'lllt ;* Z..-- -'. -' :' . '-. ':{-"-NUMBEIIll^ the tr ;Wip^s;Tea be upAGh-the sfp: 6A till tIh.lI n, s Si, 'h-g in. t est a .RT_ -, scatteini its gold upon the tr l.sA a- nd3'- . orti ei.roves-of ti-e AlhambraraBL then" .0i 1~ntpl~ ceise-d be6ore P.Lhe gtfom&L--- ' door,-and as it oph:(-dlbthe lone,ma.?: -d .cd ts arms upon hisg breastind i' Jt'. f-," gali ered upon his bt'd6,-'.-nd -he- Mu.mped,.- upon the- floo? oU11f2.the --sgddows "in-'y black pool hmftnged46-_i trreeu"ir" ntw,i; ^. an.d tb.e grim .skeletonse.-hbk some .." -T. :1 clotted mildew', fro*m-' fhiir biaes t. .:. - once more his, lcWe ints-down.- -- ...-::,, But no .one save a pale, slight-girlfntr L.. ed,'zand tha & door --was. deised be tin.o-er ., with the same sulIen. 'cr.efak.. 'TI-l; '. knelt dovn.beside'hii '&n4."v :iZ. t 4 -- .arfris abou'ty nhek -and -0*aVspei; m%^ '.^ fuAy--n hig ear, .. .a:' ,-v . ;. .Abde~ah,! .VAal^ "^^ An~dthoektnnfe.W~tsonor~l..Ced .uE-gnd_ ^.-" - tdar started1o hbi di "ey? q- he marmar--:- .:." aaf_tat Ve-.^V his breaingfi -. THURSDAY "MORNING, FEiRUARY 11, 1858. rr-~-~-----~,,, --.~~~,,,,I--~lkt~..~6~1-- ,~pI;~~-ar.L;~I~4~:--;~a~~-~L~-_ ~_~~~i~(i~ik;i;~j;L;i rj Vb ---------- .- ;7.'.' .-, ** / z- .. .- _;^ ..- : ^ i f '" -" '* ** -- ... -"^', -7 --' > '. ''* -' ',- " ^ "'..-** -' :^ *-;- :. * ^*., '-. i ''.." . .2 *- -;.--..., '-... *'... ...... , .: /,.* .- : -*'-*< .:> ? 1. L.~1 ~~_ ~_I~L~_L~"""~_~'~'--."i~ -f~72ZQTn~1~~~~__6~t4~n~E~ ~f~P~f~ZY~II~_ - -r -,'. ..-. ,_ ' -.-*; .-. --" -- .- ^". -7- OC7 THE SOUTHH IN THE UNION--OUT OF '!'IT: UNION THE SOUTH. O>A-MIO4, OO1 0 E3 2 E'.St.FUS, 30, 3?OM "r-'rmTiW:Z-B,.a.vL-L .t-LtBl. 0 P VBIAn- DEMOCRAT, -TriL'U'SDAY yMR.N.N-G AT 0 B"'F-LOR IDA. |. A.'J. 51'ILEY Proprietors. AIAM. Editor. ,].!RPC WE 4HED LI ^.CE U! -al-p ir -0 Av ^ .., $&)p L. ,,". ':- .f.;:-,,' .'. ..^ ...- [d \vi'ilhi'ni" Si x" 1oiit hi.... .2".50 . ..... .. .- .. .. ...-3.00 ng.cmhns,. the terimsit'tll be .otlbrp obta n i ng five paying vethe t 1Advvt.ris.er for.9ne year. As %lvber t-ni-. dat i ths.. ,". wil e t-'ne at i h fl not otfr gr'rtcious kin,'v Mohammed, brotl:""Ilt all the nobles to his-ti Tast'1, Ali who (ill all the land is nobler ,than B-n Zc.'ri.-'i "Fools! tlhe eV-,s of hatred lpie-,'e thi' r.2hl the night. thot-N'h! bl,:--k as th win2' 0 "We mils[ not t-irry longer Iore," re- Sponded the other, olancinoi suspiciouslY toward the couch, I_.,it the -hlaek robe !zf,\- no sign thcAt there wa;>. lil b, en;th, sa; ,: be- q.iid<, u'r..t.,ui^ii:^! w hen.-H",,n, h,,1 "brefath silote aga-inst i "t. U" ponil thy s-,S ull, -,ill not th'v1 -Tn tic'- rest upon yon---"andlthe stranger fin- ishied on11N with a .ii-.ering smile, and a moti,,n with his sword. "Stand thou.l.. ," 1t,,rn,:, the men- fiercely, "or I:,y ouI f'Ot th,",t ilt '-'Ite this insult to onr i:i,-ter, thou, wilt filnd lhii no weakly tie" "Baise I1orn th, ', inbt'et,-r iath now no lark -if lhi'aifis ,_upplkid with fuunris quiiH't-d fi-mln the r,,ial gol,luts, Of M,,i', ,hi- ed",t. H,: h11lh staiii.l his e.