The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-01-28

las. The whole forenoon she spent in wan,
dering about the streets, in the hope Of en-
her failhloss husband aud nduir-
Ing after him al the inns. AT length she |
satisfied herselfthai he mnst have left the
town that very day for remote part of the
Island. and on foot. She Immediately set
ou upon the same road and with the same
means of conveyance, determined 10 sink
with fatigue, or subject herself TO nny kind
of danger. rather than return without her
object. AT first the road passed over moor
ish part of The country; but after proceed-
ing several miles, il began to border on the
sea. in some places edeing the precipice
which overhuns The shore ,and,at others wind
ing into deep rccesses OF the country.
AT length, on coming 10 the opening of u
long reach OF the road, she saw a figure, which
she took for that of her husband, Just disar
paaring nt the opposite extremity. Imne
dia'ely gathering fresh strength, she pushed
hriskly on.and after an hours loilsome march,
had The satisfaction OH turning projection.
to find her husband sitting right before her
on a stone.
FordNne was certalnl, very much sur.
prlsed Il her appearance. which was to-
tIi, 0ntN NprGlrd hui he >nrn recovered
hl> rNrtH-ure he met her with mere
thau even n-ual tinducs>. ~ concerned
nt her hHVrnG ihungut proper Ia perform
50 tollsome journey. He ha>lened to
explain that some Information he had
received at GLASGOW, respecting the ddn-
gernus state n' his mother, had induced
him To take start ont Of his way To
see her, after which he would immedl.
ately return. 1t was then his turn to
ask explanations from her but this sub
ject he pressed very lightly and for her
part, she hardly dared in this lonely place
io a,ow the suspicious which had in.
duced her to undertake the journey.
les all very WELL said Furdyne, with
affected complaisance 'you'Il Just go
forward with me 10 my mothers house
aud she will be the better pleased to see
me since bring y0u with me- Isabel
sinclhered her rea! feelings, agreed to do
this, though it may well be supposed
that what he had already done, aud con-
sdering the wild place in which she was,
she must have entertained no comiorta-
BILE prospect of her nights adventure
On. then, they walked III the dust Of the
last 'pproachlng night, through "A conn
try which seemed To he destitute nike
Of houses aud inhabltanis, aud where
the universal Stiffness was hardly ever
broken by the sound of an animal, Wild
or tame. Tie road, as formerly, was
partly on the edge OF "A sea-worn pre-
cipice, over which victim might be
dashed III a moment, with hardly the
least chance of ever being more seen or
heard of, and partly IN the recesses of a
rugged country, i'll whose paihless wills
Cerness the work of murder might be
almost rs securely effected. Isabel Luz
cas-, knowing how much reason her hus-
band had To wish her out Of the way.
opened her mind fully to the dangers of
her path. aud at every place that seemed
more convenient Than another for such
work. regarded him even in the midst
ol civil conversation, with the watch
ful eye of one who breads the spring OF
the tiger from every brake She con-
trved 10 keep upon the upper side of the
road most remote from precipices, aud
carried in her pocket an unclaped pen-
knife, though almost hopeless that her
womanly nerves would support her in
any effort to use IT. Thus did they walk
on for several miles, till at length, all of
a sudden, Fordync started of the road
aud Was instantly lost in wild, tortu>
Gus ravne. This event was so differ,
eht from anything she had feared, that
for moment Isabel stood moiicnless
with surprise. Another moment, how>
ever, suliiced to make up her mind as
10 her future course, aud she mme-
dialcIy plunged into he defle, following
as nearly as possible in the direction
which the fugitive appeared TO have ta>
ken. On, on she toiled, through thick
entanGllng bushes, aud over much soft
aud messy ground ber limbs every mo,
mcnt threatening TO sink beneath her
with fatigue which they certainly would
have done very speedily. If the desper.
ale anXlelIes which filled her mind had
not rendered her IN great measure in .
sensible I" The laugnur nf her body. Ii
at Iehglh became more pressing "hjccl
with her to find some place where she
could be sheltered for the night than Ia
follow in 50 hopeless pursuit aud she
therefore experienced great joy on per-
celvng light at little distance. As
she approached the place whence this
seemed To proceed, she discovered
cottage, whence she could hear the
sounds of music aud dancing. With
great caution she drew near to the win
dow through which the ligh, was glanc,
ing, aud there, peeping into the apart