Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-09-08

with her fingers. Fatigued and melancholy
the Lady Emily ietired to her chamber; she
dreamed of happiness and Lord Vernon; she a
woke to disappointment and regret.
| Upon her table lay sealed note. twas ad-
dressed to herself She knew the hand, and
breaking open the envelope, she took the letter
in her trembling hand, and read as follows:-
81 cannot part from you, Lady Emily DeIo-
raine, without one word of kindness, though
have no reason to hope that any word from me
will be acceptable, or excite the slightest SYM
pathy in your breast. have encouraged wild
hopes, and formed opinion that were erroneous.
! II is my. own fault that am deceived. I do not
blame you, and for all who enjoy your conf
dence-you affection. May you be happy; and
though you have not been able to regard me In
the light would be regarded, though you can
not love me, yet in your hours of happiness de-
sign to think kindly Of one in whose heart your
image will eternally be enshrined. We have
passed many bright hours together, and | had
fondly hoped that in our conversation and eur
rambles had inspired something akin to the
wild intense affection which burns in my breast;
and when we have wreatbed flowers together,
and coniectured the sweet Ian. uage in which
the embracing roses whispered their idolatry
have madly dreamed that in your eyes | have
read all the pure and passionate eloquence which
our fancy had given to the wreath of flowers
Forgive me; my hopes are presumptuous. An
| otbor onio,c- tl,a love T fhounht r,ipa
forgive him. My prayers shall be for your
happiness. | shall leave town Immediately, to
roin my army in India; it may be many years
| ere we meet again; we shall be much changed,
Lady Emily, then. What may not occur in
the interval? You may forget me; may be a
stranger to your thoughts, but no change of
scene-no interval of time-can bring peace to
the broken spirit of the mistaken but still idoli-
zing. ERNoN.
Lady Emily's eyes were full of tears long be-
| fore she had concluded the persual of this let
ter. 1t had awakened her to a consciousness
OF her folly and ingratude. Within an hour
note was despatched to the residence of Lord
Vernon's father, but it was returned Lord Yer
| non had sailed Tor 1nuld.
Lady Emily was distracted. She hated the
Marquis, now, for she saw plainly that it was
owing to her thoughtless attention to him that
she had lost the man who sincerely loved her.
But the Marquis continued to teazc her with
his opportunities. and one day he brought her a
newspaper, and with an affected smile pointed
ont to her a paragraph which stated that 'the
beautiful Lady Emily D-l-r-e was about to
bestow her hand upon the dashing Marquis of
P--n, one of the ha ndsomest men of the
day."
Lady Emily held the paper in her hand and
darted whitening look of indignation upon The
Marquis, who turned away his face and endea-
voured to hum French air. "Marquis!" ex-
claimed the indignant beauty, ''who has autho-
rized the publication of this falsityl'
The Marquis shrugged up his shoulders and
said, .'upon his velacity, he could not tell
Those deuced dogs the newspaper-pcople, APP
pear to have knowledge of everything that was
going en- in high life"
..Your LordshIp," said Lady Emily, Interrupt
ting him. 'will contradict this calumny."
"Caiumnyr' cried the exquisite.
"Calumny," repeated the Lady Emily, and
walked majesticalIy out of the room.
Within month after the occurrence of the
above scene, the town was ringing with some
scandaIous statements respecting the Lady En-
ilv, whose friends were unable to trace them 10
their source. Lady Emily guessed who was
l. of 4ha INIT ocSih 10
to fix them upon him, and one by one her friends
fell of: her invitq tons were less frequent, and
TIE house Of Lady Delorane became almost a
desert.
The Marquis of Petition was louDging at one
of the windows of his club, when gentleman
dismounled at the door, and giving the reshs to
his groom, enqured for his Lordship, into whose
presence he was Immediately ushered. The
stranger was Sir Claude Clash. He was the
bearer of the following letter to the Marquis.
| any LoRD-The bearer of this is Sir Claude
Clash, who will receive your apology for various
caumnies which you have dared to circulate
respecting the Lady Emily Deloraine; or, in the
event of your refusal, will receive the name OF
| friend with Wnom the preiluihdiies Vi d hce-
ting may be arranged.
"VERNoN ALPHINGToN."
aMv dear Sir Claude Cash'' exclaimed the
Marquis, giving his moustache twist and en-
deavoring to look very much at his ease, "W hat
does all this mean!'
"Lord Alphington's letter is not OBSCURE
replied Sir Claude.
"No; but-why doas he accuse me Oh
Of"
| @Simply, because he has obtained convlncln
proofs that you are the dastardly author OF the
calumny."
The Marquis quaied under the look OF man
Iy Indignation which accompanied these words
He nrnmised to send reply the following morn