East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-22

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frustrating the object, but by firm dec
laration Of her sentiments. She told he
parents that she could never consent t,
the match, and that her mind was unal
terably made up.
1t had been her custom TO pass NAM
of her hours in her favorite place Of re
tirement, under a low, broad-toppet
young pine. whose leaves whispered IL
the wind. Thither she now went, ant
while leaning pensively against its trunk
she fancied she heard articnlate sounds
Very soon they became more distinct
and appeared to address her.
Maiden think me not tree
But thine own dear lover FREQ,
Tall and youthful in my bloom
With the bright green nodding plume.
Thou art leaning on my breast,
Lean for ever there and rest
Fly from man, that bloody race,
Pards, assassins, bold and base;
Quit their din, and false parade
For the quiet lonely shade.
Leave the windy birchon cot
For my own, light happy lot,
Ger thee I my veil viii fling,
Light as beetles silken wing;
win breathe perfume Of flowers.
Der thy happy evening hours;
win in my shell canoe
Watt thee DER tho waters blue;
will deck thy mantle fold,
With the SUMS last rays Of gold.
Come, and on the mountain FREQ
Rove fairy bright with me.
Her fancy confirmed all she heard as
the words Of sober truth. She needed
nothing more to settle her purpose.
On the evening preceding the day fixed
for her marriage, she dressed herself ir
her best garments. She arranged hei
hair according to the fashion of her tribe
and put on the ornaments she possessed
Thus robed, she arsumed an air Of un
wonted gayety, as she presented herself
before her parents. | am going, said
she, to meet my little lover, the chieftain
of the green plume, who is waiting for
me at tho Spirit Grove and her counte-
nance expressed buoyant delight, which
she had seldom evinced. They were
quite pleased with these evidences of re-
stored checrfulness, supposing she was 90
inc to act some harmless freak. {" l am
going," said she, to her mother, as she
left the lodge, "from one who has watched
my infancy, and guarded my youth. Who
has given me medicine when | was sick,
and prepared me food when | was we'll
am going from father who has ranged
the forest to procure the choicest skins
for my dress, and kept his lodge supplied
with the best food Of the chase. ! am
going from lodge which has been my
shelter from the storms Of winter, and
my shield from the heats of sumner
Adieul adieu' she cried as she skipped
lightly over the plain.
So saying she hastened to the confines
of The fairy haunted grove. AS it was
her common resort, no alarm was enter
tained, and her parents confidently wait
ed her return with the sunset hour. But
as she did not arrive, they began to feel
uneasy. Darkness approached, and no
daughter returned. They now lighted
torches Of pine wood, and proceeded TO
the gloomy forest of pines, but were
wholly unsuccessful in the search. They
called aloud upon her name, but the echo
was their only reply. Next day the
search was renewed, but with no better
success. Suns rose and set, but they
rose and set upon a bereaved father and
mother, who were never afterward per-
uiittcd to behold daughter whose man
ners and habits they had not sufficiently
guarded, and whose inclinotions they had,
in the end, too violently thwartcd.
One night party Of fishermen, who
were spcaring fish near the Spirit Grove,
deserted something resembling a female
figure standing on tho shore. As the
evening was mild, and the waters calm,
they cautiously padded their canoe
ashore, but tho slight ripple of water eX-
cited alarm. The figure fed, but they
recognized, in the shape and dress, as she
ascended the bank, the lost daughter, aod
they saw the green plumes of her lover
waving over his forehead, as he glided
lightly through the forest of young pines.
The Ne,O Orleans PicayHns notices the
fact chat the last annual report of the
Louisiana Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb was printed by the inmates of the
institution, from the setting Of the type
to tho prcss-woril. BY aa act of the
Legislature approved last March, the
3 )ard OF Administrators were authorized