-,.ut>. ,.on likh druiIkeness, anl n,0W d,,'ln to, th, du-I witlh l n, th'lt .I in i-,i'x ck lli-. id:liotic bab- I-i g1, --- Down, t Iolwn, I say " "FL-low !" sh'-,ut.d-d tho lea,:lrr to hi.i nien. "Follow mI:,, ;11d 1at Ilii-. p ril-let hi1- cist lurtl i-' hiftlrance in .our way.". "Do.,w. n t., thl,. ,Iu-.t ith liini !" llhun. .'de he.urnk,o ..ahid Wta'1in1 Iis bl.laIh- .,bo, trf,, ln-,it. it1h aJ e woundedd h.9rward an-d )Ii"leT-the cfou , tile grouidill. Overawed. the men shrank. I ck, Ibiat as if r,7iij--njleriiigtjh.:-it (Iinty, ith.,.ne long hissing sound their weapons flg.;hied front tihe sheaths, an.ci.ran,.g loudly uporn the :xtuidh:ed blade of tihe d.tiler. - "DEathi to himno" thev shouted : bilt with a sneer of Mitter di'ir'ion he drew his cloak more closely about him, and in a trice his sword pa.-sed through tlie heart o0' their leader, bearing him backward to the dust. "Come on to death !" they shouted fiercely. "tC.ome on to death, and I'll build a bul- wark of-your,_skulls!" and'with the woe~is, the next foreimost wunt down upon hii- face. "Tis Abaddorn!" tl,..y cried." "Ti. Abaddon, and hlis fi;,',*s against u.s!" 1,-! with fearful foot.-,teps they fled precipi- tately down the square. "It."is well I" murnmred lie, cooly re- placing his wveapon.'" And-now for "t,:.e, B n Zegri4.-" 1 ) .. ..- Pushing:aside thgovertu~tned couch, he .knult beside th.- proe-trate man, who lay siaring ltalf blindly as though bereft of reaso n- " ^ "Ben Zvgi',!" he hissed.. . For a tneinent the unsettled glare res- ted upon the speaker, then with a mighty effort he staggered to his feet and w.Lh a ferce,'cuaei:, h.s-hand sought the hilt of ,his sword- - "Ahi !-ibdallah the Aben-cerrage!-- Dog; dravN iT.st I cleave thy skull for-- " It'. yee.ld frward,.then leaned upon his wu',;Tpn, without the power of further ut- teian,. ifr the drunken frenzy of his. b,ain had sow; fi,'-P upon his lips. '-W~e!lsip,'>k,-,I, slneered -the other, "but -m.-tt-b-n~ r ,'inu haist t.irried long at the win,' ,up, A I li 13 r n S TV L. Ci ;-- I IF'r'-r-n rt ni c I L 6 distracted -thy vaunted I)hlegm ; in shokl t-hou art too far bewildered to keop thy feet. Shame, shame on thee, Ben Zcgris,-. and though thou be'st a claimant for a full sihare of our hereditary hatred, 1jiit thee ---PJr thy weakness. I scorn mysdf that ever I slo.uld even hated one, .whose blood itad grown bufouled with the humors of 'lohaintmedslustful wine. Shame on. the Uiather's grave I saoy4 for ,thou art lower than tile cw-sed Christian dog who chokes -his manhood in the. bow12- .. ..The .mad'ning- tauufs seemed to force clearly'dperiihe muddled channels of Ben Z&'gris' befiighted intellect. A- scowl -of untempered hatred fixed. upon his brows, .arid the ba,il~l,: firpfof. passior, writhcd: Jike-'serpr.t^.3"r~oin hid-eyes. ": ' "Thou Ilei^.e';:.oor-," he- thundered, "i 'am buit weary, wth carouse, noryet so dull Lw~as7s,', ,r6r to'lef(eicve thine a~b enee fro* l~her fe-ast, nor ;.c't..the c-ause. Abdallah ! Ib~ti'e were-.S"t'er jattferieslon thy tongue tffnigh't,' ttij. roya'l- Mohammed would :lRave "careaf'te ,,hgirV'- **Wha'tr'ineane'st thou ?:'" ., : "iThere a:.often shadows fall- behind .the" arias, fitm b,ai -Ith.