Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-10-16

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ter, but in vain, no one could renelnbe
to have seen him, either before or sine
THAT day. Meantime Amra thought o
him by day, and dreamed of him by night
Educated as She had been, the romance o
the rescue was irresistible to her heart,
One day, when again hawking, and wher
again separated from her train, the hunter
Suddenly appeared before her. The
stranger implorod silence saying in. tones
that Amra thought inexpressibly musi
cal
@Tor many weeks, | have followed you
unseen whenever you have gone abroad
but dared not make myself visible on ac-
count of your attendants. The distance
between daughter of Caliph and poor
soldier is unreasonable; yet nevertheless,
as our foreathers could worship the sun
unchecked, so let me, at the same distance,
worship you. l have loved you from the
moment I saw you shrinking in terror from
that savage wild beast.
As the hunter spoke, he stood respect
fully with head slightly bent before Amra,
so that she thought that she never had
seen any one half as handsome. She was
silent, for she knew not what to reply. -
Iser heart, however; plead loudly in his
favor. In Persia the freedom of females
is greater than in other oriental countries,
and Amra moreover had been brought up
to roam wherever she pleased in the vicini-
ty of the palace; so, it is no wonder that,
in the end, love triumphed, and she yield
ed a tacit.assent to another meeting. No
such meeting indeed was proposed byrthe
hunter, but his eyes at parting looked his
wish, and Amra the very next day, by ac-
cident as she tried to persuade herself,
turning her stops towards the trysting spot,
accompanied by her confidential attendant,
met the hunter there. 4.sf}3u4 eptss 2
This was the beginning of romance
which continued for several months, After
few interviews, Amra no longer disguised
her affection; and thereafter, the lovers
met by explicit appointment, as they had
before by a tacit agreement. What langu-
age can describe the bliss Of first love
The young princess during these months
lived in dream of Paradise. She forgot
that her suitor could never aspire to her
hand, ceased to remember that she had
been plighted to another in childhood; all
she thought of was the felicity of the
present moment. But to this vision OF
happiness there came a rude awakening
Her lover had long since told her that he
was an officer in the Caliph's army; and
now he informed her that he had been
summoned to join the troops waging war
against the Turks She was almost heart
broken at the separation. But this blow
was nothing to what followed. ,aa-
One night a courier arrived covered with
dust at the pavilion. He bore perfumed
missiye from Amra's royal father, announc
ing his intention to visit his summer palace
the following day. The latter concluded
as follows: "The young Prince IIaflz, tC
whom you were betrothed in childhood
will accompany me to consummate The
nuptals. Be ready, therefore to greet u
with your richest attire, a train Of you
handsomest slaves, and what will be ever
moro hattering to your future lord, you
sweetest smiles, The Prince is noble
looking, and as powerful as he is hand
some. 1 am proud to give him my iavorit
daughter, Allah-il-allah?'
This epistlo, as may be supposed, opene
Amra's eyes to the folly, or if not the fol
ly, the hopolessness Of her love. Had he
suitor been within call she would hav
f thrown herself into his arms, willingl
sacrificing wealth, rank, and a father
blessing for an humble condition in life
shared with the young hunter who ha
+, won her virgin heart. But he was ia
away, and no shadow of escape was ope
to her. She saw, with agony inexprcssibl
, that submission was her only course; bu
I she thought day and night, how tcrribl
| would be her lovers anguish, when on hi
, return from the wars, after seeking her i
vain at the usual trysting place, he shoul
, learn that she was lost TO him forever
The conversation between her and her a
tendapt with which our story begins, ha
E been on this mourntul theme; and it Wa
I the last conversation they could ever hol
b on the subject; for that evening the 0alip
n and Prince Eafz were expected at IL
Q pavilion.
1t was With many tenrs that the youn