Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-12-17

- 1870. ~ VI AlSA AohltolAttiE P0tChNo III
her own declining strength, and neglected
and useless talents. The gold still SPAR
kled before her-she felt she knew not
what, and to escape from some feelings
is, perhaps ths best victory we can OBJ
tain over them. But when she arrived
al home, she eagerly thrust the small pur-
chase she had made into her mothers
hand, and, though hitherto gentle, sub.
missive and tractable, announced in
tone of decision that seemed to her star
tied mother (whose thoughts We're always
limited to the exigencies of the hour)
like that ofsudden insanity, that she would
rather starve than ever again tread the
streets ofSeville alone.
GAS Ines retired to her bed, sic thought
she heard feeble moan from the room
where Everard lay, and where from their
being compelled TO sellth necessary fur
nlture of the bed, he had entreaied his pa
rents TO allow Maurice 10 sleep with him,
alleging that the warmth Of his body
would be substitute for artificial cover
ing to his little brother. Twice those
means were heard, but Ines did not dare
to awake Welberg, who had sunk into
that profound sleep which is as often the
refuge ofintolerable misery, as that of sa-
turated enjoyment. A few moments az
ter, when the means had ceased, and
she had half persuaded herselfit was on.
ly the echo of that wave that seems for
ever beating in the ears of the unfortu-
nate-the curtains other bed were thrown
open, and the figure of child covered
with blood, stained in breast arms, and
legs, appeared before her, and cried
1T is Everard's bIood-he is bleeding to-
death-I am covered with his blood
Mother, mother, rise, and save Everard s
life.' The object, the voice, the words,
seemed to Ines like the imagery of some
terrible dream, such as had lately often
visited her sleep, till thetones Of Maurice,
the youngest, land in her heart) favorlte
child, made her spr.ng from the bead, and
hurry after the little blood spotted figure
that padded before her on his naked
feet, till she reached the adjoining room
where Everard lay. Amid all her an
guish and fear, she trod as lightly as Mau-
rice, lest she should awake her hus-
band.
The moonlight fell strongly through
the unshuttered windows on the wretch
ed closet that Just contained the bed. It's
furniture was sufficiently scaniy, and in
his spasms Everard had thrown off the
sheet; so he lay, as Ines approached his
bed, in kind of corpse like beauty. to
which the light of the moon gave an eff
feet that would have rendered the figure
worthy the pencil of Murillo, Rosa, or
any of those painters who, inspired by the
genius of suffering delight in represent.
ing the most exquisite of human forms
10 the extremity of human agony. A
st. Bartholomew hayed, with his skin
hanging about him in graceful drapery-
St. Lawrence broiled on gridiron, and
exhibiting his finely formed anatomy on
It's bars, while naked slaves are blowing
the Goals beneath it--even these were in-
lerior to the form half-veiled, half-disclos-
ed by the moonlight, as it lay. The snow
white limbs of Everard were extended as
if for the inspection of sculptor, and
moveaess, as if they were indeed, what
they resembled in hue and symmetry, those
of marble statue. His arms were tos.
sed above his head, and. the blood was
trickHng fast from the open veins Of both
his bright and cured hair was clotted
with the red stream that flowed from his
arms-his lips were blue, and a faint and
fainter moan issued from them as his mo-
ther hung over him. This sight banished
in a moment all other fears and feelings,
and Ines shrieked aloud to her husband
for assistance. Welberg staggered from
his sleep entered the room, the object be-
fore him was enough. Ines had only
strength left to point to it. The wretched
father rushed out in search of medical aid,
which he was obliged to solicit gratuitously
and in bad Spanish, while his accents be-
trayed him ot every door he knocked a.
and closed them against him asa foreign
er and q hereto. At length a barber.
surgeon, (for the professions were united
IN Seville) consented, with many q
vawn, to attend him, and came duly ar.
med with lint and styptics. The distance
was short, and he was soon by the bed oil
the young sufferer. The parents observ
ed with CONSERVATION unspeakable, the
languid looks Of recognition, the CHASTITY
smile of consciousness, that Eyerarc
viewed him with, as he approached the
bed and when he had succeeded in stop
ping the hamorage, and hound up tht
arms, whisper passed between him AM
the patient, and the latter raised his blood
| less arm 10 his lips, and uttered, 'Remem
Der our bargain As the man retired
| Weberg followed and demanded to know
the meaning of the words he had heard
Welberg was German and choleric, To
surgeon was a Spaniard and cool.
shall tell YOU tomorrow, Seignor,' put
ting up his instruments 'in the meal
time be assured of my gratultous attend
ance on your son, and ofhis certain recoy
erv. We deem you heretics IN Seville
but that youth is enough TO canonlze tn
whole family, and cover a multitude
sins.' And with these words he departed
The next day he attended Eyerard, an
so for several, till he was completely re
covered, always refusing the slightest re
enumeration, till che father whom mlser
had made suspicious of every thing an
nothing. watched at the door and heard tn
horrible secret. He did not disclose Z
10 his wife; but from that hour It was OF
served that his gloom became more II
!, tense. and the communications he USED
!, hold with his family on the subject ofthel
distress, and the modes Of evading it b
-, axnod;ants utterly and finally ceS