Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-05-21

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door, and tapping gently for admittance. |
He was surprised that his summons was not
Immediately answered; for the watchlul So
licitude of his wife had always kept her from {
retiring in his absence. He knocked again {
and agan--and at last, when his patience
was nearly exhausted, slip-shod house {
maid come shivering to the door. lie
snatched the candle from her hand, and as
tended to his chamber. 1t was deserted! {
sWhere is Mrs. St. Clairs" said he to
the maid who had followed him.
"Gone''- Where?"
t'Why, sir, she went away with gentle
man."
ssAway with gentleman! Impossiblc!"
ayes, sir, indeed she went off with gen
tleman in a carriage
"When?-Where did she go?"
81 don't know where She went, sir. ShcI
never intmated word to me. She started
Just after you left home.'
ssDid she leave no MESSAGE"
'No, sir, not any. She was i'll a great
hurry"
ST. Clair motioned the girl to retire, and
sunk into the chair.
s'She has left me-, he exclaimed, ''cruel
faithless, Lousa Never did ! believe you
would have forsaken me! -No, o,---it cant
be, Louisa eloped! The kindest, the sin
cerest of human beings! lmpossihlc"
He, rose, and paced the room--toltured
with pangs OF unutterable anguish He gaz-
ed round the apartment, and his dwelling
once so happy, seemed desolate as a tomb
He murnured the name of Louisa and thou
sand Joys rose to his recollection. All---all
was blasted. For she, in whose love he had
con6ded, that pure, angelic being. whose ex
istence seemed I'D be twined with his own,
had never loved him! She preferred anoth
er! He endeavored to calm his passions and
to reason dcliberately;---bu in vain. Who
could have reasoned at such a moment? He
mechanically drew out his watch;--t was
past two O'Clock. Where could Louisa be
at such an hours she had had no intimates
and few acquaintances, in the city. Could
any one have carried her away by force?
No, no---the truth was too plain! Louisa was
Il fathleSs woman and he forSakcn,
wretched, broken hearted mani
In an agony of grief, he left his house, and
wandered distractedly through the streets,
until chance directed, he reached the con-
nuence Of the rivers. To this spot he had
stroled with his Louisa in their last walk.
There they had stood, gazing at the Monon-
gahela and the Allegheny uniting their
streams and losing their own names in that
Of the Ohio; aud Louisa had compared this
''mecting of the waters" to the mingling OF
two kindred souls, joining to part no more---
until both shall be plunged in the vast ocean
of eternity. To the lover--and St. Clair was
still fervcnt lol er. there is no resem-
blance so dear, as the recollection of ten
der and poetic sentiment, breathed from the
eloquent lips Of affection; and the afflicted
husband, when he recalled the deep ant
animated tone of feeling, with which thi
natural image was uttered by his wife, coult
not doubt but that it was the language of he
heart. All his tendernese and confidence nc
vived; and he turned moulnfully, with flu
but softened heart, determined to seek hi
dwelling, and wait as patiently as he coul
until the return of day should bring some cS
PLANTATION of Louisa's conduct
At this nom ent light appeared passin
rapidly from the bank of the Allegheny t.
wards the town: i'll an instant it was lost-an
again it glimmercd among the ramparts
Fort du Quesne-and then disappeared
He advanced cautiously towards the runc
fort, and clambering over the remains
the breast work, entered the arca-careful
examining the whole ground by the Gle;
moonlight. But no animate object was to |
seem A confused mass of misshapen ridg
and broken rocks were alone to be disco
ered-the vestages of powerful bulwar
which had once breasted the stream.
ut is deserted" said the bereaved hu
band, sslike my once happy dwelling. III
flag is gone-the music is silent-the stro
towers having fallen, and all is desolate !
Perplexed by the sudden disappearance
the light, and indulgng vague SUSPECT
that il was in some way connected with
misfortune, he continued to explore the
ms. A faint ray of light now caught his c
and he silently approached it. lie SC
reached the entrance OF an arched vault IL
merly a powder magazine, from which
light rmanatcd. The doorway was clos
by few loose boards lcanded careful
against it, and evidently intended only TO
ford brief concealmcnt; but crew
which had been inadvertently left, permit
the escape of that struggling beam of III
which had attracted his attention, and VIII
proceeded from small taper placed il
dark lantern. Two persons Sat before it
one of whom the astonished St. Clair rec
nized his late companion, the gambl
The other was a coarse addressed rutli
with a ferocous and sinister expression
countenance, which, at once bespoke
character They were busily examinin!
number of large keys, which seemed nc
made.
"Bad, awkward, clumscy work" said
gambler; but no odds about that, if they
hut fit.
''It's i'll working in the night, and
tools,'' rejoined the other. "Ale and ]
has been at'em for a week, steady--an
them keys won't do ri be hanged, if
make any better"
"Hav'nt been working in the night
my boy?" said the gambler. 81 have II
more money tor us since dark, than cl
sy rascal like you could earn in month.
CLUMSY or no, you put us into the
ger always, and play gentleman yourself
"Well that's right. DON'T i always
every thing? and don't always give y
good share! Come, don't get out of liz
That key will do-and so Will that"
St. Clair could listen no longer III
any other circumstances, the scene be