The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-09-03
Number 10.

ighoraht OIL tne length OF the time he had
remained in state of unconsciousness,
,, but on regainng his senses he found him
sell extended on the pavement of narrow
lane in Cambridge adjacent 10 his own COL
lege. In the siupor that succeeded this
interval of insensibiiiy, he could scarcely
believe either what he had seen or done
to induce it. what horrible dreamv
was his repeated exclamation. His first
impulse was TO seek the old dismantled
gateway by which he had gained access TO
the ruined court of Kings College,; bur he
found the wicket fast, and all around buried
in silence. Not only did he believe that
he had beer dreaming, but ,ha. he was still
so; his brain grew dizzy,h ideas wandered
and terrified at what he felt, he regaIned his
college. and flung himself upon his bed.
exclamlng, Il am about to lose my reason,
il indeed. am not mad already
He slept soundly until midday, but found
himself SO fatigued on awakening that he
could not rise. In the course of the after.
noon letter was brought him, which had
arrived express from London. 1t was from
his lalher,and was to the following purport;
My dear son. An inexpicabe event
has just spread conster1Dlfion and dsmay
in our family: last night, at a quarter 10
twelve o'clock, the marriage of your cousin
was solemnized in the drawing room Of
! your uncle In----Square. Immediately
after the ceremony, the newly married
pair took leave of US 10 enter their travel
ling carriage which stood at the door, to
convey them 10 their seat.--Park.
Your sister-in-law whom we conducted as
far as the hall door, after receiving embrace
stepped into the carriage, followed closely
by her husband, who had already placed
one foot upon the step of the vehicle wher
an agonizng shrek filled us all with terror.
rushed out of the house and sprang down
The door-s,eps' judge Of my astonishpsent
d. horror at bsholding your brother Extend
ed llfeless upon the pavement. sWha, has
happenedi' l cried, but nobody Gould
answer the question; ALI aassssAy lhaatnnpd
that the emotion Of the moment had brought
on a faining fit from which he would
quickly recover: but, having conveyed him
within doors,on closer examination per.
ceived that his clothes were stained with
blood-he had seen stabbed to the heart,
No one had seen the weapon by which he
had been murdered or the arm that dealt
the blow. Such, my dear son, is tie issue
Of marriage formed under the happiest
aus spices; who could have foreseen SO la.
menlable catastrophe? All search to dis
cover the author Of the crime has hitherto
proved vain. Return TO US so soon as YOU
receive this: l have no longer, alas, any
motive for keeping you away from home
and your sisters. whose despair is truly
pitiaole, and who have need of your pres
ence. Your cousin Julia, now nearer and
dearer relation is with us; her grief is more
calm in its expression than that of the res,
of US; for she alone has never lost her pres
enee of mind. Come, then, shall expect
10 see you this very night; all are anxious
for your return. You are now the eldest
of my children; your father would embrace
you with an almost broken heart.
At the receipt Of this astounding ineli-
gence, the unhappy student rose, and aided
by the strength impaired by high state of
fever, ran direct 10 the residence of mag
islrale. He related, in all its minu,est details
what you have just heard from my lips;
Notwithstanding the slrangeness of his
disposition he was listened 10 with attention
but he could give no exact description of the
woman whose internal art appeared 10 have
MS OIEiludlely ,HOWGV6F,
it occurred TO him that he had met with her
before elsewhere; at first he could not recoI
lect when or where, or even be certain of
the fact, bst on taxing his memory deiber-
ately, he though! she could be no other than
Nalhea, the famous gipsey, whom he had
met some months back on Epson race
course
'At the very same time that saw her
there J exclaimed the young lady, who had
previously spoken oil The gipsey, and whose
attention had been wound up TO the highest
pitch of excitement by the colonel's story.
And also, 'rejoined the latter, but neither
you nor |, madam, am happy TO say, paid
so dearly for the interview as did my young
friend The student.
who knows!' sighed she in low mel.
ancholy tone of voice, as her head dropped
upon her bosom, whilst the colonel thus
cOncladed his narrative:-
AN instant pursuit was made after the
gipsey, but on the police searching the
hovel in which Nalhea had last been seen,
no trace of her could be discovered, and the
only ,idngs that have been gathered res esc,.
ing her,merge in supposilion that she had