The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-03

/. advisable 10 send for his friends
I Half an hour more. and the pair SO lately
> wraPt IN romantic dreaming, were ~hirng along
a dusty rosd as fast rs four post .horses could
speed. In Mrs. ST. Aubyn the sudden news
had produced strange revulsion Of feeling
she seemed Ike one awakened from dream.
The reverence and gratitude, which in spite Of
tho absence oi warmer feelings, she had always
entertained for her husband. rushed on her
heart with overwhelming power. and she cried
and sobbed hysrsrieally, as shrinking from Viii
lersey's touch, she leaned in tho corner Of tho
carriage.
IL was long before his words Of consolation
were heard or needed, and il WAS ~ much a.
he could do, to induce her 10 bc tolerably com.
posed by ths time they reached n,
Who may paint the ~retchcd combination
Of feelings with which she entered the apart
ment Of the invalid There was bitter shame
and self repreach at her hsart. when she re-
membered the state Of her feelings few hours
before. For while they seemed TO be utter
ly swept away in the torrent OF her anguish and
remorso; IL was ss il world had been shattered
at her feet, or fearful chssm yawniug in her
path. The sinfuness Of the love she had been
'ndulsing had never seemed so vividy placed
before her eyes as now.
For week the Colonel seemed to tottsr on
tho very confines OF the grave, during WHICH he
was sedulonsly attended by his wife and Major
Willenlsy. The character Of their a,tsehmest
seemed utterly changed. They seldom spoke
togsiher. and when they did, it was merely on
some sab bjeet connected with the patients accom-
n,odation or comfort. for they burst not rrns,
Themselves TO hink Of the event that seemed
fast approaching. They shrunk from sludng
10 its possibility; for each bad a secret con
soisusness that their sorrow for such \ ,ern,in-
alton Of the Cslonsls illness would not be 50
unmingled MS it ought 10 have been.
At length the physician communicated TO
Willersley his fears that the crisis, which was
, approaching, would be an unfsvorable one and
. shortly after, the Colonel requested that Viii
g lsrsley aud his wife might be left alone with
i. him. lie addressed them in detached seuisn-
nrn, 10 JSpusS Saiiot -'-'" -"""-"'" "--"'''''"-
'Agnes,-desr Agnes, you have been a gem
# tic, attentive. obed,snt wife. The world might
i think was too old for you, hut yos have never
given mo cause to regret our union. Charles,
you have been dearer 10 me than any one oa
i, earth, except Agnes. ! know yeu are br,vs,
10 and wise. and generous IL erieves me TO think
Of my gentle wiie's situation when am gone.
d Will you be her guardian! You are both
r. young sometime hence, when you know each
d ether better, perhaps you may bo inclined 10
}, marry. The thought is not unpleasinG TO me.
T. but you must, hereafter. judge whether such
4 course will he for your happiness. Atauy rate
) be friends. God bless you both
lilo murmsred few moro incohcrent words.
then turned on his pillow. and fell asleep.
This was an awful night for MAR. Willersley
. and Mrs. St. Aubyn. They spoke not--they
, did not even look their feelings; but they sat
1 down one each side Of the sick mans bed,
. aud listened to tho treathings Of lha, slumbcr
which they believed fas, merging into the deep
. or sleep Of death.
!. A load Of agony seemed removed from the
y mind Of Agnes. There could scarcely be guilt
i, she thought in an attachment thus sanctioned.
. Vision. oi happiness, vague and shapelsss as
d the clouds of sunset. hoated through her ims.-
/. nation but all yet seemed unsettled and tot
;. terIng The Colonel still lived, but the time
that should emsnepate his spin, would unfrt-
n ter ,hsIrs also. and leave them free to love and
:. b. loved Hour after hour they kept their 81
C lent vigil, every nerve wound to pitch of
J. excitement that amounted 10 torture. while the
ID delicate frame Of Agnes seemed almost turned
TO stops. Morning dawusd on these pale
10 ws,chers yet still no eonyul,ve sob. no rattle
8. IN tho throat announced tho rapid approach OF
1. death. On the contrary, the sufferers breath
!. ing seemed softer and odlnei, and, as ihs day
y Iiph, gradually filled the chamber. 1t was e''-
Is dent that, though his lip aud cheek were sti''
" p,llid. they were less lIyid. aud more natural
10 IN their appearance than on the preceding
10 night. The cur Of hope va, dashed from the
D. lips Of Charles and Agnes. and though II nign'
., have seemed mirae ulous under tho eiroum-
N .tsnses tho Coloue! recovered
q, Suspense. hidden suffering aud ood"y Ia
Is urus had made deep inroads on the tender
r. constitution Of A. gnes. and it was now her turn
ID n n. eepfiped TO sick bed. She Was very i'll.
N and her restoration to health was lingering, and
a never entire, But alas her mind bad recelv-
- ed +, deeper injury than her bodily frame. Ia
D. spite Of her efforts to subdus it, n feeling ska
Iy to despair took possession Of her mind. Her
ID temper, naturally s~ss, and gentle. bessme ir.
b, rt,ble and impatient, and her intsrss, in the
:, persons and things about her seemed entirely
III destroyed. She would shut herself up tor
DAYS. on the plea Of indi,posiiion, vh'ls 10 'ae.
H. her seelusioo was csurted az affordisg moro'd
,.J.,la.,ra If nd memories.
Do The Cslonel-(bu, I forgsi-be was nov
- the General.) was deeply grisved at tue s'.ae"
avs IN her o.nesnor, especially a. 're'u'e' es'