Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-27
For the Fayetteville Obssrpar.
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Nashville by Gas Light.
NUMBER EIGHT.

remember ! was as near a maniac as
it is possible for man to be, and
was therefore, nearly unconscious 0.
what | was doing. She had not re
tired to rest, but sat by a small ia
bic with a pen in her hand. Time
may chill the ardor Of youth but il
can never eflace the death-like APP
pearance she presented to my Devil
dered gaze on that eventful night
The agony that convuls ed her frame
when she wrote me that fatal letter
had left its scathing ELECTS upon bel
marble features; and fovHade the hope
Of sleep. The moment | threw oper
the door, aroused and terrified by my
frightful appearance/she uttered
frantic scream of terror. How
looked | shall not attempt to des'
cribe infinitely, as | had no way o.
judging but from inference. My hat
was gone, my hair matted with blood
and filth, my shirt bosom covered
with the crimson fluid that had satu-
rated my clothes and wiped up all
the filth Of the pavement over which
/ crawled to reach the door. / felt
weak and confused, and my eyes
rolled necessarily i'll their sockets. =
My whole appearance must have
been flightful indeed. In this con
dition started towards Flora, when
a second scream more piercing and
heartrending than the first, bro Ike
the stiffness Of the midnight air +
Speak! william" she exclaimed in a
resolute yet agitated voice. who
are you who is it that dares intrude
in this manner, and at this hour of
the night, on the sanftity of my
ROOM None but SAMUEL Biggs,
dearest Flora: dost thou fear me?''
replied ! in as calm and kind tone
as possible, under the exciting cir
Of the casel Away
away gambler, sensual7at; deep,
dark dyed william, begone! leave my
instantly. The wolf and
The lamb are not meek co mpanions
or safety and happiness and she
added double force to her meaning
by wave Of her hand toward the
loor. "Great God! has il come 20
his, exclaimed 4 in a par pxysm of
lgony, while the ! cold swe at oozed
rom my brow and stood mingling
With the blood upon my face. -
viii you not listen to Q inc whose
MY wish on earth was for your hap
,iness and wellare2 Whose very ex-
stence was conferred inyou bis idol?
Will you not listen and let me ex-
lain?" William! leave nj y apart
nent, | say, reiterated she; "leave it
bis instant. Long enough have II
cen deceived by the base, l|ypocriti |
al tongue you know so We i how to /
lanage-leave mel Fof mo- I
lent, stood as speechless as if fro
en- into that motionless al litude. i
1y blood grew cold at its fountains
nd chilled through my heavipg
ems an omen of coming did solution
or moment 4he holier qualit of
y heart began to vanish, a hd some
hing like mingled hatrb d and re-
enge for the scornful beiJ 6 | had so
we'd and idolized, began to usurp
10 place of love. ! rushed towards
Or, threw my arms about her waist,
ld imprinted a burning kiss upon
n snow white brow. Her form
elded to my embrace as the reed |
at bends 10 the stormy gale. On S
wing her upon the sofa ] discovered {
o had tainted. Oh God! Wane, '
len | now look out over the world L
d see SO many selfish and ignoble y
arts twined about and supported h
the undying tendrils of female n
ection; it makes me sick to think c
at one born with all my noble and t
nerous impulses, worthy to love |
d be loved, is forever doomed 70 ]
md in the waste Of life, a solitary, il
4thsome thing, without the light of W
mans eye to brighten the gloom, Il
the melody of her voice to enli- e,
the solitude Of my earthly pill ri
mage. | had scarcely laid my "
cious burden down, when | was b.
rtled by the echo Of a heavy tread u
ow, accompanied with loud ydcif- ill
tions from the same disagreeable hi
ce had preyious sly heard at the til
II. clio, here! what beast or imp st
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