-'lipe of man.-- :Sofwt, ldo fill the eart',, tbhen the shadow aod itts reality arte gone, but "thoso wolds n-t inM tn'the heart Is. Furiously, in a :1,- lirium of mr;/dn,:.-.-s, di,_ .'-bd;>]lah'l.hout in trium plh, as hi.; eye ,?:Li,.it si.J.i. t ,'f tIL i lmtel'ul ,:iirtn.te.rs indclilbly fixed on th.. te iii l ';,-s o f ]-ii.; Iu ,-.. T l i,..n o r, c .. ii o r .?- ^:-' tl eri~n(;' on Iiis cl,;& h, .e strode hastily On- war,] to thle ,lar,: vf M ,hI.-,n l ,_l. "Oh fite, oil-fate," he iiur 1ni1ir,, C 'grant mi- 111t this on~e triunl :,ph, anI I a-k n,_> miori." lll otr,. "\Vh,, l~ *-,:,,* th in the ,l,..a;rl ,:,f night ?'" derm ail, d, ( lu seiitili>-l. "A fri-nd," " ."Noi,. go within tile parlace gatrstill . tLte i ngrnii ,a waia,,h ,ip,,i thi- wnllis.,' &"I h\-e :,buiness- of .pipurt with the kin', 'ur master." "Thou naYL-.,!, not enter., _-:^"I ltel tele u nve aside, or our monarch's dis leisure sh111l Cost thee thv head." "Pi: Oh, or I summon the guard," and the soldier presented+ the weapon at Ab- dall-th's heart. "Sl;ae, down to th' knees," hissed ti, -young nolple, striking" it aside. "But stay ! here, take this purse for thy pains, and know re 1s; Abrlallah, ;he Abencerrage"' "Ahl, the king's t~ivor~te!" muttered 2he-:h.A lier, tur,,.iri,.&noi^- "F_-,ro ive me, -ire; thy word is I,, .. Pass in," and swin-ing the gate noiselessly back on*its hinges, lie closed it after tile noble. "The'fates 'tre propitious," mused Ab- dallah. "And riptn, Isabelle, thou shalt be fried 1'ron Mohamnmed's sensuous pris- .,n.. A strong-armn it was that forced thee to his a;i,.n but ; stronger onoshlil .e::-" tiece !ro:;i ,'." "Who goes within'" shouted another sentinel. "'T'e kino,"s fIavorit~e."* Tilt: in,.;isured tinimp, as the Moor turn- Id upon IlII-, Iieel, was the only sound with- Il the palace gan .ien. CII A P T ER II. ... For full an hour, Ben Zegris lay beneathi the colh mononbuamns, with life half dyinl`"" in its cells; but elp'Iv was near at hand.-. His retainArs, having inu-lered aid fromiu; the palace, hurried back from the scene ofi4 the late cq.iflictpr '?nd once more bqre tWnetr; master on* e, his hall-...4.rtyIlv the." lamp of' lifo seeing ,"i'Wn-g to the" sock-' et; their, he arose from his couch, weak-" and enlervate, but with a soul burninlg to'." a madening thirst, which nothing but r'e-';P venge could allay. There, upon his tem-". pI's, stamped in the purple characteis, was the deep-branded escutclicon of his. hereditary fous, and a biltt r heatJ c-j-ll-d ',ii lI .