Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-10-26

nino hg inc teAves, and the frogs Moto
lent to listen.
& Rudolphus. beloved III my sonl.s
she said IN u voice sweeter than the syrul
lof New Orleans, thou Ahowest thatll
love thee. Ny heart lings 10 thee as tfIe
bean 70 the pole. Nine ears know M
music save thy voice, and my lips DC
victnals but Thy kisses without thee i
Iiamish--I die. But tie picket fence ii
duty surrounds me i is stuck full ii
cruel spikes, and, cannot surmount it,.
a last embrace, my heavenly one, and
| We part forever Z
Bid me not depart, /" iib roared, IL
he clasped her to his breast, fsI viii asreF
cave thee. Forty-seyen savage locorid-
tives have moi the power ID tear lis from
each Others arms. ] tell The, my angdl
love. the thought Of leaving thes fendk
my souf-it maddens me---it makes NE
| rib and rave like frenzied Shanghai
makes me holleI like 4 distracted bed -bug
--psakss ne teel 6ad In niy desperaI
tions 1 would tear Up the forest by thH
roots II would fog The earthquake !! /
would eat red hot pokers 4 Iwovll
drink UP the ocean. and Then east myself
into the black and surging pillows mhieI,
rob atimy feet R /
Scraphina burst into a flood 81 tears. !
Their excessive emotion overcome diem
and both swooned away.
Again was evening upon Rock Greek
again the cool moon looked down UPON
q scene Of excrusiatiag woe. Ina dark,
dismal. damp, gloomy, ghpsly4 castle,
built Of the unknow monarchs ofthefo for
est, upon pile If hay, lay HE angelic
Selaphina, tile victim Of 4 father, lyranE
MY, Herilinsey woolseF robes weteltorb
and disarrangea her lovely face soile,I
ana smutty; her silvery curls dishereledE
her carbon eyes a. red Al cfanberries, and
Welled with weeping but for all this
she looked more beautiful than ever II
BIZ her side stood fagon of aciduated
butter milk, and 4 platter 81 Aapjacks. Il
4 No, no. she family muttersd, pushind
The food away. 9 lee them not seek 10 pro1
long my misery BY offering me tempting
viands. II will never eat never
Just then, low. dolefal sound was
borne % her ear. She started, Was 4
thou. Rudolphus |? I she cried. FL All.
10. ! viii not fatterb myself with vain
hopes. Twas but thecalf Hleating to its
mother, And Vie sank dawn exhaust
I'd upon the straw again to court death.
III Again the sodhd was repeated. She
splsang % herlfaet and peeped quit through
sahols III the logs. II WA indeed her
lover, looking up with wistfnI eyes. to
her dungeon window, while many tears
streaked down his cheeks.
Q. save me, Rndolphus.I' she
n | would smash down those massive
pine doors. Re answered. .t.with one
blow Of my stalYarI Est. ana snatch, thee
from thy cruel captors, but III am afraid
thy father's oxen will hook me. And
he sank upon The grouad in The iimpo4
tence Of his rage and despair, and hiding
hisI head in bnrdock leaves. re howled
aloud. viii
e Weep not. my Rndolphus,'' N she
said s.. ! will come to thse. So saying
the heroic girl descended to the stable
and while the gnats and mosquitoes
Numbered about her fair head, tearing up,
with her tiny hands an oaken plank from
thesfoor. she soon emerged into Che cow
yard, In one instant the lovers were
claaped in each others arms. The dom
KEY al Rudolphus stood near and folding.
his lovely burden to his breast, the youth
sprang into the saddle, and Imurmurirg
III Her ear sweet tales of lore ina foreign
cline, they golloped away lie i streak 81.
creased lightning.