with
cuuuu, eve. the Acknowledgements oi the
Jan.,,lry captain, aud counted on lucky Gus
,umcy.
"Whcrc }, the girl Whom | saw Yesterday
IN the corner OF the hlnar' inquired SrIim.
"wbom mclnc,, thou 900 replied the mcr,
chant, 10, follow me thou shalt sec Tor
ihys.lr"
Sclim DID so, and hi, eve quickly tell ou
the person whom be sought. She was sitting
by block uf white marble, over which she
bent her head, which rrchurd uP"n an arm
whose snowy clrarncs, shamcd the dulicr stone
beneath. Sclu pointed hcr ou, to the mcF.
chant,
"Ah" slid the latter, "i, sbe no, truly
lcauuul' lee father va, a Magyar prince,
whose castle our troop- attacked duuuF their
march asains, Prince Marouoh. The Mag
,ar defended himself bra'rly, but he was slam
with nearly all hls family. They say the
cIl, herself, Vas sccn a, the defence, and Vas
taken up Tor dead, ~hcn our soldiers entered
the castle"
The Young Hungarian heard the .odni Of
voices, and hooking up, met ihe gar ct i>ciln.
The lanqurd palynr,, OF her counlenancc ~as
instantly suluscJ Ike bIu,hung rvse. -
hn lowered h,.c,r,. I, wa- the umldlty at
a generous and manly heart.
Come hr,hcr, said be lo the merchant,
moving onward lew steps; "spcak more
carefully 20 ,hl, She may ne, hear ~. What
d, her pueO'"
The mcrcl,an, looked shlrply -' Sclcrn's
couu,cnaGcr.
Three thousand p.asucs.
Sclm started
q" 4 mo,, unhcard ot price, 'aid he look.
tue aueuly on the merchant. Bot II -
,hla,, III bcggar me go
Hold 80 crcd the merchant. "Now Al
lih b. praised whowouid have though, 'hcc
to have hecn 80 impa,icu, youth ! have
uo, sid tia, would s,ll her a, all
POOL" exclaimed the cuugcd Seiim,
s,irin- the merchant by tso throat. Dos'
thou LnoS Who am, aud trihest with me
thus 80
81 nm an homes, man, glsicd the alright
a merchant, chirica'iuc himself from tic
rrHp OF tho impetuuu, youth e. only mean,
- say tha, thou ~er, has,y. Dusi lhou uc'
Know that uo slaves can be sid III day at.
ter our master, ia sultan. Is sapPutcd OF their
arrival This A4idcr arrived b,h yesterday
morn. and there now wants an hourio the cN.
plrai,rn Of the day The yiTicr, ~ir,rr IN.
formed, according To order, came yesterday to
view the slaves, aud have no, seen hims.ncc.
DouJ,less be- will not return as tIs no~ ~
: late. When the hour expires the earl q, thine
uuless previously demanded by the sultan.
"Pardon. dear Musiapha," said the mo-"
-cpcp,an, Sclim. "iihouglr you were only
calolinc me. would not have been thus
violent. You ,rrilated mc so quickly, that
| lost command OF myself"
No lowel-buycr ever kept watch over his
treasure 20 assiduously as did the young Jan-
issary over the treasures Of the slave market.
Hardly person entered the bazaar during
that hour Of suspense, but Sclim's hand in-
sunc,iyely sough, the hilt OF his seimctar, as
though yizicr or sullan, none should rob him
Of his frizo. Slowly crcpi the shadow over
the dial a, Selim's side, till he though, that
the sun itself was delaying on It's course but
At las, !, reached the wishcd.ior goal, and Sc
I lin sped to the market entrance. Here he
was met by MustaPhn.
81 wish thee JOY, my son." said he obse-
quiously, ",he maiden is thine"
Selim answered not, bu, throwing three
purses a, the feet Of the .la'e.merchant, hur.
ried forward to NEE, the fair Hungarian.
She sat with her arm upon the marble slab
almos, as he had las, beheld her; bat her
head was now erect, and at the frs, step oI
Selim, her eyes turned instantly upon him.-
A slight blush ONersPrsad her face, but i,
passed away and was succeeded BY naughty
s.pressiyeness, as though she had read in an