True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1837-04-24
a TALE OF NEW ORLEANS.
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With light hear,
he miserable have ether L.ejirinc
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With agonizing fear did Anne watch for tho re-
turn OF her husband or her father Hour after
hour warc away, aud still they came not
Wrought up almost to frenzy Ivy the doubts and
tears which rushed upon her, Anne paced her a.
partment with quick and hurried step, pressing
her hands To her bursting brow, as if TO still its
throbblng. Then, at the sound of a footstep ap-
preaching the house, with her face lighted up with
nope, she would ca Ser'y rusl to the window, only
Ia leave 4, hcart-sick aud isappointet. Then
sna,chng her bonnet, she would Hy down thr
stairs into the street, and hurry onward without
rejecting whittier; and AT length, when caused by
the remarks which her extreme beauty and auitn-
ted manner elected from the passers by she
would hasten hack 10 her com fortress abode. and
flying to her apartment, she would find vent in
tears, to the agony of her feelings. Thus in grief
agitation, hope, and despair, lhe day passed on.
The persons in whose house she dwclt were in
cspac!taied by their ignorance and vulgar.ty from
atnrding her i'll calner hours, any companionshlp:
but go changed do our feelings become in PASSION
ate grief, aud anxiously do sc seek Tor any one
70 whom we apply for comfort or sympathy,
that, coarse and forbidding, as was the landlady
Anne would gladly have endeavored to find in her
homely conversation a temporary refuge from the
misery OF suspense. She was, however, absent
from home; and the evils that oppressed the mour-
ming wife were made doubly overpo " ering by So
ltude Mental anxiety, however, at length WELD
cd to physical exhaustion. Weak, from want of
food, Qor, in that state of mind, all thought of
sustenance was loathsome,) worn down by want
OF rest, aud by those privaons of comfort which
she had SO long endured, sleep came to her aid,
and she sunk into short forgetfulness of the
world and OF it's SORROWS. AT length she was A.
wakened by the heavy tramp of feet ascending
the STAIRS, and her father entered the room. the
-ooor opened, Anne wildly gazed at the space be-
yond, Ito see if her husband was following: when
finding that her father was indeed alone, with an
hystericat cry,she flung herself into his outs,retch.
ed arms Calming his own emotion, MIR Bradford
endeavoredt - console his child but for an instant
ntierance was denied him. Anne perceived his
agitation, and despairingly exclaimed
Then there is no news of him.
Not so, Anne, have seen Kim
You have seen him, father-is he alive!
He is, he is, my child.
Thank God! was all Anne could articulate, as
she sunk on her knees, in fervenl gratitude. " 18th
n sigh for the delusons of hope, Mr. Bradford re-
sumed He is alive, my dearest A me, but do no,
indulge in any bright anicpations Charles was
among the sufferers in last nights dire calamity,
and
I understand, father, he is diving. LIE, me oo
to him.
That 10 unnecessary, my dear Anne, he is
Here! shrieked Anne, with supernatural encr-
gy; and without waiting for reply, she durted
towards the door. Ere She reached it, her arm
was gently but firmly arrested by her father
Anne, my beloved Anne, said he, your husband is
indeed here, but before you go to him, listen to
me. | will not disguise from You that there is
but little hope of his ultimate recovery. hut still
his sutterings may be mitIgaed. His life hangs
on thread; mental exerti"n would be fatal
know the decision the t,rti,ude If YAM l ara,
1t is now the time to call it forth If YOU prcsen,
yourself before him y,ith vourc,os ,;t'
tears, your whole frame trembling, and your face
before him, even as Won now are H. W." ". ss''
will kill HIM Pause thrn. brf,3. lv Tn,,r r,si
ness vnr ;rro,,aaii,. ta,' "'. 10y your rash
now remains. '''f' '''''
Mr. Rr,dford wall , d. ,
whom he snoxa R ,h,t ~ .""'i e'e, o' hef 10
ded appeal he catIad i,r,h ali 49, r; '''u ue.'-
of her nature. The chance ,,,s ,,,a,i ~
complete She stood hec,ro h;r ~ TEX , ' ~
milling, despairnp wife. nh Traces ar ,,1 ,'
sorrow were gone; and i, was only in the incrrns
ed ghastly paleness Of her c,,,'',n ~.
convulsive ouiyerny of her. iins h., IT, ,.,u .i'e
with, could be observed ONO ,n,,on, T,Ia
and shall be ready, she s,id 6rmlv. .n, ,lsn'
for that moment, as she stood will, hcy h DO ns
ed her ewes raise sho soo,,l ~. 49," .':'i'
of Faith trlumDhinu over DnsTn; NJ, ,i
am ready, was al she said as slowly ond Wit ,n |
she proceeded 70 ,ha s,o q"
and looking towards The entrance Of he b,ns,
she saw four men bearing litter, on which. man,
gied and bleeding, Law her husband. Moi evs, ~,
ejaculation escaped her lips. thonyb ne me ~,
hickened before her cvcs sb. raa,I H. ,
mister on which she leaned. 10 s,ys h,r frnn,
falling In another moment She w9s Nv. clorl 'a:
side, endeavoring to support his heal ,s hs me
borne to his own apartment He s@c,,a% sn
exhausted as TO be unable 10 ,rcnuniyn h,r. AID
for this (such is the Inconsistency If or ,,'."s '
she was, for an instant, inwardiv thank fnl Scncz
ly was he placed upon the he'd when n fam, ,rna,,
struck on Anne's ear and she heard him fooLly
calculate the word, water, In n non,en, ~
glass was placed at his uorrh.d Inns aud i, rr.,,r
he lightly pressed the hand tr,t rested ~ h;
still he did not seem conscious of tho nrrsnnca of
his wife
After few hours had elapsed. three O'Clock
soed from tire church in the vicinity. 1t seemed
TO Anne The knel of all she loved Ar Thar same
hour on the previous morning ber b.,r, hod hna,
high with expectation. and SCI We"
with the retrospection. she look - har fa,''.r
who sat opposite, as if to rend in HE ,ynru M
care-worn face, an answer TO mo ,honrh,s ,la,
crowded on her brain tn. son,,is ,'i;,t ' Lni
stirred up in her mind The d,r,,,n, L,,ts NJ H.;
terness md We, seemed MISC y, ,-nns. ~, s,,fr,
Three o'clock he exclaimed ferhly. ,,;l, Ur,o
never come! Oh Heaven! my Wis INV v,iri ,r
sou there! he frantic1l1v ooened f,rth ,,h, l.;
your answer! tell me- | command van toll mo,
A nd with all II e energy of deIir,u,, he ar,so ,nA
seemed to command and then tn i'm r,re tho an
swer of the being his IMAGINATION had cnnirrel
up. Recollection then returned and rozinu
around him. he repeatedly ask ed Where wh4re
am II Suddenly his eve fell mon Annn Far "a
moment he gazed fearfulIy Mt her and ,ben ox
claiming, Ii is no drcam-ii Isl, is NV vic, L
IS fell IL on her neck and subbe.l plond,,
Fearful that the BETRAYAL of her acto,;,n mi ,t
Prove fatal TO her husband, Anne iareI NJ, rus,
herself to after a word, and in silence and sus