-'U "~t T n -tt. ea" u.i .. Ii ',deadly seed., of royal anger should be s( w:tI within Mohii;n>n'd's breast. Yet lie drearnqd not that Cate itself might forest;ill-" him. But so it was. Everoat .th:,t lhur,, when planmfin-a fitarfil vengt-ance, the . king's favorite stood, Damocles-like, with;^ the sword ol tempted doom hanging above j bis hcfid. Abdallah, though yet Young in years, A knew full well. huw dce|), lhow sscathing: ' were the fires: of hem-ditary -hatr'd, and:"': that Ben Zegris would not sciuple to stoop j (6 any inmans, in order to bring about the downfull of his family. And.Vow, unless suecessrshould crown his hastily devis-.d ischeti., thejealous monarch would wreak thatt ruin vi bichi the Zeg,'is coveted. -Scarce a moon agoue, tlhe youlg Aben- cottage had iniet withl sabelle, the new fa- vorite of the sensual monarch, at t(^e of thel royal fea~sts. He had loved her, and the few hot words that had passed between them., in the absence of her attendant, haid assumed hiim that Ihis passion was returned willh equalI warnuh. The Moorish beauty . found thiat the i .tposed shades of hiareciei Iove guilled thie soul, whein a free consn- ining passion with one of her own choice, sellfreined," vl;,, to pe tfcund withiin the p~a- lace wanhr S!.u languish... atiionlg the gorgeouti splendors of hrur gilded Ipri,,on, aind whenth Ib favorite tol1 her of the hap- py rc'tuae"" ar eastern clime; when he pourefd.,_ !w-s of his. idolatry into hier wiyi~~glr,-'he longed to fly the shacklua ' that bound hier to one she could but loathe. .And Abdallalh Had pledge@ i e,', on he bonor of.-is race,that ere long, a thousand ;.!aesbshouakk-lik between her and Mi- lhamiwed'&i:aem, but.now that life depen- "ded on'J.imedjate ex.rtqon, there remained no;.tclernBtive .buttitotear fro i'the pailace bdforeltW m'rmnfii 4thh, 'or remain and ,iMafe hM-94airch's'-rao. To a desperate ,Bakn, heraj qwhq diflcuties which appear ,-i r 40 e, 1,nd deeda .from which the ^i0 _ W 4h..al.shTr1k in -horror, at an- .1 61hI ho b't'-te .f" the dispasRionate' Oeve..ts of 11rif of -'ry day: o, with f .no1,aq 9>e tread, MaIng. from ]a Ue;.t,.l'nni>.t .:io to* lin1) upward to t ,lie zT. lIIiLt ,,ftl 11" ,lir ,l 1ili ht,-d chan- ,:-r1, vi ,tliti-t..iii-l"e,` li r eIh a ,.-ert1)ent of t!,e l ,', 1- 1 j", 1i _tl ', ; bullt l]Ove krnowe lIl no col1-ft-!L-4, a->-ld W't4i a 1bealinp__ heart, A i,- d( ll0 il c, )i,-it.n ',.1d s,:-alinr;' th0 wali. trus- tin,, t,, tlhe sl ,I,,w, ,hi.ch were",alreandy s,-tt oing on the vet.T'rn, wino- to sheild hin, lr,-,n i:,"yin,--' eyes. 1,1, 1 li..I,: .1 itr it notied the form of the A ., I Wi ,.,!!: \.', .:, '-k f)..1l.-.n-ed'l. in his fery l',oi;. rili thri-.,gh the gnri'den, and up t' o' the I.. i K'rniv.its, and who I-w stood con- S,'..Ali.-! ir. tl,.. v, ry shadows that he covet- i], with .ti t l t ilna eyes, Gaazng U In wards at h1:1.1. Sill, wih a steady purpose, he went cl: I'll..:'ing, up upon the' hardy vines that fist .t .1 on- i he -ou h stones of the tower, btlt Wh\lii (', ,,1n ch lUomllent threatened to.give w,,Iy, n-,ird hul himIdown to certain d estfruc- riot,; still spured onward b v despair, -he g':tin.,il the clnnne. A Iow tpp-the win- dow slid batkwardl, and- he stood in the_ pres...,Lc or the royal favorit%'-,.. : d-f..^ 'al,I.elleC II a-he1l*'e.!2 .., .his , dil~il->|i:r o'n li.\tie; V 'a'~ e etj .',d tine ,, if) 'hN lip-.p.; "t nk t"i ,t&g:s t ,int lI: -h-a-ti n i eq.