The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-07-31

Thy uestiny VIII mahe tnee WuTder-
er"
saw no more of the hag or her i'll
favoured son.
Two years, as have before said, two
years had elapsed since the quarrel /
have described. Ny poor mother was
a corpse, and sat alone in the cham
ber Of death watching over the remains
of the only being who had loved and
protected me since my seventh year.
In that year lost my father-ho,c, !
will not stop 10 say--my Orphanage
was now complete, l was literally alone
IN the world. The loudness of my grief
had exhausted itself, / had wept till the
fountain was dry, aud now sat gazing
upon my mothers remains in almost a
state of stupor. Not a sound broke the
awful silence of the room. A solitary
taper burned upon the mantle piece,
giving just sufficient light to distinguish
the coffin. / was alone in the midst of
death, totally unconscious of the dark
ness and solitude by which 1 was sur
rounded. How long this state of things
existed, / know not, nor what cause
broke my reverie. / looked up, and at
the head of the coffin saw. and met the
gaze of, the sybil whose boy had re-
ceived such rough treatment at my
hands. Why it was, l know not, but
such is the fact, her prediction rang
again in my ears, some invisible being
spake distinctly to my understanding -
"IHy destiny 'oiH make thee murder
err"
/" Said not, Arthur Walsingham,"
were her first words, " said / not we
would meet again and we have met,
boy. In the chamber of death we meet.
Wouldst thou know the reason 2"
"I care not" replied l., away with
thy illomened face I hoped never
again to have heard thy frightful
voice." .-.....
The hag laughed silent fiend-like
laugh, as she slowly moved the veil from
the face of the corpse. She gazed
for a long time and in silence intently
upon it with look of malignant tri-
unph, of gratified revenge.
!" And this is all that is left" she, mt
length, said, /" of Mary Walsingham-
the gentle Mary-tIiy fathers chosen
bride, Arthnr,-thy most honored moth
her, poor orphan boy"
The bitter snser upon her lip spoke
her meaning full we'll (; my feelings
were completely reused.
{" Away" cried /, "incarna.e fond,
away or by heayon, Ill stab thee to
the heart"
Woald'st thou add another murder
to the one thou hast already committed,
eh, Arthur Z"
5 was astonished, benumbed, pewer-
loss, and could only gaze mentionless
spa an .;iAnnA-npnn the strange and ter
rible being who could at her Will shao
enchain my faculties. ~
uAye, another murder, Arthur Wal
singhan. 1t was to make thee acquain-
ted with the damning secret that am
now here. Thy mother has perished
by the act of her only child"
could not speak to ask her mean
ing.
81 see thou requirest an explanation,
though too proud to ask it. Listen,
hou wilt never forget the explanation
when given, nor know perhaps why it
IS given. Your mother was slightly
her physician said, and
said truly-and gave her only vial of
drops. When she retired to
-est, last night, she asked her darling
10Y to pour out the drops for her. He
lid SO, as he thought, but the vial had
,een changed. The draught you gave
Ter was deadly poison. and in three
hours, asyou well know, your mother was
/ corpse" NJ s
For one moment memory and percep-
ion remained. / still heard the fiend's
laugh, hateful as the serpent's
Mss. A bright and dazzling flame filed
he room. The woman rose in stature
Until her head touched the ceiling, and !
elt my heart die within me as encoun-
cred her whitening glances. The
corpse became animated {; the eyes
which / believed closed forever slowly
opened and looked upon me reproach-
Tully. ! felt that the hag had told me
he truth---that my mother had died by
foul means-that was the instrument,
he wretched instrument by which the
best of parents had fallen. One loud,
piercing, and unearthly shrek rang
through the house. The scene Of hor-
ror was closed upon me, and | sank into
insenslbility.
When rec objection had fairly returned
to me, several days had elapsed. My
mother had been buried in the mean
while; and the rawlings other child, dis
closing the causes of her death, were
passed by unnoticed by his attendants.
When l was able to tell my tale calmly
and nationally. so much ofthe supernai-