Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-11-07
CHAP PIER III.

h ~ WIS past iblIDlph', ana ishuy WARY
VAS slIl sitting up, prey 10 the most
conflicting e,noipns Would that she
had communed with her own heart, prob
Iug lis very depths with the severity OF
an impartial judge would that she had
then traced To their true source, the feel
Ings Ia which she had been a stranger
until her acquaintance with Trevor. -
/ Had she ihu- drawn aside the vr!l that
concealed from her sight the prccipice
on which she stood, she might even now
have saveG herself from the dark gull
that yauned beneath.
Lady Mary had dismissed her atien-
dnnl early, and she was now sia,llrd
from her painful revere by IA gentle
krock lrom the latter for admiiianre -
The gill banded her letter from Cap
tain Trevor, informing her that aljrr he
left he had called for "A few moments at
'"The Mess" where he had heard that
HE vessel IN hlch SIR Malcolm had
mrniI"ned having taken his passage, had
been spoken with below Qlrbcc, and II
was therefore not unlikely that he might
arrive on the following day. lie ear
Hestly onlrealed her 10 reconsider the
subject of their conversation to look
upon the measure he had suggested, as
the only probable means of freeing her
self from il state equal To inat of tn,
most ahJect Slavery and wltl esard To-
the odiun that her husband and Miss
Narlug night IN their spite. cndpavor io
cast upon such n step, II could not pos
sess ANY influence, as it was well known
that her situation was such, as Ia In>tii,
her IN seeking her palrrnal root, ~ the
only refuge ni which -he cuJld wnh pro.
pieiv avail herself lie was confident.
warmesi gratitude upon him, IN beng
instrumental IN restoring her To them.
Such were the subtitle atgUnrris that
wer" el"qnently urged upon her, aud ~
m evil hour, she gave the appninipd sIp
nal he had mentioned ~ case of her ac
iulrscenca, (and which he was waiting
I" rec"Ive) and ere break of day Cap .
tam Trevor aud Lady Mary Wa,ing
were on their way Ia the States. 4
1t was on their journey that saw them
as have Described IN the commence
mcnt oi this sketch, aud il was long after
had heard the sad particulars of her
history up I" that tune that could obtain
any further intelligence Of the fugitive
"iir nnd her companion. Alas she \
was not restored t, her lrirndS They /.
had sn'i"d from New Ho,k To France.
n"t I" England. Captain Trevor was
ca.h'errd for absence from has rrrinpnt
"tih"ut leave, and was afterwards suh.
Jeci To heavy damages AT the sun of SIR
Malcolm. Lady Mary was disnwned hy \
her iamliy, and Ihc inhuman father, who
had sacrificed his child To his interest.
"ho had made her an object of mere sale \
and bargain, forbade the mention of her
name As Ia the unfortunate Lndv
Mary, her fate, as may be autIcipa,edN
was fetiOld more wrctchcd aud degraded
than when she had been suffering yet .
innocent wife. Her hiend after whde
grew weary Of Witnessing her misery,
and casting her from hIm like a faded
Hover, ne again mingled IN the CAV
world, which smiled upon and received
him, ~ # he had added an honorable
repay to his name, while his victim was
''orned aud trampIed upon as a worthless
weed.
We would by no means borrow ,he
IckIy scnilmrnialIty that in too many
instances Is so successfully cast around
nee, shading her aspect ~ such n man.
yer thhi she u sometimes taken for virtue
Ie'seli, but We do affirm, that there are
circumstances frequently connected with
norai degradation, that call for the warm
81 emotions o! pity from the benevolen,
nd heIng heart. How often this has |
ecn 10" case with woman no tongue :
nay tell! Yet II matters not whether 9
ne hhs been "more slnued against than '
inning, she alone mu>t bear the cons.- Q
"tnrrs-she alone endure the bitter =
corn, the cold contempt ul the world - I
'he must even suffer aIihuut hanan re- u
rrss or pity, The cruel dcseIilun of the u
hh"r ~ her wrongs, and she X ihu. .
Hen cast npon the ",de world. wuhor =
revision, without friends, nod destitute q
ihe means oi procuring either, through VI
'e lass ol her lsIr fame. Nhl. hr. IT, y
h"m she owes the loss "f all, walks forth .
hblu-hIngy and his fellow men. as II,
- 'a'nt rested upon hH honor. Should "
'is be sonny readers "No, mcih,nk. Z"
hear you say, aud the loud voice of %
ls'ice, too, answers "\oi :" II
NrrANcuotr hcclrrVr \ child nf Mr.. y
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