The Arkansas banner., 1850-11-12

.'The Prineessr' eisealated her husband, bewii. deIed al the sighi ot her d'sgUIse, and her voeh, emotion, and raising her irom the ground; what ans this frenzy, aud ~hy s's are you so strange 1 ly dIsguIsed1"
 But she answered him not With her dis,sndsd eyes wildly fixed upon hiia, she passed her hands repeatedly over hs bosota, and matted to hsfset-- '' No poaiard--nO wound! and yet l struck him there, and fell his hot blood Ensh iof;h upon tnY hand. and see" she continued shnddeT,nR, 'fhefe Il is and holding up her hand as she spoke, the drorS that stained h s.tss.pd truth oi some fearful decd being coHaeeled with her mysterious ssii accusation.
 'H-Irna, dearest love-" said the BoyaId. ia soothing accents ' something has terrified you, but youiae safe now-l am here to pro,eei.yuu. rvIl me, what IS The ,nssnIas of thls agitation !-whAt Is the meaning of this blood :"
 You.-AnastaiIa,-jh sycamore g'ovt " she uttered in broken cries; !" were you not theFe?how just now, to meet hei f'
 The prince shook his he ad in silent eoRsernaton.
 Whom have 1 mardsred ihrnl' bufs, irom the lips of the unhappy woman, with thrilling shriek. and s,sfiing ota her husbsfaa's support. she Ard wiih the speed of mAhiae to~ sTd Ibe fatal spot frou which she had so recently trtuIa<d.
 The pItnce and his attendants followed her. some of them bearing iigh,rd torches. but such the speed which the ienxel state of her freiings lent io her movements, that they only overlook her a' the moment of her reaching the fountain. There
 
 Ant, shu deIing, pointed 10 lie ground The prince sdFaneed hss,y 10 her sdc, his attendants folioUe and raising their torches discovered, at the margin Of the ioaniain, the body of a extended his back, and weite ing in hs blood. The ghasty face turned uIrs ard, vnd ihe glare of The torches tell upon t, an exclamation of horror burst from the lips nI s;i present, and Helena leaning forward re- cogn!zed ter sictiG. with a ;hill oi agony that caused all Iae blood to thIi in her Ieis, and all her P1ises 10 stand still. Al ;ha, one glance ihe whole truth flashed upon her with terrible clraTneSs. and she compFehenied. when too late The lAa error into whi h her blInl ani mistaken suspic ions had plunged her. Thsre lay her son--h-E sHly ehid- her 5eiored Demetn b~;hed in the blood that NeIled forth iroLn the death wouHd which her mpI- derous hand ha lGf1ieiei! Iis II was. theu whose boyIsh p.sston had been recipioeat~d by hrT yonng attendant. He # was Tor whom Anasiaiia tad de- vlseG Inc love meeting, which hSl that morning changed her own jealous fear, into dreadful certain tes.
 He il was. Oh Cod npol whom her imaginary rongs had Icst been So bATbArionsiy avenged! Tue sttnilAIfy oi nA,ne aud oi dsess hal drcsived her. Why had she Bot thought eI this before , Why - Does suspicion ever pause tn reason "t r@h-c;? Is sot esIousy bliai as love whose dark shadow Il is IS sad 10 be All ihls passed through her mInd win he rspljity of .Ighniag as lhat one awful glance etesl-d 10 hes The ex'rnt ot her criDe no is escaped her lips; but, as If struck by thun defholt, sh ieil heavily forward and prosirA~, and, 10 aI AppeSiAhCess AletesSi stdc ot tHc or- loved son whose hls had fallen sacrifice 10 the rash and uhsoTefnaole suspicious Of the jealous vie.
 The hist use that Helena made of her returning faculties 10 cast herself al tie feet Vi her Eus band, and make a tul confession of the teetnss which hat driven her tu commit so desperate deel. i. impioring death his hAads in expiaoH oi her criGe. Bui death, ~hlch uld have terminated hrf etrihly tormeHts. A boon which The exaspet ated husband vas resolved not 10 grant her.
 Woman" Satd h., you sasli live to d'e . thaHsAid deaths every dsy-you shall live 10 curse the day on wa ch you Wefs borii-yoG shall live io eKyiate, m hHgeting oTEnen's .! mlnd, he misery you have inflicted upon nr :"
 And, Hd- xihie in his determination. he caused his unfortunate vile 10 be conveyed 10 the Rock ol BAbake Where m a rud-lT constructed stone cha aH- bef she N as condemned. 10 flag out her miserable lsiehcp, without teiug suffered 10 exchange woia with any human being sui Wiih Ho companionshp ? save her own ~releh-d thoughts. II -r sense tailed her under the severity 0; The pun'shnr's: but mai- ness, insleaI of bringing oblivion 10 her woes, seemed 10 have npAl ted activity o her IacUI les oi suffering Every svshing, as darkness came over the esrih the poor Batlsc tauetsd herself again actor iR the dreadful Sceae wach had s'aihed her soul with the g',ill oi murder: and the ir"nzied shrsks she uttered during the night were heard from afar waking the echoes oi tta d.eary solitude uhi dayI,ght brought aih Il a temporset cessation oi her aZun3es iu inc calm oi exhapsiIon.
 One day, al last, when the attendant who daily brought her supp.ies Of food entered her pison, she had d,sappeasl. Every pat o ,be rock was searched bat no ye.tage ol her vas 10 be ioand, could any trace ever be dIscov red to account for her mysterious evauishmeRt.