The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-01-05
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selling Wargraye, by the arm, and dread=
ing knew not what: ~.
"IIave | not told you," he replied in
voice which fnoze the blood in my veins;
that before quitting home, l had swal-
lowed half a bottle Of Madeira! My
frame was heated, my brain maddened! /
saw IN the woman before mo only tho
ninion, the mourner of Horace -Cavend=
lsh.:l had no longer wife: &i -
Mary prepared herself for yicletice at
my hands," continued Wargrave, afor in-
stinctively she attempted to rise and aps
proach the bell; but encountered By the
child or by her own weakness; she fell
back in her chair "Don't wake himr'
said she, in a faint piteous voice; as il, ae
ter all, his helpness constituted her best
defence. % - @. .f.' ~.
"Giye him up, then, at once: Do you
think do notlove him! Give him up to
his farher." EE
"For moment, as if overcome, she
seemed attempting to unclasp the little
hand which, even in sleep, clung tenderly
to her night-dress: For mometit she
seemed to recognise tho ifresistibility Of
MY claim. '#g -
The carriage waits" said l, sternly.-
"Nhere is his nurse2"
81 ain his nurse" cried Mary, bursting
into an agony Of tears. 81 will 60 with
him. To retain my child, l will consent to
live with you again." az r.,
"With me? Live with me, whom yo,i
have dishonored With YOUR pity, your con-
tempt, your preference of anotherl Rath:
er again stand arraigned before 4, criminal
tribunal, than accept such 4 woman as my
wifer' '. = si ~
"As servant, then; let ME attend as d
servant on this little creature, so dear To-
me, so precious to me-, so feeble, So" :"
3 "ls it Cayendisl's brat, that you plead
for him so warmlyl" cried /, infuriated
that even my child should be preferred to
me. And Inow, attempted to remove
him by force from her arms. .
"Help! help! help" faltered the feeble,
halffaintiag mother. But no one came,
and l. persisted. Did You ever attempt
to hold struggling child--a child that
Others were struggling to retain-a,young
child--alsoft, fraiL feeble lchildl And
why did she resistl Should not she, Two-
man, n,as slic was, have known that. mis-
ehiefrwould arise from such contact She
who had tended those delicate limbs, that
fragile fran,oa The, boy Weakened from
his sleep1-7was' screaming violently. He
struggled 3and struggled, and ,moaned,
and gasped.5 But, on a sudden, his shrisks
ceased. lie was still, silent, breatHless.''
S"Dead!' cried l. lg-s5 ,.ssF,l ..,,, ss,i,s.
8 "sos she imagined at the moment, when,
at TIC .summons OF her, fearful .shrieks. the
servants rushed into the room, But no,
II had not again become a murderer: a
new curse was in store for, me. When
medical aid was procured, it was found
that a Hmb was dislocated; the spine in.
jaredi the boy a cripple for ifep' -
What must have been his fatller,srs-
iliorser' ' ..ta... .. s.-....,'.- - y
"llis father was spafed the intelligence.
1t was not for fourteen, months that j was
removed from the private. ,madlotise. tJ
which, that fatal night ] was conveyed,a a
raying smaniac, The, influence of wine.
passion, horror, had induced epilepsy:
from which was only reused to a state
OF frenzy. Careful treatment and solitude
gradually restored me. Legal steps had
been taken by the Brabazon family dur
ing my confinement; and my mutilated
boy Is placed, by the Court of Chancery,
under the, guardianship of his mother.-
For SOME time after my recovery. / be-
came wanderer on the Continent. with
the intention Of wasting the remnant of
my bllghted existence in restless obscure
ty. But soon felt that the best propi-
tiation, the best sacrifice to offer my In
Jured wife and child, was the attempt to
conquer, for their sake, an honorable pos.
ltion in society. / got placed on full pay
IN regiment appointed to foreign ata.
ton. / made over to my boy the whole
OF my property. | pique myself on liv -
ing on my pay,-ond drinking no wine,-~
on absening myself from all tha seduc.-
tons OF society. Ilead life Of penance,.
OF penitence, Of pain. But, some day OF
OF er, my little victim viii learn the death
OF his father, and feel that he devoted his
wretched days to the duties Of an honor.
able profession, in order to spare him
further dishopor as ne son of saicide.n
"Thant God!" was nay mufmuredl eif,c.
ulation, when at this moment perceived
the boat Of the Astrea,, whose approaeh
enabled me to cover my emotion with tho
hustle of parting. There was not q word
Of consolation--of palliation, to be offer
ed to such Q man, he had indeed afford
cd me fearful commentary on my text.
Never before had duly appreciated the
perils and dangers of WINsr 80
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