Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-08-14

ced to me the gossip OF the village, and, a.
mong other things, detailed the particulars
of the courtship and engagement of the
young lady in whom I was so interested with
a well-known person of neighboring city
"a person whose claims to regard no one
could dispute. These things, stated with
such apparent good faith, connected with that
fearful silence of six long weeks, had no
other effect than to increase my anxiety to
unravel the mystery, and on the following
morning, concealiug my wounded limb un-
der cloak, probably pale and haggard, l
presented myself at the mansion of my mis-
tress. was received in the presence of the
mother She confirmed my suspicious. The
young lady stood by, the picture of despair,
yet silent as the grave. Desperate at what
seemed this bad faith, returned to my house,
wrote hasty letter demanding my cores
pondence, and returning, at the same time,
every ouce-cherished token of affection. |
received all sent for, save, perhaps, some
forgotten flower.
"That night the young lady, accompanied
by female servant, left for Philadelphia
Arriving at her uncle's house, she complain
ed of being fatigucd with her journey, and
retired to her room. Complaining of some
serious pain, only soothed by narcotics, she
sent her faithful but unsuspecting servant
and friend to a neighboring drug store for
laudanum, received it, expressed the wish to
be alone, and seemingly retired to Sleep
The following morning, not making her ap-
pearance, the family became alarmed, broke
open the door, and found the young lady
dead-iu her hand the little keepsake retain
ed from my correspondence. The uncle, as
if comprehending the particulars which led
to this dreadful tragedy, had the body en-
cofined, and with it returned to Lancaster
Placing all that remained of this once lovely
being in the parlor, he brought the mother
forward, and displayed what he was pleased
to term the result of her works.
'I was sent for, and arrived to witness the
eloquent agony of that mothers heart. Over
the cold remains of the daughter she reveal
ed the particulars that led to the awful result
My letters and hers, by untiring industry,
the command of large resources, and paid
agents, had been all intercepted The rea-
son of my prolonged absencei in Philadelphia
had been explained as the result of the fas-
cinatiag charms of city bellies; even an en-
gagement had been pronounced. All this
while the victim had been full of hope. She
had heard of my arrival in Lancaster, but
not of my accident; for long weary hours
she sat in the parlor waiting my presence,
but doomed to disappointment. Here was
seeming Indifference confirmation of all
that she had heard. On the other side, l
was made the dupe of the mother's arts, and
the fend who had poisoned my ear was mere
ly the agent to carry forward the great wrong
The last Interview have described, which
resulted in the return of correspondence, was
enshrouded in the consequences of all these
plans. The result was, death to one party,
and the burial of the heart of the other IN
tie same Craze that closed over one who could
not survive the wreck of her affections"
Many years have passed away since the
accidents detailed in the above sketch trans
pircd; many years since they were revived
by the accidental conversation in family
circle of Washington society; but the coun-
try strangely becomes interested in the event,
from the fact that the White House may pos
sibly have bachelor for its occupant; but
one not so because of Indifference to woman,
but really from the highest appreciation Of
Que of the loveliest of the sex.