Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-07-23
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sing, Don Antonio bent bis steps IT,
wards the gaming house, dete rmined
to risk all be was worth OH the queen
OF clabs, which he imagined. from ha,-
ing so often disappointed bis hopes.
could not disappoint him more. The
queen Of clubs, however. like many
other queens, was not easily propitia.ed,
and when she did at last appear, SIZE
was, as Is too often the case, preceded
BIZ a knaye, which ssnayc vas the cause
oil Don Antomc's losing Bis last dollar:
upon which he darted with fury from
The room, upsetting tables, chairs, and
every thing that CAME in his way
NO. I'll not survive TIN, disgracer y
said he. MY love.my money forever
gone. I'm ruined by that internal
queen! The queen mas undonc me
Iquite-iaIse, pertidious."
Fortunately, it being night, the Sc
renas. as usual. were fast asleep. OF
what Don Antonio did in his frenzy ut
ter, might have cost his liberty, per
haps his life. for Godoy was at this
time very jealous. and Charlotte just
as sensitive as a vi.tuous woman
therefore not likely to be pleased with
being called by oPprobrious names.
Don Antonio ravcd. and actually
tore his hair, those fine black clustering
rin.lets. BY-thc-by, be was the hand
soonest. az. and the most accomplished
cavalier IN Ill Madrid, though, ceTtaia-
~ not the most prudent; he had gained
honors in the field, as we'll as iavors II
the salon; in fact there was not a lad>
in all Madrid but would have been
proud OF him for a coftelo- if not tor a
husband. But now he was pcnt On
disappointing all their hopes he de-
te-Inined to gucncii his woes and life
together in the river.
He pursued his way towards tbs
bridge of Toledo. f.soh, mischief thoa
ant quick 10 enter into the thoughts Of
desperate men, resolved 10. plunge
hiAseH into the Manzahares. lie had
aesfalE gained the parapet of the
hrirlsE in iurtherance of his design,
when the moon. which had hitherto
e.i-E,roade.. herself IN "a s....sitisess Ga. n
clouds shot forth her brilliant beams
on the calm placid slream beneath.
lighting up a spectacle which recalled
Don Antonios bewiijered imagination
to real sense of the ieaphc was about
to make.
1t is astonishing what a triilc turns
one away from the very unpleasant
task of committing suicide, and makes
Us discover, all at once. some thing a
grecablc in world which had just pre-
viously been declared 10 be desoia:e
and Comfortlcss. So it was in this in
stance with Don Antonio; mere
dart of the moon beams caused him Ia
waver; but there was likewise another
reasOn-the shaliowncss of toe water
beneath was thereby shcwn. bringing
TO his mind the recorded Jest. '.tbat The
arches OF the Toledo bridge should be
sold to purchase wafer for the river.
No gentleman should attempt TO drown
himself in shallow river, especially
ut cbb-t,de: besides, Don Antonio was
n lover of nature, and for him The moon,
the stars, or aught that was beautiful.
was not made in vain. Oh, thou eter-
nal queen OF night exclaimed he.
.'thou shinest forth at this moment TO
tell us there is seduction in nature af-
ter all, which bids US live even when
hope has fled the breast, Thou shew-
est III the tranquil stream which gently
wends its onward course. an image OF
that peace which the ruifled bosom vet
pants to enjoy. and makcst us feel that
strife and contention are our creation.
and not thine
The burst OF The moon eeams-the
zhallowncss of the river. and perhaps.
after all. the vanity TO think that he
might possibly yet live TO delight and
be dcliGhted-that some sweet voice.
and some sweet smile might yet thanI,
hum for. and reconcile him to the life
he had preserved, made Don Antonio
step short in bis previous determine
ton.
But what j. 10 b. done !" continued
be. '.shail throw myscit at the feet Of
some rich dowager. and barter my last
hope of happiness for a splendor I car
never enloy7 No rather than that
I'll fall BY lottery, the prize OF any pas
sing adventurer yes BY lottery"
No sooner had the idea Of lottery
entered the head Of Don Antonio. than
be actually uatuFed the plan OF dispo-
sing of himself BY that very means
In few dass all Madrid rang with tbs
news of n scheme that the handsome