The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-04
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A WOMAN,S REVENGE .
TConcluded.)


u was fortunate for her that, in the interval of
her absence, her carriage had drawn up immediate
y In front of the shop door, or she must have fallen
on the pavement As it was, with dzied head,
she totered forward, and the servant who stood
there caught her in his hands She rallied with
a powerful effort and saying to the faoman in
faint voice Home!' got into the vehicle. One
who had seen those pale, shrunken, trembling
teatureS-the fixed glaring eye the wilhered lin
the distortion and deadly agony of the whole face,
could not have recognized the glorious counte-
nance from which moment before, power and
nope had looked so majescally forth. The foot
man seeing that his mistress was i'll, ordered the
coachman to drive with the utmost rapidiiv. and
IN few minutes Miss Kaye was at her house
RE opened the carriage door Immediately, and
seeing his mistress throw herself out before the
Steps were down, the honest fellow caught her in
MS arms and carried her all the way into the
drawing room. He placed chair and handed her
tumbler of water.
In few minutes her physical weakness was
conquered Miss Kaye rose and walked into her
chamber, summonng all the determination and
energies OF her nature, sat dowrto consider her
course
II was an intense and awful struggle which
wrnng her spirit. The Quick, stern working of
her lip, the flush Of her cheek the FLASHING of her
eye told with what strength her purpose was de.
veoping.
" fle shall feel his baseness!" she muttered to
herself -
On the following morning she sat alone in the
drawing room, when Mr.. Hanbury came in. Or
GERS had been given to admit no other person
10 you Think" said she, as soon az he was
seated. fixing upon him that dark eve W hich bnrn-
ed with the keenest and luftiest fires of moral
Indignation and intellectual contempt 8" that
theTe are men in the world wholly destitute of
soul %
Her manner was much controlled and her voice
calm yet, IN despite of effort, her tones vibrated
WIN searching sharpness Of sarcasm which as
tonished Mr. Hanbury, and aoitated him 10, ;.
i'He' ne cOnscenci0usness of what his desery-
ing was IN respect to her, came upon him with a
bl'nd' iormless ear that shook his spirits to the
foundation " '''0
lie answered, not knowing what she could be
meaning:
There are persons, think, who, if thew ever
had souls, have succeeded in wearing all trace of
them out of themselves"
She rose and stood before the table, on the on
pOsie side Of which he sat
nave been lnsulted, sir outraged through
every feeling OF my nature. | am solitary and
Unattended woman; protected only by those senti
men's OF honor that JwelI,in the breast of every
GENTLEMAN. those feelings of common humanity
which are acknow lodged by every MAN. have
found but one person utterly insensibIe to those
mpresslons-yonrself! ! am aware of the motiye
""'cn 'ed you to solicit my hand. I was lis
,ener TO your conversation in which your nature
disPlayed itself without mask 81 naaryv her
only tor her money. Within n month after
~ards g0 To Paris and alone" The only re-
Venge have to take is, to make you feel the NJ.
Yer PalrIness of your character, by showing YOU
me unreasonable difference between your views
ana mine. You shall learn the true dignity of
sncn sentiments as yours. by seeing he unutiera
ble difference in which hold those things which
your soul esieems above all This day we part
forever. On this table are deeds conveying TO
you one half of my estate, from which you NAV
extract That money for which you have been will
ing to be encountered. though only for a month il
seems-with a wife. IN accordance with form
which has been pointed out to me, here deliver
them to your exclusive use. Enjoy that money
and remember while dong so, that YOU owe hat
enjoyment to the intense contempt a woman foe1.
for you, and let that remembrance cause Won 10 bs
ever companioned in your secret soul by yonr own
utter contempt for yourself"
She retreated into the adjoining room vvaivi,c,
her hand as she disappeared she said.
50 Yon may retire, SIR
Mr.. Hamburg sal for moment, overwhelmed
with dismay and shame, he then dashed the pa:
PeTs uPonthe floor, and fastened out Of the house
From that blow he never recovered In spite