The native American., 1840-01-01

Q ttons, and fa;ierY. had too gocd an opinion a
t tsiis a'niabie Ell gentle being, to suppose her
rarablc OF listrnugo The daring vows Of her low
ei ont there Was a determination about his nur-
] suit Of her, that somrn hat alarmed me- and
: savage expression III his small gray eyes, and
Tartar features, which inspired both dread and
dislike. lie was however, very mtch on his
guard IN Nj. Dc Clairviile's presence, which was
bv no means The least formidable symptesa TO the
4 affair Things were al this point when the baron
( thoaght himself obliged TO leave Geneva and
take journey, which was not 70 last long er thar
. the preceding ones. was witness oi the efforts
I which Madame de c. made 10 prevent his de-
PaItuTe; and without being able 10 penetrate the
SECRET Of their affairs, il was evident that favor
begged with SO nHcil carnrsiness must have
very mpo;taut reasons that Iccrired it to be
: granted. She coud not indace him TO change
i his purpose, but he promised her he would re-
tnsn the following day. Fly went, and her tears
lowed long ana stianedy | tried every
topic OF consolation that could be suggested
and left her lanyuid and exhausted, but still
he violtnce Of grief seemed over. d;ned at
the house Of friend u few miles off, and did
rnot return till late. When | arrived at the
hotel, was told that Madame de c. was in the
asonies Of death, and that they suspected her Of
having poisoned herself.
L appeared that soon after left her, she went
out to walk, and returned later than usual Sle
then sent some one TO buy dose of submate,
without explaining the use she meant to make of
IT. She shut herself up in her room, but the vio-
lehce OF the pain forced groans from her, which
were heard by the servants Of the house. When
they came she complained of spasms, to which
she sal she was very subject, that it was nothing,
and would soon go off, For some time they trea-
ted her under this supposon; but the rapid pro-
o,I o.hnr Il.
them suppose it must proceed from another cause.
They sent Immediately for physician, who was
with her al the moment arrived. rushed up.
stairs in an agony Of horror and surprise, but it
was too lae--all was over the officous assist
ants wished me to approach the bed, but could
not bear to that beautiful countenance convuls-
ed by fearful and self sought death turned
from the room in sickness Of heart, and sought
my own unobserved. She died without confess
ing that her own hand had shortened her exist
ence; and the only care-thc only wish-the
only request she made in dying was, TO eareat
those who tried TO assist her, to tell the sad news
gently to her husband, and to be kind to her cJd,
and this was all. And she was dead! So younS
so beautlul-t seemed impossibe-her lovely
lace was still before my eyes, pale with emotion
as had seen it last-her sobs yet rung in nv
ears-hcr very grief seemed TO connect her more
closely with life; but the sorrows Of this world
had done their worst--they were ended for her
now. | looked toward the windows Of her room,
the rays of the morning sun glanced brightly
against them but they shone on form which
they had not the power Of giving another day Of
anguish-on eyes which they could unclose no
more to weep.
Terrible and inexplicable as this event was, vet
every one undertook to give solution Of it. i he
prevailing opinion was, that the baron had aban-
doned her, and that, thinking herself without sup
port IN foreign land, she had chosen death as
the shortest way to put an end to her misery and
this notion was entertained till the third day, when
the return Of M. de G. put end to SO wreched
a suspicion. l, and some others of his acquaint-
ance, met him at the door oil the hotel, and, under
the pretext of an affair of importance where his
assistance was necessary, we conducted him into
another house to inform him Of his loss.
The transports Of despair to which he gave
way, contributed still more TO destroy the suspi-
cions that had been formed Of his journey. He
seemed TO have but one wisl-one object left--to
die. They had taken the pyocaution Of removing
all the instruments that might have been used for
that purpose; but wildly demanding, if no one
had humenity enough to give him poison, knife,
or any thing that would relieve him most quickly
from existence he mcde violent efforts to preci-
pi'atc himself from window ; and at last, hav-
ing cluded the vigilance Of those who watched
him, in default of all other ways to die, he dashed
himself with such force against the wall Of the
room, that he fell senseess on the floor; the
blood flowed prousely from a wound in his fore
head, and for some time we thought he had OBJ
tained his wish, and would soon be laid by his
unhappy companion. For eight days he either
continued III state of supor, or in fits of raving
and passionate despair. His attendants listened
with anxiety 10 the slightest expression Of his
grief in the hopes Of gaining some explanation Of
his strange story, but 70 incautio,s word betrayed
his secret--not syllable escaped his lips which
bore any reference to lis former fate. During
this interval the remains Of her whom know not
how TO designate, but one Of the most beautiful
that is seen on earth, was consigned by strangers
to an earthly, unlalowcd grave, in foreign land;
at night, III secrecy ard silence the funeral was
performed
mo bell was toll'd--no prayer was said,
rs at midnight they dug her grave;
Der ruln'd hopes ami youth mised ..m~
The qu'verng tapers family wave"
No tomb was raised over her; the spot is mark
ed by the mound Of earth alone, and the long grass
that grows thick and rank above it, The memory