The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-05-15
KILLING BY DEPUTY; OR, A WO-
MANS DESPERATE STRATAGEM.

In the month of December, 49, young
man arrived from Paris at Dieppe and took
up his residence at ! Hotel de J. Europe
He was idle, hadbeen fortunate and the sole
object of his stay was some little adventure,
some ball room conquest, wherewith to be
employed, and therefore to be vain. Well,
in the hotel there lodged lady; beautiful,
and enveloped in all the undefnable attrac-
tion OF mystery. No one knew her, she went
neither 10 the baths nor the bdtfs, and had
not even a servant with her to be bribed.-
All in the hotel were raving about her beau
ty, her grace, and her dignitied manner
At night they would steal up stairs TO catch
the tones Of her voice, for she sang exquis-
itely. Our young Parisian's head was COM
pletely turned. To have such a neighbor,
knew she had the voice of one,-and yet
neither 10 be able 10 see her nor TO speak
TO her--it was enough to drive him mad
He bought a guitar and composed songs,
where the word neighbor %(voisin) served as a
rhyme TO the word unknown (inconnu.) Ii
was quite in vain, song and guitar were
equally wasted. Atlength he resolved upon
writing. A world Of cupids, grapes, vases
and roses, adorned the border of the paper;
the seal was azure blue wax, and bore a
dove ready for Eight. The whole staircase
was perfumed as he bore the scented epistle
to the servant he had paid TO convey it. But
the letter and It's half a dozen successors
bro ughtno reply. Our Partisan was stupif-
ed with horror. He remained under the same
roof with The young and beautiful woman,
and only learnt that she went by the name of
Madame Paul; a name too, that was suppos
ed not to be her own! Love has many stages
and the young Frehchman had arrived at
one very unusual with him, namely, melan-
choly.
One day he was aroused from a discon-
ISOLATE Ieverie by one Of the servants, whom
he had bribed to observe the motions Of
Madame Paul, running to inform him thai
she was just gone down TO the quay TO see
a packet which e~ndeavoring to enter the
harbor in the teeth of a contrary wind. In
an instant he was ON his way to the quay
The sea was writhing under the influence Of
the stormy wind. The whole town was
gathered on the nights which commanded
the coast, watching the vessel whichseemed
in sheer madness, forcing its way despite the
furious wind and the falling tide. The gale
blew so strong that the colossal crucifx OF
"Notre Dame de Bon Secours bent like a
wazel wand. Twas a thrilling sight: the no
bic ship painted with divers %colors, lighted
up by one ofthose chance rays, which stray
Ger the darkest seas: while the back ground
was formed by barriers of immense black
clouds. Now, the vessel seemed lost in the
air, as it rose to the ridge ofsome enormous
wave; and then again seemed lost in the
abyss of waters.
"lt is the Northumberland, an American
packet" said the officer. by our lady she
carries the stars and stripes with a gallant
bearing. Yonder is her captain disputing
with a naval uniform. Faith! but the cap
tain's right; it is madness TO think of enter
ing the harbor in this weather. Still, his tall
companion insists; how can they risk such a
noble ~vessel.n
In advance OF the crowd, he. feet on the
wet and slippery rocks, stood a female, i'm,
movable, with her eyes fixed on the naval of
fcer, whom she could distinctly see by
means of a small Telescope. Her graceful
form told the Partisan it was his unknown
To catch sight of her face he went knee
) deep into the water; he stood directly before
, her; but, so intent was her gaze upon the
i that she saw him not. Suddenly a darl
shadow fell over him: the spectators warned