Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-19

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mence, 6 Let Miss McLoughlen be cal
led he exclaimed; 'she saw the MUIR
dcrer, she is your first witness. Let
her como quickly, or my life will be
driveIIed away by fools and children.
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"The throng al the doorway here
separated. and Dorgan's attention was
rivetted by an object of new aud engros-
sing interest. The priest entered, sup
porting on his arm the slight and droop-
ing figure of a young woman Of an ex-
c%elIent beauty, both of face and person,
although the effect Of the terrible shock
which she had undergone considerably
abated the fresh aud healthy bloom which
was the legitimate property Of the for
mer. She vas dressed IN a plain daik
cotton gown, with a blue silk riband tied
simply around her we'll formed head,
while her light and polished curls shaded
her pale features, and her deep blue
eyes were fixed on the ground, with a
strong effort at the calmness Of resigna-
lion, as the clergyman whispered some
words Of encouragement and comfort in
her ear. A dead silence took place as
soon as she made her appearance, which
continued until sh0 had been conducted
to a chair near the centre ofths ROOM
Dorgan, alier pausing for some time, in
order to muster all his strength Of mind,
walked towards his love, and taking her
hand, while she seemed scarcely con-
scIous of the action, in his, said gently,
{ 1t is a sad meeting that has been re-
served Tor US, Pennie; but do you not
know me" The poor gill had not, from
the time of the murder up 10 the present
moment, INDUCED in any Of those sa!u-
tary bursts of grief, in which the loaded
hearts finds safety from breaking when
It is oppressed with sorrow too mighty
for its narrow limits 10 contain. The
more violent, therefore, was the rush of
passion when u channel was at length
afforded, by which the long pentup and
accommodating agony was enabled TO dis
charge itself. When she recognised
her lover, uttcring a shriIl and piercing
shrek, which darted like an electric
shock through the nerves of the hearers,
she flung herself upon his neck, and
hung in a CONFUSION of mingled tears
and sobs around him. Dorgan support
ed and e~ndeavOured to soothe her, while
his own tears flowed in abundance, and
the eyes Of many of the company
Showed that their hearts were mo- proof
against tho smdhenness nf tho appeal
made to them. 4 y
."'If we have wronged you by an I'M
worthy snspicior,' said the coroner to
Durgan, you must blame the circum-
stances, and not us-for they are more
than sufficient to warrant Us in looking
we'll to the case. Are you quite certain,
Miss M'Lnughlen, that this was not the
man whom you withheld from the deceas-
ed" Certain, that Dorgan did not muir
der my father! Am l certain of my ex-
isience? l would stake a thousand lives
if had them, that Dorgan would not
have Stirred one OF Tho gray hairs upon
his bead in enmity, if it were to make
aim master Of the universe MY own
steady girl! exclaimed Dorgan, delight
cd far more by her ready confidence,
than by the safety which it procured for
him when all are turned against me, |
have, at least, one friend in you,--for
you only Of all the world have evor
known my heart The coincidence is
still very strange said the
6 pray Miss McLoughlen, was there no
mark-no peculiarly of appearance
about this sailor, by which you might
recognize him again if you should meet
him. my memory had nearly desert
ed me- replied the young woman: when
he flung me from him, I grasped some
thing which was hanging to his coat,
and brought it away with me in the strug-
gle. 1t is this, she added, handing to
the coroner a piece of silver with a blue
ribband attached 10 it This, indeed,
is a most prov,dential and important cir
c%umstance,' said the latter, { and will do
more to further the ends of justice, per-
haps than many living evidences The
condemned wretch, who after hearing
The gladdening tidings of a reprieve, is
informed that the news were commune
Gated under a mistake, and that he must
still tread the road to the fatal tree, may
imagine what Dorgan felt, when on swift
Iy lifting his hand to the breast Of his
coat, he found that his Trafalgar medal
was missing-and that, in fact, the piece
of silver which the coroner held was no
other than it. He paused for some time,
in utter ignorance and anxiety as to what
his best mode of procedure would be on
the occasion. He saw, in one rapid
glance, all the fearful consequences of
asserting his claim to the medal; but he
felt that anything like an attempt at con-