Litchfield enquirer., 1856-09-04
EDWARD .. eoo1NIN, RdIIsr and PublIshsr
WhefeIosr.s said Aiirsndn, z did they not tI,Af h0ur destroy is !ss

thnt hour destroy us gp
 " M child, answered her father, ]" they
 durst Dot, So dear was the love that ny people
 bore me. Antonio carried us on board ship, and when we were some leagues out at sea, lie forced us into small boat, without either l tackle, sail, or mast there he left us as he l thought to perish. But kind lord of my conrt one Gonzalo, who I0scd ne, had private | ly placed in the boat, water provisions, apps rcI. . some books which l prize above my dukcdom.
 0 my father,u said Miranda, what a trouble must have been to you then P
 No. my love" said Prospcro, you were little cherub that did preserve nc. Yonr inno- cent smiles made me bear up against my mis- fortune. Our food lasted till We landed on this descrt island, since when my chief delight has been in teaching you, Miranda. and well have you profitcd by my instructionsn
 Heaven thank you, my dear fathcr,n said Miranda. Now pray tell me, sir, your req. son for raising this sea-storm ?"
 Know then" said her father, i" that by means of this storm my enemies, the king of Naples, and my cruel brother, are cast ashore upon this islaDd.n
 Having so said, Prospero gently touched his daughter with his mgic wand, and she fell fast asleep for the spirit Ariel just then presented himself before his master, to give m account of the tempest, and how he had disposed of the ships company and, though the spirits were always invisible 10 Miranda, Prospero did not choose she should lear him holding converse (as would seem to her) with the empty air.
 Well, my brave spirit" said Prospero to Ariel, :" how have you performed your task P
 Ariel gave lively description of the storm, md of the terrors of the masters and how the kings son, Ferdiua,d, was the first who lcaped into the seq aud sfather thought he saw this dear son swallowed mp by the waves and lost. But he is safe," said Ariel, ssin the corner of the isle, sitting with his arms folded sadly, lancnting the loss of the king his father, whom he concludes drowned. Not hair of his head is injured, and his princey garments, thongl drenched in the sca-wares, look frcshcr than before"
 That's my delicate Aricl,' said Prospero. !" Bring hin. hither !; my daughter must see this young prince. Where is the king, and my brother ["
 ]" left thcn." answered Ariel, searching for Ferdinand, whom they have little hopes of finding, thinking they saw him perish. 0f thcl ships crew not one is missing though each one thinks himself the ony one saved and the ship, though invisible to them, is safe in the harbour"
 Ariel" said Prospero, thy charge is faith- fully performed but there is more work yet ?
 Is there more work [" said Ariel. '.Lct mo remind you, master, you have promised me my liberty. pray, remember, have done you worthy service, told you 10 lies, made no mistakes, served you without grudgc or grumb- ling"
 How now!' said Prospcro You do not rccollcct what u torment ffetd you from.-l Have you forgot the witked witch Sycorax, who with age and envy was almost bent double l! Where was she born! Speak tell me"
 Sir, in Algiers," said Ariel.
 0 was she so {" said Prospcro. 1T must recount what you have been, which I find you donot remember. This bads witch Sycorax, for her witchceafts, too terrible to enter human hearing, was banishcd from Algicrs, and left here liy the sailors and because you were U spirit too delicate to execute lvr wicked com inands, she shut you up in tree, where found you howlng. 1t;is tormoat, remember, did free you ftnn.'
 Pardon ascys dear master,s said Ariel, ashamcd to seem uugratefal ]" l will obey your c0mmansln
 Do so." said Prospero and I will set sou ffec.' He then gayc orders what further he would have him do. anti aMay went Ariel, fFst to where he had left Ferdinand, and found him still sitting on the grass in the same melancholy posturc.
 Omy young gentleman ' said Ariel, when he aaw him, win soon move yon. You must be brought, find, for tho lady Mimnla to have . sight of your pretty person. Come, air, f0l. low me He then begun singing.
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