The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-04-13
VOL. XIII. no. 81.

was inserted poison similar in IFS effects to
prussic acid. This could bp borne in fhe month
without danger, unless crushed by the teeth amir
then instant death would follow.
Secure of this valuable Jewel, the deserted
marchesa arrived at Paris, and was received into
the house of her kind friend who was married
to a financier of eminence I'D the city, and a.
mong many circumstances calculated to disturb
her, she lesrnA that her husband s-as, The next
Monday, to attef?d the fair widow to a ball 10 be
given al The house of The former deputy of the
Session which, with many other things, was bro
ken un in IS4S.
To this ball her friend consented 10 accomi-
any her, and the hour impatiently expected at
length arrived. ROBBED in black velvet, With rich
laces, which set off to advantage her clear COM
pIrxon, dark eyes and hair, she was superb
she was dazzling. With fire in her eyes, ma
jestic 10 ber department., the hanghty brautv
strobe through the room, tthe crowd opening as
she adyanced,j and proceeded TO a little SaloR
lighted by lamps among flowers, and at some dis
tance from the orchestra. There she awaited
her dreadful rival and her companion, intending
10 appear suddenly before them, confound the
lady, freeze her inconstant husband by a glance,
and then 10 complete the catastrophe.
The pair arr,eed Taking her friend BY the
at the same time the fatal ball. The metal was
thin, and at the least compression OF The teeth,
the deadly fluid would be elected, aud she would
fall corpse before the thunder-strcken pair.
Behold this beautiful woman receiving atten-
tions with smile upon her countenance, and
holding in her mouth the subtle poison which
was soon to consume her. and yet with an aspect
OF apparent satisfaction
of41,p hoo III
blonde. Restraining her emotion, the marchesa
chose station where, in the turns OF the dance,
she would have the most favorable position 10
burst upon them, when conversation between
a neighboring couple attracted her attention.
''Do you spe,'' said young nan, sthe Ba-
rome de-? How elegant she is this even
ing. How beautiful How animated Who
is that with whom she is waltzing!' ~
<sAn JtaIian-a Roman, beieve-who they
say adores her for her beautiful blonde resses:
satiaied, perhaps, by the dark-haired damspls Of
the Eternal city
St'Tbe fair tresSeS of the haronne, said third
one who had joined the other two as the conver-
satiou began, ''truly, they are very charming
bat my sister, who was educated in the same
convent with her, SAYS they are false and if
you examine closely the enormous covering, you
Will perceiye il is rot a native TO the head
AT this moment The breathless dancers halted
near the group. The marquis was addressing
some words 10 his partner, which caused his
listening wife TO think Of the ball she bad car
ried in her mouth, while the baroness was re-
adjusting her dress, and pressing carefully her
hand over the hack of her head, as ii to BE- as
suFed that all was safe in that quarter
Suddenly new thought seemed 10 possess the
injured marchesa--she dropped the poisoned ball
from her mouth into her bosom, rushed upon
her rival from behind, and seizlng her BY the
hair detached the magnificent mass of ringlets
from the cianium, and threw it OH the floor
The marquis, whose eyes were for an instant
diverted from his partner, turned as she shrieked
aloud. with iary in her eyes. prepared to avenge
her and bthold-his mistress. like Samson ofoid.
shorn Of her conqupring trrsses, and bis superb
wife irownng in all the majesty Of an offended
beauty. What fablcGu!
The marquis VAS aslounded and Supefied, and
tue lady, recovering her good sense and temper,
took him by The hand and led him to the autt-
chamber.
'sForgye me- she whispered in his ear, ssfor
having disarmed my adversary, and carried him
away.
The "Wednesday following, the reconcled
compile SIT out for Milan, the best friends in the
world, and withal the most aiectionate lovers
But for the discomftted baroness ---, she is
a most amiabIe parsonage, and am in despair
that any should have torn from her one of
our most pleasing illusions.
The PIRATE AND THE DovE.-The follow
ing anecdo,e is related by Audubon, the celebra-
ted Traveller and ornhoogist =" A man who WAS
once a pirate assured me that several times,
uhiI>t nj certain wells diiu in fhe btlrninu
Iy sands ola weIl-known key, which must BE-
here nameless, the soft and melancholy notes of
the dove awoke in his breast feelings which had
long slur,berrd, melted his heart to repentance,
and caused him TO Finger at the spot in state Of
miud which he only who compares that wretch
ednesS Of guilt within him with the holiness Of
former innocence, can truly feel He said he
never left the place without Increased fear Of
iuturity. associated as he was, although believe
BY force, with band Of the most desperate viii
iainS that ever annoyed the Florida coast So
deeply moved was be BY the notes OF any bird
'and especially those Of a dove the only Sooth-
ing sounds he ever heard during his lie Of hor-
rors, that through these plaintve notes, and them
alone, he was induced 10 escape from his vessel,
abandon his turbulent compaBicBs, and return 10
a family depIoring bis absence. After paying
a hasty visit to those wells, and listening once
more TO the cooings Of the Zenaida dove, he
poured out his soul in suppication for mercy,
and once mere became, what one has said to be
the uoblesi work of God--an honest man. His
escape was effected amid difficulties and dangers,
but no danger seemed TO him comparable with
the danger of living in violation of human and
divine laws and he now lives in peace in the
midst Of bis family.