Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-04-18

You d,d M, ,bon, yourself monsieur, see TINS
beautiful sucidef
Time failed me. nv lord OF ceT,sinly should
have done 81. hu, my friend. The { hcyailct lane
gave me most Vivid description 10th q her per
son and her costume Thu, madam Ia Couniosse
made shrcwd guess nj the impulse OF her s'I De.
sruc,ioa is ~ 10 means doubtful, white kid
glove. richly embroidered with silver aud evident
Is from ir sisc belonged to rival, was found IN
her bosom
Tho EnRlshrnnn suddenly fell back in hrs
chair. wrh an expression Of mute and anxious
horror, while his eyes. a. II iusluctl'cy fastened
upoa ,ho ,uavhiOncss HIS emotion was how
ever uuobsorv,d. for the touch Of romance which
the baron's lss, information had given to the
subject rly,cd the attention 81 ihe whole party
upon himself, and he quiGly continued ms nara
ton
La bella f,syasses, who rs now lying stretched
under the coarse coyeriG OF La N0rgss. mcsdamcs
was alfred when drawn from the rivor, IN dress
OF black velvet which was gathered together IN
heavy folds abou, her waist, where was claspod
by large emerald and wore suspended from her
neck miniature cncirclcd with the same precious
gems; and also large cloak Of a similar ma,eral
to her robc-
Blu, the baron's description was here abrupt
Is terminated by the emission Of a wild wordless
gurgling sounl from the lips of The young Eng
lishman, who rising from his seat with violence
by which 1t was overset, rushed from the room
like maniac, aud disappeared
As he reached the court, he was encountered by
the groom whom he had despatched TO Paris for the
toy coveted by the marchioness. and he no sooner
saw him than, sezing the gem which he was care
fully conveying TO the house he dashed II ;rantloa-
ly upon the pavement where it shivered into rag
ments: while, with white and quiverng lips he at
tempted an inquiry to which he could not give nj.
ito tor
words; the messenger already knew all that his
master sought 10 ask, though he was still ignorant
Of what he might have told, for, beyond the disap-
pearance OF the lady Blanca, every thing was mys-
,erious 10 the man himself; but the violent and UNI
| controlled emotion upon which he looked, satisfied
| him that her evasion was already no secret at the
chateau; and he there fore answered unhesitatngy
| to the questioning look that was turned upon him
IL is indeed too true my lord, my lady is
| With sharp cry, or rather yell, which rung out
| upon the night air, and made il vocal with human
| agony, the Englrshman sprang into the saddle which
| the groom had just quilted; and ere the asonished
guests in The supper room had time to reach the
court yard, he was gallopng furiously away into
the darkness on the road which led TO the capital
| The CONSERVATION OF the courty party requires
no comment, when they learned from the lips of the
groom the disappearance Of the lady to whom his
master was so devo,edly attached, and who had
companied him from Italy; and then, for the frs,
time spasm Of horror shook the young marchion-
ess. i he glove, was IL then heT glove WnlCN nau
been found resting upon the cold bosom of the sll
eide was it her idle and selfish coqne,ery which
had driven fellow creature TO destruction, 1t was
fortunate for the selfconvcted woman that the ef-
iect produced upon the whole of her guests offered
an apology for her own emotion; for, after few
comments and conectures, conversation tagged,
and the different members of the party Of pleasure
glad to retire to their several chambers, wea
ried and harrassed by the events OF the day.
On and on, meanwhile, passed the jaded horse
and its reckless rider; until the poor BRUTE already
wearied by his previous Journey, and urged beyond
its speed slipped over l0nse stone and fell, hur-
ing lis load to the ground with violence which
would have caused a by-stander TO believe that
death must have ensued; but il seemed as thou oh
the Engshman wns beyond physical injury; 70 r.
after rising from the earth, and ascertaining by a
hastv glance al the PROSTATE animal that it was in
capable of further exertion, he recommended his
city ward journey, barehe AIDED and in slight eve
ming costume i'll calculated to protect its wearer
ganst the rgors Of the season
The night was far advanced when he reached the
barrier, although the moon had greatly accelerated
= his progress; and here he wonld inevitably have
been stopped had not his person been well known
10 the guard, who. on asceraining his identity said
with laugh 'Sont-ilis frances ces Angleisr Milford
! is walking for wager An eager affirmative. ac-
. companed By a gold coin which he flung TO them
= as he passed, satisfied the gate keepers and the
lover Of Blanca stood within the walls of the city
u where she lev dead. She whom he had loved as
RItatg as ne ndn VrOngeO Ner-luS own blanca,
who had only him leh earth to comfort and pro-
/ tect her, and ~nom he had abandoned by his neg
ect to desi-the young, the bright, the beautiful,
70 the high born, And there was no hope-she was
dead And how died she' Not as the happy die
!. NOT amid the tears and prayers and blessings OF
q those who loved her; but alone, with madness in
: her brain. and despair Juggling her hears,rngs
:, In the bleak darkness of a winter midnight she had
miserably violently persisted, setting last seal to
e a career Of sin by that crime which cannot know
rePentance-she had died the death of suicide.
Il Wild thoughts these with which 10 wander thro
Z the silent streets OF sleeping city. No wonder
that ere he reached the Morgue the conscience
| stricken man was in state of partial Madness
e Had he never existed, she had still been living
? honored aid happy. Had he even been true 10 M
J. victim he had made she would still have existed
less honored, less happy perhaps, but yet hoping
- aud trusting even where shs had been most deepl
n | wroneed. But what was shei
:, AS he asked himself The question he was in III
y immediate neighhorhood Of the death cell
e Day was just dawnng; for the young Englishman
absorbed IN his own agonizng grief, had frequent
wandered from the direct path and the tall house
Of the streets before him looked like grim spectre
ID starting from the covered earth while the sui
as len and sluggish Seine half obscured BY N
" dull yapnrs that hung about 1t like a vail II
"a turned one glance towards tho fatal river and the
withdrew his eyes with cold shudder. such as a
his nigh,-wandering under The biting Influence
10 the season bad failed 10 produce lie hurried on
)r hIf was no GRAND on which he could lingeI n
~ iTh lay before hin, and he mus, learn il all or b
no come a maniac
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