The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-08-17

was obtained by stealth. From the obscurity of
yonder.lone mansion, and from this sregion. tosend
lays which astonished the world, was indeed tri-
umph to the visionary bard.
His thirst for fame mad been gratifed and he
new began to yearn for the companonship ofsome
sweet being of the other SEX 10 share with hitfie
iaurels he had won, and to whisper consolation in
his ear in moments of dssd1ndency, and TO supply
the void the death of father had occasoned He
would picture to himself the felicity of refined
intercourse with highly intellectual and beautiful
woman, and as he had chosen for his motto, what
ever has been done may be done,' he did not des.
pair Of success
In this village lived three sisters, all beautiful
and accomplished. Their names were Mary,
Adelaide and Madeline. l am far enouah nsstthe
age OF enthusiasm, but can never forget the bean,
ty OF the young girls. Mary was the YOUNGEST.
and n farer haired more laughing damsel never
danced upon the green, Adelaide who was a few
years older, was dark haired and pensive: but Of
the three, Madeline, the eldest, possessed the
mrst fire. spirit, cultivation and intelIectuaity.
Their tatller, man of taste and education and be-
ing somewhat above the vulgar prejudices, permit
ted the visits of the hero of my story. Still he
did not encourage the affection he found sprnging
| up between Mary and the poet. When. howev-
err, he found that her affections were engaged, he
did not withhold his consent from their marriage,
and the reciuse bore to his mansion the young wife
of his affections. Oh, sir, the house assumed a.
new appearance within and without. -,
Roses bloomed in the garden, jessamines peep.
cd through the latices and the fields about smil-
ed with the effects of careful cultivation. Lights
were seen in the little parlor in the evening; and
many a time would the passenger pause by the
garden gate to listen to the strains of the sweetest
music breathed by choral voices from the cottase
| Ii the mysterious student and wife had been neg
lected by the neighbors what cared they. Their
enduring mutual affection made their home par
adlse- Butdeaih came to Eden. Mary SUDDEN
ly fell sick, and after few hours Illness died in
| Ihe arms OF her husband and her sister Madeline.
| This was the students second heavy af1iction.
Days. months rolled on and the only solace of
the bereaved was to sit with the sister of the de.
ceased and talk of the lost To Adelaide he
offered his widowed heart. The bridal was not
one of revery and mirth. Yet they lived happily,
aud the rose again bIossomed in the garden. But
it seemed as if fatality pursued this singular man
When the rose withered and the leaf fell, in the
and died like her sister in the arms other husband
| and Madeline.
Perhaps you will think it strange, young man.
that afer ALL the wretched survivor stood again at
the altar Madeline! I well remember her. She
was beauty in the true sense of the word-siie
might have sat upon throne, and the most loyal
subject, the proudest peer, would have sworn the
bloodin her veins decended from a hundred kings
She loved the widower for his power and his fame,
and she welded him. .-
They were married in that church-t was on
4 a summer .afternoon-I, ,reccollect it well. Du-
ring the ceremony, the blackest cloud ever saw
overspread The heavens, and he moment the bride
pronounced her VOW, clap OF thunder shook the
building its centre, all the females shrisked but
the bride herself made the response with steady
voice, and her eye giistened with wild FIRE as she
gazed upon her bridegroom. When she arrived
at his house she sunk upon the threshold but this
was the timidity ofthe maiden .e,
when they We're alone he claspsd her hand
and it as cold as ice He looked into her face.
Maiden, said he, whist means this7 your cheek
is as pale your wedding gown The bride ut
tered frantic shrek. MY wedding gown,-ex-
claimed she, mo, moths is my sisters shroudi
The hour of confession has arrived. 1t is God
that impeis me to speak. To win you L lost my
own soul. Yes. yes:-l am a murderess! She
smiled on me in the joyous affection of her young
heart, but gave her the fatal drug. Adelaide
twined her white arm around my neck, but I ad-
miuistered the poison! take me to your arms; I
have lost my soul for you, and mine you must bel
And lhep,' continued he in hollow voice, sat
that moment came the thunder, and the guilty
woman fell dead on the floor. The countsnanee
of the narrator expressed all he felt.
'And the bridegroom asked 1, the husband of
the destroyer and the victims, what become of
him.
} He stands before y0ui was the thrills answer
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