Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-12-02

[ body, and while strange Ilgnt DedtHeO
from his eyes, and shudder passed ovel
his countenancs, he muttered:- / s....
H. "Father, you are fearfully revenged."
The boy spoke truly. Fearful in il
conception. and fearful in its CONSUMING.
|tion, had been that sPilot's Revenge."
The Traitor Lover. a.
F. By WASHINGTON IRVING.
During the seige Of Damascus, Dera
was appointed to patrol round the cit
and the camp with tive thousand horses
As party Of these was one night going
their rounds near the walls, they heard tn,
distant eighing of a horse, and, looking
narrowly around, deserted 'horseman
coming stealthily from the gate Keisan
Hating in a shadowy place, they waited
until be came close to them, when, rushing
forth, they made him prisoner. He was
a youthful Syrian, richly and gallantly ar.
rayed, and apparently person Of distinc.
ton. Scarcely had they seized him when
they beheld another horssman issuing from
the same gate, who, in soft voice, called
upon their captive, by the name Of Jonas.
They commanded the latter to invite his
companion to advance. He seemed to re-
ply, and called out something in Greek
upon hearing which, the other turned bri.
die and galloped bank into the city, The
Arabs, ignorant of Grsek, and suspecting
the words to be warning, would have
slain their prisoner on the spot, but, tpofi
| acoud kbo,,ohfs- copduck.J liz, - HL.l.l
The youth avowed himself 5noblsman
of Damascus, and betrothed to a beautiful
maiden named Eudocea; but her parents,
for some capricious reason, had Withdrawn
their consent to his nuptials; whereupon
the lovers had secretly agreed to fly from
Damascus. A sum Of gold had bribed the
sentinels who kept watch that night at the
gate. The damsel, disguised in male attire,
and accompanied by two domestics, was
following her lover at distance, as he sal
lied in advance. His reply in Greek, when
she called upon him, was, "tbat the bird is
caught, a warning, at the hearing of
which she fled to the city. 81. % 80
Khnled was not man to be moved ibv a
love tale; but he gave tho prisoner his al
Tentative, embrace the faith of Islam, !"
said he, @and when Damascus falls into
Our power you shall have your betrothed ;
refuse, and your head is the forfeit" vs.
The youth paused not between seine
tar and bride. He made immediate pre-
fession of faith between the hands of Kha-
del, and thenceforth fought zealously for the
capture of the city, since its downfall was
to crown his hopes.
When Damascus yielded to its foes, he
sought the d yelling of Eudocea, and learnt
new proof Of her affection. Surprising on
his capture by the Arabs, that he had fall
en- martyr to his faith, she had renounced
the world, and shut herself up in convent.
With a throbbing heart he hastened to the
convent, but when the lofty minded maiden
beheld him renegade, she turned from him
sith scorn, retired to her cell, and refused
to see him more. She was among the no.
BILE ladies who followed Thomas and Herbs
into exile. Her lover, frantic at the tho'ts
of losing her, reminded Khaled of his prom
ise to restore her to. him, and entreated that
she might be detained; but Khaled plead
ed the covenant Of Aba Obediah, according
to which all had free leave to depart.
a When Jonas afterwards discovered that
Khaled meditated pursuit Of the exiles,
but was discouraged by the lapse Of time,
he Offered to conduct him by short and Sc
cret passages through the mountains. which
would insure his overtaking them. His of.
fer wss accepted On the fourth day oi
the departure of the exiles, Khaled set out
IN puriuit, with four thousand chosen horse
men, who, by the advice of Jonas, were dis
guised as Christian Arabs. For some time
they traced the exiles along the plains, by
the numerous footprints of mules and cam
els, and by the articles thrown away to en-
able them to travel more expeditiously. Al
length, the footprints turned towards the
mountains Of Lebanon, and were lost in
their arid and rocky defles. The mos
lens began to falter.-@Courage!" cried
Jonas, sthey will be entangled among the
mountains; they cannot now escape"
In the midst of the carnage and confu'
sion, Jonas FASTENED in search of his be.
trothed. If she had treated him with dis
dain as a renegade, she now regarded him
with horror, as the traitor who had brough
this destruction upon his unhappy country
men. All his entreaties for her to forgiv,
and be recouciled to him were Of no avail
She solemnly vowed to repair to Constan
tinople and enc. her days in the convent
Finding supplication fruitless, he seized
and after a violent struggle, threw her OIL
the ground and made her prisoner. Sh
made no further resistance, but. .submittin.
tn captiyitv. seated herself quietly on th
grass. The lover fattsred himself that sh
relented, but, watching her opportunity, ,sh
; suddenly drew,forth poignard, plunged
. in her breast, and fell dead at his feet.
i SMALL FOR ITS AeE!-A friend Of our
e was asked a few days ago, by close jis
f ed old customer, to partake of some YER
a old whiskey, which be valued very highly
He consented, not reluctantly, when hi
f hospitable entertainer took the bottle an
d poured out what our friend regarded as
d livery small dose. The latter, taking tn