Litchfield enquirer., 1853-07-14
MISCELLANY.
THE JEALOUS WIFE.
A THRILLING STORY.

THRILLING STORY.
Nearly three centuries ago. an exten.
sive portion Of that part Of the country
which lies on the Wallachian banks Of the
Danube belonged to Deme'rI Ca pow.
erful Boyar.i, descended from one Of the
Greek princes, who bad been driven from
Constantinople at the fall of the Lower
Empire. He was wealthy, generous and
magnificent. the father Of a promislng son
(who at that period which this history
relates was eighteen years Oily and the
husband of the most beautiful woman in
the country. Helen c. was looked
upon as the happiest and The most envi.
ed of her sex; and she might have jus'
tilted the general belief. for .ture had
endowed her with mental powers no less
remarkable than her personal perfec-
tious, had it not unfortunately happened
4eat amidst the countless roses withwhich
her path in life had been stlewn one
sha, p thorn had lu'ked and pierced her
to the heart. rendering her, in The intol
cradle anguish it occasioned. regardless
Of the many other blessings which had
been showered upon her. In word.
she was a suspicious and jealous disposi-
ton; passionately attached to her hus>
band, and to all appearance adored by
him. She. nevertEcl lived in con-
slant distrust Of him. which his charac>
ter and manners were too we'll calculated
TO justify. for his general admiration Of
beauty was a matter Of notoriety. And
although. from knowledge of his wife's
disposition. he had taken such precaution
ia his inGdeli,ies towards her. that she
had never yet been able to detect him in
. love-intrigu", she nevertheless, Felt so
persuaded that he was constantly invol.
we'd 10 such pursuits, that she became
prey to vague jealousy. which embitter.
ed every hour Of her existence.
AS last her suspicious appeared 10 have
found an object on which to settle. A
mong her female attendants was n young
and pretty T,ansy lvsnian. named Anas>
talia. whose superior education had rem
dered her favorite with her lady. All
at once the damsel became negiec,ful Of
her duties, absent in mind. and inatten.
tive to the wishes of her mistress when
reprimanded by her, she betrayed inso-
lence and hauteur. Helen threatened to
dismiss her from her service. The prince
opposed such measure; and in proper.
ton as tire displeasure Of his wife was
evinced toward the delinquent. the voice
and mannes of her husband soflened in
her favor.
This was more than sufficient TO FIRE
the suspicious of the princess. Eager to
ascertain tire reality of that she dreaded.
and resolved to rush upon knowledge
that would break her heart, she forgot
her dignity SO much as to play the caves
dropper and spy over her altendant-for
some time without any result. One day
however, when the young girl had been
sent for by her. and had neglected to at.
Gead the summons, Helen treacherOus.
ly crept up back way to her menial's
chamber or room door. and noiselessly
stationing herself outside Of it. listened
to what was passing within. A murnur
of voicesin the room convinced her that
Anastatia was not alone. and almost i'm
esediaielv thevoice of the suspected dam
eel broke upon her ear in accents the pur-
port of which could not be mistaken.
"Leave me-" she said. "for heavens
sake. leave mel If my mistress were TO
know Of your being here. i should be lost
forever. Already she suspects and watch
es me; and I live ia daily terror of Der
discovering love which would draw up.
on me hes eternal enmiiy. Go, prince,
90. Demetri! This evening. as soon a.
i IL dark. viii contrive 20 steal out 20
the fountain in the sycamore grove mea.
me there AZ eikhl-yQur PsssexI Of Nd.
sen.ing yourself from home will prevent
che princess tom suspscting that we-"
Here the voice became fainter. 40 the
person speaking moved toward 40 oPpo-
cite door the footsteps Of . man we're
plainly 20 be distinguished moving In thu
ZANE divection. Helen could hear no
thing mors--She strained her eyes 20 tie
cFevIce Of the door 81 which she was sta
toned, bat saw nothing. Her heart
ovoI nvwing with tumulluOus passions che
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