The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-06

upon bsr cousin. Francis Desmond. and, cosssp
qu<niy, met with soors sDd repuI.e. This ny
uncle discovered and he th estsuo, Co aisrl ~
| the genttmen 81 honored the r,sson OF the sut
rnr.ous Ietseeutap Mr. Desmond and his wife MT
| WIN NJ Q tends of 81 JOHN and hrs smisslc
uaaroter. EXCLAIMED Mr.. Bfadd III, with loud,
brutal laugh OF tr,ImIih. -
Ms. Beaufort fell ba k in her chair asd avies
ne lace 10 her hands. As toe Mr. G .roegis a;tsr
Srtt fxipg look Of vehement contpnot ma 80.
nation uroD Mr. Brado, n. ne turned his ewes :,
tanrtog, sarcastic tones
els this pcesblc. madam? Is il true that Ara
tbs Beauforts proud ubfe.ling heart, was aiso
scc'bca BIZ maoe 10 feel portion of tae torueat
she inflicted upon otbersf'
Thrr was sonnet ing in The tone o. Mr. Carne-
gie's Voice which agitated as she wa clusei Ma
Beaufort 10 raise her eyes and fix them scrussnia-
Mr.. Carnegie. I viii not suffer this In nv pre-
eencei Mrs. Beaufort shall thus BE- in suite6.
II you cannot moderate your language anu aft ,rd
her tbst protection she Is entitled to c,aim vt our
bands, from tie unmanly outrage of the ind vidaal
W.T." has jrst been addressing US. shall insist upen
Der leaving the room ut once,' exclaimed Mr.. So
merton, augriIy.
Mrs Beaufort koows IL 8 9 "a. Brought the -
initiation upon besself There are my prooGs. en-
sst't OF copies Of the letters written by her ova
nsno' ensssiips her isthsr to scsiate be- mar
Mr.. Braddyn, now qui . beside himself with r..rc.
dsshi,g down stnan packet Of papers before VI.
Carnegie. In moment he recellectsc himself, aud
advanced to seize il again: but Mr.. Carnegie who
had taken Mr.. S0martoD'e sharp rebuke with sdmi-
rsblc foritude, ssped the papers, ana, Ia a In
stand fung thsm into the fire.
"Our lroOfs nov, madam, consist but In the wura
Of villain! Sa never mind what MI. GrsddsK
Gays, for it's Lothing 70 the purpose. pretty -
81 scoundrels. always toli you, you mad got
amongst! Pray let us hear. man what more you
bis own dexserity and resestpg himself; while M.
Brnddyu looked as II he were roeditating PROMPT
and summary vengeance for the affront
Bsf r hs coulo find words to pour forth tho vss-
nfuce Of his anger, Mrs. Beaufort raised ter tsad
lrdignation gave TO her voice mer ACCENT.
hieEtly, then, tnuchihg upon the wrong denc -
Ginevra BY Mr. '.ddyl or. proceeded TO reooau
the histoJ If his VISIT her ut ne Abbey, before
her daughters arrival theie the threat hc afts.
wards used, to drag her suffering mid to the altar
under pain Of revealing tie past unless she scar..
ed to forward his designs Margaret Desmond.
She strongly depicted her horror aud repugniace -
the projects Nj. Bfaddyll gradually disclosed: and
her DteDtioD, eating from Cine gtas uess to frasr
trate them b, the avow.l she hsd juss made. This
resolution she only deferred from fear that her
daughses's malaoy would render such confessa N
needless, as far as her Interest went; when al e
Gineera's decease, she trusted that bribe backed
by Margaret's firm refasa. to bssiow Ler hand uuoa
Mr. Brad.yu, woul1 forever cousign her scores r.
oblivion.
Mr.. Carnegie sat with folded arms, iutently listen
ing 10 Mrs. Beaufort's rclst,on, his coautenance 1t
times agttated by emotion or flushed with Anger:
yet not so Absorbed but that his keen ewes fixed
u. mseives from time to time on Lillian Grant. OAR
ing Mrs Beautorrs narrative, her pale face Tad be-
come OF fety hue; her lils strongly CO npress
cd; and her eyes, usually ~ calm looking, sllone
forth with fierce brightness beneath her kaitted
brow, as she bent them Oh Mr.. BradIyll.
