The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-10-04

aunt. The same shock which she had met
in Zarilda's apartment awaited her here in an
aggravated degree; Mrs. Russell was not To
ht found, aud her travelling trunk lay open,
with portion of its contents scattered upon
the noor. This discovery completely over
came the feelings Of Louisa: the excitement
that had hitherto supported her now failed h
its influence, and, cOnceiVing herself utterly
deserted, she leaned against the window
frame, giving way uncOntrolledly to the inten-
sity of her grief. A horvid tumult of voices
pressed upon her distracted senses, and feel
ing of suffocatiOn resulting from some external
cause, compelled her to raise her head the
room was filed with dense clouds OfsmOke;
and the fierce cracking of timber, the wild
roar of b.azes, resembling the hoarse muir
murs of the sea, and the sitting heat that a
rose, gave fearful evidence that the house had
been fired either by accident or design. The
natural impulse of self-preservatiOn led Miss
Greville precipitately to the door quick foot
steps approached her, and in an instant she
was lifted up and borne rapidly from the a
partment in the nervous arms Of a stranger;
but to recognise her deiverer was isppnssble;
for the devOuring element sent forth vast col
umns of smoke, which occasionally shifted
aside as the red flames whirring with theRoise
! of furnace, fared upin broad sheet Offire,
and opened way for their devastating pro.
gress. The centre-stair case, although i3Vol-
we'd in smoke, was not yet reached by the
! flames, and swiftly LoGisa's unknown pre-
server descended the steps and bore rhaIf-
kfainting into the air. Terror had nearly de-
prived Miss Grevlle of her senses, but the
fresh breezes partially restored her; and intu-
itively raising her eyes, panied and weakened
by the scorchng influence ofthe fire, she turn
ed them on the cOuntenance of her deliverer,
and experienced slckening thrill Of emotion
| on meeting the dark glance of Morengo. His
| vest was crimsoned with blood, and shrinking
| with indescribable horror Louisa endeavored
to withdraw from his arm, but he stayed the
| attempt, and in tone of earnest iiltreaty ex-
horted her to put faith in his fidelity. Lady"
exclaimed he, danger and death are fast
treadlng upon our footsteps, and there is but
| little time for escape.--Thrrc are those" con-
timed he, "who this night have sworn, III the
bitterness of their hearts, that the cup of ven
geance shall be filed even with the destruction
ofyour family: but fear not, lady, let us has
ten onward, and the peril will pass by without
harm" Even as he spoke, wild and tumul-
tuous uproar arose among the slaves, who,
inebriated with fury and resolved upon plum
der and violence, were rushing to & fro,armed
with the implements of labor, and flashing
torches. like spirits of evil, to expedite the
work of destruction. Blood blood ."'was
the horrid and only cry they uttered in con
cert, and they appeared fully bent on crafty
ing to the utmost their passion for revenge
for, exclusive of the burning testimonial o
their fury, the cultivated grounds of the plan
tation already presented marks ofthe h'no
rage that influenced their actions.
.(To be cont;"aed.)