Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-03-13

4 tioni but IN Fanny, you would linda dis
senter from the common, verdict .s.bg
"Perhaps so, :" was the reply; "but you
had better guard her closely, or may de-
ceivc you '-sgsess
"She needs no guard, Count But to
speak seriously / wish you would help me
to break the spell that binds her to Win
ters. If she could be induced to forget, or
hate, him, it is probable that 1 could in
duee her to marry me And ifshe will do
SO, right willingly, 1 may forgive andtreat
her kindly"
"That L will do, with pleasure, Durand;
and no fearof failure, unless Hodges should
return-in hatevcnt, success is very doubt
\ full" fi1s71a ynuaA 4-sif
"Then you do not believe Hodgesis dead2''
"Certainly not, when \ know that he is
living, unless he has died within the last
ten, days. When l volunteered to. help
you to get rid of him, in order that you
might prefer the charge of murder against
Winters, expressly stated that would
take part in no scheme which contempla-
ted the shedding of blood How, then,
could you believe him dead2'' ianoosi@
Because I know Of no other way to get
rid of him permanently But if not dead,
where is he?" '-'' aft sa'i'isd 1d'i
"0n board Of a pirate vessel cruising
in the Gulf, and among the West India
Islands" '9' i' ihi9I ,Mo1'ka "a
Durand looked his companion steadily
in the eye, as if to determine, from its ex-
preston, the truth Of the statement. The.
Count met the. scrutiny unmoved, but mis-
taking its object, hastily explained by say.
ing he had recently learned that the man
employed to keep Hodges out of the way,
was the Captain Of pirate ship. 1850 o'
"That being the case, said Durand, 'I
shall persist in the belief that he is dead
Pirates would not consent to be troubled
with him, as a prisoner; and he has either
become. one of them, or is dead." "a -
The Count gave him look which chill
ed his blood, as he replied: at does not
become such men as you, Durand, to reflect
upon the character even Of pirate; and
many an one who has suffered the penalty
of the law, could have boasted better
heart than beats in your breast" "
"That may be true Of both of us, Du-
rand answered, "for have never conceiv-
ed a scheme of villainy which you were
not ready to aid in executing. Hodges
was as much in your way as Winters was in,
mine, and in aiding to remove him, selflin-'
fuenced you more than friendship for me.
But there is no use in this sort Of recrimi-
nation; and mutual interest demands that
we shall not indulge it." .tH' ,'f I
What might have been the issue of this
I,incipient quarrel must be left to conjec-
ture. Itwas interrupted by the arrival Of
visitors, and soon after, Durand departed,
and on his way home, spcculated upon the
sudden anger of the Count, and coupling
it with his occasional absence from the city,
for weeks at a time, arrived at the verge of
a conclusion, which he hesitated to adopt,
yet could not entirely reject What that
conclusion was, may, or may not appear
hereafter. For the present, we must leave
him, and record the movements of other
actors in this veritable life drama. HNoa
Jones and Winters had industriously
prosecuted the enquiry into the right of
the latter, to the hundred and twenty thou
sand, and finding no evidence of its pay
ment to the creditor or his agent, conclu-
ded to institute suit at once, unless con
ference with Mr.. orme should bring to
light facts at variance with the sugges-
tions made by Mr.. Danvers. To satisfy
themselves on this point, Mr. Jones presen
ted himself before Mr.. 0rme, who receiv-
ed him kindly, and asked if he owed this
second visit to the business Of his late
ward Dts .'HieH. 'o 'T-sa'p /
ayes" said Jones, ''I come again ON his !
business, and il is Of no little Importance,
as you win find" ''' 'f"ln'' aei''i 4
ais he going to sue me for SANDER, or
false imprisonment" snoi1iim oi'Y
I "For neither, sir; but he sgoing to sue
for the money due to his father for the prop.
erty he sold to Durand, sr., part of which
you holdAunless you can satisfy him on
certain points" '''". .'' -'lii''t 4
"You are joking, Mr. Jonesl lie can
not be guilty of such follyl Why, he has
no more claim upon the property than you
have" .tf 'i aaIa la
81 never joke, sirSon grave subjects. As
10 the nnnsfinn of rinht L shnll rrnhnLl,r