Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-01-02

The blood rushed to her face, and her ,sor
heaved convusiveIy. When left alone witt
her husband, she turned her eyes wildly TO-
wards him, and flood of tears gushed over
her cheeks. What thought William of all
this? His emotion was scarcely less on
herring the accusation than his wife's, and
rcccllectng her saying that the flowers cost
her nothing, alas he feared that the charge
was but too true. The more than feminine
tlelicacy and tinidity Of his wfe's nature
was not fully known to him, and her voice
less agitation appeared too like an inability
TO confa.e the imputation. He rose, and
while Jeanne, still incapable of utterance,
could only hold up her hands deprecatingly,
he cast on her glance of mingled sorrow
and rebuke, and left the room. His wife
his brde-stricken in the first flush of her
matronly joy and pride, sunk from her chair
on his departurc-insensib!c
! 1t was rather late, from cause that has
| been already alluded to, before William
| Ainsie returned TO his home that night
His wife had retired to rest, but her sister,
in-law, who had been sent for by Jeanne,
was in waiting for him, and revealed the
utter falsehood of Mrs. Smiths accusation,
| she having been an eyewitness of the re-
ceipt the flowers. as presen. from anoth-
ar lady. Take care o. jeanne, William
said the sIster-in-law; SHE is i'll "a charge
o that kind is enough TO kill her. This
prediction unhappily had truth in it. On
the ensuing morning, the young wife was
raving incnheren,ly, in state between
s!unber and waking. A deep fl lsh re-
m,ined perm rncntly upon her countenance,
tho al fa1 ,f
plexion. Her muttered explanations shock
you believe it! But it's no true-it's no
continually murmured forth.
Medical skill was speedily seen to be !
necessary, and the surgeon who was called
in informed William that, in consequence
of strong excitement, incipient symptoms of
brain fever had made their appearance.
The utmost quiet was prescribed, and blood
withdrawn from the temples in considera-
BILE quantity. For time, these and other
remedies seemed to give relief, and the |
poor husband never left the side of the suf-
ferer Indeed, it seemed as if she could
not bear him to be absent; her mind always
reverting when he was out of sight, to the
idea that he believed the charge which had
been made against her, and had left her
forever. The oft-repeated assurances to
the contrary, from his own lips, seemed at
length to produce conviction, for she at last
was silen, Oh the saaiect. Bat the charge
the blow had struck too deep. jeanne
44,n~,:o-;fwe may call her by name she
was destined so short time to bear-fell,
after two or three days lines, into state of
stupor, which continued with short and rare
intervals, and, on the eighth day after her
nupfiIls, her pure spirit departed.
William Anslie had shown on many oc-
casions in lie, great firmness and self-com-
mand and now, though deep suffering
was written on his brow, he made, with
least external composure, the requisite
preparations for laying in the grave the re-
mains of her whom he had loved 50 long
and so truly As to retribution upon the
person who had been instrumental, through
inconsiderate hastiness only, it is to be hop
ed, in producing his misery, the bereaved
husband thought not of calling for it. Yet
it did come, to a certain extent: for our er-
rors seldom pass, even in this life, without
pang Of punishment and remorse.
Several days after charging the innocent
Jeanie with the abduction Of her f,wers,
Mrs. Smith, of Drylaw, found, by discove-
nv of her new servant, that one OF her
Younger children, impatient for the flower
mo of a rosebud in the little garden nigh
the farmhouse, had lighted upon the artl-
fetal boouet in her mothers dressing-room,
and had carried it out and stuck 1t upon
the bush. There the flowers were accord
inolv found and Mrs. Smith, who was tar
from being an evil-intentioned woman. did
feel regret at having charged loss upon the
g,il.less. Ignorant of all that had passed
at EIsinpton in the interval, she determined
to call at William Ainslie's on her hrst visit
to the village, and explain her mistake.
That call was made two days after jean
les death; and on MISS entering the room
she found William sitting by his bereaved
hearth. with his sister in-law, and another
kind neighbor, bearing him company. TN
by the bye-those f,wersn said the I'M
welcome visiter, In tone and IN manner
which she meant to be condescend'ng ana
and iusinuating, show sorry am for what
h.nnened about those flowers! Where do
Won think | found them, after aAs-ins
rose-aush in the garden where Jemima had
mt ,,,am. And now am come 70 say
that am sorry for it, and hope that Y VIII
be all over .ssss
William Anislie had risen Slowly during
this extraordinary speech; and now raising
his finger towards his lips, ne approached
and took Mrs. Smith by the hand. beckon-
inc at the same time to the two women VINO
were seated with him. They seemed intu-
lively to comprehend his wishes and rising,
moved towards the bed, around which the
,,,o-o clasaIv drawn. William lead>