Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-07-10


Z s"yYose 4 /, mornios, and | have
had u hung, ss.ei see.s-but no, the
moon shines what brings you he,e al,
this hnnv D
Cnwlord did no. iaas her hand, bu II
'ds"pped lisi'essly oD the qi!t AS SHE pa
'icnily awaited his answer
III is not morning, child, said he in a
voice strangely husky, as il the gulit oi
his purpose would force itself through
some oullet--'n is uot morning, und |
have come to awake YOU for --tDr-ahuth.
er visitor than myself
The poor gin shuddered eisibiy bul
II was only as be went on that she drank
IN the iuIncss Of his 'nerning.
Listen TO me, sn,, Said he, placing
the hight upon the table, aud drawing n
char by the bedside listen 20 me, girl
Tor the tune has come for you 10 know
the secret for which jou have been
reared, And .irst-kn"w that You are
40 daughter Of mae No particle ot
ny blood however remote, flows IN your
vons You are an Italian by birth
am an Eugl'shman. How you came into
my possession, Is not for you 10 know ;
bu, it is for YOU 10 know that have
reared, educated, fed aud clothed you
from your infancy upward. An immense
debt has accumulHted on your handy,
and the time has ii lengt IN arrived for the
reckoning ] MUST HAVE BACK THE GOLD
THATsyoUR REARING mas cosr -
SIll she did not perfectly comprehend, ,
| hut clasped her hands in mute agony
iag gown, and now stood pale, speeches.
with terror before the relentless villain
Crawford whispered the name Of
| 'Kenlland' in her ear, aud al once she
understood his horrible meaning and
purpose The ,housht had never en-
tered her heart ,ha, Crawford was not
her father, and 'hoogh she fully believed
him, the information conveyed no pain,
otherwise than II might be connected with
the crr'nip'y of her fate. Now she un-
drrsiood The meaning OF another visitor
than myself and almost brcathless with
terror, she glanced about the room. She
saw nothing, but she knew the capabiliiy
oi the man for evil, and sinking on her
knees fore him she sobbed aloud, pray
my in broken accents for reprieve. But
The voice Of pity never touched the heart
iof James Crawford hardened as was
that heart by the crimes and eXcesses Of
"A long life devoted from boyhood to the
love Of gain. Ho pu, her aside with n
demoniac laugh, and AS the curtain
which concealed the form of ken'land
slightly stirred, he arose to depart.
'Scorned love must have its revenge y
exclaimed Krn'land, approaching from
his hiding place aud attempting TO seize
tho hand of the knceling gid.
The young stranger could bear It no
longer. lie to whum EiNuRrD BLOOD
apuke so loudly and So uD"rringly, rush.
ed from his hiding ?larr, "md III an instant
u pistol was presented 10 The heart oI
keniland
Touch her not, or you are a dead
man y exclaimed he IN 4 terrific voice,
while the cowardIy wretch shrank back
abashed, for he was unlrmed.
CHATTER III.
Had n ghost appeared TO the guilty
Crawford, il could not nave had more
terrible effect than tho unexpected mp
pcarance of one of her kindred to Me-
Ianthe. The youth strongly resembled
his father, aud him had Crawford muir.
dered twelve years before, "n such an
hour "a this. Ii was like the spirit of
the dead come To wrcak vengeance on
The living and as he gazed, his hair
stood bri-,ling on end, md his knees
smo,e audbty together He was stu
Ipifcd, bewIldered with terror, and stood
molioniess on the spot.
Not so with kruiland As he retreat
"J from Ihc stranger, whose c'alms OF
kindred upon the Young girl hn hHd but
loo much reason TO fear, lie stumbled
n2on sm.ll door o ,rng upon the
balcony, aud which, from the heat,
OF the weather, had been LEFT partially
open. lie felt uyield 10 his touch, and
springing through il, IN moment was
upon the ground below. The stranger
Turned to Crawford, as the man dlsap.
reared, aud addressed him in good Eng
lish, but with foreign accent.
j have overheard, slr, The whole o'
your infamous plot--by the merest accI-
dent-and followed you hIlhcr 10 save
The aiil. Here have heard the re-
mnindcr--that she j. an Italian by bnh,
and a sroLEv cuILp. am an Italian,
SIR, II had sister. by name NIr'aoihc,
aud she was stolen by gypsy tubc
whcn bat five yeris old. ! believe, sir,
and his voice tremhird wiili emotion
Il believe that God has permitted HAT }
should save my own SISTER from tate
nu,sc than death Look upon tbs min
iature aud see il j, does not prove the l.
denlny ol ihe two
lie held ,ho picture to the light, that
Crawford might see IT, 1t was that of II
rhlld five years old, taken immediately
before her abdnction from her parents,
and Young as II wnS, there was siil some
resemblance between II and the beau,i.
hl Mrlanthe, now grown into woman.
hood. 1t was a perfect picture of what
she was when trawfnrd first beheld her,
and aside from the resemblance OF the
youth 10 his father. that were enough to
convince hln Ol the relationship OF the