New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-08

S;.,ppu,sh what was done and suffered no, not even
wbe,her she really an actor and suiierer IN the
scene. 49, Il,
H,lds. meanwhile, had separated her elf from the
,culster, and turaed bach % reoin her friend At
oiftaLee che s heard The mtth OF her late comoao-
lone who vere going down The edward descent
OF the Captoline hi; they had set up pew stivs
of melody, in which Ter own soft voics, az we'll
as the powerful sweetness OF MiTiam's was sadly
missed.
The door Of the little courtyard had swupg upon it'd
hinges al partly cl sed jteelf. Bda twaoes Dstive
geutlentss perysded all her movements ~as quietly
op,ripe H. when ehe pss tied mid paV, by TIE nose
Of d sirugg. wi'hn h. ginning and ending all in one
breat5lefs instant Along with IT, or closely succeed,
ipg IT, loud, fearful cry which quiver'd np ward
through The AIR. and sank quveIiDg doTnward TO the
earth. Then a silence Poor Hilda bad loosed toto
the courtyard 81 sa the whole quick passs2e OF q
DEED which took but that little lme 10 grave Itself IN
the eternal adamant
THE FAUN's TRANSFORMATIONS.
The door of the courtyard swung Wy, and closed
itself OF its accord Miriam ard Dobatello were
now slone there. She casped Der hands, and looked
wildly 6: the young man, whose form seemed to have
dilaed and whose eyes blezed with the fierce energy
that bad suddenly inspired him. l. had kioolsf h'n
into man. il hs0 developed within him intelligence
which war no native Characteristic Of the DoDatello
whom We have heretofore known. But that simple
and oyous creature wee gore forever.
"Wbat have You done 7" said Miriam in horror
| sirioien whisper.
The glow OF rage was stl lurid on Dona'e clos face
| ard row flashed ont again from his eyes.
81 did what ought 10 be done 10 a traitor he
| piled 81 did what your eyes bsde me do when
az ed them with mle, as held the wretch over the
pTecipioe - =,
These lat words struck Mirism ike bullet. Could
II be 60 bad her eyes provoked or assenied 70 es
deco She had not known 1t. Bnf, alas looking oasK
i'm II fseuzy and turmoil of the scene Jutt acted sue
ooud not deuy-shs was not whether II mig 1t be
co. or no-,hat wild joy bad famed up in Der heart
when she bebeid her Perseeutor in his mortal peril
Was horror lOr ecstasy or boih IN one! lie the
en- often What it might, it had blazed up more vdy
when Dopatello flung his victim of the elm AID more
| spo moe while his snrek went qnvering down ward
With the dead tbunp upon the stones below, had come
| an unuerable horror.
| "Aud nv ewes babe YOU do il % repeated she.
They both leaned the psrapet, and Razed down.
ward 30 earnestly Il some inestlmhbe treasure mad
fallen over, and were yet recoverable On the pave
| ment, below, cark mass, ing in heap, with
tile nothing human 10 rs appearance, except tua
the ba pds were ehed out as IT they might nave
| clutcled for moment at the small square stones
| But there was nc notion IN them, now. Miriam
watched the hegp Of mortality while she eouo oouD.
| lupdred yhch she tctk pains TO do. No stir not
lyon have killed him, Donatello He is quite
| desd % taid fhe. Stone dead Would were 80,
| too"
Did YOU rot mean that be should diel" sefny asked
Doraelio It'll in the glow of that intelligence when
passion bad developed in him There q. s sho,l tine
to weigh the matter but he had his tal ~ that Dream
o. TWO VII ic uelu nll1 ONtI Sii oAu
in that one glance when our eyes responded 10 mine
Say thst have slain him agalnft your wll!-say that
be died without Your whole eonsent-and, IN anoher
bre, H. YOU eball zee me lying beside him.
COB, reveIw cried Miriam. "My one, own friend!
