Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-03-27

from which he will not have missed you.
~ believe you are right" she replied
Sand SO let it be understood. But whai
security have I against such attempts in
future, if this be passed over in silence?
II you will not be offended, dear
Fanny" he said, pressing her hand to his
lips, "I will tell you how you can be made
entirely secure"
"Why should l be offended, Count
After the promise I have just made You,
1t would be strange did I believe you
capable of intentional ofFense-so you may
safely proceed"
"For more than week, past" he re-
sumed, "Ihave looked upon mysuit as hope
fess-so utterly so, that on yesterday, l
determined to abandon 1t, and, to-day,
entered into an important engagement
which requires me to sail for Cuba to-
morrow night, and shall be absent more
than month Now, since you have
promised to be mine, intreat you to full
FL that promise tomorrow evening. / do
not ask you to 60 with me, because the
nature of my business will not permit
your presence, except at the price Of much
discomfort; but let me leave you as my
wife, and you will be safe, and I shall be
supremely happy.
This proposal startled Fanny exceeding
ly, and she combatted 1t with much earn
estness but the ingenuity and ready in
vention of the Count removed one objec-
tion after another, and raised up so many
bugberas to frighten her into compliance,
that she finally consented, provided her
father did not object. With this under
standing, they parted-he attempting a
more afIectionate good night, than she was
disposed to grant.
On reaching her chamber, Fanny gave
vent to the first tears she had shed during
the evening, and after composing herself,
she sat down to think calmly about her
position, which seemed more like dream
than reality. And the first question she
asked herself, was whether she loved the
Count. Her heart answered no! But
sophistry whispered that the high regard
she had for him, would ultimately ripen
into love, and pride counseled her to show
a fitting resentment of the conduct of
Winters, and to punish him by placing an
impossible barrier between them. The
result of her deliberation was, that she
would lay the subject before her father,
early in the morning, and act precisely as
he might advise.
The Count, meantime returned home,
rejoicing at his success, and fully believ-
ing that there was no abstacle to his hap
piness and prosperity, provided he was
successful in the business, of which he
had spoken to Fanny--which was nc
other than last interview with the pirates
when he intended to surrender to then
the vessel and it's contents, on condition
that his association with them was never
to be divulged This being done, he ho-
ped to return to the city, to live in splen
dor, and within the bounds of decent NOR
ality. The more eflectually to do this, he
was also resolved to procure the return of
Hodges, and, if necessary, to fasten the
sole guilt of his abduction upon Durand,
who, he believed, would never again be
visible in the city.
And, by the way, let us see what had be-
come of the pirate vessel, which the Count
expected so soon to see at anchor in its APP
pointed place. We left it, chapter or two
back, preparing to sail before the breeze
that succeeded the irksome calm. But
that same breeze had first filed the sails OF
an American brig which was in search OF
the rover; and before the pirates could
spread all their sails, the said brig was
cleaving its way with fair speed, and bear
ing down, in full view, upon them, The
alarm was given, and every muscle strained
to avoid the impending danger. Could
they catch the full weight of the breeze, be-
fore the brig came within the range of its
guns, the pirates knew they were safe
they had the speed; but their enemy KEPT
such even pace with the light wind on which
their fate depended, that escape seemed al
most impossible, and the deepest anxiety
was felt by the desperate crew
At length the swelling of the canvass
and the ripping of the water before the
prov, proclaimed that the vessel was in mo,
tion, and hearty cheer from the whole
crew announced their JOY at the prospect ol
a speedy deliyerance from their dangerous
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