The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-01
CALEB WILLIAMS.
fco, .inucd from our IaR. !

II was agklY improbable lhe could
at all recover.
In the moments OF fufpended reafon
ihe was pert 'tually calling On the name
of Mr.. Falkland. Mr.. Falkland, ihe
faid, was he frA and only love, and he
ihould be het hufband. A moment af-
| forwards fhS exclaimed upon him in a
| diiconlolate, yet reproachfi tone, for
his unworthy difference TO the pfeiudices
Of the world twas very cruel of hin
70 thew hi9.lelf 70 proud, and telI her
that he would never content to marry
beggar. Bat, fhe were proud, fhc was
determinedEo be proud too. He 1hould
fee that 1ic would not demean her(elf
like fligheed maiden, and that; though
he could rei-6t her, it was not in his pow
er Co break.her heart. At another time
fhe imagined fbe faw Mr.. Tyrrel and
his engine Crimes, their hands and gar
ments dropping with blood, aud the
pathetic reproaches fae vented againlt
them might have affected heart of
ltohe. Then the figure of Falkland
prefented irlelf to her diltraEted fancy,
deformed with wounds aud of deadly
Paienefs, and fhe {hrieked with agony,
while fhe exclaimed that flch was che
general hard heartednefs, that no one
would make the fnalleit exertion for his
relcue. In fuch viciGirudes Of pain.
Perperually imagining to hcrielfunkind-
neis, ia1pl7 con5piraey and murder, ihe
| pa1icd comfortable part Of two DAYS.
On the evening Of the fecond Mr.
Falkland arrived, accompanied by dec
tor Arnold, the plylician BY whoa1 fhr
had previouly oeen attended. The
fcene he was called upon to witness was
fuch as to be mott exquiGtely agonizine
to man Of his azure fenGbility. The
news Of the arrelt had given him an in /.
Iexprefiible ihock; he was transported our
of hin1lelf at the unexampIed malignity
of IFS author. Bur. when he faw r6e f.
CURE of MitS Melville, haggard, and q
warrant Of death written in het counte-
nance, a viGin to the diab0hcal paaions
Of her kin(lnan, the fcene ieemed 700
much TO be endured. When he entered,
lhc was in the midlt ofone of her fits oil
delirium, and Immediately mitook her
vilitors for two aHalIins. She afked
where they had hid her Falkland, her
lord, her life, her hiii5sfel ard deman-
ded thaa they lhoutd rcitose to her his
nangled corPle, that dhe might embrace
him with her dying arms, breathe her
Iait upon his lips, and be buried in che
fame grave. She reproached them with
the lordidneis Of their conduGG in bccom-
ing the tools Of her vile coufn, who had
deprived her Of her reafon, and would !
never be contented till he had murdered
her. MIR. Falkland tore himielf away
from This painful lcene, and, leaving
doctor Arnold with his patient, deGrcd
him when, he had given fbe nccefary di-
re6tjons, to follow him to MS inn.
The perpetual hurry of fpirits In which
MIiis Melville bad for feveral DAYS been
kePt by the nature Of her indifpofrion
was extremely exhauting TO her; and in
about an hour from the yiGt of Mr..
Falkland her delirium lublidcd, and left
her in 10 low a fate as TO render it diff
ficuIt to perceive any marks Of life.
Doctor Arnold, who had before with
drawn, to ioothe, ifpoGible, the diiturbed
and impatient thoughts Of Mr.. Falkland,
was iamrnoncd a fre(h upon this change
OF lYmProms, and lat by the bed Gdc dur
ing the remainder Of tie night. The
iltuation OF his patient was fuch as to
keeP hnln mom.n.arN apnLehcnfon Of