The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-11

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 wife's beaaty seen ceaisrscd upsss hiu, ltes sort
 of distinction; and aishongh as irsf, ih sdanee
 with the bousoEitefy ha6lss of hrf tpsv. she
 rarely showed hsrself h pmhiir, dxeepts 10 ssnaes
 enough was scen Of her on thasa eceasie1n Fen.
 der sn acqaaistsnce with the haaband of ee fir.
 Inc shjgrs of many gay ecMrters aubisic cIsssle.s
 hoase became inc Eesod sf ail skas wasle and
 gallant Id Seville. and he, for time. bsed his
 own scientific cohversaiioh to he the stirah. At
 frst the young wife showed her Hsaal indif
 ference 10 the admisstion shat Followed wher-
 ever she was spon huf tt laet, ssmeshin her
 manner and cCuntsnsDce, whenever oaatieulsr
 pefsOn appeared or bis name wss mened he
 trayrd that there did exist being who iiIisrov.
 cred the secret of causing the hluaa tes more iuBsaltnSRsly tbreagh her veina. ! has on yvss Don Alsog de SoIis end as ha uas gc. hand
 some gay, and the most ineonssant gallaneville,
 the sssFseioas of vcsale were painfully ssaed =
 He toek silent pote of the unusual sMlns tlssa agiiated lsabcila whenever that Robieml as ta
 her prescncc. It.e general conduct ofh Alsar
 was caleuiasrd tb bsflie suspieion. brin. kvsi by
 indifference. This would have saisled Nisilant hhsband, Lad he net, oa onQ eccasiofhcn his
 back Was turned towards Don Aiyar, revcd him in an opposite mirror, fix hls kindissefs sposs 1 Issheila, with aH expre~siea nct tSssns@saken;
 while she grew Feti aa.d Paie by tafpspt ihens ss
 though unable to surmoant her asitat, rose and
 leif the room Shortly alter, vrssssceiyed ap
 anonymous notc, say Ing. ssI.ock to ' wife and
 Don AtssF de Soils. and be not descd hy sp
 pearanees. They only want a iiliiDppor.uSiiy
 to dishoncr you. Even BOW he cas- about the
 glove slse dropped Tor him st mas. .Vesaie shat
 himself up to ponder over the most esnai means
 of averaging himssif. His resolutions promptly
 taken. He had established schools anatomy al
 San Lncar and Cordt,ss. ob,ained emaeIor's
 permission 10 visit thcm, qaitsea Ser cst,nsibiy
 for that paEpose, but returned the sainight con-
 coaicd hims II ia q tenement belousr to hns, at
 some distance from his abode in the ;azsr, xaich
 was devoted 10 tue double purpose a Iaboatory
 and dissee'ing room- He had taken persoi into
 his confidence; he was alone with vengansp, and he listened only to lis cannsrls.At dnst, on
 the following evening, he issuel fot muifkd 10 Inc eyes in womans mantle and h, and cft
 letter at Don Alvat's habitation, titainirg an embroidered glove of fsabella's and ee wosss :-- Il have oblaiaed the key Of vcsa'e 's,oratay du- ring his absence; be at the ga'c an h aftr mtl- nigh. and ynt wiil be admitted on plouscinC ihe name of lsabeiis." The assignstionas tnnetuai- iy kept by Don Alvar. At half an kr rnst mil night. he kt his house alone, but heYet return ed 10 #. Whether he had gone, noneuldsay, nor could any trace cf Linn ever b. dis-etrd. II was supposed he must have Enis el his fong and faI- len mo the Gaadalquivcr. near whicksabole was situated, and that his body has been ep, a-ay by me waves utD Inc ocean.
