Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-12-23

III uermany, persuaded her 10 try, and K
, my yexation andastonishment, saw then
whirling past me in the forbidden dance
, just then, heated with his journey, annoyed
at Honor not being at home to meet him
J and harrassed by anxiety, Captain Herne
rode upon the ground. shall never forget
his look, first of amazement, then of rage
as he saw Honor and her handsome partne,
fly past. | trembled as saw it, an ominous
dread of the future came over me. He
waited till the waltz was done, then walked
up to her. She at first pretended not to see
him, then, nodding carelessly, went on with
the gay nonsense she was talking to her part
ner, loudly applauding the dance she had
just finished. was frightened at her da-
ring, and shuddered as l saw her lovers
cheeks and lips become ashy pale. / tried
to stop her, but to revenge his fancied neg.
leot, she went On in more aggravating Ian
guage than before; her partner saw some
thing was wrong, and left as soon as he
could; and then the scene that ensued-how
well remember every word The upbraided
her with!her broken promise; she retalatcd
/ by reminding him of his, in not returning
at the appointed time, and taxed him with
indifference. He poured forth angry words
OF explanation, to which she would not lis
ten, and he, infuriated by her angry manner,
said every bitter thing he could imagine
Poor creatures, the very excess of their love
it was that made them so unreasonable; at
that very moment either would have died for
the other, but the more enraged he became,
the cooler and more Indifferent she tried to
appear and when he had worked himself
into state near madness as possible, with
a gay laugh that even now remember, she
turned away, and was again waltzing.-
Capt. Herne ground his teeth, and stamped
upon the turf. tried to excuse her, but
he would not hear me, and indeed could
have said but little, her conduct was beyond
apology. He made violent effort to con-
troll himself, and went up to her as she stop
ped to take breath; but thinking, suppose,
that he was too much in her power to resent
her behavior, and triumphing in the idea of
reducing his proud spirit to submission, she
only laughed and went on again. He looked
after her for moment, then rushed down
the hill to his horse, sprang upon it, and
galloped off at terrific pace.
'As soon as he was gone, Honor's spirits
gave way; she became restless and alarmed,
and very soon the carriages were ready for
our return. AS we passed through the town
on our way home, we saw crowd collected
rou nd the door of the principal inn, the one
at which Captain Herne was staying, and
an uneasy feeling of dread came over me.
Honor felt it, too, for she insisted upon d
gentlemen who rode beside the carriage 60
ing to ascertain the cause of the meeting,
but before he could do so, the Captains
groom rushed out, and seeing us, exclaimed:
''Oh, my master, my mastcr!'
''What, what?' shrieked Ionor, starting
up but receiving no reply; before we could
stop her, she had jumped out of the carriage,
and was in the house. followed her; sew
eral people were in the room below, and in
to that she turned. Oh, that Icould forget
his head hideously shattered, his eyes start
ing, and his countenance distorted with the
agony of his last feelings, lay Captain Herne,
dead-killed by his own hand. In state
OF frenzy he had returned, found the pistols
his man had been cleaning on the table, and
without moments reflections, hurried him
self into eternity. Honor gazed in ter. or
for minute, then took his hand, and burst
ing into wild, mad laugh that appalled,
every one, fell senseless on the body; we
carried her away, but when consci BUSINESS
returne We found intellect had fcd-from
that dreadful hour to this, she has been
maniac. Icannot wonder a.it; the fearful
consequence to her guilty folly, brought so
horribly before her, was quite enough to
destroy her reason; the blood of an angry
and unforgiven soul, sent by the passions
she infuriated, into the awful presence of its
Maker, was on her forever; had she recov.
cred her senses, the recollection of that day
must have killed her.
sYou look pale and sad, Clara told you,
love, mine would be melancholy tale; |
never mention her if can avoid 1T, but !
have long inteuded to tell you the circum-
stances, however painful might be the EFFORT
Go to rest now, my child. and think of what
you have heard, and if any part of yof
aunt Honor's story comes home to you, ID
warned in time. Good night, my love-
If any Of my readers are anxious to know
how DR.. Chambers ball went of, am
grieved to be obliged to confess that have
not heard-all l know positively of the
events Of the day, is simply that it was very
hot at Malvern, even on the hill and that
when Mr.. Grey's servant brought the bo-
quet, he was told that Miss Heobert had
gone out, and had given directions that it
should be returned with her compliments.
MINK as Food.
DIR. Prout has shown that all our prin
cipal alimentary matters may be reduced
to three classes: the saccharine, the OLE