St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01


misery, like mine, should be hers
! Lady Elizabeth acqucsced silently
to sentiments that few years before
would have shocked her aristocratic
ears But, looking on the wreck Of
being SO gloriously endowed by nature
with all the pcrtections OF womanhood
beauty, tenderness, grace and intel
iect, a spirit that spurned at every
thing base or unworthy, strong and
loving heart, and mind that under
more fortunate circumstances would
have fitted her for any position-she
could not but feel that Mrs. Chctwood
had good cause for her bitter words.
Mr.. Chetwood acted his part Of chief
mourncr to admiration, and was such
model wdower that people began
! to think that after all, the reports OF
his want of tenderness and his wite's
unhappincss must have been greatly
Exaggerated, or that, perhaps, the wife
had been more in fault than the
husband At any rate, he was de
voted father, for he had absolutely re-
fused Lady Elizabeth the guardianship
Of his child, although she promised to
settle on little Adelaide all her large
fortune. The world did not know
that this offer was accompanied by
severe rcproaches to Mr.. ChetwoOd for
! his treatment of his wife. and dccla-
ration that not one penny Of Lady
Elizabctll's should ever be permitted
to add to his means of enjoyment.
For the first time, Mr.. Chetwood
was glad of Adelaide's existence
glad that through her he could re-
venge himself for the bitter words
which Lady Elizabeth had, in her irst
moments of passionate anger, ad-
dressed to him. 1t was in vain that the
naughty woman humbled herself after
wads 50 far as to beg, with fearful
cntreatics. from the man she dcspised
and hated, to be permitted to fulfill
the promise shc had made to her dying
niece. Mr. Chctwood had one Of those
cold. vindctivc, unrclcnting natures
which enjoy too much the power OF Civ
ing pain to those who have offended
them 10 rclinuuish it easily. He left his
home in the country, and established
himself at l.oudon, where, for the next
two or three wears, while his outward
life, SD far as the public knew, was
one of the utmost regularity and deco
rum, and his society was sought 10y
the most elevated and exclusive III Tia,
fashionable circles, he was wasting
, his fortune and running his reputation
y among the gamblers and roHcS of tin
/ city. The day came ut last when hi
, true character was disclosed i'll all 1T
: dctormity, bascr even than his viles
, associates had imagined it. He wa:
Q detected in cheating, not only once
but as having carried on a rcgula
D system of trckcry for some time.
, Mr.. Chctwood did the only thin!
that under the circumstances, sceme'
/ left for him to do; he denied tn
4 charge, and challenged his accuscr
/ but, when the challenge was accepted
i and the day Of combat came, his hear
! failed him. He had not courag
| enough to encounter the risk of dcatl
Il and preferred dishonor. He sccrcu
" left the city, and with his daughte
j. and one servant, sailed for Canad;
is Here, in few months, his story 10
= lowed him, and he fled before it, tirs
n to New York, then to New Orleans
re and at last to the wilds of the MlSsl
r. sippi He had squandcrcd and los
n his own fortune and all that now r
: mained to him was the income OF a
ID estate settled upon his daughter, b'
" of which he had the control until 81
came of age.
he As far as Mr.. Chctwood had al
AS settled intentions with regard to h
re daughter, they were to bring her
ed in ignorance of her own rights a
ar claims, and induce her, as he had
he doubt he could easily do, TO assign |
ct property over to him when she hac
re- iegal RIGHT to do so With that
m, expected, with a true gamblers spli
md to retrieve his fallen fortunes, OF
. a least to give himself few more yc;
rct of wild and reckless dissipation-pl
.iy- sure, as he would have called 1t.
to And so Adelaide, this scion of
tv, bic and wealthy English family, gr
Md up with no companionship and no CT
hat but such as John and Polly chose
sed rive her. The former taught her
ess read and write, and, in rather a rou
did way, showed real interest IN
,ut- Some little acts of kindness and c
we sideration her mother, the elegant
,im lovely Mrs. Chetwood, had done
,sc. him. now he returned fouriold to
tod JesoIate child. Polly constitutnd
$ a self her nurse, gOverness and gene
,on- supervisor. She took heap
eel trouble as she said herself, to TT
asst. her up in the right way and man
otv- Christian mother has done her |
less faithfully. She was g
ian. Methodist, and had been brought
css. as a lady's maid so she was not
the tirclv untitled for her task. She tau
ION the little girl to fear and love God
e of say her prayers regularly; TO sew
rted keep herself Cooking like a |
4 to ought to look" and to "hold up
she head. and look as if she was as 2
ad- as other folks The latter instruc
sue was unnecessary, for Adelaide,
had much of her mothers sweetness
more purity of nature, had some OF
+ by fathers indomitablc pride and
Her will. She grew up in her solitud
her; some stately young tree might
and in the dense forest, none the less
,uld orous that no eye but its Maker 5
,hct- mark it's growth, and no hand but
with is near to train it Alright. Ade
neak Chetwood had no weak point or
lone trait in her composition: She
YOU generous, frank, and high-mind'
her her thoughts, and direct and res
and in her purposes. She shove
you every look and gesture the noble
Ade from which she sprang. Her 10
don't was as rare as her character. Ii
TX. or oueenly in its style. She waS
,ents, much above the common helsm u,
Q and her bearing made her appear Tan
, and was rather large, but oea"'