Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-08-17


BARRY CORNWALL.
Several weeks elapsed ere the burning
fever allowed me to quit the rude hostel
where | had been bestowed. The contents
Of my pocket book enabled me 10 remu-
nerale my humble nurse, and satisfy the
sailors for their loss of time, and for their
attestation, before the alcadc, of their dis
covery Of my balloon on the waters OF The
Mediterranean sea. offered them hand
some sum for the use Of their craft, during
ii voyage to Marseilles; as they were re-
turning to the Levant, they agreed to my
terms, and a ripping breeze soon carried
us to Majorca, where l was requested to
land while some necessary repairs were
done to the boat. know not whether my
haggard looks and strange queslionings
excited the fears of these supersLitous
men, or whether the handsome payment
made in advance determined them to aban-
don me without the trouble of fulfilling
their engagement; but, by the next morn
ing, the lalteen sails were nowhere to be
seen. l made eager but unsuccessful in
quiries respecting vessel to the coast of
France; | was advised to visit Port Ma
hon, from whence variety ofcrafts sailed
daily, bound to all points of the Mediter-
ranean coast. placed myself aboard the
packet for Miuorca, aud on my arrival
there, found that the only vessel likely to
start for many days was bound to BARGE
Iona. l secured birth in this miserable
trader, resolving to cross the PyreneeS,
and enter France by the pass of Perpignan.
During the passage, l calmly considered
my position, and arranged my plans. lie
Roux was inevitably dead; the mutilated
state of the bodies of Roster and his COM
panion, whose fall, as described by LIE
Roux, first suggested the manner of my
crime, almost defed the recognition of
their friends. ] felt certain, therefore,
that the injuries which l had been COM
PEELED to infict upon LIE Roux, TO compel
him to quit his hold, would be imputed
to the fall, and not to me. l intended to
account for his accident oy stating that he
leaned through the cordage to loosen, with
more effect, the network from the top oi
the balloon, where it had caught in one Of
the hinges of the valve-that while thus
employed, heard him shrek, and felt the
balloon ascend with terrific violence that
| fell insensible from the escape Of the
gas, and knew not the dreadful fate of my
friend till awoke in the middle of the
night, and found myself alone. This sim
pie fact-like statement could not, by any
possibility, provoke suspicious doubt; 4
few months of delicate condolings with
the lovely Maria would rapidly pass away
my devoted attachment must affect hel
widowed heart-and then might expect
fond return would grace my inpassioned
love.
l made every inquiry respecting the
body Of LIE Roux, during my pro sres:
through the province Of Catalonia, bu
without success. My entire ignorance o.
the locality Of our station when the fou
deed was perpetrated, almost prohibited 3
chance Of obtaining the desired nioE ma
tion. felt confident in the success of my
schemes, and bent my way up the ascon
Of the Pyrenees with light and joyous
heart. The third day Of my travel, treC
Of the cramped position, | Quilted my sea
in the caleche, and proposed to the drive
I to take, on foot, short cut through +;
mountainous pass impracticable 10 il car
riase, while he pursued the regular hu
tedious path round tic base Of the iil
Whose summit | bad determined TO scale