ion had spread over her features, and she lay
like one

Who slept--in sweet repose,
With angels hovering round.

She slept, and dreamed the following dream:--

* * * * *

FOSTINA'S DREAM.

She thought it was a lovely spring morning, and her beloved Lewis,
with her, accompanied by her brothers, had left their home, to be
absent a few days on a visit to a friend who resided some miles
from the village. After riding some distance from the Mountain,
they heard the report of a musket, seemingly not far distant; the
horses suddenly took fright, and rushed on through the forest at
their utmost speed, throwing the travellers prostrate upon the
earth. When Fostina had recovered from the shock she had received
by her sudden fall from the carriage, what was her astonishment to
find herself at her uncle's residence, attended by her uncle and
aunt, with her cousin Rineldo watching over her! As soon as she
was restored to consciousness enough to realize her situation, she
earnestly inquired for Lewis and her brothers; and on being
informed that they had not been seen, she immediately rushed from
the house to the late scene of confusion. When she arrived at the
spot, no one was to be seen; she called, but no answer came to the
sound of her voice, save the echo of the distant hills. Almost
frantic with grief, she hastened from the spot to the Mountain, but
her friends could not be found; she continued her search, but in
vain; she entered the cottage, but could gain no intelligence of
the missing ones. The horrible reality now flashed upon her mind,
that some enemy had pursued them, and her friends had been taken
prisoners; the report which she recollected to have heard,
confirmed her in this belief.

With this awful impression resting upon her mind, the distracted
girl threw herself down in despair; she thought of the mysterious
circumstances which had taken place on that eventful day, but all
was clouded with the deepest mystery. Night came on, and Fostina,
little thinking of the dangers to which she was herself exposed,
rose to renew her search for the lost ones, when she imagined that
she saw a light glimmering at a distance through the trees; a
second glance convinced her of its reality, and she turned her
steps in the direction from which sh