-- ''" ...-... .1- 4"11 -'". lah._-": '.ucli zir hoiu" ::'. " 'My ',,v,: Icr tllre 1 Tsn T ,esh0.. There is <;ig,-." and I would shield thee from it '.' 'WI Vlt danger-?' said the favorite, point- ing, hili to a s-eat beside her on tbe purple cou,-h. ; .. 'T,,."Zogris knows of our love, and be- fore tomorrow.s sun burns tpon Grenada's .battlenents, Mohammed's ear will haVe drank II the treacherous tale, andwve are lost.'.I 'But. I can interceed Mohammed loves me.' , '11-- hoath his loves, but the hate of hates is stronger far. We must flee the city be- fore thr mrbrning chimes.' ....No, Abdellah; it were vain; and oh ! what fite would be reserved for thee ?' 'th,'n thou wilt not ?' 'I .-'.nnot !' 4)h Isabeilo, TI houcht fhiou lovedst in: "b._.L.r i,,ar than this. But now- ' 'Doll not love thee fondly-madly ?' Vex claimleil tht passionate beauty, twining her long slender arms nbgbuL his neck. M. 'w .ill sta-y.'anrd Ive his wrath,' con- tin,iedlthe' -young noble, vehemently.- Deathliin 3ts'most fearful shape, were pre- ILcabi/n to ,lJe without thee. I'll hurl de-- rision iit is' threat.s. Live, Isabelle, livf ha "Oil but when Iam gone-when thou- hear-,es tt:failiiig of the axe-remember' ...tha(^lQ' thed';thev""perhaps too fondly.' ,_--For a "iiiom'ent she sat gazing abstractly .1ikd 'Ve. xed child upwa.-d at the swinging _einsr. i tt, were casting their haze of wr-gId."upward amount; the nrabesquic ','"ing'8 of thejeweled dome; then' with a I wy "&;sMe pressed her lips to his..- .-.:'.Al.wil!ih,'she murmured, it was fjr (j) y, se ;'ot Mine. But lead ,,e'where ..l.u.'ill''t; If death follow, it shall find :tu--.boih., : Te e .n.iTly-he drew her to his bosom, till 1 her lie trt --throbbed convulsively against h~s,- '_. _.______,._ _ __ t k~nj 7ji -.,--. .-x i.. ... r^- ^ *<-,Ht';-^-, irn ( I -, :' mun'i, red, lundvrly, 'and all shall yet be \. well. / . Biut hille.yet the words were hot upon his lip thc.door was hurled inward from- tit hin-es, an'd a band of Moorish sold~ivs, bearing .flAur'bcax, rushed in and surr0 uhd- W1 '&.libh;,-.hi Abencarrage, in the uame -0. go ffc'ious king, I command thaT to 1 :' 2 ^ 'e r ?W h il c I h a v e life ,' s h o u te h e , jhrawi.ig his sword, and moti,,ning *them Iba'k f','om the shrieaking girl. ( 'Soldiers, to your duty !' thundered the i ot',.er. I I 'B1n k to your kennels, dogs, or M ham- mend --' / 'He is he,'o,'shouted the king;" striding ar'oundt in htB purple robes: traitoro, lie is hcre. Seize them, guards, and ,,ear them to the dungeons the palace.' | 'lh.',i, Mohammed, owest thou not-my I race ,..)ie debt of gratitude ?'I Al,, what debt owev I to a traitorous brood ?'(I Whn r','ii."e!tthe f'oinl thine exile, to Ore-i m,,.a's th,'one ? Wh~o beared their bosoms 1.o thie fi~e that thou mighitest reign ovcr tiltin l_);',thne Abeni'cr,'ages stint .one1 drop 01 their half roya,! blood, that ihou .nighte't be king 1 Tel me Mohammed; i owcst ihcu not some lItlei gratitude for all" this." . 