Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-09-12

raving in his delirium to see Mr.. Red6eld,
the father Of the murdered Isabel.
." am sorry to see you so low, my poor
Augustus" said Mr. Redfeld kindly.
!" Oh, speak not to me! It was I,who
stabbed Isabel!'' exclaimed the young man
wildly.
All were Mortified at these words. His
mother and sister imputed them to the deliri-
um Of the disease; but when he grew more
calm, and solen,nly repeated the assevera.
ton, they were forced to believe him. '.
Before his death he related the particulars
Of this unnatural deed.
1t seems that the proud Isabel, from the
time the handsome Sternberg entered her
fathers house she had smiled less graciously
upon her affianced Augustus Raymond.
Stung to madness by jealousy, he had watch.
ed them together, had heard Isabel, the even.
ing previous, appoint the grove as a meeting
place, that she had something very particu.
lar TO say TO Sternberg.
Augustus repaired himself to the spot be-
fore day.break, secreted himself-heard the
passionate Isabel avow her love for him,
and urge him to make her his wife. Stern.
berg refused her gently but firmly. At first
she was angry but he soothed her into quiet,
and left her after confessing to her that he
loved another. She acquitted him of at.
tempting in the slightest to gain her love,
and as he turned to depart, she smiled sweet.
ly upon him, and said she would try to for.
get him except with the love Of sister, but
that none other could ever supply bis place
in her affections
Perfectly iufuriated with passion, Angus.
tus Raymond stood before her upon Stern
berg's departure, and reproached her more
like demon than>a man, with her perfdy.
Her manner was so naughty and indig
nant that, insane with jealousy and passion,
her discarded lover plunged the fatal steel
into her. fair bosom, and then dsshing into
the thicket made his escape with the Gun.
ming caution that eluded the eyes of all, and
locking the fearful secret up in his own
breast, he escaped without being suspected
even of the foul deed
The repentant lover died and the father
of the murdered girl wished to make repara.
ton to the falsely accused Sternberg.
Finding the turn affairs had taken, Fanny
Talbot confessed to her father that she knew
the hiding place of the acquitted lido. She
had corresponded faithfully in his exile.
A few weeks more, aud the now happy
lido return to his friends more highly in favor
than he had ever been before. * :.
1t was with a proud and reluctant heart
that the fond father placed his daughters
hand in that of lido Sternberg, who, under
an assumed name, had won both fortune
and fame during his exile-who had also
proved himself in all ways so well worthy
of the trust now reposed in him-the sacred
trust of the safekeeping Of woman's heart
and happiness.
TAKING Pos1rIoN.-Joe Dovetail had
wife, a strong. minded wife. She looked
upon Joe as sort of necessary evil, treat.
ing him very much as the lady did her bus.
band on the North river steamboat who
ventured to object to some of her arrange
ments for travel, when she shut him up sud-
denly by telling him in the hearing Of a do.
zen passengers:
"Why, what is it to you! If had
known you were going to act SO, would
not have brought you along" But Joe and
Mrs. Dovetail never travelled. They were
always at home, though Joe was rarely
seen there or elsewhere. She had long
trained him to the habit Of retiring under
the bed when company called, and so ia.
miliar was he with that retreat, it was
question whether in default of personal ser.
vice, warning to militia training would
hold him unless left under the bed as being
bis last usual place Of abode. During the
stay of Mrs. Dovetail's friends, he occasion.
ally thrust out his head like turtle, but one
glance of the loving eye of his spouse would
send him under, with cold shivers rushing
upon his back. One day as she was hob
nobbing over the fire with friend and so.
cial glass, Joe thrust out his figure head,
and defied the shakes and frowns of his
wife, till growing valiant desperate, he sang.
out:
"My dear, you may shake your head just
rs you please, but tell you, as long as |
have got the spirit Of a man will peep"
SPLENDID PRoJEcr.-We find the follow.
ing in All exchange:
"Send me three million dollars. As to
what want of it word in your ears pri-
vately.) | intend to lay down in every
street, court, lane, place and alley Of Boston
10000 miles of Iron main, 4 feet diameter,
with IL inch service pipes entering each
each house so far, so good. Then shall
commence at the top of the White noun
tains to lay a pipe ten feet in diameter into
the ground six yards deep, from the said
white mountains to the main in Boston,