Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-07-10

doy infbr med stheim with some0little wan /
tty,she, hadsbeenl stopping with Mrs. Mallo
Try, aud &assnotIscenti yienough, rom ths
city to answer all their inquiries But !
he ,expe6ted the mention ,of AIR. aMallory
to addotoAM his Importance with dhef crowd
he was disappointedain, the1tesult!&"
Did yer see the eld-man's ga-al y
asked a,fellow ,tYhoahad hithertoi been sit
! lent in. the iaudabis attempt Is qappeal
sober, but now gaye.itup.' a'fGot a heaps
Iof niggsrsaandaright smart Gof cashf but
IillteA eyer; gstranger.2I wodldn't marry
that gallsfoE ALI theniggers ever yoa'seehj
would you, Bill !?s Aisa1s7 7'9' ezAen 81
10 Godoy3st first impulse was to knock the
fello wcdownS This next was itoelet shimii &c
ON, forafear. that all lis love affair Fmight
mot )beias agreeable asaheahadl antieipa'
|.,r IL wouldn't,p continued the0man with
an oathst" She'sta.p perfect helEcat. h81I
haye iknowed lIerimother and her iuncles.
and eraunt, ,Bandathar ain'u one Eof Sem
but whatl;wonld kill a. man ; before he
could shut his eye ifqtheysgot g. little
mad. The7old, mans afraid of her how
as he lis ofthe devil Let's all take some.
thing to drink."!..4 Mey >sI9a 9'a sE -
,.The whisky was th@atched down aon
the counter. and various calls made for
"them lasses." the sugar being out. The
speaker resumed LATER drehching his
beard with the mixture, with athes most
drunken yehemence- t-ozi
y" You can't fool me say it stranger.
Find out what peoplexis at home, if you
want to know. Old man Mallory is high
toned gentleman! himself. but; his ga-al's
the devil. Never heard tell about her
trying to shoot her cousin when she was
little ga-aI, did yer 2" .a#
- No, and don't want to-" said Go
doy.
The fellows hand was on his knife in
u moment, but others ,interlered and drew
him away. 5F-
AS Godoy pursued his way that even
ing, thoughts of not the most pleasant
nature. obtruded on his reflection. Miss
Mallory was intelligent, good looking, if
not handsome, with supple and graceful
figure. the darkest hair and eyes. and a
cheek only too white and colorless. She
played and sang with taste and tolerable
EkllI. But of her character. save what he
had himself observed, he was wholly ig.
norant. That she had a temper, he could
we'll believe but for so small a sin, he
was not disposed to throw away a plan.
tation and hundred or two slaves. He
resolved. however, that inquiries should
be instituted, as soon as he-reached the
city, through the agency of the firm
which had correspondence with the par
ish
Whatever the facts or opinions may
have been elected they were not such as
to deter him from marrying Miss Mallo-
~, in less than year and u half from
his first acquaintance with her. The mar
riage would have taken place sooner. but
for the death of Mallory. Leaving the
estate in the care OF an overseer, with his
wife Godoy plunged iGto all the extraya:
gance and guyety Uf the Southern metro
polls. His villa and magnificent gardens
rlvalIed the most luxurious, and his equip.
age was the admiration. and envy of the
beholders. But Madam grew jealous1 in
the midst of this Paradise; which had its
serpent also. and jealousy is a terrible
passion, as every 5ody knows, sw llo know S
anything of-the Legitimate drama2 Ma
dam did not say much, nbut her-SilenGe
was more portentioust and strange Hight
burning in her dark' eyes, bades 'G5doy
prepare for graver matter!eo So they re-
turned TO lheplantationss sd' ~2ad7 .H9It
aa But he was ill at ease there. -T41rde,
the orange tree and the odorous magfia.'
liza blossomed 4here,r aud birds athdafow<
ers in2rich profusion, grew sidsrbS side.
pElleSe were the veryhlanasi swhere iAudu
bon hadlfound rare and beautiful Species
-of bYdsd SaudI watched; for weeks and
months itheir ihabi:s-:there' 81 vas game
i'm ahnndaace-his cotton tieldscwere ten-
fded by scores Of slaSss2 and isenoFous
voices shouted the chorus to cheer the m
Individuality tasks. But pestience ho-
sxeredi ip-thesbalmy air-dtstitled in the
evening godewsI5and the tall cypress bot.
rowed from the atrailing mass an -addi,
ltinn alsemblem Of funeral woe.s .Some-
thing slike,the apples of Sodom, ?. thought
t9odoys as tue uncomfortable state of af-
fat within doors begot depressed views
OF the world outside
4 Suspicion once aroused is not easily alS
layed-a trnisnn. and in the presene in :
stdnceY at least "a, truth. "A beautiful
slave sgiri. Msdam'sf own waiting maid;
was now the cause Differentiation. ,a0ae
night. .Godoy was asleep in the summer
house. the air though dewy aud heavy,
being less oppressive than that of his
chamber ;. He iS as awakened by some
one clasping his knees. and imploriug him
inhGod's name, toyssye kher. Ere he con4
pretended who il was er-whas was want.
ed. another figure entersdFthe door, and
without pause struck a2knifs in the sideiof
the 6rst.. Not q shrisk--nors q sobi but
the blood gushed over him, and the 6g.
ure slid TO the earth, dead ere it feIl.-
The other disappeared. Full Of dread