Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-04-03

the turmoil which succeeded, quietly took
her way to. her own room, from the win,
dow of which she saw by the light of a
lantern the dead body Of her husband
Turning, with shudder, from the spec
tacic, she walked, candle in hand, to Q
room on the opposite side of the house,
and locking the door on the inside, was
seen no more that night. y si $50 . ''.ii 3
When the ladies had ceased to scream,
and messenger had been sent to the city
for a,vehicle to bear off the dead body, the
two slightly wounded policemen went into
the house, where there wounds were dres-
sed by a young physician who was of the
wedding party. After this, the company
reassembled in the parlor, at the request
of Mr.. 0rme, who was greatly agitated ;
and when quiet was restored, Hodges, whe
was known to, and highly esteemed by, all
present, gave o suecinct account of bis
abduction, and its after incidents, as they
are already known to the reader. And
when to his testimony, was added that of
Gilbert the guilt of the Count was SO ap-
parent to all, that there was a universal
cry, that he had met the fate he deserved.
Even Mr.. Orme Joined in the. cry, whilst
tears of sorrow for his daughter anguish,
and his own guilty agency in her happless
fate, trickled down his furrowed cheeks.
. 1t is surprising how sharp sighted some
people become into characters that have
been fully laid bare. Almost every ono In
the room had seen something suspicious
in the manner, or conduct of the fictitious
Count, and not one, save Mr.. Orme, was
taken by surprisev~they expected some
such devclopement, and wondered that he
should have deceived so many. And yet
there was scarcely young man in the
room who had not envied his popularity
with the fair sex; and scarcely young
lady who had not tried to win his favor.
But their remarks were brought to a
close by the arrival of the hearse, and
with the removal of the corpse, the wed.
ding party departed, leaving the bride and
her father to the solitude of the now DESC
late looking mansion. Both had learned
lesson, that evening; he, the folly of
trusting, for happiness, to wealth and title,
when the one may have been acquired at
the cost Of honor, and the other assumed
with n view to deceive; she, the danger of
trusting to appearances, and of yielding
TO tho suggestions of wounded pride,
which had made her spurn from her side,
the man she had long known and long
loved-denying him even the privilege of
an explanation. Both father and daughter
head erred, and both were paying the
penalty.
The night preceding this tragedy, we
left George Durand in drunken sleep, at
the Counts room, when the latter went to
the rescue of Fanny Orms, who, under the
impulse of gratitude, gave her hand as the
price of deliverance Durand slept sound
ly through the night, and on awaking in
the morning, heard the Count telling some
one, in confidence, of his intended mar
riage in the evening. Stupid, as no was,
Durand knew now that he had been over
reached by Lis pretended friend, and yet,
was so trammelIed by his own guilt, that
he dared not expose the Ccunt because
such an attempt would deeply implicate
himself, and might fail to faston guilt pp,
on his companion in iniquity.
But the loss of fortune, character and
his cousins hand, made him thoroughly
desperate, and he, at last, resolved to quit
the country; but before doing so, would
address to Fanny an accurate statement of
all he and the Count had done to ruin
Winters. The abduction Of Hodges; tho
letter to her, by the Count. in the name of
Winters, asking an interview, and his
meeting her at the place appointed, and
carrying hor off; of the interview at the
Mssqurade, 10 which he personated Win
tors. All, was told in a clear, consise
manner, and the letter wound up with ex-
pressiOns Of deep regret for the part he
had acted, and aa earnest appeal to her
not to marry SO great villain as he knew
the Count to be. . rf .a
Having sealed this letter, he presented,
at tbs Bank, the check, forged by the
Count, for ten thousand dollars, which was
cashed without hesitation; and with the
money in his pocket, he repaired to the
wharf and took berth on boat that was
to leave at l2 o'clock. Having thus COM