The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-20
often suffering the insults ofthe more

savage people.
Having in vain gone over Il large
tract of inland country, he now con-
fined his search to the coast, in hopes
that he might again see the vessel
which took his Allnena. Day by
day he wandered on the beach, con-
stantly casting his eyes on the i'm
mense waste of waters, and watch
ing the approach Of every vessel that
he saw. with the same inpatience of
expectation, as if he had been as
sured that it contained Almena.
AS he was walking one evening
by the castle Of Sevasir, be heard a
mournful voice proceeding from a
garden within fort. Solyman new
er neg.ccted the voice of sorrow; he
went nearer to the place from whence
it seemed to proceed, and, looking
through the iron PALISADES with
which the garden was eneompassed
he beheld lady sitting in a melan
choly posture on a hower-bank at a
small distance.
In the irresistible transport of his
heart, he cried aloud, ''Almena T.
The lady rose, and, as she came to-
wards him, he perceived his mis-
take. Pardon me, madam" said
he; II am an unhappy man. who
have lost everything that is dear to
me in lady, and for whom / have
sought in vain, for many months in
this province, where | have still rea
son to believe she is confined, if,
indeed, she yet lives; if she has not
fallen a sacrifice to her own miser-
les, or to the barbarous cruelty of
the Villains who tore her from me-"
Stranger, said the lady, sit is
long since I have known any COM
fort myself, and l am afraid / can
have little for you. Your miseries
affect me much; the same did my
beloved husband once undergo, for
whom 1 now mourn. and must for
ever mourn in helpless sorrow.
s'Is your husband then dead,' said
Solyman, cor is he only lost to you,
as Almena is to me? If the latter
is the case, you may yet have hope,
the all-seeing eye of Providence
looks down upon all his creatures,
and he will. assuredly redress the
misfortunes of the virtuous."
"We were Inhabitants - replied
the lady, 1.-The kingdom of Kanara
The Sundians made an incursion in
to our territories, and, amongst
many other wretched people, ear
ried Of my husband ah me-
GLOW, madam % interrupted Soly-
man; ''they were merciful, if they
suffered your husband to accompany
you,"
Their mercy" said she, ''did not
extend so far: they presented me to
the governor of this castle, and my
husband they imprisoned in dis
tant part of the kingdom.
Ever since / came within these
hated walls, their savage master has
aggravated my miseries, by the
mortifying offers of his love; totally
regardless of my sorrow and de
straction, a thousand times has
the unfeeling wretch insulted my
torn heart with odious caresses,
and still continues to persecute me
in the same manner, upbraiding me
with ingratitude for what he calls
his kindness in permitting me to
live. But | am not alone in my mis-
fortunes here are numbers of un-
happy women under the same con
flnement, whose sufferings too near
ly resemble my own. Some of them
like me, have still resisted the i'm
portunities of the tyrant while 9th
ers, more, / hope, through fear than
inclination, have unhappily submit
ted to his will"
At these words, terror and appre-
hension were again reused in the
heart Of Solyman, and created 6
conflict that shook his frame. He
stood aghast and motionless for q
moment at last recollecting himself.
sis there" said he; 'stell me, mad
am, is there a lady within these walls,
native of Delhi, who was taken
some months ago from on board q
Kanarian vessel by the Sundians :!
''To that questiong," said the lady,
Il can make no answer; we are all
kept in different apartments, and not
allowed to converse with each other
we are not even permitted, but alone
to walk in these gardens and should
I now be observed to talk with you
through these detested bars, my flu
ture liberty would probably be en-
dangered. All that you can do to
know, whether the lady you have
lost be in this place, is to attend al
the different hours of the day neal
these palisadoes where you Will be
able to observe, in their respective
turns, the appearance Of the woman
in the gardens. But you will incul
great danger in the experiment: and
after all, should you find your lady
is here, what can it avail you? 1or
will only have the mortifiction te
know it, without being able to rescue
her." "
Solyman took his leave Of the la
dy; and, having formed his resolu
ton, waited with the utmost impa
tience Tor the light of morning, He
happened indeed, to be so far secur
ed from suspicion, as to be dressed
in Sundian habit, which belonged
to an officer of the ship that carried
off Almena, who compelled him to
take it in exchange for his own.
But, insensible of danger, at the
earliest dawn he FASTENED to hi.
post, and passed the day in alternate
hope and despair: he saw many wo
men, but he saw. not Almena. Ir
the evening, therefore, regretting the
disappointment even of those expec
tations which he dreaded to have
confirmed, he resolved to quit his
station till the return of morning,