ircr ' Zjmeo, a taTc. March 2lf 



light of the sun. My friends, take all my riches, and pro- 

 vide me a vefsel — " 



Here Zimeo was interrupted by the arrival of Francisco, 

 lupported by the young negro who had so suddenly retired 

 upon the sight of his prince. No sooner had Zimeo per- 

 ceived them, than he flew to Francisco. " O, my father I 

 O Matomba I" cried he, " is it you ? do I indeed sec yoit 

 again ? O Ellaroe !" " She lives," said Matomba ; " (lie 

 lives, flie weeps your misfortunes, flie belongs to this fami- 

 ly." -" Lead me, lead me," — " See," interrupted Matom- 

 ba, Uiewing Wilmot's friend, " there is the man who saved 

 us." Zimeo embraced by turns, now Matomba, now Wil- 

 mot, and now his friend. Then with wild ekgernefs, " Lead 

 me," he cried, " to my love." Marianne, or rather Ella- 

 roe, was approaching ; the same negro who had met Ma- 

 tomba had gone in quest of her ; flie came trembling, lift- 

 ing ker hands and eyes to heaven ; and with tears in her 

 eyes, in a faint voice, flie could hardly utter, " Zimeo ! Zi- 

 meo I" She had put her child into the arms of the negro^ 

 and after the first transports and embraces were over, flie 

 presented the infant to her hufoand. " Zimeo ! behold thy 

 son ! for him alone have Matornba and I supported life." 

 Zimeo took, the child, and kifsed him a thousand and a 

 thousand times. " He fliall not be a slave," ciicd he ; " the 

 son of my Ellaroe fliall not be a slave to the whites." " But 

 .for him" said Are, " but for him, I fliould have quitted this, 

 world, in which I could not find the man whom my soul lo- 

 ved. The most tender discourses at last gave pl..cc to tiie 

 tweetest carefses, which were only su^gendefl to bestow- 

 these carefses on their child. But soon their gratitude la 

 Wilmat and his friend engrofsed them wholly ; and surely 

 never did man, not even a negro, exprefs this amiable sen- 

 timent so nobly and so well. 



Zimeo, being informed that the Engliih troops were on 

 thtir ranrch, Kiude his retreat in good order, Ellaioe. 



