The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-26

III ius,ice in view. How do know " hat sh'
n NAV be-soiBe Of her companions mny i'm
Mt uI;cate her in their confessions don't re
sn oly. sir, ,iil | lave doDe.--The affair look,
ri. Suspicious. ! am not to he driven out al
p nv course by a scream or by the big looks
ne of baker brother, or 10y the tears Of n
rs drunken father. If you say another word
l. III commit her to Jail or three months
l. as disorderly fenale-I can do it, sir"
n I" His worship is quite right" said l.
g in n low voice, and boving 10 The mhgis-
Is trnte as he spoke" quite right and
though there is not so much rs CON
" stables charge against the young woman,
,f still he ought to do as he likes, even though
IA the gentleman here declares that he has
70 nothing TO say against her. always 90
70 for his worship, because / think its right,
:. and tbat poyer ought to be supported.
ri There was Sergeant s., who refused
r. bail "a u baiIabe ease, where lady VII,
=, nm infant in her arms was accused of
y swindhng; we'll, nothing suspicious could
/. he made out against her, and the prosecu-
,. tor believed he was wrong, and Offered To
apologze. The lady's husband said some
,lIng which his worship thought was rude,
=, and he refused To discharge the lady or even
4 10 accept bail aud he was right, because
power ought to be respected. To be sure,
the lady's father served rhe magistrate with
"a mnndamus from the Court of Kings
Bench, which made him look rather fool
ish but the Ildy's husband had her out by
n writ of habeas corpus, before night Sill
! say that Sergeant s. wns right, al
though the inhabitants of lns district petit
ioned the Secretary Of State for his remov-
al from the magistracv, and then the news
papers took it up, and he was removed in
disgrace-siil l say tha, authority ought to
be respected"
"L," said his worship, sensibly
effected, al thank you for this proof of,
your devotion, but in this instance | will
be mercifnl, seeing that i, is n case Of deep
distress. You may all GO; impressed,
hope, with sense of my benigui'y in suf- |
fering the law TO wink while the criminal
escapes"
To make my story shorter, as it seems
determined TO exceed all bounds, may ns
well give CnlaIiua's own account Of h,<
absence, as she detailed it To me soon after
her restoration to her parents arms.
when l discovered how bitterly ! had
been deceived, resolved to abandon the
wretch To his well deserved fate He had
no tie upon me-, for was not his wife ]
had trusted him, but in every instance he
had deceived me-wih passionate oalhs
and very solemn ad jura,inns he bad plede-
I'd himself to the trulh Of his nvowal, but all
were false, and felt that | had been hls
tool, and not the object of his love. did
not dare return TO the home [ had desecra-
led with the presence 'f my betrayer and
The robber of my fathers means. | sought
coDcealment in the abode of The womnu
who acted as our laun!rpss, and lived
quietly upon the produce of my triuke,s. |
cannot attempt Ia explain the excess of
hatred that filled my heart when discover
I'd the daily additional proofs Of Eivronri-
Jne's rascality. l rejoiccd in his convic-
ion; ] laughed loudly when heard he
vas doomed To death aud SO firmly was
he purpose Of my soul devot ed to revenge,
hat ! stood calmly in The wet aud open
street, upon cold foggy morning aud
the public death struggles of my
,e,rayet of the father ofthe child which !
hen carried in my bosom.
You shudder, and perhaps my lhnguage
.
now brightly the sunshine Of life benmed
Ipon me, but You caunot tell the raptur-
,us felicity that | expected to enjoy III the ,
nigh station devoted to Lvrontiquc's bride.
Instead of raLklng with the high-born ,
lanes of all the Europron courts, ns had
| found myself the mistress of I
convicted ftIon. With the plausibiluy of {
he arch iend, he pursuaded me to post
zone the marriage ceremony ill he could ,
lain me gemmed with gold: but he
soon cxacted the privileges of n husband,
while he was preparing to escape to France
with the proceeds of hls plunder. WHY, ,
hen, should not hate him if the calIows
rope had broke, felt that could have
him before the assembled multi
ude. {,
MY child was born, aud hated i, from
the moment of lis birth, for it was his Its
cry touched my heart, and snatched it To
my breast; but its little features reminded
me of my destroyer, and insisted upon its
instant removal. refused to let it up-
pronch me again why should ! suckle the
child of my enemy The child pncd
away; saw its face wiler md shrink be-
"e"'" NY S"H' " u''o, "uo T'J'iceu'
| would have died too, if could died
peaceablv in my bed.
u became po"r, mserably poor. My
jewels aud dresses were expended, aud my .
landlady told inc il l stayed with her |
must work for my living. ] left her house,
ond s,rolcd abou, London in hopes of
ing with more congemal employment
Than washing aud ironing, or turning the
heavy mangle. My pride r.volled a, the
idea Of work, but the force of hunger con-
quered my pride, and I accepted employ
ment in several shapes, hut with the like
success. Nsedle work disguised me by its
: reuuisIie hhnr, and infrrinr nv lie man.