The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-02-21
N1REUs AND TnESSALUS.

'BefOre thy nupt1al lestlvaI VIII
nv NlRrus, thou shalt know all the
histor, Ut bic m! stertous coildnooG:
out no mortal ear save thine soaI'
hear the tale from me-" Il
I Thus spake the tai! gaunt form OF
the Euchsntress 40 ehe eat near tne
edege OF q steep tlt6 some dtstanc~
Rom the palace, ARxETA BY her tide.
Il vac q few evenings after the eveDts
mentioned in the last chapter. NJ
RRus. ct bic mothers bidding nao
lust left their company and wAs seen
lettering along the sands t0waros
the mansion.
beams u the new born Luna dthased
the face Of nature with her euettle
rays. while the mOnOtOnous dash OF
the subterfluent waves at the rocky
ha.e OF the crag, was the only SOUND
h, Ard nv the two females. q
ARMETA listened to the nag Win
II am not the mother Of NlREus. I"
ahe md. looking the girl IN the eye
With her peculiar searching stare,
"but I love him mono the less-for l
have raised him fr0m 6Oyh0od, ana
he has been both dutiful aud kind to
me-" u..,.
upon which che eat, ad)osteo zoe
amDle folds Of her robe about ne!
feet. and with her fore.6nger and
thumb playing with the largeet golo'
atone bead that hung upon her 0reast'
thus continued:
Some fifteen years ego vnen ~
noWned ClMoN, the greatest OF tne
Athenisns. lxid 0eige TO the ancien,
Oityof EI0N-knoWest thou ~nefe u
II do not good mother" respond
In TaRAcs, ct the mouth Of tn
river STRYxoN, stands antiquatet
EioN." replied tho 6orceress. "Ftou
tnie port tho naughty 1RAxlAH aoeeo
ed by bio sigusl defeat 10 the water
het1een this little isle and the pooe
az Attica. called back again With nt
humbled 11OtillA TO tho oriental kln9
dom OF royal Achemeneo! Age
hence the world will mock the Pei
I'M Xerxes! and some western poe
. nm stand at the cfaggy baoe 9
lCvnoeuIs, and In the shadow Of %
monolith erected IN commemorate
Of thisI meet naval victory, he "
pen. in 3 language yet unborn, ~
inepired lsudetio00 70 tho Athena
hero OF 6alamb! TO tho seige
!, EloN, ], then . young bride accoa
psnied my husband. sn omoer 10 %
e Athouiap army. BRAsYtAS Wa g
nsme-s braver man ne'er poised
p ianCe 10 strike q fool After sted
oua contest, B On, tho Commands
! 81 the beoeiRed city found furth
u snbsistance impossible. thereto
further resistance to the ufecl;
J, arms h0pelees, succumbed 70 y
forco Of circumstances and-El'
|. felli The victorious s0ldiefy rush
Ia tho unfortunate city 70 pillage O
!. Dlunder. bRASYLAS and myself 1oIio
- {na tho VICTORIOUS horde0 TO enrt
onf,elyee II possible, Ike the col
mon herd. But Oh! the terrible o.
raaee ne we're COMPELLED 70 Wttpe
!. softened our hardened hearts. n
ful they arc to relate. The Fur
- nth their pendant tongues o! PIC
3 muot have urged dn the awful q
naael Intense Was the excitemel
EIor ves q perfect Pandem0o1t
lAke hounds tho iniurlated invad
a- rubbed bowling through the stte
women shrieked!-snd brave q
!. on their knees begged mercy
- their wives and babes! ! cav
i. heertless soldiery rudely entet ,
II broken portals Of conquered clt!z
and rob them OF their remain
e. treasuree. for in tho dark water
tho Stvymon, Boon bad tnIoxT'n a.
the uichee, stores ana VSl1aUsea
could onntrol-or 6nd. i've!
re1nant opotls Greek madIy Ioo
z 0feek NE huoGered wolves .
their prey. I ssW rumsos denie
saored preciucfO OF many. . y
nm deeds too hideous for thy tee
en-. The sanctity Of mace !:
II Vss basbarously Knocked ooneeto
peternal root o. their Own o0c
. Id thresholds, I saW the e9eo
inflrm futhleooly felled to the 60
oaW fair haired masrone' In
~ very streets, Weeping ana ~!
~ over q murdered husbeude corpee
tiss oew the sweetest nursIioee.
- lauehine eyes, and the Inno
!.i'"s smile ssill dimpling ID tender 90
"a. rudoly tori from 10 motoeso "
o6e6 eod there before tho mesroe'e,
|saas the wretches would-bat, Oh! !!
not! I can not chill thy VOW s
. 6elrt with the 49, redss! - ~
D. enough BlAsYIAs bade ne to
- him TO . place Of oefety ana ~ I
where we no longer co9Io
tomsuhood diohonored ono
IN cent homes coarsely deeeecs'
.la} ."Aieee several hours q teoiot
~. M. 20 ret our weary ll@u y
~. - titrd 70 . magnificent tempe y y
- xfYyA, whose tyy1ep doom wy
,.p eioud opoa-and there y Icy
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