New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-24

to do all in her power to find out
Days passed the count had not yet seen Gina
alone, though he had sought for the opportunity;
but one morning when he entered the Lady Ade-
ladies neutrality-suspicious. called-Gina sat
there alone, sorting silks. He did not observe
her at the first moment, and being in search of
his wife, called to her &C Adelaide
'sThe Lady Adelaide is not here, signor,' was
Gina's reply, as she rose from her seat
''Gina!' be said, advancing cautiously, and
speaking in an under-tone, 'swhat, in the name
of all the saints, brought you here, an inmate of
my castle, an attendant of the Lady Adelaide %
&c You shall hear the TRUTH she gasped, lean
ing against the wall for support. g have lived
long, these many months, in my dreary home,
unseeing you. uncared for, knowing only that
you were happy with another Giovanni, can
you picture what endured' My mother died ;
you may have heard of it; and her relations sent
for me into their distant country, and would
have comforted me- but | remained on along to
be near you struggled much with my unhappy'
passion My very soul was wearing away with
despair. l would see you pass sometimes at Il
distance with your retainers. and that was hea-
ven to me. Then came thought into my mind !;
wrestled with it, and would have driven it
away; but there it was, ever urging me; it may
be that my better angel sent it there; it may be
that the Evil One, who is ever tempting us for
i'll, drove it on
"What mean you - he inquired
1t suggested" she continued in low voice,
$ that If but to see you at distance and at rare
intervals. could almost compensate for my life
of misery, what bliss would be mine were liv-
ing under the roof Of your own castle, liable to
see you any hour of the day; hence you find me
numbered amongst your wite's waiting maids.
And blame me not, Giovanni she hastily con-
cluded seeing him about to interrupt her &c you
are the cause of all, for you sought and gained
my love! | think none can have ever known
such. And yet must suppress this love. The
tiercest Jealousy of the Lady Adelaide RACES in
my heart-and yet must suppress it! Giovan-
nj, you have brought this anguish upon me so
blame me not
:" 1t is dangerous proceeding, Gina. Twas
becoming reconciled to our separation but now
it will be dangerous for both of u.s.
cay she answered, bitterly, &C you had ALL
Friends, revelry, a wife of rare beauty, the
chase, the hustle of an immense household--in
short, what had you not to aid your mental
struggles? | but my home of solitude, and the
jealous pictures. self, but inflicted, of your
happiness with the Lady Adelaide,
g still love but you Gina,'' he repeated,
g but will be honorable to her, and must show
it not.''
''Do L ask you to show it : or think you
would permit it ?" she replied quickly &c no. no
hold. Suffer me to live on unnoticed as of these
last few days. but, oh drive me not away from
YOU
&c Believe me, Gina, this will never do. mis-
trust my own powers Of endurance; ay, and Of
concealment
''You can think of me but as the waiting
maid of your lady," she interrupted, in tone of
bitterness. ''In time you willreally regard me
as sueh.''
''There would be another obstacle, Gina he
returned, sinking his voice to lower tone, as if
fearful even to mention the subject-'show can
you live in my household, and not conform to the
usages of our faith' You know that yours must
never be suspected
Trust to me to manage ALL she reiterated;
''but send me not away from YOU
IS BE it so, Gina" he observed, after refec-
ton; "you deserve more sacrifice on my part
than this. But all confidence must cease be-
as strangers
''Even SOL she acquiesced s'Yetif you deem
my enduring affection deserves requital, give
me at times n look as of old; smile unperceived
by others, but acknowledged by and too dear to
my own heart. 1t will be a token that you
have not driven away all remembrance of our
once youthful love, though it is at an end for
ever"
He took her hand and clasped it tenderly,
but the next moment he almost flung it from
him, and had turned and quilted the ROOM
Gina burst into a violent fit of weeping, and
slowly retreated to seek the solitude of her
chamber
Scarcely had the echo of her footsteps died
away in the gallery, when the door of closet
appertaining to the room was cautiously pushed
open, and out stepped the Signora Lucrezia, her
eyes and mouth wide open, and her hair stand
ing on end;
May all the saints reject Inc if ever | met
with such plot as this p she calculated "
knew there was something going on underneath
but the deuce himself would never have suspect
ed this. So the innoeent-faced madam has not
been winding herself round the Lady Adelaide
for nothing-the she-wolf in sleeps petticoats !
Something was said, too, that could not catch
about her irrelgon. The hypocrite dare not
90 to confession, probably, and so keeps away
The letter Of the wedding night is explained
now, and that changing, as they both did, to
the hue of a mort-eoth at sight of each other
May die unabsolved if so sly Il conspiracy ever
came up. However, shall not interfere vet
awhile, Let my baby -mistress look out for her
self; she has not pleased me Of late, showering
down marks of favor upon this false jade Her
rival! if she did but know it ! I'll keep my
eyes and ears open. Two lovers cannot live for
ever under the same roof without betraying
their secret; and there will he an explosion
some day, or my name is not Lucre2ia Andrini."
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NANALCapt Samuel L. Breese has been ordered to the
U. S, Navy Yard. Gosport in place of Captain Sas H.
stringham. detached and ordered to command the Me-
iterfanean squadron The order to take effect the
LIST of April next
CHALLENGE FROM wlLrs-Thc NewYork Times
states that previous to the departure n P Willis he
seut challenge to John Van Buren,, to meet him. with
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