Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-10-05
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From tbs Southern Field and Fircside:l
THE UNDYTNG ONE,
A LEGEND OF SWITZERLAND.
DY J., II. H..
CHAPTER III.
BY j. II. II.

CHAPTER III.
In one OF the widest fastnessess on the
hs.dsrs of the Lake of Geneva, made
loatasomc TO man by its almost impene-
trable darkness, and the fearful silence
that brooded over it, stood the RUNS OF
an ancient fabric; which was supposed to
have been built about the time when the
Romans, under Julius Caesar, subdued the
ancient Helvetii, for the heavy structure
of the few colunss which remained as |
snecimens of the architecture, fixed its |
foundation at a very remote period; be
sides. It's being in the immediate neigh !
borhood of the ruins of CeesGr'S W0tG
which extends eighteen miles in length,
it was Justly supposed by many'antiqua-
rians to have been the strongholds OF oue
of the contending chiefs-as in fact, its nu-
merous subterranean vaults proclaimed 1t
to have been built for some Warliks pur-
posesc and IN Switzerland, at the pres
ent day, many monuments OF antiquity
exist, which we're kuown IN the. time OF
the historian Tacitus. Isolated as this
crumbling edifice was, its solitude had
often been disturbed by the indsfatiga6le
antiuuarv, in search Of relics of departed
ages Despite Of the warnings OF the
peasantry, who shnddered as they re-
~ counted the many legends of the desolate
ruins, these untiring moles still delved
around its messy base amid peals of wild
laughter, which seemed to proceed trem
every nook Of II e ravine. 1t was even
said that some never returned, while 9th
ers were sound'y drubbed by invisible
hands. as a reward for their temerity.
TO this dreary isle. Zamiel bore his
senseless prev. AS he forced his way
through the tangled bgiar, and leapt with
~saaaostasssp aehaa,s = !. Y !, !; inas. = Z,
crag TO crag WIN MS olcouscious oci ue', !
in his arms, demonlacat laugh echoed
through the wild valley, which he an
. swersd with a yell of triumph, and .
smile which carried more OF the dew
with it than became his finely formed
features. As he entered the ruins, tht
owls shriekod, and spreading their broat
wings. flew from their roosts and hlC
themselves amid tho grey cliffs that over
hung the ravlne.
Here rest thee, lovely ons,' said Fam
iel as he placed his victim upon th
moss beneath the moulderfng arch Of on
of the portals. i knew but one as fal
as thou; but centuries have passed away
and she is enrolled with the blessed te
nants of the grave She was surpassin
fair-the winds loved to daily with ne
soft. raven tresses the enamered water
wooed her beautiful feet, and the ion
flowers threw their stores of aromatl
incense upon her coral lips. But l, tn
accursed of Heaven, never touched
budding rose, but it withered at tn
touch. The vengeful lightnings OF an II
suited Deity fell upon the idol OF m
heart, and it crumbled to its parent dust
Did love Ask the waters OF the ma
iestic Nile if they love the Iotas tn
blooms upon their bosom, and draws II
from their caresses Ask the knot'
oak if it loves the youthful ivy tn
fondly clings around its trunk, throus
calm and storm. the same? Yes, low
with all the refined fervor which natu
could INSTALL into the heart OF one, VINO
sole existence rests upon. the ooJect
bis idolatry. Yet, the tender,on pass
away as the silvcry vspor that wells t
golden disc of the sun. Day after da
year after year. age after age, came up
me still. can forget? The sun arc
and set, the stars shSne night after nigI
and the placid moon made countless eN
lutions in the abyss of space alo
was left to sicken at the splendid mach
ery OF creation. wandered from Nol
to South, from East to West; there v
no home for me /; no beauty spot sprs
upon the varisga,ed face of the earth
give repoSe to my wearjed limbs.
abodes of men were loathsome, and
din of revelry was a curse to my ear
Biancal maiden of the snswy brow, Il
shalt be the instrument by which
damned mass of flesh shall meet v
blessed annihilation. Death death i
ask, even though the seul shall her
ter live in eternity of hel!.,
As the speaker concluded ne ca'
's1ook of greedy vengeance upon bis Vici
who was just then beginning to rect
from her swoon The first glance OF
eve teil upon the dark features OF N
el as ne leaned with folded arms aga
one of the pillars Of the portal,
shrouded half of his scowling brow
der the rim of large Spanish white
The blood ebbcd back to her heart
convulsive shudder agitcted her W
frame when the horrible reality b
- anon her-the reality Of her ill-bo