Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-03-25

had been carelessly drawing wild leaves on u
scrap of paper, while her thoughts were far away
She colored when she saw him, and was evident
ly agitated; but she was still more so when he
repeated what he had told her father. She turned
red, and she turned pale, and she sat still, and
she said nothing. Henry Ashton became agitated
himself ut is all in vain, he said to himself
1t is all in vain. know her father too well );
and he rose, asking where he should find her
mother. ..
Alice answered in faint voice, in the little
room beyond the back drawing room
Henry paused moment longer the tempta-
ton too great TO be resisted he took the
sweet girls hand /; he pressed it to his lips, and
said, Farewell, Miss Herbert farewell | know
| shall never see any one like you again; but at
least it is blessing to have known yeu-though
it be bat to regret that fortune has not favored
me still farther farewell tarewelln
Henry Ashton sailed for Canad,, and saw
some service there. He distinguished himself
as an officer, and his name was in several des-
patches. A remnant of the old chivaEous spirit
made him often think when he was attacking a
fortified village, or charging body of Insurgents,
alice Herbert will hear of this but often, too,
he would ask himself, Il wonder if she be mar
ried YETI and his companions used to Jest with
him upon always looking first at the woman 5
part of the newspaper; the births, deaths, and
marriages.
Ills fears, if we can venture to call them such,
were vain. Alice did not marry, although about
/ Of Ach bnd Tod m u1a nd
her father descended a little from his high ambi-
ton, and limited that if she thought fit, she might
] listen to the young Earl of -. Alice was
not inclined to listen, and gave the earl plainly
/ to understand that she was not inclined to be-
come his countess. The earl, however, perse-
vercd, and MIR. Herbert now began to add his
influence !; bat Alice was obdurate, and remind
ed her father of promise he had made, never
i to press her marriage with any one. Mr.. Her
/ bert seemed more annoyed than Alice expected
walked up and down the room in silence, ano
on hearing it, shut himself up with Mrs. Her
bert for nearly two hours. What took place
Alice did not know, but Mrs. Herbert from that
moment looked grave and anxious. Mr.. Her
bert insisted that the earl should be received at
the house as friend, though he urged his
daughter more, and balls and parties succeed
ed each other so rapidly that the quieter inhabi-
tants OF Portland Place wished the banker and
his family, where Alice herself wished to be-
in Canada In the meantime, Alice became
alarmed for her mother, whose health was evi-
IDENTITY suffering from some cause but Mrs
| Herbert would consult no physician, and heI
husband seemed never to preceye the state Of
weakness and depression INTO which she was
| sinking. Alice resolved to call the matter tc
cry morning at an early hour, she rose one day
sooner than usual, and knocked at the door Of
his dressing room. There was no answer, and
unclosing the door, she looked in to see if he
were already gone. The curtains were still
drawn, but through them some of the morning
beams found their way, and by the dim sicky
light, Alice beheld an object that made her CLASP
her hands and tremble violently. Her fathers
chair before Ike dressing table was vacant bu
beside it lay upon the floor something like the
figure of man asleep. Alice approached, witt
her heart beating violently that she coulC
hear it. and there other sound in the
room, She knelt down beside him: it was hel
father She could not hear him breathe, ant
she drew bnck the curtains. lie was pale as
marble, and his eyes were open, but fixed She
uttered not a sound, but with wild eyes gazeo
round the room, thinking Of what she should do
Her mother was in the chamber at the side o
the drcssng-room but Alice, thoughtful ever
in the deepest agitation, feared to call her, anc
rang the bell for her fathers valet The mar
came and raised his master, but MIR. Herbert hai
evidently been dead for some hours. Poor Alice
wept terribly, but still she thought of her moth
er, and she made no noise, and the valet wal
silent too for, in lifting the dead body to The
sofa he had found small vial, and was gazing
on it intenty.
Il had better put this away, Miss Herbert" he
said at length, in low voice; Il had better pu
this away before any else comes
Alice gazed at the vial with her tearfnl eyes
1t was marked 'Prussc acid poison =
sorrows. Though the corners jury pronounced
that Mr.. Herbert had died natural death, We
every one declared he had poisoned himself, es
pecialy when it was found that he had died ut
tons had failed, and that the of his absolute
beggary had reached him on the night preceding
his decease. Then came all the horrors of sucl
circumstances to poor Alice and her mother >
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