The Delaware herald., 1854-03-29
Chapter II,

Rupert and Roland Savoy, were the twin
sons of Spanish gentleman of immense wealth.
In his youth he had emigrated to the continent
of America Not long did he reside in the
New World ere the love of country induced
him to visit again the land of his birth. Dlssl-
pated and profigate, he squandcred his fortune
and brought his young wife, whom he had trans
planted from a foreign soil, to an untlmely
grave and dying, left his sons penniless.-
Roland was educated as a lawyer, and Rupert,
though very young at the time OF which we
write, had gained some renown as medical
practitioner. e...
Indolent, sensual and debased in principle,
Roland Savoy sought no greater pleasures than
those accrung from qualification of his base
passions. Handsome and noble in his mien, he
entered the list against his gentle, unambitious
brother, and succeeded in suppl2nting him in
the affections of his betrothed. The love Of
gain melted him to WOO the unstspecting
Marion, and the extraordinary manly beauty of
his person, and the classic regularity of his
features, coupled with his surprising Wit, which
laid ready at his tongues end, enabled him TO
declare himselfthe victor. Flushed with triumph,
and buoyed by the thought that the morrow
would behold hun the groom OF the helress, and
master of her thousands, he repaired TO his old
haunts and revclled with freedom amidst his
vile companions.
Marion waited, but he came not She tar
ried and paced the veranda until her eyes We're
bedimmed with looking and her heart grew
faint. She looked until the crystal moon arose
and dissipated the gloom of night, as if to fur
ther her sight by the mellowed radiance of his
feeble light. She scanned narrowly the mcan-
dering paths and tressled walks, but his plume
was nowhere to be seen. lie caIIC not; and
wearied with watching, she sought her couch,
but not her accustomed sleep, for the words of
Rupert still sounded in her ears and weighed
heavily on her heart" Roland is the companion
of gamblers
Not cloud foated DER tle azure of the
heavens--nota sigh from the unknown quarters
of the earth which give birth to the raging
whirlwind, or the whispering vesper, stirred the
velvet green of the luxuriant trees, or sported
with the moss of the turf, TO herald the new
born Autumn. The luminary had illumined
the land and re-appeared again on our continent
to contrast, as it were, the many nations DER
whom he presided-the monarch of countless
worlds--thrust his globular face up the East,
and drove one fiery ray through the cut
! glass of the Johnson Chateau, to dazzle and
crown with gorgeous lustre the BRIDES auburn
hair as she leaned against her proud and noble
groom.
The first morn of Autumn, of the year 1863,
dawned with eifulgence ON the young wife of
Roland Savoy. The virgin morning kissed
with coy fondness the last time the cheeks of
\ Marion. They were married, and the rival
brother had won with surety the goal of q
rich price.
Senior Roland was an enviablc man with his
o'erflowipg Golfers and beauteous bride. The
bride he had decoyed and deceived into a mar
riage--the bride he had plundered his brother
of-the bride, in whose veins ran the pure An
/ golia, alloyed with the warm Castillian blood.
His thirst for gold satiated beyond his most san
guine expectation, he gave loose rein to his un-
governable appetite and grovelling senses No
niggardness, it is true, in any measure, could
be attached to his name, hut as a debauch and
" black-leg" he soon gained great notoriety-
The heritage bequeathed to his wife by her mil
onnaire father, in the short space of three years
had d@indIed down, through his unexcelled ex-
travagance, to the scanty sum Of u few thou
sands, and his neglected wife.-the once proud
bride and c6urted Marion, now dwelled almost
4 a recluse in the mansion. Of her father. 4. ..-
i Z Rupert Savoy spoke truly when he said
il Marioli loved not Roland, and bitterly did she
Il rue the day that banished him from her side.--
II A neglected-despised wife q wife looked
iupon with loathing by him who had sworn 9tc
8 protect, to cherish and defend; oft did she
lpray that death--the foe of the weak as
well as the strong-would clasp her in his
bony arms and release her from the turmoilt
of life. IN st
i 1t was with JOY she hailed the summons tC
gather her remaining jewels and prepare tc
embark for a voyage 10 the New World The
news Of American prosperity, which, was watt
! ed Ger the continent Of Europe, had long prio
: attracted the attention of the uiorosc Spaniards
7 Iand numerous adventures, who, in anticipation
Of reaping a, rich harvest, sailed for. the coas
!. claimed to have been discovered BY Americu
: lvespaci. On the food which rolled its biIlows
!, crested and capped with emigrants to the shore
! Of Columbia, bore along with the multitude tn,
! ssenor and Senoritta Savoy.