Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-07-11

ieesme doalsvly 'aad o. No ehil1' hoi
eight yenn ahafwsids M haf hi' 'nl'''
f6rahe, naming you hef ay''diso % 90"
dillon llal 500 added bI' n'me v Yop,
own And this u Why Yeu 'eee'efud
France under the name " bggahe L'gnt
% cflvelln"
,aDul I have never deceived any onel
have never denied ny nama'
'~you are Incapable Of long 40 uoly
by degree, YOU dropped The nfme u llg
nv, and called yourself de Cfiveliaj and,
az he'd seldom heard mention made "
this name In NY youth, shoal1 nes~
have suspected that ihe wealthy N d.
cflyelin was my old college cbum, Iiugcne
Llgny, had not seen the other dayspost'
ed at tho doors of tho Mario VI nv NJ.
rondoemcol, the marriage hanus Of Mad.
cmoisello Adele Ligny do C'iyeliu, with
tho Count Bertrand do Pofmont
'"Whcn saw this, asked myself how
ii was, that tho Adele who diad at Ancona
was alive and we'll IL Paris
'"lt is falsehood,r said NJ. DO crIyc.
lin, who ianced he saw oopholo through
which no could escape from bis enblr-
RAISING condition.
"My good man, said the brigand,
with a slight laugh, "do not play char.
ucter which you are ignorant Of lpas.
sed through Ancona the day after your
daughters death, and every one was talk
ing Of your despair. Besides, IL necessa.
ry, we could procure the acts, so listen TO
me quietly"
THE rascal finished his second bottle,
and continued as follows
"You can understand that, once upon
the straight road, the history Of your 70.
nance has been very easily made. You
put my daughter in the place of yours,
and now you have perhaps almost reach
ed the point Of persuading yourself that
she is indeed your own child"
'"Oh, yes" exclaimed NJ. de Crivein,
"she is my child, my hope, my happi.
ness.--Come, what do you wish, what ID
you demandW
'"Let US first put the question in cor
rect point Of view," said the visitor, sand
then, perhaps, we shall be able to come
to proper understanding.
'"Frst Of all, you have stolen myl
daughters that, it do not mistake, is al
crime by no means approved Of BY law.
afterwards, in order that she might inher-
Il the fortune left her by your brothor.in-
law, you have produced an extract oil
birth which you have applied to myl
laughter, when tho proof Of your ownll
chlld's death lies at Ancona. Sccuaio, inl,
order 10 publish the banns orthe preteu-p
led Mademoiselle Ligny de Crivelin, youF;
rave made use of a title equally false.
These facts are incontestible. Now let Il
Is reason
'"tor having affixed signature not !
NY own at the bottom Of a piece Of STAN. j
'ed paper, have been sentenced 10 fifteen n
ears hard labor at the gaIleys. am ii
miserable and dishonored, and owe nv Il
bSence from the bagne at this present er
moment but to the general supposlion "
hat am dead. You, on the contrary, for la
aVlng falsely used an authentic acf--for all
aVlng deprived others, the rightuI heirs dht
an immense succession by mems of this era
Ct, you are rich, honored, you swim in saC
pulence and luxury; this is not Just" The
"but what would you do, ushappy +
'ans Would you carry off my adele bai
% her mother, for my poor wleis true hr
oiher to her? Would you destroy herr tip
D! ! would prefer, fifty times over, to MP
u The truth; for the tribunals woul az tfl
III me, am very sure" lR
That remains TO be SEEM" replied the gle
sltor; but the question is not We, ex. Sc
'us'ed, and here is an important point: all
the will left by NJ de CriveIin is made -
ia'or of MademoiseIe Adele Lionv err
prove that the heiress is not the De pr
olselle Llgny, ruin her, ruin YOU. els
IN your whole lamiIy.-This is a niece an
iolly ! have no desire of committing to
SUES am 100 ndugent father TO IN tn
= I such useless cruelty for nothing ne
leyou know that it is written in the III
'ral code Of all honest men that be- in
volen' action is never lost; in conse- eli
en'e o' ms maxim ! appoint myself le
ur benelactor This fortune, which
AID snatch from you all, leave Won sa
IS Just the same as if bestowed i Ia
rs happiness, which, by one word
I'D destroy forever, | respect il is as fills
aused 1t. Your wife, who would die aim,
discovery, let live; it is precisely e 4
same as if | had saved her life from
'wnlng or fire. This cherished dauoh. tn,
: whose prospects in life | could bias, Ibv
ever, ! permit to marry her lover va
la' is this do, then? make Won rich adj
haPPy;l save your wife's life: | mar. lot
my daughter To a man Of honorable MI
ne and noble iamlly.-Upon my word res
cannot act more virtuously, more be As
olenlIy than that. Why, my bounty con
ialiy overliows, and, as it is said that life
action never goes unrewar, Ica /,
Ics." ~ 9 'l'''lon o. SIM
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