The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-24
CHATTER IL.


That fish for Mackerl now. [GRgY's ELEoY.
The bell had struck the hour of eight. 4
dim light, in sorgeously furnished chambe
in Burdens Row nickcred and flared, nov
up and anon down-now brightly and nov
dimly-wavering like loafer's chances fo
n free lunch. Upon a doube-back actor
spring-seat sofa-sat, or rather reclned,
maiden. Oh. that had pen formed of th,
gorgeous ray of a rising sun, dipped in thu
beautiful and many cOlored prisms that en-
circle an lrishmah's eye the second day aftel
a shindy, that | might paint YOU a sheet o.
snow and rose leaves. The mdness of for.
ty,three summers and rose e-pink saucer had
left their impress upon her dimpled cheek;
her full, dark eyes shown with brillancy
rivaling the lustre of peeled onion, and the
silver hairs, which were few and far between.
like angels visies or paying newspaper sub
scribers, only served to render of darker hue
the jetty ringlets which playfully wandered
over her classic brow.
Yet, TO night she was pensivc, and seemed
to be expecting some one who was not so
punctual as he might be. "Why, oh! why
does lie not come! Does he think to triAe
with his Angelica? II he does" and her
proud lip cured and her lovely countenance
assumed deadly pallor, like yam with n
jaundice-"I will show him what a Macke-
reli can dol" She was q startled by gentle
tap at the door, and the next moment was in
the arms Of her lover-the brave Captain lie
Rogue! a
The gentle and loving Angelica had, long
before the opening o: this narrative, lost her
heart to the bold Captain; and they had for
some months been betrothed. His visits
however since the death Of Angelica's mo
ther, who was this wife of the Count dc
Mackereli, spoken of in my opening chapter,
were necessarily of a clandcstine character,
owing to the Counts mortal hatred Of the
Captain. r s-ai u|E lIaIr l atIO
About year previous to the period of
which am writing, an alteration occurred
between the father and lover, growing out Of
little misunderstanding in relation 10 lit
tie game of "draw," wherein the Count chnrg.
ed the brave Captain with "stocking the
k'erds7 on him, and thus doing him out of
sundry cons Of the realm amounting in the
aggregate, to the sum OF three dimes and
hall, (mostly in silver) The Captain was
forbidden the Counts premises, and threats
of the dircst vengeance enuneiated against
hun should I've ever again darken the Counts
door with his military presence, confirming
il with y most fearful and horrible oath, lie
full and diaboical nature Of which will be
shown in the sequel ! J. . sesIt eai
The lovers, thus alone, were in the highest
state of earthly bliss, and like DIR. Young,
"took no note on time." oblivious even of
the approach Of footsteps .af t-.
The sanguinary Count, who tho last time
we saw him, swore at shell be doneip was
upon the threshold. Three hops, one step
aud n slraddlo, brought him TO tho middle Of
the room, and there he stood, confronting the
guilty Captain, in all the dignity of insulted
authority, and the identical doubtful colored
shirt. His daughter, tiTs7 lovely Angelica, MS
in duty bound, Immediately faintedl The |
silence became awful What calu. before
the devastating storm! At length, the in !
iured father, unable longer to control his fu- |
ry, drew forth a knife Of huge dimensions,
md brandishiog the gIittering weapon DER
his grey head, rushed toward his Intended |
victim, shreking. in frenzied accents ------..
Thus far have we followed the three prin.
'ipa prrsonagcs, heroes aud shcro, in this
thrilling narrative. Its grent length and
very exciting nature, coupled with the fnct
hat the author has sold the copyright for
IN incredibly large sum, renders il impossible
10 give mere Of IL here. The whole narfa.
i've, with what constitutes the "frenzird ac
,enis" in the above closing paragraph, will
,nly he found in that execllent family Jour
lnl r'The Squlsher," should that brilliant
nurual ever be rcsurrcetrd