Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-07-20

lcXclted; and even Maria. smiled on my
visits with such apparent kindness, that
Ibegan to conceive hopes, if her husband
should chance to die, that she might be
induced to listen to my honorable love.
If her husaJnd should chance to die!
Tho thought came accidentally into my
head, but 1t left y soaring mark behind.
The words were written on my memory,
in letters of blood. If he should cha7sce
to die!-had / not the power to control
that chance? II
1 fought with this srzsastion Of the
fenG till became Hsinost mad. j stood,
one evening, at tho end 81 ballroom,
watching the form or my idol, as she
glided through the mazes of the dance.
The sight of her uhpossessed beauty sick
ened my heart-l fastened down stairs,
and rs L neared the street, seized the arm
of the Chevalier Rittoni, an intimate ac-
quaintance, and dragging him down the
steps into the street, exclaimed, "Walk
abroad with met want air. The house
of our entertainer was situated on the
Grand Square Bellecour. We sauntered
quietly up and down beneath the lime
trees, while the dazzling splendor of the
| full moon broke through the branches
which were waving in the breeze, and dap
pied the ground with moving spots of
light. The night winds played upon my
brow and cooled its fire, and the soothing
influence of the scene calmed the beatings
of my heart.
"Let us return to the ballroom" said 1
"Not yet," said the Chevalier Rittoni.
"It is but seldom that indulge Madame
Nature with a meeting; her charms are
transcerdently vivid tonight, and there
fore the other beauties must wait till am
satiated with my new acquaintance. By
the way, Jeronoi, what is your prospect of
success with ma belle LIE RouX?"
L turned Indignantly upon the Cheva-
lier, but checked the reply already upon
my lips. 1t was evident that my atten
lions to Maria had attracted the worldirg's |
notice; and rash word might ruin the
character of her [ adored.
"That view Madame LIE Roux with
partial eye it is impossible to gainsay; but
she is now the wife of another, and her
honor is unimpeachable."
"Morally argued, indeed" retorted he.
"The Saxon beauties are cold in matters
of the heart, believe; unlike these black
browed DANES of Gaul, or the dark-eyed
darlings of our own sunny land. But
your lady love seems apathy itself; her
breast must be as cold as that of old Qua
torze," said Rittoni, as we passed beneath
the questrian statute of Louis Lie Grand,
"who sits grimly here i'll the chill moon
light, and lrowns on the beauty which he
is unable to enjoy"
"Her husband is but clod," said L,
"and does not appreciate the value of the
gem which he possesses. The positive
re Of love has never been kindled in her
heart; and while that husband lives
"Ah ha!' said Rittoni, i'll a sharp shrill
whisper; sand why should lie Ice macA
longer?"
/ started at this ready echo to my un-
ceasing thought. Rittoni observed my
agitation
eff he coldly regards the treasure of
your soul, he is unworthy to retain its pos
session. Fasten a quarrel upon him, pub
licly. He must fight, then, try if your
sword cannot do what his wife's fine eyes
have failed to eifect-touch his heart"
A pause of horrible and meaning silence
ensued. RltLoni understood that his
scheme was not unpleasant to me. {
"l perceive" said he, with demoniac
grin; Sin less than week, Madame LIE I
Roux will sport le 6andeau une Ueuve."
"Can it not be done in some other way?" {
said l, in low thick voice. 81 dare not
my hands" ;
"Ail fancy" said Rittcni; "but if you
object to the butchers office, or dislike
risking the chances of the combat, entice
him over the Alps, and the pay of few {
pistoles will bury an Italian stilletto be- {
tween his ribs"
''No, no." said /; 81 cannot buy his
blood"
GAS you please" replied Rittoni. "I
neither wish to murder the man nor marry
his wife,
We returned to the door of the house, s
but the sounds of gaiety fell upon my ,
spirit, and declined accompanying Rit- ,
toni to the ballroom. Turning quickly
toward the interior of the city, L buried +
myself in the deep gloom of the narrow /;
lanes wherein the high stone houses hid :
the light of the moon, whose glare seemed =
and oppressive to my excited :
gaze. Murder was in my thoughts, and
dark designs and villainous resolves were
struggling into birth, and dreaded the }
brightness of the queen of heaven. For j
many hours, l wandered through the va
rious suburbs of the pebble-paved city, e
and pondered on the words of the tempter. a
The morning broke as I seated my tired L
frame on one of the bridges which cross 6
the Rhone, and gazed upon the rapid )
stream beneath, hurrying the earthly wa t
ters TO its many y-mouthed confluence with [
the boundless sea. The gentle Saone glis- G
tened in the beams of the rising sun, but s
when its limpid stream dropped gently
into the Rhone's embrace, the pure quail i
ity of its element was lost in the foul ma Il
ture of the mightier river, which hurried S
on its way with irresistible energy and
force. 1t was thus my pure resolves were Q
lost in the earthly and worldly nature of