Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-05-07


and that you must either be welded to me, or
| to abject poperip.
"knew then that the daughter of-
| will not take long to decide,-of the two alter
natives she chooses tho latter. Now, sir depart,
| you have by your conduct cancelled any obli-
cations We may be under. l again repeat, l
desire your ABSENCE"
The majesty with which she uttered these
words astonshed and awed me and, / was
just upon tho point of obeying her, when her
brother made his appearance. Ho saw at q
glance how things stood between us, and being
| fully acquainted with what had before trInspir-
| edi at once concluding had trespassed upon
| the privacy of his sister, assumed the right OF
| protectorship, and in q voice ill-suted to my
| feelings, desired to know why was intruding
| upon his tather's premises. waslin no. mood
tp DO insulted, or spoken to disrespectfully
| therefore retaliated rather sharply. One word
led to another, and at last giving way to tho
| iplpetnosity Of my nature, l struck him to the
| gsound. The screams of his sister soon alarmed
| A.tpmily, and before was conscious of what
II III transpired, every individual of the family
| vi present. Hastely mentioning what had taker
pace between the brother ami myself, bowed
| tqthe father and daughter and withdrew.
| Things had now gone too far for me tc
allow them to rest and my feelings
hnd been too, much trifled with to make me
Wish for otherthan full and ample revenge. i
was determined to humble tho proud spirit OF
that naughty family, and make them bow be-
fore me; yowing vengeance against all, rapid
y, returned to my home, to wait passiyey the
| time for action.
Twill not trouble you with recital of the
| means l employed to carry out my designs.
! Suffice it to say, that became the owner of
everything Mr.--- possessed, and
| should have turned him and his family upon
the wide world to starve or beg, had not the
daughter consented to be mlne. On this con-
dition only, did permit the father to occupy
his dwelling and the income arising from his
| estlteas formerly. The proposition was however
mine, and although the old gentleman sternly
| declined its acceptance, yet the daughter, loy-
| ed her parent too dearly, not to make every
sacrifice for his sake, and she readily accepted
my offer, provided 1 would convey every
| thing to her father during his life time. This
was done, and though it went sorely against
the old gentleman, yet al his daughters en-
treaty, he reluctantly complied, and every thing
was arranged for our early nuptas.
The day arrived, the knot was tied, and the
proud and lofty being who but few months
before had vowed never to be mine, was now
my wfe--irrecoverably my wife, bound by her
oath before her God, TO lone and obey me. How
delightful the thought in this particular, how
ample my repeRge
Though the thought often passed my mind to
make her feel my power, yet, | never had tho
heart to treat her ill. So lovely, so mild, so
anxious to please. would have been worse
than tlend had made her more deeply regret
her compliance to the union, than she already
experienced. For though in my presence she
was always cheerful and happy, yet, L have fre-
quently come upon her unexpectedly and
found her in tears. They had no other effect
than to excite my sympathy, and stimulate me
to renewed exortions to make her time pass as
pleasantly as possible.
For two years, things passed off very pleas
antly. My feelings began to mellow down, and
my desire for revenge to subside. During this
the had advanced large sums to my wife's
/ brother, to enable him to establish his busi-
ness, and even the father, had lost much OF his
former reserve. This course of things did not
however, pleasethe evil powers which ruled
,.sesyriard ls p and at an unfort tunaee io.,
beeIme acqnai1ked with being who, under
the guise of friendship, drank deeply my cup oi
bliss. lie gradually worked himself into my
confidence, and after partaking largely OF my
means, serpent like, stung me. When made
tho discovery, it almo ST drove mo mad for
days knew not what did, but when con-
seriousness returned, it was but to feel more
acutely my misery. sent for my perliulous
wife, and accused her of her crime. She, in
the bitterness of grief and modification, most
positively denied the charge, yet could not,
would not believe her, knowing, that the mar
rage wasforced, and that neither love or friend
ship formed any portion of the inducement
which prompted the union. In moment of
shame, disappointment, and rage, drove her
from my presence, and gave directions that she
should not again quit herchamber, YSatb9Rt my
consent. Nd
The thoughts of being cuckoldedb bY5&7te wo-
man had set my heart upon, and made the
laughing stock of my perfidious friend and his
companions, were more than my nature could
bear-a fever intervened, and for several weeks
was confined to my bed. During this time
my wife sent many requests to see me, with pro-
| testations of her innocence, all OF which uls-
regarded. Thus, two beings were reduced from
happiness to misery by designing villain.
| ITO BE CONTINUED.
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