Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-10-18
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Is, 1850.


utes was on board of his own vessel: he
pushed by Mr.. Mordaunt, and every body
and everything that impeded his way to
his cabin, where, locking the door, he
threw himself on his bed, in a state of
mind not to be described.
Mr.. Mordaunt took possession of the
boat Alonzo had quilted, went on board
the Lisbon packet, and had all interview
with Donna Viola.
AT day-break the following morning,
Alonzo, wrapped in cloak, and his hat
slouched over his brow, stood OH the deck,
watching with gloomy composure the Lis
bon packet getting under way: she soon
began to move-a few minutes more, and
she was dashing through the water close
beside him. Desperate thoughts for an
instant darkened his mind feeling of
revenge and despair beset him, and he felt
strong temptation to plunge into the wake
of the flying vessel-when one of the lat
ticed windows of the after-cabn was sud
denly thrown open; he saw waving
handkerchief, and then the form of Viola
herself, her eyes streaming with tears,
kissing both her hands, and waving them
to him. He had just time to return the
salutation his dark purpose vanished, the
weakness of his mother came over him,
and he wept: She loves me that
thought alone, single aud abstracted, brought
back the blood ia rush of transport to his
heart She loves me !--and nobly sets
me the example of virtuous submission
to our fate =
A friendly hand at that moment was
laid on his Mr.. Mordaunt drew him to
his cabin. Alonzo,' he said,' / have
been sadly to blame-I ought TO have fore
seen and guarded against all this. Donna
Viola whom | saw last evening, bade me
give you this note putting one into his
hand.
Alonzo tore it open. 'Alonzo, con-
jure you, for the sake Of your father-for
my sake-struggle against your fatal and
hopeless passion We shall very soon
meet again-let us meet in peace, in inno-
cence, and friendship Heaven bless you,
and heaven forgive US beth, for we have
been much to blame Viola
Viola was very inexperienced, and Mr.
Mordaunt knew very little about love,
otherwise Alonzo had never received this
note, which only added fuel to the flame !:
he kept it next his heart, and read it every
day during the passage. He questioned
Mr.. Mordaunt closely concerning his in
terview with Viola the preceding evening,
and especially inquired whether he could
give him any information concerning her
husband. Il am told,' he said, that he
is man of high rank, very rich, old, and
lnfrm. He has married the orphan daugh-
ter of his friend, merely as safeguard to
her and her property in these dangerous
tines At this intelligence, Alonzo's heart
bounded with secret joy: he became COM
paratively tranquil, but he would not ana
lyze his feelings-he dared not
A few weeks brought them to Rio. On
entering its superb harbor Mr. Mordaunt
was struck with admiration at the magni-
ficent and beautiful scenery that surround
ed him but to the heart of Alonzo itspoke
yet more feelingly, entwined as it was
with all his dear and early associations
he could have kissed the black and barren
rock OF the Sugar-Loaf: it was passed,
and threw open the graceful sweep of the
Bay OF Botaiogo, surrounded with its
wooded and lofty mountains: this, too,
was passed, and the harbor of Rio ap-
peared. Great political changes had taken
place, and the imperial flag waved upon
every fort and hill. The visiting boat ap-
preached, and by the side of the officer
sat Alonzo's watchful and expecting father,
who In few minutes more was locked in
the arms of his son. On their landing,
friends crowded round them: in the after
noon they visited the good, kind Abbess !;
and the evening was employed in renew
ing Alonzo's recollections of his young fe-
male friends, most of whom had become
wives and mothers; and those whom he
had known as children had started up into
young women, process remarkably rapid
In that country. He was pleased to OBJ
serve the vast improvement that, even dur
ing the short period of his absence, had
taken place at Rio, as far as concerned the
comforts and reinements of domestic life
On the following morning he was presented
at court in short, for two or three DAYS he
had not leisure even to look melancholy.
But one morning, after breakfast, "a time
universally agreed upon for making dsa-
greeable communications,) his father in
formed him that in about>a month, Donna
Isabella might be expected with her father
and aunt. / have taken temporary res
idence for you, which | think you will
like at Botafogo-G say temporary, for
you will soon be offered, what you most
desire, a diplomatic mission to Europe J
and the furnishing and arranging this res
idence has been my hobby for the last six
months. If you and Mr.. Mordaupt have
no objection, we will ride to see it this af-
ternoop,' If you please, sir was the
only reply and, accordingly, at the ap-
painted time they set out. The house and
situation were both delightful the furni-
ture tasteful and costly. The apartment