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all dead! Oh, that it had pleased God
TO take me 10 himself with them.'
RibeiTa for some minutes feared that
her reason was sgain about to leave her;
but the violent shock which terror had Oe.
casioned, from the threats and brutal Vi
olence Of the sailors, had produced a sal
u:sry revolution in her mind. All that
was requisite 10 complete her cure were
care and tranquility.
The ship had successful voyage
Upon her arrivals at the Brazils, Donna
Msrgarita, (for our readers will already
have surmised that it was she whom
Ribcira found on board the fated Vessel,)
determined upon returning TO Europe
with him. The sailors, who would 90
cruelty have consigned her TO a Watery
grave won by her gentle manners, took
lhe liveliest interest in her fortunes, and
there was not one on board who would
not willingly have sacrificed their lives to
serve her.
When The Teresa returned 10 Cadiz,
Donna MaTgsrita's health was perfectly
re-established. Ribeira delivered 10 her
the cssket which he had found on boald
the Margarita; on receiving it, she burst
into tears, exclaiming g-"This casker be.
lOnged to my husband! poor AlonzO! what
cruel fate was thine.
She then told Ribeira her whole histo-
ry, as detailed in our FIRST chapter, and
added, "Alonzo chose me for his wife
when | was poor, reduced by abject mis-.
cry 10 undergo the most cruel humiIil-
ton. He gave me his name-made me
rich and haPPy-and to my mother he
became the most afectionate OfsOns.-
Judge then of the love and VeneratiOn
which felt for him.'
She then went on to say that they had
lived in perfect happiness for two years.
She had become the mother ofa lovely
daughter-hef Rn mother had recover
ed her health and reason-Don Alo6zO
had succeeded TO large fortune, left
him by a relative, who had lived in Mex
leo. 1t was necessary that he should
proceed 10 that country 10 settle his AZ.
fairs. He bought a vessel which be
named the Margarita, on board which
they all embarked. On the day they sail>
ed, one of the crew was suddenly miss.
ed, it was thought that he had accideutly
fallen into the sea.
Three days afterwards bis body was
found in the hold ofthe ship, and was
to the waves. In a short
time the plague broke out on board; the
sailor who had died had lately returned
from Smyrna. One by one of the crew
fell victims to the contagion, and every
one on board excepting herself and child.
had perished. She was attacked by it
after the death Of Alonzo and her moth
er, and while under Its APPALLING inAu.
ence, she heard her child crying for her,
but she could not move to its assistance.
She supposed that she then became de-
prived ofreasOn for she recolected moth
ing that happened from that time, until
she found herself so unexpectedly on
board the Teresa.
Captain Ribeira accompanied her to
where Der husbands family Iiv-
ed. She found that the executor of Don
Alonzo's Mexican relation had remitted
large sums Of money, which he had re- -
covered 10 banker in Paris, and that it
was necessary that she should proceed
there, and prove her claim TO them, Don
AlOnzO having executed a will before
leaving Spain, BY which he bequeathed to
her his whole property.
In Paris the society Of The lovely and
wealthy widow was sought BY all, and a.
bout twelve months after her arrival
there, she married the Marquis de Villa
1icencio. Her house iGnOw the resort
of the most distinguished senators, states.
men, poets, and artists Of the age. Her
benevolence is unbOuuded; and Donna
Margarita, the former shop woman ofthS
Madrid hair dresser, is now beloved BY
all that is good and great, and viriuous 40
the Marchioness de VillaVicencio.