'Awaiy with thecm, [ say, and o) ya hea,!s, keerp cloytr watch upon theme' upl guards throughout the city,/ aud -.rl each ot" Iis race in sh t'k hts hbefore. ^ There is treason in the brood, and. it s he ,'rushed before it spiringtfth to perfic life- -I"W "Ein,,uuh false king, shouted the .b'ben- i cer age, and hern- 'scorn thee anod thy. i poiver. Come o:1, and aee how a,-man can. I die. I .". Seize. him, I Cay, ycllAie monarch.' hs I face purple wit. hthirce passion that rah i riot in his bqsof7 ." ] The guards'* ounded forward, and, aere I Abdellab con d tmake aq awgle thura" .1B sword wa sJPatteted froni his grasp, aln i Overpowee by. numbers, he was rotneto the dun uon. , !An now, continued M3haminod.,-isa- i i Ile w,th a frftl sBrOMAwll4t" 1 tl' ij| lI'^ in., explanation of this " vasWtte low.rqlr '; " hoU not a praye fr (or11 i Erlke in a tfte so ihathetinTvld. taIte& I ' listen I have raised thee above all othgX.rs i of thine sex: I have ,,adelhe ,queen 0oi. !all; and now thtlt thou hast betrayed my trust, there shall be ,no tortul, too ex~iuisite for thee. I do.'ed trwe foliihthroughout" the garden; I watelwA-4-1iiin as he scaed tlhe lower; I listened to the hot word of passion, and lie shall di#----. 'Spare him !' cried s-e,, th;rO il Ig heri self at his feet, spare but him, and I will (li,., without a murmurr' Spa'e him '? echoed the. king, with a sneer. Ask Lhou ine first'to te'-rr.thejewels from iy 'Crown, to glitter on the '! banners of the christian do,2s. Nay, by my septre. before tonioi row's sU,athbset behind the city g-ates, there shall not breathe 01C -of Shis cursed race throughout Glrenada. As for thee. through shalt-find that though th-e Mloor can love deeply, he can--hate as well and with folded arms he then passed a-- way. I &I I . liftT;..uOf twelYve -lie-i an'd uu- EVrliT n.and 75 cenis lor e-ach .6-. a 'c ri- r a .-m,."i-.To yearly adverii,,erg a :_intdeJ. lmut he.,paid f.,r before *.i, can be ascertaifie',d 15^ t - *-4^~ilv^^eii-nt ijrkt"] ith [lie er iro- _.ii st'edsiiel^.vll be cTSniysd OrhT," ot tft_ .ajaid-.i barged ac.drdingl. B miauTe, for six BMoui1ts.........I&.. ..I, 00 oi or BitileAl-s. peer ah......... 10 00 ^b -r. ^ B-r. 'r Creli I -o rs..........07 0 li.icai6hi or"leiters ol' Ad ini nist ration. 5 ii ieidtiiuo |or.d'ismissaIl a AJminiltra tor 1000 o0a8 desifiring editorial notices for private t wil be.ct!irged double. the rates of adiver-. -teee .am'etys and purple-flushed upon the'e-arser -sky; a messenger galloped, in hot -baste,. fq the palace of the Zegri.% and was admuttted. 'What wouldst'thou with me.?, askad B en Zegris, m 5o dily.. ..'- -' " Our gracious monarch would behold thee at his feet. Enough !and the haugeety noble waved the messenger away, and the sands within the hour glass half had ran, he stood with- in the palace. -. The Abencerrag'es are thy foes, said Mo. hammed, nervously. " 'Aye, sir.' . 'And thou thirsteth for thine hour ofven-' geance. The noble bowed. ,'Knowest thou, Beu Zegris, that thy day of retri )ution is at hand?' "whispered the monarch, with a frown, as 'the -bateful more came back unto him. 