Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-02

"Yes," she answered, as if murmurine
in a dream.
He led aer to Captain Turner, and
asked. will you give me a passage to New
Orleans 2"
Certainly, with the greatest pleas.
ure," was the generous response.
Who will pay the fare ?" Evacuated
Colonel Thorn, in tones of bitter irony
the boy is a beggar, as his father was
before himl"
7Thalia started as if stung by a scorpi.
an all her natural and habitual pride
came to the rescue, overpowering even
the strong resistance eff pleading love !;
and she faltered II will not go; |
must wait until you have a home"
The boy staggered as if stunned by an
unseen blow, and then standing up rigid
as if changed into a metallic form, he
cried sadly, regardless of the throng -
shall be absent two years /; / shall
come back wealthy if my bones are above
the sod. But woe to you, if you should
prove false or ickle and a darker woe
for him who shall pass between you and
me |"
He kissed her hand and walked slowly
away. Once only he turned, perhaps
expecting her to call him, but she had al
ready hurried off with her stern-eyed old
father. He cast one look toward the
stars, SO full Of utterable defiance, and
altogether in~describable, that those who
beheld it will never forget the fearful
meaning stamped as with letters of he'll.
lish light on that beyish face-neyer
until their dying day. Then in an instant
he bounded down the bank, leaped into
his canoe, and sped across the river
de was seen no more in central Arkan-
sas for years.
In the meantime, he was fulfilling a
Hportlop Of Ai6 aaEfel RaF8Rati6n tneW Yves;
tern waters unfamiliar with the name of
the all dreaded gambler and duelist,
Wade Thompson Z What city journal
did not occasionally recount some of his
desperate deeds? He played, too, with
the most astonishing success every card
be touched seemed turned to gold, so that
By the day he had specified in his last
farewell to Thalia, he was actually rich.
But the changeful coquette had been mar
ried to another for a dozen months, and
she shortly afterwards died, which, per-
haps, saved her husband from the former
lovers wrath.
This merciless man can boast a score
Of victims, all cut or shot down, either in
fair duel, or sudden, combat with an arm
ed foe, and all on equal terms, if, indeed
any terms of battle could be with that
eye and the hand, both quick as light
ming. But the most singular phenome.
non in the character of the desperate
remains to be recorded. With the ex-
ception of the piercing blue eyes, his
~eountenance seemed as mild as that of a
womans, and always, when the diaboli-
cal fit of anger came over his heart and
brain, his features never failed to assume
an aspect of woe, and he would burst
into 3 paroxysm Of burning tears, every
drop of which was soon made to count
for one Of blood.
He has been arraigned for homicide in
half the States Of the Mississippi Valley,
but always with the good fortune of a
fayorite verdict. he is now in Califor-
MIA, the same restless, wandering Jew,
doomed to the torture of eternal doubt
and death-hated, yet feared +; alone in
crowds, suffering the hearts blight, never
soothed by q tone.o of pity, though of all
things, perhaps, he deserves pity the most.
For the everlasting laws have already
punished him.