Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-02-21

sure; for the sailors and my servants are no
company. But have been pressed by a GER
tain gallant major, and certain warlike colo
mel, to permit them to bear me company, and
think must really consent some day." How
could lover forbear to entreat permission TO
occupy the place of these rival snitors. Sir
George could not. He begged and sued, and
the fair lady gave her consent that ne should
accompany her next morning on one OF her
odd excursions to sea.
The day proved beautiful and the pair went
aboard at sunrise. They sailed, however, far
out to sea, and along the coast, ere any desire
for fishing was shown by the lady. The water
was not favorable, she said, at one place, and
then declared that she had no fancy on this
morning for the exercise. Sir George was
| rather pleased with the disinchnation, which
| was owing, he hattered himself, to her being
| absorbed by his own conversation; and she, on
her part, seemed only to think of charming him
/ by sweet discourse. AT length slight shower
| fell. and the baroness asked her lover to enter
a small rude cabin, where a glass of wine and
cakes were offered to him. Here the pair sat,
hour after hour, the lady enchanting her lover
| with talk that caused him to forget all but her
present SELF At length he pulled out his
watch and started up. "Whatp cried ne,
"the day is far advanced, and don't think
| they have ever put about" The wind, too, was
| blowing nearly direct from the coast. Come,
| madam, IL you fish at all to-day, it is surely
! time to begin" -
| The answer startled the poor baronet. Il
hare angled," said she quietly; "and, what is
| more, have caught.my fish,
e:What mean you cried Sir George what
| fish have you caught?
i IL de
! lady, with coolness. Sir George grew pale, and
stepped hurredly on deck.
! abstraction y cried he, as soon as he had
looked around. "Put about instantly, pilot;
that is Margate!-we are off England?
| "Exactly so, Sir George" said the lady at
| his back. He turned round and looked at
| her.
Your purpose, then, is to take mel
."To London, Sir George" said the lady, in
terrupting him with calmness, though graft
fed flush on her cheek. Sir George turned to
| the sailors.
sMy purse" said he; twenty-five louis for
you il you put about for Boulogne."
"Twenty-fve louis" said the lady, disdain-
fully, awhen twenty thousand pounds are in the
other scale!'
"Barbarous, treacherous woman" cried the
infuriated baronet, as he looked around with
an eve that threatened peril to all, if he had but
had the means to inflict it; but the baroness
gave signal, and in an instant his arms were
! pinned to his side by two pair OF brawny arms.
The baronet struggled, but in vain; cord was
produced, and he was only saved from the ig-
| nominy of being bound, by giving his assu-
rance that he would remain in quiet durance in
the cabin. 1t seemed to him that he had
nothing for it but to submit. s. s,..
c. Eaor0o radnood IN thic condition looked
with indignation at his captor. She had
| checked the sailors for harshness in their usage
| Of him, but otherwise she expressed no visible
emotion. Betrayed by your said the cap
| tive, you whom loved so much ?"
"You loved me?" a .e
"Yes; well you knew it." answered Sir
George. Since you are an adventures, cruel
woman, would not my whole fortune, with my
hand, have better paid you than miserable
hire?" The lady spoke not in reply, and Sir
George also held scornful silence from that
moment until he landed in the Thames. He
was here put into the hands of the sailors, and
conducted to a hotel, on giving his solemn
promise that he would not attempt to escape.
Believing all to be lost in any case, he was glad
to be relieved from the confinement Of a Jail,
though it might be but till his creditors were
warned of his capture gp
1t was night when this landing in the Thames
took place. Sir George spent wretched
night, moaning over that fate which his con-
science told him was not nnmerited In the
morning he drew up an act, briefly giving up
| all to his creditors. He had scarcely finished
4 this when visitor was announced. 1t was
/ his betrayer, the baroness.
/ "Wretched woman what seek you?' said
he sternly. "Is not your task done? | have
now to do with others"
With none but me" said the lady in low
voice, and with timidity of manner most un-
like her previous department. E
"What do you mean, madamW asked Sir
George.
"I am your sole creditor, said the lady, and
i she placed in his hands some papers, which he
at once saw to be his own redeemed bonds. He
looked up in amazement You had a cousin
once. Sir George" said the lady, with her eyes
on the floor.
"I had-Anne Fulton" said Sir George;
"we were playmates in childhood"
"She went abroad, when mere child, with
her family" continued the lady.
"She did" said the baronet "and, have
heard, was married to very wealthy planter
in the island where they settled. 1t panied me
to hear it, for we loved each other even when
i infants.n ..', sE
+ - one Weuueu against Her WIN, CoHIihuou enO
lady; for she, too, remembered old days. She
is now widow" A light had been gradually
breaking upon Sir Georges mind. He started
hastily forward, and took hold Of the lady 5
hand, almost throwing himself at her feet
81 am your cousin Anne, said the lady.
1t is needless to carry our tale beyond the
point when the imagination Of the reader can
do all that remains to be done The lady had
returned to England rich widow; had learned
the situation and embarrassment of her we'll
remembered cousin; had seen him at Boulogne;
had contrived the overturn at his door, and
made his acquaintance. She had only thought
of the fishing scheme through spice OF ro-
nance in her temperament, and that she might
get him to England, where she might have his
, debts paid. They welded and lived happily like
all lovers in story; and we wish all were as
true as the present one. l&a
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