The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-06-30

young man seated in il. In the East, when
once The formal rules Of proprieiy are
disre.ar,led, nature shows itself in lis
ulmos, simplicity. Wilhou, meaning any
harm, Lisa called out, 10. young boalman!
this is the fist Time that have seen The
sea aud long 10 ride for one hali.hour
on ills bosom. Take me with thee
Koja-ior il was he-looked up lis'lessly.
He hat been sailing about all day, enteav.
oring to divert Thoughts from themes
which uoublr youth, aud when the wind
had fallen, had suffered his boat TO float
where il listed, jus, giving now and then a
sweep with the oar. more from habit than
design. Thus he found himself in that
place; aud was brough, face 10 face with
Lisa. He complied mechanically with heT
request, wondering who This maide'. might
be who was thus ou, by herself, agains, all
the customs of the county. His fancy sug'
ges,ed iha, il nigh, be spirit. She step.
ped lightly on board when the boa, tioaled
up 10 projecting ledge aud when The lille
mas, was shipped, and she began TO lee
the Tiny craft glide away from shore, every
thing was forgor,len bu, The delight OF The
mumeui-Margo,a, and Zariieh, aud prn
dence, aud her fathers displeasure-every'
thing was forgotten but iihe delight OF thus
passing along like shadow over The pur'
pie waters in the light Of The setting sun
Perhaps, too, company SO new 10 he', q
handsome youth, who gazed upon her win
bewidered look Of admiration, aud who
seemed silently TO enireai her not 10 notice
a. al, haI t,nypilpI her and thai
she, whom no s'range man ever bebelG,
was pouring love in HE hearl-perhaps
this was the chief cause Of her iorgelful
ness. Love at first Sights omnon in The
Easl-where beauty can rarely be marked
for longer space OF time than iallin.
star takes TO shoot across one quarter OF The
heavens. Before The shril cry OF Zariteh
came from the shore, Koja loved Lisa, and
Lisa loved Koja, and The destiny Of The one
became iudissolubly united with ,ha, of,he
other.
When Zarifeh called ou, in the strange
wailing voice common to her people, Lisa
said 10 her lover, :" We must return; aud
We mus, part. This is the howerliIne oil
our lives afterwards will come The wIlher-
ing sun Of adversely" Koja took her hand
and placed il in ring, and SAID, Z" Ii we
must par,, keep this token. We may never
NEE, a .ain: but ii will be means OF com.
munion. II good fortune is with me, !, will
retain lis brightness; i: evil, il will be dim.
If cease To love, and the grave opens for
me, Il will become black" Lisa wep, at
the thought of her lovers death, aud took
the ring. They exchanged no more words;
and presently afterwards the young girl
eaped from The boa; upon the extreme
point of The rock, aud listened 10 The re-
proachas of her guardian. She did not re.
ply to them for her eyes aud her mind were
Koja, VINO was sailing on towards
The Open sea-Oui, out, towards tie place
where The sun had .oue down-moviag 10
aud fro like shadow, for The light was
gradually fading, the sail growing gradual
ly DINNER aud DINNER, uuli The eye con.
founded il sometimes with the great white
bi.,Is lha, We're coming landward, dying low
aud YEARLY along the waters. Al length il
faded altogether, because nigh, began 10
come rapidly on; then Lisa said, I" ! came
down TO The seaside with soul now il is
gone. This is ouly The form OF Lisa. My
soul is floating over the walers. Let u. 60
home the wind is chill. aud lies heat
has de parted from me.n
"Woe woe !" murmured Margeia.-
4" The master of that boa, was magi, ian /;
and he hath cas-, spell upon the girl
What have | done "
So they returned 10 The house aud Lisa
day after day lamenting the loss
r 4 thntl ne
hers, was destined in This world TO brlng un-
hap piuess TO those who suffered II. Mar.
riages among her people are moi based on
affection. A husband is chosen by The Ia.
lher: and The dau, hier is no, even asked IL
she can hope for happiness with him;
There was no chance that Koja would
be selected; for che knew he was of diff.
fereni race, a race who worshipped God IN
a different manner, made bows and proslra-
lions in church according to another ritual,
kissed the palm of The priests hand, instead
of The tips Of his fingers, and was al,ogelh'
er, iher.fore, a. alien and an enemy. She
also knew that the merchant, her father,
had onarrelled with The father Of Koja for
The possession of a ship, SO lha, there was a
feud between them. The idea Of s;rug-
Cling against law and custom never occur
red TO her; and she sal down in The cham
Der, which had appeared in The moIning so
brigh, aud cheerful, 10 nurse The young love
thai had been born, as sadly, us if the grave
was already ocen 10 receive il. ...
In the meanwhile, Koja, who equally
understood that fatal passion had taken
possession Of him, continued sailing out,
long after the sun had ser and darkness
had come on-heavy at first, but then
partly dissipated by the moon, which rose
over The distant mountains OF Lebanon. He
Eel, iha, in the idle life which he had hilh-
erlo led by his ia,her's indulgence, the
great love which he had conceived would
piove poison 10 him; and he resolved a,
once 10 dissipa,e his energies in adventure.
No thought Of relation or friend troubled
him and The narrator does not take The
trouble 10 form a Justification. Passion is
always selfish; aud all poets or romancers
in the East identify themselves with those
who yield to il, and never dream ,ha, any
other duties have claim. Away sailed
Kcja, until he saw ship with many sails,
moving slowly along in the moonlight. He
hailed il, and wen, Oh board, and voyaged
with i, 10 the GIecian Islands, and then TO
the Frank countries, and back TO Egypt
He went on shore. aud pursuing his travels
for many years, visited Habesh and The
Hajez, and FL Hiud, ard Ajem, and many
other countries. In all OF these places
many beautiful women became enamored
OF him, and sent 10 him flowers which they
had perfumed with their sighs; but he
listened TO none, and when they remonstra.
ted with him BY messengers, he departed
from that city and went TO ano,her. His
heart was wholly occupied with Lisa, whom
II seemed impossible he should meet again.
The Young sirl was equally constant, and
spent The chief part OF her time in watch.
,ns The ,inS which Koja had piven her, to