Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-27

servant. did no, wait to put another question:
NV shirts were in state Of The highest excite
nent, and rudely pushing open the door, rsh
nm stairs. I staid to make 10 preface" Dia
Won order me 10 be denied, Louisa! VI ala,
Mr.. "Mr. good God! and are
YOU too leagued against mel" you nave al
ready insui,ed me once'' she exclaimed, rising
and trembling so violently, that expected 10
see her every moment sink 10 the ground. lou
have already insul,ed me once, ana the insult
shall not be repeated. "For the love OF justice
and mercy" I cried, "if your love Tor me be
dead, explain this dreadful mystery WEat
have done-what insult has been offered TO
you-of whom do vcu speak? There is, believe
me some horrible and fatal mistake e" sit was,
indeed" she replied, Ga fatal mistake; took
YOU for man Of virluous and honorable ieel'
ings- Great Heaven! how have been deceived
Nothing but my own senses should have con>
vinced me, and can ye, scarcely credit them
We now part forever"-here she sotitnGd into
tears-"and I now give you back the pledge
which had promised myself should lie with
me in The grave" She slowly drew from her
bpsom a plain gold ring, which had hung
| round her neck OF that remembered evening
when, in the twiligs, Of her fathers woods,
| first told her loved her "Take it-God bless
In vain, by message and by letter, did en-
rea, to be allowed an interview, that might,
a, least, know the crime OF which had been
guilty Louisa maintained the mos impeneira-
be silence NV desire to fatfom the dark
| nys,ery which hung over me, now became all
| most ungovcrnable; ard my whole time was
| ma ssedin the widest and most vague conJec-
lures as TO the origin Of the strange e'' nts
| which had disturbed my happiness. win the
view Of diver,ing my melancholy, had gone
one evening to the pit Of The opera, where i had
SC arcey St ated myself, when saw. Louisa In
| Lady BIS box She was very pale, and ap
peared to have suffered from Illness. All my
! previous feelings were light compared with the
| agony of this moment, when l bcheld htr the
victim, as it seemed, Of that inexpicable des'l-
nv by which was myself pursued. Tbs SEN
timent, however, acute as II was, vanished In
stanlly, on my happening to turn my eyes 10
the opposite side Of The house there saw
Icouid no, be mis- aken-I there saw, plain as
the sun in the mid heavens,a figure which bore
every resemblance 10 my own. It was standing
| unaccompanied, in one Of the boxes, intently
| gazing uDon that in which Louisa safe. TOOK
but one glance; thousand emotions were
swelling in nv bosom; mysterious awe, intense
curiosity, fiery hatred seemed all coniend'hg
| for superiority; film came over my eyes;
sickness, like that of death overDowered me
and yet the sentiment that this was the crisis
Of my fate, rose superior TO every other. has
tened 20 the box; the door was open; the inmate
had escaped. / hurried into the open air; 1
examined every figure and every face met;
returned into the house, and renewed my
search and my inquiries; the s'rangr
ferrous object Of them had disappearro'
From tits Vrriod Try prosecutions were MUS
tiDlied: / cannot recount the various ways IN
which I was annoyed and distressed Some OF
The incidents, were Of such a nature, mat could
any thing but anxiety and horror have been ex-
cited by them, they would have appeared lu-
dicrous In particular, remember tailor IN
Clifford street, Bond street, with whose very
name was unacqnatnted sent 10 my chambers
sui, of cloalhes made in style of fashion abs
soulely preposterous Imagining that my own
| tailor nigh have sent them, 4 tried them on,
and found that they fitted me with the most ex'
act mr.. cision! The man in Clifford street in
sisted ,hat had called upon him few DAYS
before. and giving my address, had directed
the clothes TO be sent TO my chamber, found
more serious annoyance in number OF bills
sen, 10 me bv various tradrsmen, for articles
which had never ordered; and on my refusal
70 pay, was threatened with legal process
One neht after violent dispute with ew-
el,rr. VINO Insisted that had purchased
a number Of valuable trnke;s at his shop,
retired to bed, s., whether il was owinb 10 the
scene which had taken place in the conrsc OF
| ,h. duy, or 10 same strong green tea which
had drunk shortly before went 10 rest, KNOW
not, but was terrified with adream, Qor dream
i, seemed to BEL which ever afterwards added
strength to The same impression which these
wonderful circumstances had made upon my
mind | dreamed that as lay in my own bed,
figure approachedme, which upon my a,ten-
| lively regarding ii, seemed to bear my own
lea lnres; that il advanced close TO my pillow, &
bending down towards nv face, brealhed upon
me. The icy GOODNESS Of the breath awaken
ed me, and started up with horror. All was
silcn, as the grave; but in few minutes aftel-
wards heard steps descending the stairs; a
sound which restored my confidence, as ina
CINE i, mighe be one Of the persons who oc>
cuped the Chambers above me.
Son after this vision, an event occurred
which may be said to have formed the last link