The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-04

nIO promise OF marriage was obeeanea. Returning
T. the hotel, hs informed the old nurse that her
mistress had consented 70 marry him. Having -
cured promise, Mr.. w. was impatient to arrange
time and place. Mis- G said she must 6rst consult
her friends ct homo, and especially Mr.. Bates. Of
was then agreed that Miw G. should write 70 Mr.
Bate; that Mr. w. should return 70 Paris, leaving
the lady free until she should hear from Mr.. B.
Bat time and reflection increased rather thaa di.
many reasons to doubt the sincerity Of MIR. VS.
affection. She could net understand how, having
language,) with indifference, 10 shoall have fallen
No reply came from MI Bates; sal faally, in
reply to Mr. VS. pressing letters, she wrote hin
letter reviewing all that had passed. and csnolud-
ing with . declaration that she did not and sosld
She then hurried to London. MIR. Bates had written
. letter which she lad not received. He said that
II her affections were interested he would institute
such inquiries in regard to Mr.. Wikof ss the i'm.
portanoe OF the step demanded. She answered that
neither her Judgment nor her heart approved it. and
that she had reiterated to Mr., w. her refusal to
marry him. She communicated this determination
to other friends, who had already heard from w.
A few days brought Mr.. w. to London, insisting
upon . ful6lment Of her engagement Miss e.
refused either to marry or to see hi "a, until some
friends induced her to relax in the latter respect
But his visits soon became irks0me, and che direct
ed her servants to deny ner as often as Mr., W
called. Suspeoting that Mrs Groat, whom he lad
ever spoken Of as vestal, had sanctioned Mis-, G 8
rejection of him, be wrote the former letter, in
which he said that Mrs g. was in his power aud
that be would blast her if he found that she had
crossed his Path.
Weary Of all this, Miss Gamble again departed
or previously, Wikof had bribed Louis, Swiss
courier, who bad been a long time in her service,
and had her fules. confidence
AT Turin. about two months STAGE, tho courier
sx.t~ L -
austin, lady from London, who had just arrived
at the same hotel, had a message fecm her friend,
Mrs Groat and desired to see Miss Gamble in her
apartment" She Immediately followed the coarisr,
who mounted to the third story, and proceeded to
the end of a long hall, where tho door of par!or
stood open. Locking in and seeing nobody, she
inquired where Mrs. Austin was The courier re.
piled. she will be up in moment, and desired that
you would sit" Miss q. said 'sAs Mrs. Austin is
not here to receive me, will return When she
comes, let nae know Half an hour afterward tae
courier came, and said that Mrs Austin was weary
with travel. and had retired. In the morning the
early train All this seemed strange, but excited
no suspicious. But "Mrs Austin," in the person Of
"Chevalier Wikof," stood behind the door Of the
apartment to which Miss 6. had, BY false pro-
moment Miss had passed its Threshold Mr..
w. kept himself incog.
Duril & the day the courier told Miss Gamble
that the hostess was endeavoring to cheat them,
i
for this will be apparent. Wikof's movement had
attracted the attention Of the landlady. who saw
that either Mis- q. had an intrigue with w., or
that she was betrayed by the courier and took COCA
day the landlsdy asked Miss Gamble how long the
courier had been in service, how well she knew him,
and whether she approved of all his proceedings !
She answered unhesitatingly that her courier had
his conduct was entirely proper: Indeed, supposing
the ndlady was herself in fault she was replied TO
rather tartly. Thus, while con6ding in perfdi-
GUS servant, Mits r. wronged person who desired
to warn her of danger.
In tho course OF an hour or two the lanilady
seat to inquire when Miss Cts apartments would
be vacant. Indignant at this insult, Miss G. re-
Piled, !" to- morrow morning" She determined to
were staying there, and directed the courier to be
ready for the early train. In the evening he came
and said It was quite unnecessary to leave so early
and as the nurse was ILL., it would be better TO take
US into Genoa in the evening"" and that she would
rather start early than arrive late. He replied that
the second train (Which only went half way to Gle
nos) would bring them into Genoa before dark, aud
seemed so confident that Miss G. yielded
AT the railway terminus she resumed her car
riage, people take their carriages the railroad)
bus its progress SO slow that she several times
endeavored to hurry the courier, who kept saying
that they would be at Genoa in good time. Ano-
Their carriage was observed behind them keeping at
considerable distance. At the FIRST post the pos
tillion was changed, the courier assigning as . rea
SOD, that tho first boy was not the regular postil
lion. Still they fingered, and as the weather was
cold and threatened rain, Miss g. concluded to stop
at the fret post out Of Genoa. But the courier OBJ
jscted insisting that they should arrive quite early
that 1t would not storm, and finally that 1t was
impossible TO stop, because there was no hotel in
which she could be comfortable. She said that she
would rather take the chances even in bad hotel
than 60 on but the courier could not permit her to
be LOGGED so miserabIy. Looking into Murray's
Guide Book, which lay on her seat, she found that
there was very good hotel at the place in question:
and then che peremptorily directed him to stop
The courier then selected rooms which separated
her from her companions, but she changed that ar
TIE NJ 1t morning they proces ded to Genoa, and,
CD the following day, Louis, the courier, came to
her greatly distressed, apparently, at having, rs
be said, lost their passports. This. he feared as
things were in an unsettled state, might subject
her to inconvenience, ifnot danger. He hadendea-
vored, he said, to obtain q passport but was told
that it could only be done by Miss G.. herself, on
application to the lntendant of POLICE. She
directed him to call carriage, and She along with
Miss Bennett, would 60 immediately for the pass
port. He inn lorcd her not to inform Miss Bennett
Of his misfortune, as she was always finding fault
with him. Instead of Miss Bennett, therefore, she
took her old nurse with her. They were driven to
a distant part of the city, and Miss G. was oon-
Quoted up long fight Of stairs into large apart.
ment Here the courier left them, saying no would
see if the lntendant was ready to receive them
lie soon returned saying that Miss q. must 60 I'M
attended into the IntendaHt's room. She followed
the courier, who usbered her into q room where,
instead Of the Interdant Of Police she encountered
Mr.. Wikof. After locking the door, he informed
her that the house was occupied by himself and
those only who were in his services that as sho had
evaded her promise to marry him, he had taken
steps with view to its contamination; that her
CO urier had long acted by his orders that he per-
sonated Mrs. Austin at Turin that his carriage
followed hers from that city that he had intended
to have asserted his rights before she arrived at
Genoa, but was thwarted by her stopping before
night; that she was now entirely In his power, but
inasm ucb az all he had done was prompted by afec
top, having her happiness as we'll as his own for its
object he trusted that she would save him from
resortisg to painful alternative by cheerfuly.fu-
filing her engagement.
Some three hours passed in unsuccessful entreaties
and threats on his part and in unavailing efforts on
hers to escape. She then, finding an opportunity,
seized the tongs, broke the windows, aad made an
cutlery blu. he immediately placed his hand upon
her mouth, ard forced her back to seat. Soon
after which, he made attempt to administer
cbloroform unsuccessfully but he said If driven to