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She was dragged from her uncle, and locked in a chamber, from whence her shrieks were heard by the unfortunate old man till he had paffed the narrow cleft of the valley, which he was destined to behold no more.

His fufferings were keen, but they were not of long duration. The day of his arrival at Orange, he was conducted before the popular commiffion, together with his friends, and from thence immediately led to execution.

In the meantime Mademoiselle de M-, releafed by MARIANNE from the apartment where she had been confined by the merciless guards, wandered from morning till evening amidst the wildeft receffes of the valley, and along the most rugged paths she could find.

She was conftantly followed in her ramblings by her faithful fervant, who never loft fight of her a fingle moment, and who retains in her memory many a mournful complaint of her difordered mind, many a wild expreffion of despair.

She often retired to a small nook near the torrent, where her uncle had placed a feat, and where he usually paffed fome hours of the day.

Sometimes fhe feated herself on the bench; then starting up, and throwing herfelf on her knees before the spot where her uncle used to fit, bathed it with floods of tears. "Dear old man," the would cry, your aged head! Poor CHARLES! "It is well he's gone.-I fee the guillotine

"behind

"behind thofe trees!-now they drag up the "weak old man!--they tie him to the plank !— oh, heavens !"

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The acute affliction with which young De M- heard of the murder of his father, was ftill aggravated by the tidings he received from MARIANNE of the fituation of his beloved ADELAIDE. Her image was for ever present to his mind; and, unable to fupport the bitterness of those pangs which her idea excited, he again found means to obtain leave of absence for a few weeks, and haftened to the valley.

He found the habitation deferted-all was dark and filent: he flew through the apartments calling upon the name of ADELAIDE, but no voice answered his call.

He left the house, and walked with eager steps along the valley. As he paffed a cavern of the rocks, he heard the moans of ADELAIDE.-He rushed into the cavern. She was feated upon its flinty floor, and MARIANNE was fitting near.ADELAIDE caft up her eyes as he entered, and Jooked at him earneftly-he knelt by her fide, and preffed her hand to his bofom-" If you are "CHARLES," fays fhe, "you are come too late "it is all over!-Poor old man!" Then haftily rifing from the ground, and clasping her hands together, fhe cried, "Don't you fee his blood on my clothes?-I begged very hard for him-I " told them I had no father or mother, but him—

"If you are really CHARLES, fly, fly!-they are

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on the way I fee them on the rock!-there, "there!"

Such were the ravings of the difordered imagination of this unfortunate young lady, and which were fometimes interrupted by long intervals of filence, and fometimes by an agony of tears. Her lover watched over her with the most tender and unwearied affiduity; but his cares were ineffectual. The life of ADELAIDE was near its clofe. The convulfive pangs of her mind had reduced her frame to a ftate of incurable weakness and decay.

A fhort time before fhe expired, fhe recovered her reason, and employed her laft remains of ftrength in the attempt to confole her wretched lover. She spoke to him of " a happier world, "where they should meet again, and where "tyrants would opprefs no more."--She grasped his hand-she fixed her eyes on his-and died.

Young De M-paffed the night at the grave of ADELAIDE. MARIANNE followed him thither, and humbly entreated him to return to the house. He pointed to the new-laid earth, and waved his hand, as if he wished her to depart, and leave his meditations uninterrupted.

The next morning, at break of day, he entered the house, and called for MARIANNE. He thanked her for her care of ADELAIDE, and prefented her with a purfe of money; while he was fpeak

ing, his emotion choaked his voice, and for the first time his oppreffed heart found the relief of

tears.

When he had recovered himself, he bad MARIANNE farewell, and haftened out of the house, muttering fomething in a low tone. He told MARIANNE, that he was going to join his regiment; but he has never fince been heard of.

SECT.

SECT. VIII.

EDWIN AND EMMA.

FAR in the windings of a vale,
Fast by a sheltering wood,

The fafe retreat of health and peace,
A humble cottage ftood.

There beauteous EMMA flourish'd fair

Beneath a mother's eye,

Whose only wish on earth was now
To see her bleft, and die.

The fofteft blush that nature spreads,
Gave colour to her cheek;

Such orient colour fmiles through heav'n
When May's sweet mornings break.

Nor let the pride of great ones fcorn
The charmer of the plains;

That fun which bids their diamond blaze,

To deck our lily deigns.

Long had the fir'd each youth with love,

Each maiden with despair;

And though by all a wonder own'd,

Yet knew not she was fair.

'Till

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