Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-15

imp=rious dutv. That noble hearte,
girl had believed 20 the last that her Ioy
er would be honorably acquitted. TIT
intelligence of his condemnation. whih
It blighted hopes, and wi'hered he
health, never disturbed for one momen
her conviction of his innocence. Their,
Is a union Of hearts which IS indestruc
fblc, which marriage may sanction an,
! nourIsh, and hlIlOw, but which pm n
ton cannot destrOv-a love that endure
while life remains, or until its objec
shall prove fisithIess or unworthy. Sucl
was the affection Of Almira; and 81,
held her promise 10 love AMI honor hin
whose fidelity was 10 her unspoued ana
/ whose character she considered honOra
/ BILE, 10 be as sacred as If they had beer
united IN marriage. When all Others
| iOrsook she resolved never to lorsakc
| him. She had come TO visit him in his
desOlation, and to risk all, to save one
who was dear and innocent in her est
mriion, though guilty in the eyes Of the
world
The jailor, a blunt. though hum7nc
man, briefly disclosed a plan which he
with Almira, hal devised for the escape
Of Hamilton. lie had consented 10 al
low him TO escape. in female dresS,-She
was to rem1in in his stead, so that the
whole contrivance should seem - be her
own. Il am u plain mIn." concluded
the JaIlor, ''but know WANTS right. /,
amt fair to hang uo man on suspicion
and more than that | am not going 10
stand in no mans way-espccially n
friend who has done me fayors as YOU
have. The tracks clear Mr. HImiItol.
and the quicker you put out the better
10 his surprise the prisoner pcremp-
toriIy re fused the offer
II am innocent, said he, "but I would
suffer a thousand deaths rather than in
jure the rair fame Of this confding girl
"Go Dudley. my dear Dudley" she
sObbcd, "lOr my sake. for the sake of
your broken hearted father and sister,
do not tempt me, my dear, Almjra.
| will not do that which will expose YOU
to diSgrace!'
"Oh who would blame me?'
''Thc worId-the uocharitab'c world
they who believe me ii murderer, and
have tortured my most innoccn, actions
INFO proof of deliberate yilIainv. viii not
hesitate TO brand YOU as the victim Of
cold-bIoodcd tclon. And VIII should
fly? to live wretcheI wandercr, with
the brand of Cain on my forehead, and a
character stamped with infamv"
He would have said more-but the
form that during this brief dialogue. had
sunk into his arms, was laying IifeIeSs
on his bosom. lie kissed her cold lips.
aud pasSionatcIy repeated her namc-)ut
she heard him mother pure spirit had
gently disengaged itself, AMI was flown
forever. Her heart was broken She
had watched and wcpt. and prayed, in
hopeless grief. until the physical energies
Of delicate frame were exhausted; and
the excitement of the last scene had
snapped the attenuated thread Of life.
Hamilton did not survive her long
His health was already shattered BY the
ong confinement, and the chatting Of u
proud spirit. Almira had died for him
md his own mother-ohl how cautious
did thew whisper the sad truth. when
he asked whv she who had loved him /
better than life, had forsaken him in the |
lour affiction--she, too had sunk under
he dreadful blow. His father lived |
melancholy man, crushed in |
spirit; and a; his sister hung like n |
guardian angel over his death bed, and |
re gazed on her pale, emaciated, sorrow
stricken countcnance, he saw she, too, |
would soon BE- nu nbcred among the VIC |
i'm, of this melancholy prosecution.
" hen with his last breath he suggested |
bat they wouIl soon met, she replied ; |
Il trust that God viii spare me TO see
,our innocence established, and then |
will die contcntcd" And her confidence
vas rewarded-for God does not disap-
,oint those who put their trust in him.
About a year afterwards, a wretch
Who was executed at Natchez. and who
vas one Of the three persons mentioned
IN the commencement Of this narrative,
confessed that he had murdered Saun-
erS, with a pistol which he found 1t the
,Iace where the two friends had slept.
4 knew it would be So" was the only
eply Of the fast declining sister-and
Don after she was buried by the side of
dudley and Amelia. Reader, this is no
are the ways of God unjust
: but his ways are above our apprcheu-
ion We tern " ,nthly Magazine.