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Ff 2 4 THE SEA-KING. By CAPTAIN MARRYATT.
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carpeting; the waters rkled in their beauty; the sun | mildness of old age in his countenance, and it would
T H E S E A - K | N G dazzled with superior brilliancy. and not one «cloud | even be difficult to imagine that those stern forbiddin
. * | frowned in all the broad blue of Heaven. features could ever soften into a smile; time, instea
—_ Asingle individual sat gazing upon the scene from | of weakening his vehement energies, had adéed to
al By CAPTAIN MAP RYATT. one of the parlors of the mansion, but its harmony | them new strength, and the violent impulses of that
° . Si ed to mock’ him, for there was a deep frown upon | man were more indomitable at fifty than they had been
| | his brow, and his eye glowed with rage as it roamed | at fifteen, Though he had already lived to nearly the
" CHAPTER L number of years allotted :
} Many years ago there stood man, all ‘his experience
‘upon the banks of the Schus1- . had failed in teaching: him .
kil mansion, at that timc humility, The sorrows and t
much admired for the beauty cares of | life,: while they ‘
and chastity of its construc- effected him rhaps more
& ion. It was one of those old- keenly’ than other men, had :
fashioned tenements that ma: not upon his disposition the :
be seen even now in some cities same salutary fl e :
Virginia and Maryland. It that they exercised ov
consisted’ of a main building ev one beside; and like
and two smaller wings; ahuge the mountain torrent, his
flight of marble steps conduct- passions: gathered stren;
to the main entrance, and and flerceness as they rushed
t the upper stories were lighted onwards to that ocean that
i by oriel windows; in front, a woul | soon close over them
Jong gravelled avenue inter- peace and quietud yy =
sperscd with Lombardy pop: It was evident, from t 4 .
} lars, and terminating with an requent and impatient i
i arched gateway at the road lances he cast towards the “
t fide, afforded oor, that was in waiting : |
hrough the domain; an or som ne; twice he ' :
; the rear, at the foot of the reached for the ' bell-string, iF
: ascent, upon the summit of but as often paused on hear-
which stood the dwelling, were ing a noise without; at le: I.
t situated the barn, stables, and however, when his patience
rriagze-houses, The grounds m ecome well nigh ex- :
jn the vicinity were laid out in hausted, the door opened, and RE
flower-beds, redolent with all a youth of sixteen entered the
; the roses of America, and long :
4 ‘chad arbors of blushing i
, grapes flanked. the garden on i
@ither band; to the right of
‘the mansion, a beautiful sum-
gmer-house rose from the pin-
| nacle of a steep rock, and .
round and about its slender \
a columns bloomed the white :
Jessamine, the yellow mari- 1
‘old, and the azure violet; the
y, too, wound t
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Jntruders; and here and there ie, |
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been transplanted to beautify
the locality.
+ From this site the view was
r miignificent. On tho right. far
as the eye could reach, were
seen the blue waters of the
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aigned.
““Wish to see you, sirl’’ re-
peated the father in a loud,
angry, and sarcastic tone;
] Me eon oy ‘no, sir, | never wished to see
seaward, er
‘there by headlands, and dotted
in many parts of its surface by
vessels passing to and from earth, Where your presence
Philadelphia; on the left and could never offerd my eyes,
4 Jn front, on the further side of and’ where reports of your i
> the further river, we
disobedience and bad conduct “* i
could never reach my ears.” -
could not assuage the wrath
of his exasperated father,
“You are notorious for dis-
. like some vast panorama set creditable actions. sir,” re-
in a frame of glittering silver.
It was a sunny morning in the
you accuse me wrongfully
he city; th as yet this time, for I will convince
the ys e "'a8S Wi .
moist, and the Sie dew-drops
stil} sparkled upon the odorous
lilac; the carol of a thousan 5
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and bleating of flocks imparted an animation to the, with more than the insipidity of satiety over the face} “I cannot believe younno, sir, no,
rurality of the scene which was enchanting. Allnature| of Nature. The age of the stranger was nearly half a | guilty of that offence and a thousand. others. Inno-
seemed alive with joy: the beautiful Schuylkill mur-| century; his countenance had evidently been at one | cence never was with you an attribute; your whole
mured with a happy sound, as it rushed along itsrocky | time handsome, but fierce and unconquerable passions | career has been one of insubordination and irregu:
bed, embracing each water lily in its course, and the | had planted lines there that left but few traces of for- | larity.””
green leaves of the forest rustled in lively confusion | mer beauty. Increasing years seemed to affect him “But, father, though I May have committed many
against each other; the earth smiled in its gorgeous | differently from other men; there was none of the faults, | may yet be innocent of one,” said Harry,
