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Show 64 Til£ t.ILY AriD Tr!t TOTEM. ec:t.son's chan;cs, and growing melancholy in the absence from old associatcsi'' But how could she be lonely, wn~ lrcr argument, when n!!ar the spot where he dwelt-when she could sec and !rear and spoak with J,izu occa~ionally? She wished no other com· muniou. As for tim exposure of her present abode, was it grcrtlor than tlrat to which the wandering life of the rcd-man subjects his people at all seasons? The lndi:m woman is quite as much at home iu the forest as the Indian wanior. She acquires her resources of strcn~th and dexterity in Iris company, and by the endurance of similar ncccssitif!s 1md the employment of like cxcrcis::ls. She learns C\'cn in childhood to build her own green bower at night, to gather her own fuel, light her own fire, dress her own meat-nay, provide it; and, weaponed with bow, and javelin and arrow, bt·ing down buck or doc bounding at full speed through the wildest forests. ITer skill and flpirit arc only not equal to those of tho master by whom she is taught, but she acquires his arts to a degree wltich makes her sometimes worthy to he lifted by the tribe from her own rank into his. Monaletta remind:Jd Guernache of all these things. She had the most conclusive and convincing methods of argument. She rc3SSured him on all his doubts, and, in truth, it was but too easy W do so. It was unhappy for them both, as 've shall sec hereafter, that tho selfish passion of the poor musician too readily reconciled him to a self-dcwotion on the part of his wife, wllich subjected lwr to hi!! own perils, and greatly tended to their increase. With the evil eye... of Albert upon him, he should ha,·c known that s:&:ty wn.s impossible for him in the event of error. And error wa.s inevitable now, with the pleasant tempter so ncar his place of covent1·y. "re must not wonder to diseo\'Cr now that Gucrnache seldom sleeps within the limits of tL~ fortress. AL midnight, Til£ LECE:-<D OF GUERNACIJE. 65 when all is dark and quiet, he leaps over the walls, thooe nigllts excepted when it is his turn of duty to watol1 within. ltis secret is known to some of his comrades; but they arc too entirely his fri end,<; to betray him to a despot wl1o had, by thi.':! time, outraged tl1e f>.!elings of most of those who remained under l1is command. Gucrnachc was now enabled to bear up more firmly than e\·e1· against the tynmny of Albert. Uis, indeed, were nigl1ts of happiness. IIow sweetly speU the weeks, in which, deSJlitc l1is pers3cutions, he felt that be enjoyed :l life of luxmious pleasures, such as few enjoy in :my situation. llis were tho honest excitements of n. genuine passion, which, nourished by privation and solitude, and indulged in sccrcsy, wus of an intensity corresponding with the apparent denial, and the real embarrassments of such a condition. Il is pleasures were at once stolen and legitimate; the apprehens ion which attends tl1cir pursuit giving a. wild z~st to their enjoyment; though, in the case of Guemaehe, unlike that of most of those wl10 inJulgo in stolen joys, they were lwn~st 1 and left no cnlClmemorics behind them. It was the subject of a curious study a11d surprise to Capb.in Albert, that our musician was enabled to bear up against his tyrunny with so much equal firmness and forbearance. lie wutcl1ed the countenance of Guernache,wlJCncvcr they mct,with a curious interest. Dy wlmt secret resource of fortitude and hopo was it that he could command so much elasticiLy,cxhibit so much elleCl'fulue~s, bear with so much meekness, nnd utter no complaint. He wondered that tl10 irksome duties which he studiously thrust upon bim1 and l!Jc frequently brutal langungc with which l1is performnnces were aclmowledged, Reemcd to produce non13 of the cruel effects which he desired. His ,-ictim grew neither sad nor sullen. llis violin still was heard resounding merrily at |