Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-12-03
and was absent six months; to what part

and was absent six months, TO what part
oil the world he went, aud what was the
object oil his Journey i smained unknown;
but when lie returned he was no longer
The same mail before be was subject
10 melancholy, be was now the picture OF
despan-.he was rarely seen in public, his
most intimate friends were often denied
| access 10 htai, and has conduct was alto
gelher become strange aud unaceounla-
| BILE.
| In this state OF retired melancholy Sc
olusion, Col. Aiesworh continued tor
many years; Henry rose 10 rank and at
! flue { meanllme, Gut no" MS iormef
friend aud patron Stunned hln,.
Al length, isle IN the evening Of hne
May day, stronger in currlcle drove
up TO the Iun IN Aieshuty, inquired the
way 10 The residence oil Col. Aieswortb,
and, upon receiving directions, drove
rapidly on. Nothing more was seea or
heard OF him, except that the servants
OF the Colonel said he had remained win
their master all night, and IS they were
told, left him before day the mex, NOR
| ming.
And the mystery that hung about Col
A. was not in the least cleared UP by a
vsn from several gentlemen OF distant
city, who came in quest OF the unknown
stranger, reporting hin to be man OF
| fortune, much renowned in the sporting
world, and that he had never been beard
oil since he was seen in the village. Sus-
picions that he must have met With some
loul play, were openly expressed, and
some circumstances led the inqulrers TO
determine on a diligent search OF the
premises at the Highlands. The neigh.
borhood was indignant al the resolution !;
but their indignation al a supposed Jesuit
OF the feelings OF the man, who with all
bis eccentricilies they adored, gave place
TO as,opisbment and horror at the disco
very of the corpse OF The stranger, III
secret cavern under the building, and
the confession OF Col. A lesworlh that he
was the murderer OF his guest.
The unhappy man was tried before
the very person whom he had adopted rs
infancy, and educated he plead gully,
was condemned, and, Notwithstanding ali
the exertioAs used 10 obtain pardon
executed.
Then it was that upon examination OF
the papers ieit by Col. A. the my stcry
which enveleped many OF hrs actions,
and the secret springs when gave in
pulse to others, we're discoi cred. IL,
had welded at an early age, in England.
noble lady, whom, having plundered
of her property, be left, and Game to a
nerica, under the Fl litious name Of Col.
Aesworlh this distressed Isdy who had
forfeited the favor of her friends in Eng
and bv accepting his hand, was the mo-
Their Of Henry.
When the Colonel who was himself
the heir oil a Barouet in England, having
assumed fictitious name, came 10 ~
merica-he was followed here by his
broken hearted wife. Chance led her,
in her search, to the mansion Of her lord,
" no suspected her true history, and took
measures to satisfy himself OF ii and
keep the secret from others. Bul ven
geance slept no,--.or, having lost his
whole fortune at the gaming table, to the
man " hom he murdered, 10 the hope Of
conceaing the fact, and preserving his
property, he closed life, full OF spe
cious deceit and bitter folly, by the sen.
tence Of his own son. Such ere the vi.
cisi,udes OF fortune.