The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-10-11

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interest her at such time.
Brocard repeated his statement on oath
at Bow street, and Mr.. Alleys croEs-ex-
animation failed to shake his testimony.
The first declaration made by Travers ne
eessarily deprived his after protestations,
vehement as they were, Of all respect;
but could not help feeling surprised tiI4t
the barrister's suggestion that it was
absurd to suppose that man in posses
| sion of the very large sum that had been
stolen, would have borrowed two hundred
pounds at an exhorbitant interest, was
treated with contempt. All that, it was
hinted, was a mere colorado contrivance
to be used in case Of detection. The pris.
oner feared to put too many Of the notes
in circulation at once, and the acceptance
would have been paid for in the stolen
moneys, and so on. Finally, Travcrs was
{&tOss--- - ,.:,, * Az trSil vas refused.
As the star of the unfortunate Travers
| sank in disastrous eclipse, that of~1azc~I
shone more brilliantly. There was no
doubt that he would succeed, on his rivals
conviction, to the vacated post and some
eL/ht or nine weeks after TraverS had been
committed circumstances occurred which
induced me to believe that he would be
equally successful In another respect. |
must also say that Capel cvinced from the
first much sorrow for his old friends la
mentable fall he treated the notion of
his being gultleSs with disd in, and tn.
king me one day aside, he said he should
endeapor to get Brocard out Of the coun-
try before the day Of trial, either by fair
means or by tipping him the Alien Act.
In fact, he added, with some confusion
of manner, 4 have faithfully promised
Miss Hervey, that for her sake, though
she can have no more doubt Of his guilt
than have, that no effort shall be spared
to prevent his legal conviction albeit,
life without character will be, should
think, no great boon to him.
For her sake! You, Edward Capel,
have faithfully promised Miss HerveY to
attempt this for her sake = exclaimed, as
soon as could speak from sheer astOnish-
ment ,...---
'Ay, truly; does that surprise you,
Thornton ? he added, with half bitter,
half Malvolia smile.
'SupremeIy; and if it be as your man
ner intimales, why then, FrAilty, thy
name in very truth is
Woman" broke in Capel, taking the
word out OF my mouth. NO doubt Of it,
from the days Of Eve ill ours. But come,
let us return to business.
| had been for some time grievouSly
perplexed by the behavior Of Constance
Hervey.. Whenever had called at Ken
sington, found, that though at times she
appeared to be on the point of breaking
through self-imposed restraint, all men
tion of Travers, as far as possible, was
avoided, and that some new object en-
crossed the mind of Constance, to the ex-
clusion of every other. What light did
this revelation Of Capel's throw on her
conduct and its motives! And it was such
woman as that. was it, that had en-
shrined in the inmost recesses of my heart,
and worshipped as almost divinity =
Great God
These thoughts were trembling on my
J lips when brief note was brought me :
: Miss Hervey's compliments to Mr.. Ed
ward Thornton and she will be obliged il,
late as it is, he will hasten to Kensington
Immediately had never seen line oil
hers before in my life, and it was wonder
full how all my anger, suspicion, scorn,
vanished, ,--exhaled, before those little fly
} stroke characters; so much so that--but
no, | won't expose myself A hack soon
conveyed me to Kensington; Mr.. Hervey,
Constance, and good Aunt Jane were all
there in the parlor, evidently in expecta-
ton of my arrival Miss Hervey proceed
ed to business at once.
, 'Yon have not seen Marie Deschamps
lately, | believe
Not |! The last time saw her was
} in Bow street, whittier she accompanied
her scoundrel of an uncle
We'll, you must see her again tomor.
row. She is deeply attached to Mr.. Ca.
pei, and expects tnat he will marry her
as soon as Martin Travers is convicted,
and he, Capel, has secured the vacant
place
Hat
Mr. Capcl,' continued Miss Hervey, and
CLINT Of sparkling sunlight shot from her
charming eyes, has been foolish enough
to prefer another perSOn,--at least SO
am instructed by papa. with whom the
gentleman left this note, not yet opened,
addressed to me, some three hours since
and eau imagine its contents, but let US
; sec.'
cannot depict in words the scorn, con-
, tempt, pride--triumph, too--that swept
over that beautiful countenaEce. Very
impasSoned and eloquent, upon my word,
she said only wonder such burning
, words did not fire the paper. Now, Mr..
Thornton, you lust see this forSaken
damSel, Marie DeSchampS, and acquaint
her with Mr.. Capcl's Inconsistency. She
will require prooi,--it shall be afforded
her. In answer to this miSsive, ! shall
appoint Mr.. Capel to see me here to-mor-
, row evening at seven o'clock Do you
bring her by half.past six, and place your
sels IN. yon isis. -9SIIesEooID5 NJ = >SRery
, thing done here, and every word spoken,
can oe distinctly seen and heard This
well managed, | am greatly deceived in
; those southern eyes Of hers if the iniqui-
tous plot, of which there can be no doubt
she holds the clue, will not receive an un,
looked for solution
, Charming! glorious! beautiful!'
; was breaking into ecLats Of enthusiastic
admiration, but, Miss Hervey, who was
too earnest and excited 10 listen patiently
} to rhapsodies, cut me short with My dear
J sir, its getting very late; and there is,
you know, much to be done tomorrow.
, 1t is not pleasant to be let down so sud
denly when you are particularly stilty.
but as | was by this time pretty we'll used
to it, submitted with the best possible
grace, and after receiving some other ex-
plantations and directions, took leave.
| obtained an interview without diff
Guilty on, the following morning with Marie
Deschamps just before Office hours, and
in her uncle's absence. She was curious
to know the object of my visit; but her
manner, though free and gay, was care
fully guarded and unre!enting, till grad
ually and cautiously introduced the sub
ject of Capel's infidelity. 1t was marvel
lous how, as each sentence fell upon heI