The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-06-26
Rinard, the Red Rover
OR THE PIRATE KING or THE FLoRIDAs.
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brother"-and she rushed into his arms. O. who can
describe his feelings as he bent and gazed down
into her lovely face and saw that indeed his longos
sister was before him. pressed to his beating heart
'Thank God my Nina; at last my quest for thee is
successful and more the sunlight of JOY will come
over our desolated household. 0, God how blessed will
! be our parents when they see you again! But
/ Bianca-where is shey"
Nina spoke not but burst into tears, and pointed to
the couch where lay the pale and lovely girl.
T "What!-dead?-lost to me forever? 0, no, it can
not bet cannot BET" cried the youth, he rushed to
her side; and then he felt how cold and how pale
she was he moaned in tone of agony at is too true
too sadly true. | have come too late to save her"
"Nurmur not, Guilerno, my noble boy she yetves, :"
said voice close by his side, kind and gentle voice.
while he knelt and wept bitterly Biancas form.
The voice was familiar to his ear Guiermo looked
up-the ghost of father Benito standing by him, and
again he told him that she was not dead
80, how strangeIy!-how full Of wild mystery. How
you here holy father and why do you thus speak,
Can not see that she is dead before me?"
The priest about to answer, when Edvardo
to his side.
Rinard is dying-he would speak with thee; be would
confess cried the page; and With trembling steps the
holy father hurried to the pirates side leaving the cOnde
to explain Guiermo the nystG which perplexed him.
The prizes bont dow. tle dying man but as he
looked upon the red cross which on his check as
gazed in his dark and glazing eye, why did he start back
and groan in tones of agony:
/
The dying man heard that yoice-he half arose from
the floor his eyes glared wildly upon thetace of Beno
and he groaned:
cart thou too, come from the spirit world to upbraid
me? ., God, forgive me-poor 0swadlno--brotheIs-
brothers, behold your murderer!-he yaWAs to receive
me; fends waiting to drag me down to It's darkest
depths of torment-ho! Stand back ANGELA, clasp me
not so close; give me air."
"Brother-brother, thou art dying 0, confess thy
sns Go not up to God, unabsolved and impenitent
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scar-it slew me not. o. look up to me now and listen
! to my words"
"Alive?n murmured the dying man, family ''aiive?
and O5waldino2"
is dead replied the weeping priest; butthink only
of your sins now for DEATH upon you in your
clammy brow, in your dmming eye"
20, God forgive me!-torgive me brother!"
Yes, Iago, as God hears me, | forgive thee, and
will pray have for years that he will forgive me.
80, thanks; yet the hereafter murmtrcd the dying
man. he looked in the faces of those who had gath
cred around him. the conde, Nina, her brother and Ed
yardo. He say the latter and family smiled he
! how sadly lie gazed upon him.
Sec," said lie to the priest, Chat yondes boy not
treated pirate; he is not am alone at fault
/ that he is here | stole him when he wasa child"
! From where? Q, who is my father: Have parens:'
cried Edyardo, kneeliug by the side Of the pirate.
Il know not; it is twenty years since | found thee
strollng IN an orange grove near"
Twenty years." cried the conde dc SoIano starting for
ward and gazing upon the features of EdyardO; whence
he taken? O. speak, for there life death in thy
wordsn
ut was a noble palace, by the litde river Del
Obispo near uayanna, murmured the pirate, family
80 God, it must he my boyig must be my lost child
tear open thy vest, and let me if there be not
scar upon thy bosom Of arrow, it mark that
was born with my child"
! The page barred his BOSOM the scar was there the
father clasped his to his The pirate this
scenei he saw the JOY that filled their bosoms and tear
OF pleasure stole down his paed cheek. o. is there
not JOY in doing one goodacto than there would
4 be in performing fifty deeds Of wrong?
And the priest again besought his dying brother
to turn his thoughts to the world to which he was so
soon to go, and while all Angclia drew back from
his side the dying l8ered forth his dreadful cata
loguc OF crime o, how that priests check blucled
while he listened the dreadful tale and his thin form
shook with horror Yet he listened without word, end
Angela gazed in his face whose bleeding form she held
with the cold and stupid look which she had worn
when gazing upon the form Of Blanca.
At last the dying pauses in his terrible recital
paused for he had told all that could up to his
tortured mind; and then while he spoke to him of pen
tence and hope III Him who died to us all, lie pro-
nounced the words Of absolution And then he wept
over his dying BROTHER if that brother never slnned
or wronged him. Rinard felt the hot tears come down
upon his pale check, and his mind began again to wan
der. Once more the visions Of the past came UP.
"0swadino is there, he cried; q hear him Shrek to
me for mercy, but no, would not spare him. Hal look
at the phantom army Of the dead they marshal me
/ TO their home O. God must they now be my cOmpan-
ions! l slew not many. / only slew my brothers!"
Then while the blood poured SITTER and more slowly
from his wounds the voice Of the pirate grew weak
and reason seemed to come for moment to his mind
again. He looked up and saw who held his head.
/ ANGELA, he murmured, "kind, noble ANGELA for
give me''
"My name? he calls me; my lord my lifc 0, speak
but that word agan." she hreked she bent her head
down over his face.
| "Forgive me, Angela, have loved thee well, but
wronged thee deeply am dying"
One wild shrek one burning kiss upon his brow one
low murmured word of joy che speaks yet Of love- am
not forgotteno and she tainted
/ Another moment and a cod shuddeF ran over the
frame Of Rnard the horrible death rattle up from
his throat gasp faint groan, his eyes glared he
/ gazed up in his brothers face "Forgiye-" he mur-
/ INJURED then gasped agan--and he was dead
/ And over him bent strange tableau. Nina cIasped
the hand Of the brave brother Edvardo stood beside his
new found father Bedo bent over his motioness FORM
while the dwarf covered at his feet shuddering he
gazed. Don Edmundo stood in the background, and
still farther of the armed followers OF Guermo;
Blood-sained battle-wearcd set who once more
the vcors in the hardest bout that they had ever known
And upon her couch yet lay poor Bianca still wearing
the semblance of death
Padre Benito was the first to break the solemn silence
which followed the pirates death.
''God forgive thee Iago, fornow thouart before him,
he murmured, and Guilemno bade Edmundo remove the
corpse and have it prepared forsepulture while attend
ants called to attend to poor Angela, and Nina
aided in restoring her to conciousness.
1t was few hours later, the was in the same
room where the pirate had died but ali, how changed
Blanca was there, aWaked from her death-ke trance
looking lovely beauty queen andbyher side
| stood Edvardo.
"And thou art indeed my own lost brother she cried
70 how dearly shall love thee" And then she kissed
his flushed cheek and looked up in his dark, gladeyes
with bliss written in every iheament of her beautiful
face.
''And love thee, but not 50 wildly and madly as
did before | knew that thou vert my sister"
Speak not of that, dear Edvardo; would forget all
that has passed in this horrible place the finding
of thee"
80 would not / dear one; for sad have been some
OF the events there are others which would fain
member and cherish But where has Nina gomez"
''When she saw you coming hither she left the
blush on cheek Brother that dear girl loves you"
q knoH it, sister"
"And are you so cold, that you will cast such pure
tender heart as hers from you2'
'.No, my Blanca, she is good and noble; now that
can love you as a sister, she shall be loved she de-
serves
'.Thank you, dear brother wanther for sister
''Wel it shall not be my fault if tbe not soon, but
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