'Aye, full well,' was the'haughty rejoin, der. , 'Nor is thy hatred abated -that thou wouldst apare the race, if they Were. ?rio@ before thee chai,,ed, 'and ty good'weapon in thy, hand ?' , Sire, replied Ben Zegris, coldly, 'were the deadliest foe of my house helpless- be- fore me, this hand should, never raise' tie- brand against his life; ,buit were we. on equal terms----' 'Hold!' spoke Mohammed, quickly, fro,,. beneath his. clinched teeth; 'to niigbt r- foes shall not exist, Abdellah-be whofn I took inta,,my favor--curseS oi the, triitor by my father I he shall die the death. Ben Zegris, thou and thy race 'this day, must arm themselves. Thy enemies lie chained within the du igeons-thou wilt not shrink from vedgen,'e. Do reckon aright ?' ii,- fi.p'e.'r.furned f~ie Zegris seormful- *!ia- : a>d thou wouldst s;!ght the ven- gence, tlh.at I offer thee V cried* the- king, starting from his throne, and laying hig hand heavily upon the noble's ar-n. Beu Zegris bowed his head, and fixed his eyes upon those of the -. monarch., un- flinchingly, but in an instant the black tide of !offg nurished hatred surged back. into his heart. He pr-essed -4M "' n d to his brow and with the touch he bounded -to tiWe very steps of the throtie. " It shal f be done I he cried. looJ ct Lis the blood mark of the.:Abncrig5es,,dan'd". mar the foul fiend sieaime if I 6sl4y not one for every pang that it has'cst fe. e'is well and the wily monarch agaln buried himself in the purple bf hiathrone." i,. ..,- The Star Towei is at Grancda's wes gate, and its turret. 46verlook the -long,. groves of emerald trees that wave among the gardens of the Alhambra. The'strangeo place. is the Star Tower, and the Moorish, traditions of half a century have peopled. t ntophaNt of those who have rotted in 1 _futl n g Up the narrow Ktqnib staircase t thb upper room, and" the back with a ezaa-' choly ii| d hMig6. Thert- i s i m ldd that's dongbli- e weptt. "i YtSOUR- s are dol.pO ll I AM6 hl i o n '6 icith~~ ~ th d mpba d i grte w, Aldf t w-i..A be'tblacker 0i~r' bans..The~ieratee hIl VOLd and~ Ing a le upon 466*en- ha sits' inouldedI,. .bl notith grinalua fW 6wnoeeblail pooW. O eilll" oYteiwih ha criamon ,rpW. tll_ with the 4 np .n.hs ",q -.i hir h"t-j lt- r theg n, w ith I-WL hands. Th~e ro "ea bbhead'i_p e.Ks atthe ehaekles0n WS li~bl 14 teetkh, l gshtopthei MW 8l" l_-l!JMll't comm fr~rm w]aiedth them.-" iA A .. proachfully fixing er &ad ey) , ',Cahs't thou doubt me in s| . |as this ? hie pHed, cliApiffi :-,.._ -som ,.< "" ." *\ ^" ...... .... '" Then abrade me not that I have: chosen .death with thee. Dost thou fear to6die,'Ali- dellah?' i -,.,, ,.- .. .... The Vbencerrage halfstarted to his feet and the proud light 3T conscious' valor beamed upward from his soul. . -'No. Isabelie'I'm no craven,' Ihe respon-; ded. ,But oh, this is bitter,-that I should 'fallby the ,hand of one whom I /othre with- out the power -to cress my good blade'with h is,$ \ ^ **.