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Kate.4--J E'ag2ize7zti I 27 V
‘“ A’-little,” said Kate.’ ’ “ ' i ‘
" Then rest content," replied the stranger, “ forrdanger is not
in me-4-yet’, in the spirit of innocence I speak it, 'mnch‘of my heart
is with you.----Yes, I feel as if I had known‘ you before-4--as if we
had ‘met, I cannot tell where----‘-Perhaps, according to the Pytha-
goris of; whom I have heard, in’ some age gone by--i--perhaps‘ in
the bosom of mycountry!---That nameles 'something,i”icontinued
he, “ floating throughout your form----‘ the parted lip,’-‘:1 bed’ of
70593; and love‘s little world----those accents so dear and familiar---
the naivette playing about you ----- --Vision, Vision 811; but Sweet:
how sweet is the de1u5ion,---;-Lady, my speech, though apparently
chimerical, is nevertheless true---this heart of mine, believe it, never
wronged---nor these lips deceived the being Heaven created ------- --
Ask me wliat estranged me from my home, and sent me wandering ?---
-Sentiment !----Ask me my commission hither ?---Love.’----Demand of‘
my heart its master-feeling ?---Duty !-----Am I a man ?---A romantic
Savage, Lady, of woman born----neither more nor less.---“Am I
‘ hfllipy?‘---Once Iwas, and what has been, may be again.----Am 1
rich ?---If a mind at ease signifies wealth, then am I poor---and if
dross be treasure, then am I rich.-----Lady, look here, (displayintr
to the view a case, richly inlaid, filled with gems and precious stones;
The treasure you now behold, was intended as a tribute of affection
to Rory i“””“i the-Brave, from Tartane, his mmsmzn sm.""'
“ How!"--..-said Kate; “ he was a youth in whom his father
"took delight. Often have I heard the Chieftain describe the‘ spirit
that with him grew-- manly, magnanimous 3 hishcart glowing with
honest love---his bosom burning with patriotic fire ;-his nature JOY-
flglly acknowledging its afliance with the whole of the human race ;--
and the proud ambition of his rising years; the glory and Welfare
Of is country! A courteous gentleman too, if liberality, sweet-
ness", and sensibility, be engaging: but, good qualities. may not be
Tightly understood; individuals, enslaved to selfish p!‘6JUdfC93: and
thus biassed in their judgment, can a sentence result1ng..i'rom
their Private interest, be 'considered fair? and-for the multitude;
though its suifmae is invariably given to virtue-‘-its sanction does
not always include protection.-----Envy, sickened at‘ the excel-
lence of thefyoung Tamme -x- ae 99 4+ at, maliceimisrepresented him-
and in disgust he left his native land. ----- --Such are the particulars
that conspired to his exile--but of his succeeding fate, all here are
ignorant.”
. “ Lady, your language and sentiments excite in 'me an emotion
lrrepressible !-May I inquire, who are you ?" '
“ Traveller,I cannot resolve your question. f01' I d0 not know
ynyself ------ --A father's caresses, or a mother's love, ne'er tuned my ‘
Infant tongue to grateful sounds of joy :-tho’ lisping, self-taught, I
may have poured out my thanks to parents full as dear--Heaven and’
sweet Nature."
' “ At length Sancho said to his master, ‘ Please, Sir, to ask Mr. Ape:
whether the affair of the cave be true? for, begging your w0rShiP'3 P‘“"l0"a‘
I don't believe a word of it.’ The Monkey being accordingly Collillllied: thc
answer was, That part was true, and part jlllsc." .