Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-06-09

ears as | contemplated the ster
front Of the Jesuit, and the pensiv
in innocence Of the Greek maiden.
'Perverse cllildl'' commence
! Don Alvez; "I have once more com
to offer thee liberty, and the favor @
the Virgin, If thou will embrace til
holy faith. )"
/ Adela-so the jailor had wlispere
m E She was called = had now sa
down on her coarse bed, and, wit
her hands folded on her bosom
seemed prepared 70 r ably calamit,
which might await her She re
turned no answer to the priest 5 Oh
servation.
"What!'' continued d he, "dost thol
treat with contempt the servant 0
the church? Marx me, perverse in
fdel. Thy fate is in thy own hands
THY death, swear by all the blessed
saints, shall be the pen atty il thor
pe rsistest in thy belief but if thor
wilt listen to the truth, not hair Oh
thy head shall be injured. How
sayst thou? Ganst tho a endure
deiI tn; or wilt thou live?'
4 i am Needless Of my ffte," re-
piled Adela,in a ton E Of melancholy
which piercHd my heart. Still moi
heddless,' she added with animation
$50 long as ! know not the fate O.
Conrad. Tell me, priest, Iconjurc
thee, is he in your power
%Why is the fate Of that yonne
man SO dear to thee replied Don
AlVez, ''that it is preferred to tLiuc
own si!lyation?
AdeIa met the look Of the Jesuit,
with Il calm and penetrating glance
i" Thou mayest be lear ned in thy
faith she said, -'bpt tho h art nov
ice kere-laying her haI d upon her
hear tiff thou hnowest hot that a
woman's love i'll doating upon The
object, torgets all other interests
Then it is sinf jul, and deser yes
perdition, " replied the priest.
"Then it is impossible that can be
saved, quietly rcj6iped the young
Greek.
sWhat if l tell thee after a
pause; said Don Alvez, "that Conrad
is not in my power, but has left Ma
pies with another paramount
Adcla's blood mounted to her
cheeks with Indignation; size ex-
claimed,
'fThen | say thou art a liar as we'll
as a barbarian! Not a moment Will
| believe So base calumnyn
''Insolent hereticll'.' replied my
companion; Il will for the last time
inquire. dost thou refuse the mercy
on Inc ,cnnrcn!'
'.Do | refuse the mercy Of the
church99" said Adela. "Why, wretch,
dost thou call thes se bolts and bars,
this d dungeon, this darkness, my long
my wasted health, my
tortured mind, my almost broken
heart -dost thou call these, mercy?I
| know not what is meant by the
and | care not. despise.
and reject both it and thee. You
dragged me hither because ! wor-'
shipped according to the customs Of
my fathers a hd nation; and YOU
would have dragged hither also an
other being for the same offenc4 I'll
one who was too ndble, too generous,
Ill too worthy to commit the small lest.
wrong But he has escaped thu ink
Heaven. Oh, Conrad She cxclaal Jed, i
,lasping her hands: "who shall ! oveI
hee when Adela is gomez" f II a
short time s6bs copvulsed her beAu-
iful form; she soon recovered, Ind
hen added with on emphasis I shall
lever forget, 81 do reject thee, thy
mercy, thy eA Aurch; | cannot bell eve
hat truth is allied with cruelty or
hat II eaven has given you autbofity
o destroy its creatures. | know not
tho is Your God, Tut ! feel that the
reat and good Intelligence WHO rules
he wor Id will not punish ne for
erving him ds have been taught,
,r believing as my simple rea son
and above all for rejecting ;
our creed sd full of cruelty, blood {
he'd, and oppression. Leave me
ow; in an hd Dur ] will be ready TO do
our biddingt'
sEnough, said Don Aivez stern
!, and lie mo we'd toward the door. |
,ok advantage Of his position to t
hisper to Adela, "Do not hope t