 Such an occurrence wss caIala'csh prodace great sensation in the place where it pgeiel and vesae, rccsilei, three weeks after, hhe Blress of his wife. found the disappearance ofsa Alv,r the theme of every tongue. The a'teresbprarascs ef Isabella was attributed by vesale tfrief fot the mysterious absence of Don Aiyaf aghat consjc ton took f om hIn all the pity of heulfesigs. l, chanced to be the festival of Sonia bella. and to do hohor to her rairon saint, as we'll to celebrate the return Of her husband. Isabella p on her Nra- ding-dFe s, and seating herself by amen casenent tha, overlooked The Aicazar gardcnshe watched for his coming. But whilst her ey were vainIy hxed upon the path by which she escted him 10 appear. hand was laii upon her sho,er and turn Ing ronnd, she bchtlI Yesale siandin by her Si te T have ordered the supper to b. iaih my study " ga d he, and. taking her hand, he leaer away to the scom iH question. dismissed the teDel nt and close fine dcor. Eserythsg were a.siive s,r. ye. the re.sssi was chevrcss- Prreeirinshaishe ia ted noniinA vss.se poured few sir.sps ssn q vsaI at rlixir into a cup of Malaga wine andtesenting ft 10 her. .si rink this" he said s.st iz sovereign cure for tue complaint you are snaere from."-- Pledge me n the dIanghi," she repiiS hlling up n goslet iron ihe same faSk and tding t 10 him. '-and it vii bring quicker hraig to me.- Let ns drink fo our absent firnds X Andrea.''- vesale accepted the offering, and theynpiied ,heir goblcts together "raikirg cf ahsg ntiends," said he, suddenly fSing h' eyes upon be '.you have not yet spoken to me o. Doa Alyar tSolis. Are all hopes of hearing Of him Icliequislil' IsabeI- Ia starteA, and hushed. "No,lings known of him" she stammerred; "a st -ange myery enyeiops his disappearanee.' sWbat if slIod be able fo clear 1t uP," returned her hasL md, md tell you 2 heE-'ere he has disaPpeared, aud wiher he has gene7 Don Alvar dc Solis,'' he eortnet, twas a biaggari and libcrtine, and boas;ed tt no woman ever resisted lis seductions, that noiusband ever suspected the injury he was preparis for him. Then graspins his wife by the haDd.e led her uP to door al the r'her end Of the roi, aud throw ing il wide open, revealed to her w a human skeiton, suspended within, holoingn one of its bony hands one of her owa embtoifed gioyes.- Behold" he slid. pointing al the gifly spectacle, "the ga'isnt and beautiful Don Alvaae Solis-,he object of yosH guilty love. Conteseate him well, If inc sgh' can render your last moerts happier, for you are about to de .o0; the wi, l have jast given ycu was Poisonsd :"
 When the last dreadful sentcaci anl it's sill
 ose dreadful illustration, burst updher afiriyhted sense, she bee iinc psrayzed with exss of emotion; the scream, which had arisen 10 l. throat. died there in siiangsed murmnrs, aut sising back, she feii as one dead upon the aIm of vnle. She was not dead, however he had not pcsned her that crime he had he itsted to commit. et he was not the less her murdersr Convuls;G followed con. vuision, and. st last, she died; and that supreme moment, the hour tbai preceded deh, her husband. who had never qaitted her, behe; one of thosc phenomena which sometimes attsi the dying Awaking from torp,d s'umher. esscioustcss and memory re.nrucd al once, and wi them calfn and a courage she had never posseed ia the flush ot life. "Andrea,' said she. fixk her dinT eye upon her husband, Fl an dying b,sea hand, yet | an innoceut; never wroBged VI in thought or drci Don Alvar pursucd me wi,l is love and his thrests, but | repulsed him 1 sc4 loved bat yoa, frared and honOFed you as maclls loved but I dared not tell you oi hls pursul Oh, ADdrsa, believe ny wcris; the dying deal ], in falsehood Should | be thus calm. were ytityf" vesalp sinking apca his knees, solep4y protested his faith :R ths innocence of his wh, snl. with chok ing sobs, adilrrd her t0 belies that he had only feigned to give her poison; that eouh ncl nerve his hand to take away her Iiie;has the terror ol death. and not death itself, VI, upon her. And while he yet spoke, I>abella ulr,nured, ..Thanks be to Heaven for ihis!'' and d,sing hs hand to wards her, iaid upon her heal and, as she did 80 1t ceased to beat.
 Here is au anecdo.c of Genal Taylo ahead q sHything we have sen. We ihk Il isevcn aheat of the telegraph line:
 The Gepersl Is in he habitC iIling with yer, short stirrqps. Veil, in ihe hat of battle a, Bae na Vista, the old veteran saw sannoa bell mskiss towards hin, frosa ons os tni Mexican batteries