Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-23


ront your victim1 Go home, Marion, aud
eave the maniac to his den.'
She regarded him moment in extreme as
tonishment aud then burst into tears. "Good
God !'' she cried, '.is 1t possible that person
so valueless as am can have caused this dread
full change How could | love you, when my
heart had long been another'sl l offered you
my friendship, FRI m my soul offer 1t again.
For my sake, for Vibert's, do not cloud ourhap-
piness by the thought that we have wounded
the peace Of another, much less Of one who will /
be so dear to MS. Return with me homo dear
Edith has still heart to give you."
He answered with smile OF savage bitter |
ness, 81 thank her, do not want it, Yours |
has cost me somewhat, and 1t is hard to labonr |
in vain. Promise me, Marion; promise me, in |
case of Viberts-death.
"Of Vibert's death what mean such horri- |
BILE words. All things seem ominous Of woeto
me. In Heavens name speak again, and do
not stand so motionless and CHASTITY. What Is
it that you sect"
Marcus slowly raised his arm, and pointed to
a raven, which was battling its way against the
wind. He spoke not word, but kept his
eye fixed upon the bird till it toiled over their
heads, and at short distance, swooped into
/ the thicket. 1t was followed Ivy another, and
| another. He maintained the same aspect, and
| Marion, astonished by the strange scene, which
accorded so web with her previous presenti-
|
| Marcus was reused, sit is strange instinct,'
said he. "Those heaven instructed birds seem
| formed for the detection of-of the farmers
| lost cattle, which have strayed away and died
| They scent blood atar of, their note is harrow
| ingl Come away-come away,-l Will conduct
you home' lie grdsped Marion by the wrist,
and was leading her away, when two of the
ravens rose up in clamorOus combat for dis
puted morsel. Unable TO direct their course,
the wind carried them back towards the spot
where Marcus and Marion We're standing and
q part OF the commended booty, dropping from
their beaks was waited to the feet Of the latter.
She eagerly snatched 1t up, it was curly lock
OF black h.irl momehtaiy impulse endow-
ed her with twice the strength of Marcus, and
she wrenched her arm from his grasp.
\ "Yonder carcass,a she exclaimed, hysterl.
\ caly, sis neither stag nor steer;" and she
1 sprang towards the scene with supernatural
saiitness. Marcus uttered vain cry to re-
/ strain her, and disappeared, feeling his way
: more than seeing 1t, as though the world afford
| ed no home and no purpose TO direct his course
4 Shortly after, Edith arrived at the place
/ where they had parted, having traced the small
foot of her sister in the damp sell. She was
alarmed to find it turn in amongst the bratnbles
, and called out, but received NO answer The
wind blew her voice back, and the tortuous
stems OF ragged Scots-fr, intermixed with
every other species of hardy plant, permitted
her eager glance to penetrate but few yards
She forced her way into the maze, and, by The
= aid of the bOrghs, clamhered partly up the side
of the valley, to where a large scale that hat
fallen from the rocks had separated into irag
. ments upo1a bank OF yellow sand, overgrowl
: with fern and turze. 1t was called the Badger
!" Bank, being filled with the earth OF that ami
4 NAL, which shared it in common with tue viii,
: cat, and birds of prey that came thther t
~ gorge upon victims Amidst the ruins Of thi
y scene; stood Marion, her long, black hal
" streaming in the blast, and her arms extende
to scare away the multitude Of the dismal bird
/" which had directed her thither. AT her fec
~ lay the form Of Nibert his face oversprcad wit
10 ITS last hue, and his temples shattered to piece
w When search Was m@ue the sisters wel
- protecting the body, and both herett 0t reaaoi
gu L iith had loved Yibert no less fervently tina
~ Marion had done; but her devotion to her hu
~ y. rendered silence no sacrifice. To see her Sist
's happy was 10 no blessed herself; and had
not been for thisunlooked-fur catastrophe, h
IS, secret would never have been known "
will not swell our history with an account
ot the long interval that elapsed ere tue siSte
Tn were restored, in degree, to their right mind
Their first question, ON their partial recover
ne related to Yibert's ANGLE his nfrnl frame ha
I'd sank beneath his atfl iction, and he lay in II
OF family vault, beside his unfortunate nephew
Us There Nas yet another name, which nether'
r, tlem dared to pronounce But the questio
Z was OWNED and Marcus, they were told, ha
AZ never been heard of ia body, too decayed I
be recognized, had been found in a distar
1, forest, aud might have been his it was but
u surmise, and, whether true or false, there ha
:, never been any other.
= Years passsd away but tho characters {
|, Marion and Edith resumed nomVre thelr natr
raj tone. The last was never suen 10 smil
i'll again nor the nrst TO drop tear ;mistortuu
en- had strlckeu til ~ into strange apathy, an
ed their only pleasure was to wander, linked
las each others arms, upon the high ground
il from whence they could descry the chur
ay, where Nibcrt lay. They were never seen sl
as where, nor in any society but that of each 9th
but although the whole world were their irient
ne, Those who lad loved them respected their s
she row too much to intrude uponiti and those "
With had been jealous Of being outshonc, had CO
ed to have any cause. The admirers who !
YOU pursued them turned sadly from their vag
regard, aud would as soon have thought of
OBJ. tanning the stars themselves. This lasted
1 nv, a few years. The fatal remembrance VIII
9TH slept neither night nor day, drank greedily
~ the springs Of life They faded almost
400 phantOms, and death seemed to think his pl
,,o scarcely worth the striking for their depart
. - was unmarked by single pang. Edith, VIII
- natural temperament had the least rtpUse,
,,.e1 the first TO drop i--she died claspiug her
- ter's neck; and Marion followed in timc to
,'.Io inferred in the same gravel
tits. N. B.-The leading incidents Of this ma
n is tive arc true; the names Of the parties
Il us having been altered.
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