Never, never, never
She turned 10 hm-tbe guilty, blood staioed, lonely
womsr-sbe turoed to her 'ellow clTinal the yoqtp,
80 lately innocent, whom che bad drawn into her
doom, She pressed him close, close 70 Ler o som.
with clirgirg embrace that brought their Two hearts
together Til the horror and agony OF each was COM
=. III Etr1n M rluI
''Yes, DoIatelio yoa tpess the truth = raid she
"ny heart CONSENTED u what you did We t|o slew
yor der wretch The deed knots us together Tor time
and eternity, ike the coil OF serpent
They threw one other glance at the heap OF death
below to sssure themselves that il was there; so Ike
dream was the Who.e thing. Then they turned from
that fatal PTecpice, and came on. OF the oouttysIo
arm III arm heart in heart. Irstinctively they we're
beedfu not 10 sever themselves much as pace or
two from another for fear OF the terror ano deadly
chill that would hencefoTth wait for them IN soll,ude
Their deed-ihe CRIME which Donateo wrought, and
Miriam accepted nstant-hed wTeathed Itself,
AZ she said ike serpent, in nextrleable INKS about
both their fouR sud drew them into one by lts ter
rbe contraotile power IL was closer than Marriage
lord. SO intimate in those fret moments, was the
uuiop that it see med il their new ~ upahy annihi-
la ed all Other ties and that they were released IRON
the chain of humanity new tPheie sPsSId d conId
not CO NE near them; they were safe
When thew resched the fight of steps, leading down.
ward from the Capitol, there was aaron noise OF
rnsh Of tie cIisis hat was cone and gone Ida was
It'll the meTrintnt Of tie party that had so reeeely
been their companions; they recognized the 'pl'es
w1ief, little While ago, had accorded and song IN
cadence with II CIR oqn Butthey were familiar voices
40 more they sounded strangely and, as 1t were, out
of the certbs Of space go remote as ali IVas pei,
cd to the past life of these guilty Ones in the nof'
seclusion that had suddenly extended itself arounu
them. But bow close, and coser did the breadth
Of the Unreasonable waste that lay between them and
oil brotherhood or fsIeIhood, low press them one
within tie other
ooh, friend" cried Miriam, so putting her soul into
that word that il took heavy richness OF meaning, ana
seemed never TO have been spoken before " On,
ir eud. are you conscious am of this companion
chip that kIis our beaItstrirgs together
Z" feel it, Miriam, said Donatello. We draw
one breath; We live one LIE y
q Only Yesterday" continued Miriam; " nay, only
short half.hour ago. shivered in an icy solitude.
No fIenosbip no tsteIhood, could come near enough
TO keen tho warmth within my heart. In an iusiant
all II changed There can be no more Loneliness !
None Miriam !" said Donaiel'o.
None my beautiful oBe !" responded Miriam, gaz'
ING in his face which had taken higher, almost an
heroic aspect, from the strength OF passion None,
nv Innocent one Snrey, 1t II DO crne that we have
cor mi.ted One wre.cbGd and WORTHLESS life has been
,acnfced, to cement two other lives ioreyermore."
"Forevermore, Miriam !" ssid Donaiello; "cemen-
ed with his blood !"
The ycupg man started at the word which he had
himself spoken it may be that it brought home, to the
smIci OF biz inns ginstiop what he ned not before
cream cd of-the evtr-increasing loathsomeness OF
union that consists in guilt. Cemented With blood,
which wonlo corrupt and grow mere noisome forever
and forever bat bind them Lone tho efs strictly Tor
that! -
Forget l. Gait it all behind you ~ faid Miriam,
detecting, by her sympsthy the paDg that was Ia ms
heart 1The deed has done its Office and has no ex-
istenoe any more"
Tfey flung the past behind them, as she connseled,
or else distilled from IL fiery in icatlon, which SUIT
feed 20 carry them trump hanty through tboee first
moments of their doom. For guilt has ts moment Of