Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-06-27
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though ccnicss would rather drop tho
subject. ut all events | would no, wish to
do so while she Is present
Wi,h tins reply poor Jules was forced to
remain content. though he felt tina, the rack
Itself would bring less torture than the ago
mics Of suspense Presently TO his great re
Lief, the wcll.sliisfcd party began TO break
up One by ono the plehoric burRherS
lei the room but Marie stirred not Jules
watched his opportunity to give her unseen,
signal to retire This she did and III
less than quarter Of hour more the lancer
and citizen alone remained
Now then, sir, said the former abruptly
turning round, your promised explanation
The stranger paused Gre he replied.
am perhaps wrong IN thus satisfying The
curiosity OF one which | never saw before,
aud more particularly so when | tell you
iha, the 'anccdote | AIN about TO relate III
wolves mos, deeply the character OF the IN
happy female who has Just Quilted the Ia
BILE
The stroke Of death would have been less
agonlsing than such an answer jules
brain seemed to burn like molten lead
He could scarcely rcprcss his agitation ms
| he asked, with an almost sardonic sheer, 49,
You were perhaps that ladys lover 2
! God forbid = solemnly calculated the
/ burghtr, my tale is not Of love. But as
| YOU seem interested. will give you IN n
! few words had very dear friend lnNc
tor Rossaert From youth brought up to
! gether. our mutual confidence was unbound
ed. Unfortunately Victor found il ncccssa
! 20, &, ha ,rr,puctpcp, nf SOpnp mercantile
affairs. to visit Geneva Here IT appears,
he met merchants daughter, Adelaide
/ Moran, whose charming manners aud love
/ " appearance, soon won the hear, OF the
enthusiastic young man, and he wrote to me
in all the triumph OF an accepted lover
| cannot really sec what this has to do
with the lady who was here Just now, i'm
patiently interrupted Jules.
1T has everything to do with her. Lis
ten and you will agree with me Victor
by mere accident arising out Of the jealousy,
of the lady's former suors, learnt that she
/ whom he thought SO innocent so good, Had
| long ere she saw my friend, forfeited her
reputation There was madness IN the
thought, despair IN future life, but honor
demanded the sacrifice; and tho broken
hearted young man. in letter addressed TO
her whom he could not but still love, de
clared his knowledge of her guilt, and his
resolution never again to see her This let
ter written, he instantly started off TO join
his friends at Dion. To this spot she fol
lowed him, and having vainly, for some
weeks, supplicated, urged and threatened
him, with view of making him marry
her, she seemed suddenly to rclnquish her
purpose and entreated TO be but his friend.
As such, for several weeks she visited him
His health gradually declined. In vain
did she try to cheer him. lie hourly sank,
) and, feeling death fast stealing upon him,
he wrote to me. started of soon after the
receipt of his letter but it was, alas too
la:e. When | arrived, my muchloved
u friend had been consigned TO the tomb !;
u but not before post m0rtcm cxam1
ination had taken place, from which
e 1t appeared that he had died of poison--a
. :, slow subtle poison Suspicion immediately
a fell upon Adelaide Moran; she was seized
', and interrogatcd, but she would neither con-
d fess nor deny. Circumstances were not suf
G fcienlly strong 10 Justify trial for murder
Z She was therefore brought before the court
Is for minor offence, namely, that of forging
a will, by which it would appear that he
o left her all his property. On this charge
e she was tried and convicted Mitigating
u circumstances, however, were urged, to
ii save her from the galeys; and she was
e only condemned to stand in the pillory, and
o be branded on the right shoulder. This
" sentence was to be carried into effect the
Il very morning Of my arrival at Dion. I'm
=, pressed with horror, / attended near tn,
"a scaforld. The lovely but wicked woman
D, was brought forth. Never can | forge
~ that sorrowful countenance Deeply i'm
Al printed on my memory, it cannot never b,
I, efiaced Judge my surprise, when behelt
X that very woman, tha, identical female, tn
xt person who destroyed my friend, this da,
r. in wonder chart
lie Jules started up His eyes dated will
ne horror he approached the narrator, Yo
are mistaken by an accidental Likeness
We that lady's name is not Moran, or Adelaide
Say YOU are mistaken, or the consequence
Nv may be dreadful
I'D BY the high heaven above u speak Ii
lze truth But why this agitation 2
I've Stay, stay but five minutes, and 70
i,v shall learn the cause.
llrt And Jules DIviyier rushed from II
- room, leaving the worthy citizen to wond
an at the interest he took in one, certainly We
ia beautiful, but most depraved.
to The time mentioned by the anxious bird
lch groom had nearly elapsed, when the COZ
er munlcativo citizen was summoned 10 t
apartment OF the soldier Unhcstaing
ave he obeyed the summons, and entered WI
ned cool Indifference into the saloon, where
found the now almost convulsed youth, vi
the pointed 10 chair then advancing 10 /
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