-' :^ ''.' * .'Lok !' saic the Moorish maiden, draw- ing from her -bosom-a jeweled-hiltte-d dag- ,*ger. ,)We shall cheat them yet.' *- .-. ray of t iuiuph gleamed .upon the wan-.eatures of the young noble. ., He took th4 weapon from tier band,-and passing it thrice to his lips pointed out- through the grated wM dow,": -" --. . 'See he said huskily, *see, my own, the sun is going down beyond the orange grov,--we shall'behold its splendor no mi-re. Art thou prepared Isabelie. and-with her cneek renting aga;nst his owh and his eyes fixed dreamily on the splenu dorsof the" dying day, murmul'red, .1.' 'Farewell Alhambra,-AAbdellah, farwell forever. _4* I I . Then were the sQudsof two quick brows, but no gasp, no cry of agony, yet the. sad girl, the ngs favorite, and the lone man, lay witk*!h;.dVt _tinged pool, motion- ". ! less .a. -till sth"at t i he l -".... : -_- Befdre the last rof gold bad vanished : . .fnom the-dark tuorres of. the Star tower, :%- the measured trainIAAgsa was again .upon i. the stairs, and once more the pondeioes : *.- . .door sreakod .back-i, Oen Ben Zegrts d rt| " pjng with hbum.fi gore, hisey~es bloodshot and starting Jrom. their 'Sockets, bounded ir.. But there was n6 need of his kindly :- away. + -" And still thb sullen. night wasted the harsh notes of tho houily bells, .but Mo- hammed stood uneasily upon the tessalated pavement withth e.-.'- t 9f .an hundr murders o,.his ,.in4. b -a. r...6 . of the tair-Toy0 4."a. '^ hbk O d chbsiged to crtflploy -','-.Muf *. i ""' !i -skeletons'.,re'*s tariitlfwn^^puli h. darkness opntbe'ir|l^ te. kk< riteh d of thk eC]erraC] e s^ ^ l ".,. = '-, ^ . USE Dr.. "4.,. Ahe' elffect OF -D" seed,,i; i,. religious and obituary notice. ,%ill be inqar- .rat itously. billB'forobb-Printing, muf-i be paid on de- fT of tAm work.. + 'HE KIN-G'S FAiVOR.iTE, '.- ",., *:- .O R ; .. As,'r OFTHE ABiWCERG.ES. N.. i.STOR/:tkA I. ,S K. ETCH. T E R 1. .... rvctjs1^^.v-6t,, an',:l ti3avy, came-Vie d qr. Mkt~ogsl..ati-lte dt.ad.of night, -g;^]_.j 'rka?,jj;ts.of 'Grena.da ; outrji.rtiAm bhe.-;plazzo leadingo Jalaee' f-Sf-l ntaied.VII, sliot- a giim qwow.Q%^ritVe]Ktnt,; andl withh those p-C.^^i^" 'dotfalk,. ..rou'ir the dim bl" sl~o.y.-'iL, a' little band of. men, -y.^^^^ ^^^0CI -'rqd w a -o:)b6 hi. ,i ,.u an f,.-n elio'.ith, it, r.rir e io, ,rst, ,*.,'irgghitmffe'J;?okid, Il~-i~iH-ii rt icuI--:,te. it. i^ fi^tivuntrlie- stnl ')lwy strvets be', ,t n- -. ,i i .ig .v.i ng lal'd* -re-," - I Nri'i g a,,v -d ~ss I.rb-anri n -.of da rk if 1,1o n u i'," l-1"-squheef". And die last sound d rt, C-mrevel hard died away, the. h.iloornusie .was hush- ddkii"ngmnielody waned Lo a thle:Love -dreais -1,11 ad e' lielights l'rom ; 'i-.fjow NO .full& AYia , e areets. -ATM"Lv' ^'-aid, n' (rfo-' ^ t e (I To~sfe l t iln ^-^ t Q '.U9 i. to n to.. nijV ed,.-f',, fr-ad ; .- fthfe fh:remn, way.s o,.- i - ^m^J~td 'aof- '4eol-eeak -arid, 1^-^-1~ Faon~of'thi 'alace,. "Thrieb ed-by the*ntinels: but O. -io, .they dare#*not ,hitq.nt at..did bh.. gain A"4.. spAht, their lives IWaee th-eii easter's fury - eS I.ed, and'stili with that t j,