The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-08-12

nobleman was IN her presence
IN general conduct Of Don Aya was calculated
70 battle suspicion, beng marked by Indifference.
rms would have nlisled the vigilant husband had
he not ON one occasion when his back was turned
4 toward Don Alya perceived him IN an oppose
Mirror, iix his lindng eyes npon Isabella with an
expression mol 10 DO mistaken, white she grew red
n ana pale by tnrIS, aud then, ~ though unable to
| Mrmonht her agitatlon rose and left the room.
shortly afterwards Vesplc received an anonymous
note, saying
,@'' Look 10 y0m wife and Don Alva dc Soils, and
br, not deceived by appearance, They only want
a iitthlgt opportunity 20 dishonor you. Even now
ne carries about him the gloyessshe dropped for
him at mass" ~
Vesale shut himself up to ponder over the most
Ieiiecntual means of avenging himself His reso-
luton was soon taken. Having established schools
ofanatomy at San I.ucar and Cordova, he obtain
ed the Emperor's permission to visit them, quilted
Seville ostensibly for that purpose, but returned
the same night and concealed himself in a ten
cement belonging to him at some distance from his
abcle IN Alcazar which was devoted to the dou-
fllsA,arpose of alaboratory and dsseeting rooI.s.
! lie had taken no person into his confidence he
was alone in his own COUNSEL
! At dark on the following evening he issued
FORTH mutiled TO the eyes in d woman's mantle and
hood and left note at Don Alvas habtation,
containing an embroidered glove of Isabela's and
these words
:" have obtained the key to Vesale's laborato.
ry during his absence; be at the gate an hour after
midnight and you will be admitted on pronouEcing
the name of Isabella"
| Ihe assignatlon was promptly kept by Don Alya.
At an hour past midnight he left his house alone,
but never returned to it. Whittier he had gone
none could gay; nor could any trace of him ever
be discovered. 1t was supposed he must have
missed his footing and fallen into the Guadalquv-
1a1NgI IL. -, Al .I,
s body had been swept away by the waves into
| the ocean.
Such an occurrence was calculated to produce
| a great sensation in the place where it happened ;
and Yesale, recalled three weeks after by the i'll
ness Of his wife, found the disappearance Of Don
AlVa the theme OF every tongue. The altered ap-
pearance OF Isabella was attributed by Vesalc to
grief Tor the mysterious absence of Don Alva, and
that conviction took from him all pity for her suf
| erngs
1t chanced TO be the festival Of Santa Isabella,
| and TO do honor 20 her patron saint, as well as
| to celebrate the return of her husband Isabella
put on her wedding dress, and seating herself by
al open casement that overlooked the Alva gar
dens, she watched for his coming. But whilst her
eyes were vainy fixed upon the path by Which she
| expected him to appear, hand was laid her
| shoulder, and turning round she beheld Vesale
| standing beside her
Z" have ordered the supper to be laid in my
study said he; and taking her hand, he led her
| away TO The room in question, dismissed the at
tendant and closed the door Everything wore Il
| festive air; yet the repast was chceress. Pcrceiy;
ing that she had tasted nothing, Vesale poured
few drops OF elixir III cup Of Malaga wine, and
presented it to her
" Drink this" lie said, Z" it is a sovereign cure
for the disease you are suffering from"
Pledge me the drauglt,' she replied, filling up
| goblet rom the same flask, and handing it to
him, and il will bring quicker healing To me.
Let MS drink TO our absent friend, Andre"
Vesae accepted the offering, and they emptied
their goblets together
"Talkng of absent friends" said he and sud.
| denly fixing his eyes upon her, "you have not
spoken 10 me of Don Alya de Soils Are all hopes
oI hearing from bin relinquished? He was a brag-
gart and a libertinc, and boosted that no woman
ever resisted his seductions, that no husband ever
suspected the injury he was preparing for him
Then grasping his wife by the hand, he led her
up to the further end of the room, and throwing
the door wide open, revealed to her view skele-
ton, suspended within, holding in one of his bony
hands one OF her embroidered gloves
Behold he said, pointing to the ghasly spec.
tacc, "the gallant and beautiful Don Alva dc So.
liz, the object Of your guilty love, contemplate
him well, if the sight can render your few moments
any happier, for you are about.to join him in an
other world-the wine have given you was poi.
/ soned ~
When the last dreadful sentence and its most
dreadful Illustration, fell upon her aifrghted senses
she became paralyzed with excess of emotion the
scream which had risen to her throat, died there
in strangling murmurs, and sinking back, she fell
i as one dead upon the arms Of Vesale
She was not dead, however--he had not poi
soned her that crime he had hesitatod to commit !;
yet he was none the less her murderer Convul-
sion followed convulsion, aud at last she died /;
and, in that supreme moment, the hour that had
prect ded her death, her husband, who never quit
ted her, beheld one Of those phenomena which
sometimes attend the dying Awakening from
torpid sluinbcr, consciousness and memory return
cd at once and with them calmness and cour.
age she never possessed in the flush of life.
Andre" said the dying woman, fixing her
eyes on her husband, " | am dying by your hand
yet ] am innocent; | never wrongcd you by
thought or by deed Don Alva pursued me with
his love and threats but rcpulscd them.
| / never loved but YOU feared and honored
you as much as loved, but dared not tell you
Of his pursuit. Oh! Andre, believe NV words,
the diving deal not III ialschoods Should be- thus
calm were guilty?
Vesalc, sinking upon his knees, solemny pro.
tcstsd his faith in the innocence of his wifi, and
With choking sobs adiurcd her TO believe nc only
ieigned TO give her poison--that he could not
nerve hs hand to take her life but The terror
Of death itself was upon her. Aud while he vet
spoke, Isabella mumured
! THANKS be- to Heaven for this and drawing
his hand towards her, laid il upon her heart, and
az he did it, it ceased TO beat.
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| MISTAEING THE lIYMN.A young clerical gen.
tlemau relates the following auecdote of one ol
his Dutch brethren: The cld fellow was about
commencing ono Of his spiritual exercises, when
to the disadvantage of his being little near