Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-12-01
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN THURSDAY DEC. 1853. !

e sonal injury TO apprehend. I com
here, a broken-hearted man, to learl
my award Of life and death And
9 in spite of my false courage, stag
S gered to the wall, and leaned agains
it for support
!, "'My brothers are absent falt
4 cred Mary. 4 have no counsellor a
f hand, to act as mediator between
u.s.
: "For which reason I hazard this
1 appeal. | am here to speak with
my own lips to your ears, to your
} own heart. Do not decide upon the
} suggestions Of Others
81 have decided murmured Mrs
Wargrave, irferOcaby.'
"No, you hi ave not" said I,again
approaching Ter; 'for you have deci-
ded without listening to the defence
Of your husband, to the appeal Of
ature Mary, Nary have you so
so pn forgotten the VOWS of eternal
un ion breathe d in the presence< of
God? Are yo u not still my wife? \
my wife who m l adore--my wife
whom l have injured--my wife,whose
patience | would requite by a whole
life of homage and alteration. Mary,
you have no right to cast from you
the father of your child
''It is for my child's sake that |
seek to withdraw from his authori-
ty," said Mrs ""argrave, with more
firmness than might have been ex-
pected. No! | cannot live with you
again; my con fdence is gone, my re-
spect diminish ed. This boy as his
faculties beco me developed, would
see me tremBle in your presence;
would learn t hat | fear you; that
"That 20 u d despise me! Speak out,
madam n; speak out!'
"That | pity you,' continued
M ary, resolutely; ''that ! pity
you as one VIII . has the repro&ch of
blood upon his hand, and the accusa-
tion of ruffianly injury againstIa wo-
man on his conscience"
sand such are the lesson S you will
teach him."
cit is lesson | would scEaphlous.
ly Withhold from him; anG to secure
his ignorance, it is needles S that he
should live an alien from his fathers
roof Wargrave/our child must not
grow up in observation Of our es-
trangemepk'
Then, by Heaven, my resolution
is taken. You have appealed to the
laws; by the avs let US abide The
child is mine, by right, by enforce
ment. Live where you will; defy me
from what shelter you please; but.
this little creature, whom you have
instituted my enemy, remains with
me! Surrender him to me, or dread
the Consequences"
i" You did notll' I incoherently
gasped, seizing g Wargrave by the
ARM and drea@ing, knew not what.
"Have | not told you," he replied,
in a voice which froze the blood in
my veins, "that before quitting
HON me, l had swallowed half a bottle
of Madeira? My frame was heated,
by brain maddenedl saw in the
woman before mo only the minion,
the mourter Of Horace C4yendish.
l had no longer wife. y
"Mary prepared herself for vio-
lencesat my hands, continued War
grave. "for instinetively she attempt
ed to rise and approach the bell: but
encountered by the child, or by her
own weakness, she fell back in her
chair. Don't wake him. said she,
in a faint, piteous voice, as if, after
all, his help les ssness constituted her
best Defence
"'Give him up, then, at once
Doyou think do not love him. Give
him up to bis father
"For moment, as if overcome,
she seemed attempting to unclasp
the little hand which, even in sleep,
clung tenderly to her night-dress.-
For moment she seemed to re-
cognize the irresistibility Of my
claim.
"The carriage waits said ], stern
by. where is his nurse?'
II am his nurse" cried Mary,
bu rsting into an agony of tears. y
will go with him. 70 retain m y child,
II will consent to live with you
again"
"With me? Live with me whom
yd u lave dislonored with your pity,