The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-10-21

ho,d off his hand, and, win an eu)rt NJ ucs
porate strength, tearing open the door, The
fastenings Of which he did not understand, he
seized the inmate by the cholar, and dragged
him to tho ground.
"Seducor !-scoundrel --ruaian !'he cried,
al have you in the tolls, and dearly you shall
rue this nights work y
"Mr. Terry IL comma ne--you shall suffer
for this-a conrt martial''-and various sinni-
lar broken eiacnations were uttered by the
wretch, who violently struggled TO get loose
from tho strong grasp IN which he was hold.
Merriville, though not ofa robust constitn'ion'
vst possessed much muscular strength In
the present contest, every hbrc rece,yod ten
fold vigor from the energy oithe feelings that
ragged within him, and made him an over'nateii
for the guilty bcing who wrltbed within his
arms. Tho faces Of both were in8imcd aud
conyulsed with mighty passions, though oi
widely aud obviously different character; Tor
the rlYo of one, though tiarce as ten furies,
had yet something noblo and commanding IN
il, while that Of the other scanned kndled By
u denon The clear round moon shonc down
or the occurrence with silvory brightness
which whlo il made every feature o' the scene
perfectly visible yet impaired to the palma
fces, glaring eye balls, aud quivering lips oi
the conbaian,sa a more ghasily and terrible cx
pre- ession, than thny derived from Their own
wild passions The captain UoF it's useless To
tell YOU il was hc) struggled hrrd, biil wasev
idently becoming exhausted in the excess
Of his emotion, he had bitten his lip nearly IA
twain, and the blood, which, in thar tissing
To and fro; had been snscred over tho lace.
and clothes Of both, gave groat additional
wildncss to their Appearance.
The female, who by this time had recovsre"
from the swoon into which she foil when the
yoics Of Merrivi,e lirst reached her ear, no"
screamed AZ she saw tho blood with winch n
WAS profuscly stained, and, inrgiDng b1n 10
be mortally W undcd, she sprnng from the
carriage, and tottcrsd towards hiu -cross 'hT
road a sudden movement OF the two com
batants. at the same moment, changed theiI
position in such a way rs 10 bring tho back :"
Morriyillc towards tho approaching figure. and
at that instant, his anita gonist having succeed
cd i'm relea sing his arm. from bis grasp bnsliiy
drow a pistol from his pocket, cocked and.ired
il. The bnll vhzzcd through the air, only
slightly grazing iha neck of tho intended we
tim; but piercing Shrek from Tho lips oi 'hr
female, heard above tho loud report, announc
cd thai il had done more fs1l execution 10
another quarter. As If by mutual conscnt
both parties ceased from their struggle for a
moment, ard rushed towards her. Sha stag
gorrd two or three stops forwarj, mnn'blcd a
Few scarce audible words, among which the
name Of Merrivie was the only lhielIigiele
sound, and fe! bleeding 10 the earth In tho
mcanwhile the horses, which had been scared
by tho noar and loud report olthe pistol, pranc-
ed suddenly round, and dns'iing down thc mn
wcro soon lost To sight Poor Norrivl'Ic, WIN
n uroau or arnpy which he could not, which
he did no, seek In rcpress, bcnt over tho FORM
which lay stretched and palo bcinre him, and
raising il partly from the ground, gazcd ior
siupid moment in utter unconc:nusness oi all
things e!sc opon tho features other still love
4. " face The ball had passed dirac'iy through
tho hsart, from which lifc had a'roojy bihDed
out in crimson tide, though few darker
dropr continued .o orzs from the liyid orificc
orthe wo,,nd Mortivillc Whispered I'cr name
but sho answered net IL vain Inc lcunsd his
enr 10 her lips or bent his eyes upon thom
sill the hot, fearless balls sccn,sd busting sro'n
their saskcis mn sound, no nndion, mace re
ply. lie laid his hand npon her heart --buf
its pulse was still f.c looked into her eyes -
but tl,ov returned moi, as they were soHf, nno
answering look; their light had gone out -
The suisit had departed from ts house OF clay
she was dend. quito dead! As this fact i'm
nrosSsd itself upon his brain, n ma9doning
consciousness of the cnuso seemed slowly TO
retntn; his eyes rolled up till iha balls were
nssriv hid, his face bccans ofa livd darkness
and his teeth were clcnched together, Ike
those ofonc in mortal agony. Suddenly start
ing up. hc turned quickly round and with his
arms extended and his fingers curved like The
talons Of an eagle lie sprans wildly towards
bis guilty commander. This motion seemed
10 havo bsen anticipated, for the wretch had
prop,red himse,f with secapd pistol. which
a. his antagonist approao obed. he deliberately
aimed NJ him, and firod. 'Nhether the ball
took effect or not, il dill not dslrst poor Mor'
rvs object. lie dsrted like hungry tiger on
tho wrctoh-ani with both hands sciziRg him
round tl,s throat, lic dragged him down to the
osrth. In vain his victim struggled the sin
- A.. ..,f nH m "A
sieel lie triad 10 shrick FOR aid, but the grasi,
around his neck choked his utterancs and his
words died away in arattling sound like tho
rurpling in the throat Of drowning man.
With o strength that seemed supernatural,
Merrivi!le raised him from the earth, and drag
ped him along the road Tho struggling Of
The wrctchcd man grew fainter ana fainter,
bu, still an occasional convnlsive qrivering of
tho limbs told that no yet lived His face was
almost black, HIS nngue loi,ed ont ofhis mouth
like dog s. and his eyes, bloodshot and glnssy,
were protruded full inch from, their sockets.
Blood had started from his nostrils IN his NOR
tal agony, and a thick wreath of mingled blood
and foam stood upon Ills lips, which, wide dis
tended, seemed stretched in a horrid laugh
In silence, and with a strength that seemed
more than human, Morriville contnucd to
drag his victim along. till hc reached tho boat
Tie had bson me, Ivy Williams not TAR from no
scene or the sirst part of the cnntcs,. but he
apuc,rcd not 10 500 him. W'lians, on his
mart was too much swcd tn speak. The firing
ar the pistols had prerered bin for SONS !a'al
event: for he had dim ana dark suspcian Of
The .bieet OF Merrvillc's errana, inasmuch as
he had been the bearer Of several no,os be
tween him and his bs,ro,hcd; and had heard,
T. also, ,lsi his captain was rejected snitor for
III, same hand. One glance at tho gronr
served Ia show him the dreadful nature of tho
burden McrrivilIc dragged al'rg with -Rim:
hc .sv thu, his commander was alreNdv n
corpse, and besides, hc was too infimijsted by
tho unnatural lu.tre Of Mcrrivi'ie's eys.by his