Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-05-04


ter, bat Mr.. Herbert had evdentlv been
dead some hours. Poor Alice wept bitter
| ly, bun still she thought of her mother. and
she made no noise. and the valet was ST.
lent too; for in lifting up the dead BODY to
| the sofa, he had found small vial, and
| was gazing on il intenty.
81 had better put this away. Miss Her
bert" he SAID at length in low voice."
had better put this away before any one
else comes;
Alice gazed at thcavial with her tclrru!
eyes. 1t was markcd-.Prussic acid! poi-
son'
This was but the commencement Of
many sorrows. Though the coroner's Jury
pronounced that Mr. Herbert had died a
natural death, yet every one declared he
! had poisoned himself, especially when twas
| found he had died utterly insolycnt. That all
his last .peculations had JAILED, and that he
news of his absolute bcggary had reached
| HIN on the night preceding his decease.
| Then came all the horrors OF such circum-
stances 10 poor Alice and her mother
the funeral, the examination Of the pa
| bcrs ,-the sale of the house aud furniture.
the tiger claws Of law rcnding omen the
! house in all It's dearest aSsociations.-the
commisscration oifricnds, the taunts and
! SCOTS Of those who cnvied and hated in
| silence. Then for poor Alice herself. came
! the last worst blow. tho sickness and death
bed of 4 mothcr-SicknCs5 and death in
| poverty. ! he last scene was JUS; over
the earth was just laid upon the coffin Of
/ J 4
dropping fast, thinking Of the sad.' WHAT
NEXT"' when letter was given her, and
she saw the handwriting Of her uncle in
! Canada. She had written 10 him on her
! fathers death, and now he answered full
tenderness and affection, begging his sis
tcrand niece instantly to Join him in the new
| land which he had made his country. All
the topics of consolation which philosophy
ever discovered or devised to soolhe man
under the manifold SORROWS and cares Of
! lie, are not worth blade of rye grass in
comparison with one word Of true affection
! It vas the only balm that Alice Hcrbcrt's
! hcart.couId have received and though il did
not heal the wound, il trarquihiscd its ach-
ing.
| Mrs. Herbert, though not rich, had no,
! been altogether portionlcss, and her small
! fortune WIS all that Alice now couGecend-
cd to call her own. There had been in
decd Il considerable jointurc, but that Alice
renowned from her feelings rs you will
understand. Economy, however, was now
Il necessity, and after taking passage in
one Of the cheapest vessels she could find
bound for Qucbec,-a vessel that all the
world has heard Of, named the ST. Law
rcncc->he set out for the good CITY Of
Bristol, whore she arrived in safety on the
lG;h Of May, 1873.
We must now, however, turn TO 10 the
history Of Henry Ashton. 1t was Just af-
ter the business in Canada was settled, he
entered room in Quebec, where several
of the officers Of his regiment were assem-
! bled in various oCcupatonS-one writing
letter to 60 by the packet which was about
to sail, two looking out Of the window at
the nothing which was doing in the street.
and one reading a newspaper. There was
three or four other Journals on the table,
and Ashton took up one Of them. AS usu-
! al he turned to the record of the three
great things in life, and read, first the mar.
riages-then the deaths; and, AS he d d so,
he saw
"Suddeny, al his residence in Port
land Place, William Anthony Herbert.
ESQ"
The paper did not drop from his hand,
although he was much moved and sur
driscd; but his sensations were very mixed
and although. be il said truly, he gave his
first thoughts. and they were sorrowful
TO the dead, the second were given TO Alice
Herbert. and he asked himself, "Is il
possible she can ever be mine? She was
certainly much agitatld when | left her."
Here's a bad business" cried the man
who was reading the other newspaper
The Ilerberts are all gone 10 smash,
and had six hundred pounds there. You
are in for it, too, Ashton. Look hcrc.-
They talk of three shIings on the pound
Henry Ashton took tie paper and read
the account Of all that had occurred in Lon
don, and then he took his hat and walked
10 head quarters. What he SAID or did
there, is n bodv's business but his own:
but certain it is, that by the beginning of
he very next week, he was in the gulf Of
ST. Lawrence. Fair winds waited him
soon to Engand-but in St. Georges
channel all went contrary, and the ship
was knocked about without making much
wav. fit Of Impotence had seized up
on Henry Ashton. and when he thought OF
Alice Herbert and all she must have suf-
fercd, his heart beat strangely. One of
those little incidents occurred about this
time, that make or mar mems destinies.-
\ coasting boat from Swansea TO Wistoa
cnulr within hill and Ashton Tired Of The