$50 muco of his intrigue to force Margarct Des-
moDd to hestow her hand upon him--and 20 compel
me to make Ter, when bis wife, my heiress. to sne
disinhertance of my daughter-Mr Brnddyu took
care distinctly to stsse bat the uaIe Of ns inYai-
tous s,beme Is not quite so clear" continued &ss
II and RIM tat
OF the keepest evaporation. what viii Won ~
to the base Of those perponsges who played q
the besettng foible OF passionafe, excitsbe yir-
torturing her to despair and desperation By yha
moet exc rAble craft aud ieceiuutil they conyott-
ed her into reluctant accompice of their infamoua
designs TO destroy the reputation ana prospec,s az
writing and fabricating letter Of toe basest de-
cIiption, which they made appear their victim had
written end heedlesly dropp.d2 Such has been
the Treatment that Margaret Desmond has received
under my roof! Alice BerIers, with tears OF hoark
broken penitenco, confessed the vile plot TO me w.
terday. Approach, Lillian Grant, AMI deny, II you
dare, your guilty canniyance 10 Mark Brsddyn's
schemcs!" Mrs. Beaufort paused al instant ana
fixed Ter eyes sternly on Miss Grant then A.
handed to Mr. Carnegie the letter Lillian had coun
erssied and that which Alice address cd to her be-
fore leaving the Abbey.
AL at once Lillian Grant bonnjsd forward. and
stood before the table at which Mrs. Beaufort sat.
Her face was deadly pale, and her llvid bloodIaas
Lips quiyered with suppressed fury.
MARX brsady!!, yQn Do not deny these charsesl
Jon cannot huri back the lie into the ia q Of Sour
accueer Fool that was to trust You 70 Lainn
IauTcd; then turned fercely towards Mrs. Besufogf
ayes wrote that letter at this mans instigafion-
and urs or his direction, to ruin Margaret Dssmnnd
in your good opirlor-to prevent her marriage VIII
Leonard Scmerton (which was led to believe wool1
fatally ruin bis projects OF ultimately iuherit,ps-
The O estates: but | solemnly protest, that knew
DO. the Dature OF the secret power he weldel over
Mrs. Besu tort. obeyed his commands; and wh,ls
he thought me his poor deluded tool, served nv
own revenge for bis Inconsistency hester thaa"-
Suddenly Mr.. Braddyyll roughly seizei L,;a~
round the waiss and swung her to some distaDos
from Il G tables saying, in hoarse, rapid whisper
in her ear
Have you swocn to Illustrate all our designs bv
your mad violence and groundess Jealousy? FoNl
TO silent dissenb!e, ana half an hour hence Msth-
void and its inmates bow before me ~
She struggled to release herself from his rrssp.
gradually the look Of vindctive rage faded from hsr
face; and in another moment Mr.. Braddyll spnrnri
Der from him; half insonsble, from the co6nbineI
eGec's Of long suppressed anger and fear.
Mr. Sonerfon, meanwhile, hastily communicated
10 Mrs Beaufort ard Mir. Carney the ne "a he ls6
that morning received from Lady Mary OF Marrn-
rets safety; with the important fict that her faSs
knew the place Of Der retreat though he refused "a
betray i-tdinas, which seemed TO obviaie tho dir
agreeable necessity of adopting coercive means for
compelling Miss Grant to firish the confession sAe
bad commenced. Mr.. Carnegie then glanced over
Alice's letter
.Foreel Ietters-wax impressions If keys-Ivfoy
and purloining papers from private cabincss-.
pretty ca,egsry! n it the CUSTOM Sir Ia It.y In
educate gentlemen Hike swindlers7 congratuiats
you, madam, on having fallen Ia With two sIcn ac-
complicated knaves az Mr.. Braddyll aud his distjn-
guished relative!o exclaimed NJ. Carnegie, with .
satirical laugh; when. sfter reading nd vaious
portions Of Alices letter, despite Me- Brlddys fe-
guen. Interruptions, he handed it back 10 Mrs Bean
fort.
WEARYPooT CoMMoH.-By Latch Riioh,a
stringer l. ownsend-This worL is. no doubt.
familiar TO many Of our readers, having oigi-
naly appeared in the columns Of Coz mbers
Journal. It's popularity was sufficient ins
ducement to the American publishers to repro.
ducc 1t in it's present form and their jud gment
has been confirmed by the fact that it has al
ready gone through several editions. 1t Is one