The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-07-05
CHAPTER VIII.
MIJAH BEAUMONT.

MIJAH BEAUMONT.
Ola VILLAIN! you know me then? Let
: the dark deeds OF thy past, now come forth
| to torture thy scared and guilty concience!
Let the charnel depths of thy crime-black-
: ed heart, now yield up their horrows to
light Monster, well may you lremb e!"
Thus fearfully commenced Mijah Beau
mont, while the iron-nerved and piOus Nor
ton stood pale and paraIyzed before ker,
and the innocent Viroqua Leroy still lay un-
concious upon her chair.
aye Gods!" he only uttered with a
groan.
"Nay; thy false groans will avail thee
| naught. They are too false--false as the
oaths with which thou didst once periure
5 thy soul Look, assembling demon upon
the wreck of the most damning treachery!
, Look upon me thou incarnate iicnd-Iook ON
t me-" she almost screamed land behold
the wrelched victim Of the yilest passion~
See this bcnd3d, h0ggard skeleton, once
the airy, virtuous maiden form--now the
guilty remains of the most damning vows
and helish treacheryl See this tottered
throne Of reason, once the shrine of purity
now racked almost to destruction with
thoughts of the most accursea Inconsistency
and remorse See this lacerated heart, once
the source of hope-now crushed to despair
by the ranking coils of demon spawned du-
plicity!"
Here for moment she paused and bent
n piercing gaze upon the face of the Grim
inal, who still stood stature-lke be-
. l. S,,l ,,l,, u,itl,
seemed as though her eyes bristIed with
barbed arrows of remorse the deadliest;
only awaiting filter period to drive them
selves fatally to his heart. UuabIe longer
to bare such desperation he reeled to his
chair and buried his fcyersh temples be-
tween his hands. .. .......
$50, despcablc mscrent shall thy deeds
of wickedness recoil upon, and crush thee.
la; well thou knowest the cause of my
wretchedness! Thou, monster, art that
1eriured villain! Thou art the potter of
that fatal treachery-thou art the black
hearted source of that most dIreiul remorse,
and thou vest hypocrite; art the schemer
of this my miserable destiny Now l tear
away that vail of feigned forgetfuness.-
Rememberest thou, Mljah Beaumont? Re
nnno,,ar,;na,a,I bv villoire9 RamnmRa. oct
I,I,o,,l ,rLor bo. rorn, u,oe unbent and
,,no',n,L'rad hu 'sorrn,v onJ desnoir9
Wbnn hor cbocLs warn ruldv with Ii. tint
Of girl-hood's beauty-When her voice rang
with the music Of happncss-betore her
Joyous eyes wtrc bedimed with tears Of am
.nu;sh a1,I rar,orse--yhan her hand w,s
9,h;to with ;,,,,,n,,co- boioro ho, hro;, w,e
noaIIannd n,;lb f,Iso vnws--.hnrare ha, bo.,,t
vas h,nkon wi,h wron,s and disanrnint.
n,a,,ts..u,r,o, yI,a WA. y;rtuous--h .rora eba
was rpdncpd bv tbu brlisb macEinatioos 10
I,hn bli,bt.d ,pilt drsnisrd tbinr that
now slan1S het5re Won? ia; | have oor.d
INV b4,rt blackpJ and hardened as i isl',
She added as he wrirhed in aaonv, "Tbou
iknowcst ), sha a,ain commenced ..Nov
aver tbv cuytv mind hoy4rs all thv oast
ycLpdnasor liz. + vulmre il shall have,
nrnr It's nr,v then fall mon dime own head
and rr,,th ILre 70 hat nit Of drstrnctinn
,lanoJ w., Won for y,,r yic,io,sr. Vhomos
Trnvtap !, 5t the mention IF This name a
t.ribIn rron,or took poesession Of the ,uiItv
n,an,s iran,a .,Lpoyr.i thou of the Rorr;I
Jcsliln,inn to Which lbv crimes BROUGHT oe9
Know Them now Aiier Won had so solemn.
" n,iyhtsd vo,r vows to me-al,er Won had
hv vHnr uniolv love. robbeJ me Of Urine
Jyenyiy.d mo of nv home and rendered M,
,oiffarahIn-ortGr Won had tbps torn me from
nav asso.i,tas and forever exied me from
H., NV InyaI oncs at homr--a1trr this and
when Won had sunk me to the yerv owest
IJ.n,SS If ;,;onitv--hired me- to nnrlure
VAIN ;,Ia,.I nro,,env--oGer reducnv me- to
4 III, so Tho,oas rrcvton and nr0n;.;n,,
mo .nhSt,nca f,r life van drsrrted and
IInCl m in nover,vl For ,b;s Won tre,oble
/ was them IeCt 70 INV own resources foy
q livelihood for myself hat stolen child fo,
wh,ch ,in Crevton. Won shall answer
Vas, vom brihad me- to nlace in the Stead Of
vour mn Gortnnate victim's child Won own
crime. .begotten otIsnrinr. and then imbue in
1 his mind tSe belief lhat he was born un-
lawfullyl This task | perormed assiduous.
lv far yonr sake--God' foroive me-untiI
wbpn fyom Starvation I vas forced TO niIfer.
iny. was innrisonod. and never after saw
hi99, "a t.ll KIN of tba imrosition that WAS
nrac,ised on him. Since then have only
iivpd to revenue hin, and mvselfl And fnr
ib;s Thomas Crevton vm, shall receive
vour nenaltyl then. after ono and nm
Iirina eyert;ons learned Of yonr wberea-
bonts Thilher came under nv aarb of
obscuritv. and here | have watched YOU the
same "
"Strumne, beoonep' shouted the million
MIRO ovc;,tI to nass;on hv her losr fnw