Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-08-10

IN b;s hack. Ia his turn he fell to the ground, |
and stood over him in thought, if not in deed,
murderer"
The boy recovered from this stab, but our he
70 very heroieally continued TO hate him from
that time forwards, with ferocious, bitter mahs'
nity. which none but a master Of this school can
conceive or describe. Leaving college, ne re:
tires to the country. and resides with his father
until his twenty cond year. when,in one VI MS
rambles in the neighborhood, he hears sweet
voice singing the hymn to the virgin MARIA
Sanctissima," SC. Led by the sound, ne DISCO
vers lady, whom he describes 10 the following
most approved and incomPrehenslo'e stJ'e'
"Oh, God. il ever the spirit OF an angel abode
m earth. it was incarnate in that girl So hal.
lowed. and vet so brilliant was her beauty, she
seemed a personi6cation Of light! Her bright
eyes-her bright har-her pure skin-her per.
feet foru.-her upturned countenance, radlent
with the devotion Of her soul. and the scarcely
hr,uhter sun which shone in deceptive beams
through the intersticss Of the foliage, above,
around, and upon her, all combined to strength.
en- the illusion"
This, we presume, is what is called power
full writing" which may be better defined, we
think, as pure nonsense. With this lady he falls
in love; and such love Don Juan is fool to
him. Tainted with the passions Of the deepest
dyed villainy that ever distorted imagination en-
gendered or described, he yet, accurding to his
own saying, becomes genuine, disinteresteo,
sublimated lover, of the very first water, aud IS
metamorphosed into new being. he cannot
muster courage to declare himself, and "iDvOkes
curses on his weakness" He swears, " with
many deep imprecatlon, that no earthly power
should prevent HIN" any longer, and was return
ing home with this heroic determination, when he
vas met By carriage, from whence aIlghted
gentlemaa, in whose person he recognised the
| old school fellow with whom he had fought. and
whom he had SO magnanimously stabbed 10 the
back afterwards-or, to use his own words;
&c The foe of my youth, the object OF my ha.
tired; the cause Of my crime! He recellected
me. All the demon began to stir within me
The aversion. rancor, and fury. which, during SO
many years, had been suppressed, not extirPated,
awoke in renewed yigor, dilated my frame, and
flashed from, my eyes"
Another specimen Of powerful writing" we
presume.
They exchange defances-and agree to meet
in mortal combat the next morning. After this
our hero makes his will, add then proceeds to the
spot where he had been accustomed TO meet the
object Of his love. He fluids her in the deepest
Distress. catches her in his arms"-declares
his passion, asks her to be his, aud is horrfed al
her replying "neverw An explanation ensues,
and he discovers for the first time that the boy
he stabbed at school is the brother Of the lady
Why he did not discover this long before nobo'
DIV can tell. lie must have known the name and
family Of both. But however these are tribes
merely relating TO probabilities, beneath the
writer's of this great school. The lady rejects
his love, scnrns all bis offers Of Cancellation to
her brother-bids him "begone." and "swears
never again to entertain any other thoughts to.
wards him but those of unmtisated hatred and
contempt
" He'll entered into my heart" exclams our
hero, {" and fury flashed from my eyes. Howe.
yer exclaimed with all the ferocity OF anger,
urge me not too far or by the heaven above. you
shall live to learn that CAN be murderer"
The lady falnts. and the lover melts. he
again promises repentance, forbearauce, reforma-
ses her in the following s'powerful language"
= "Devil!'' cried, starting to my
feet, " Hy, and fly quickly! fly. ere tear from
your breast your false heart! Yet stay-stay, |
command you and hear me first retort your ha-
tred-I hurl it in your teeth-proud, scornfu,
unfeeling, yindictive woman!.. defy thee-l hate
thee-and despise thee! Now listen-mark
me, and forget not. have forwarned you: what.
ever portion of life may remain to me, devote to
svil-evil to thee and thine! tear thee from
my heart, and scken with disgust that such
silly, worthless toy should ever have possessed
il! Oh that l had words to make thee writhe as
desire, thou tickle, loatbsome thing!'
The duel takes place the next morning, pre-.
coded by colloquy, Of witch the following may
serve as sample. Misserimus thus replies to
a question of hls adversary whether he cannot
g on such an occasion, entertain one human feel
ing?"
Yes-I could be inspired with that Of Me.
zentius, when he tied face to face the living and
the dead; and could love to see you bound to
your sisters corse, only that she would be beyond
my farther vengeance"
The duel, as might be expected, is ACCOMPANY
ed by circumstances Of most horrible and DISCUS.
ting ferocity on the part Of our hero, who after
being wounded, raises himself BY desperate ef.
fort, and fires his pistol at The throat OF his antag
onist. The effect is thus described:
With the fierce shrek Of the death.agony he
sprang cOnvuisively into the air. and with dull
heavy sound fell on the earth corse. l saw the
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