Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-24
4 WONDERFUL
Or OLD ALEXANDRIA
OR TIE
Z1SEESsHON OF JOHN TRUST.
CHAPTER 6.

CHAPTER 6.
.Froes narrative stamped Itself indelibly on
fay memory. It seems out this morning that
he poured it in my ear beside the old trees On
the creek side, snd in narrating IL again, do not
believe I shall vary in the lniauleSt particular.
:Fhat he told me iG the grave yard was true
5e had wronged me- previously. While We were
at Martinique together, he, too, had wo0ed
Blanche Fordenhame found nc favor, for his
suit but when in the desperation that possessed
ALA, he had bidden her farewell and told her
mat he would leave the Island Dcxt morning,
% fling away his lie ln the struggle then IN
.).ogresS in South America, (DetWeen Spain
aud her Colonies his sincerity had awakened
her sympathy ,aad urg!ng him to lock upon the
:,,ture more hopefully, she had Wlthdrawu
lcr negative, and "Would trust, she SAID,
'ler final arswe. 10 his cooler moments, the
EFT evening, when they would drive together
along the seaside roat OF La Favurita, -
), was after sleepless night, following this
Interview when be had been hoping, against
nope, that he sought me as | have elsewhere
mentioned: aud told me Of the appointment
Blanche had made with him. He had expected
sympathy, but met only coo!ness, and he ;ancled,
.;erhaps with more truth than | au. now wiling
&c believe, an lll-concealed contempt But /
;rampled on serpent; | stung bim into a ha-
red so bitter that for awhile his love was foy-
co,ten, and the wish to be revenged on r1e
swallowed up everything. Then he felt with a
fierce Joy, pride In the magnetic power which
sc possessed, and g mad determination TO use
i. One thought alone possessed him--he
!Uu!d triumph over me-T0ud tear Blanche
rom my gTaSp-means ho!y Or unnoly-mat-
1ereG not TO his revenge.
~ r,fl ], h.S Ioo~pel fg,os roccai
y,as 10 leave for America. Elopements were
10. unusual, and he prevailed upon toe Captain
,asa s.r.all boat io waiting in cove near the
3ea.a:de road, over which Blanche and ne were
Q drive by moonisht. Tue good skipper com
oonger5 some French ,Jesuts, bound for the
sclerican mission, and to aia marriage at
>es would &dd new link to his yarns These
-rrargenents made; st the appointed hour
%roe' 3 carriage was in waiting, and in few
.airutes Blanche and he looked Out together
nc saw the crested waves OF the ocean, glitter
:og under the tropic moon ike unwroughr gold.
al Wroe's plans were swept away ere the
Ulive had we'll begun They had all been Gun
n:Egly NEought in her absence, but melted in
Aar presence like srow before fame. There
;7as more magic for poor {|'roe in her voice than
il al the hills Of India, and he forgot me, and
thinking only Of Blanche, his emotions over
:ame him. He lost his power, and was pow
2gess before an enchautress more potent than
Ma.
:ze gaze himself up TO The current which, bore
in along, and did not ailudc to the events OF
;Is evening previous. Blanche vas unpropar-
n ioc this, and before the carriage approached
lao end Of the road she said IT is possible
=. N9roe, that you may have misconstrued the
2yents Of last night. Lest / might seem by
Glence 10 sanction an error, [ will risk being
blunt, in order to be plain. | have long since
:lgsn John Trust my heart, and intend. If be
22aaTes himself, to give him my hand .
4 tiger had sprung npoa Wroe, he could
:sos nave awakened to 5 bitterer reality; II the
3ecs; had changed natures with him, it would
cid The two words John Trust; He might
haEo borne 10 lose all hope OF her; but the
:asne Of his rival avoke his sleeping hate: with
u came calmness selfposseSSion, and their ter
'0e acc0mp mpaniInent-puWer.
II one moment, he touched her hand lightly
enc under pretence Of tanning her, as he joked
o. lis disappointment, made the passes which
ilGuce magnetic slumber: Hencetorward his
"ill was hers. The carriage was sent back,
T!tha note written upon leaf torn from her
memorandum book, apparently IL her hand
Triting, but really by Wr0e who was most
SEilfAl master OF penmanship, aud after once
2eelug handwriting could initiate it exactly
out never believed be could have demeailed
a!Mselt to forgery. The aotr said that Blanche
Wished 10 amuse herself awhile, boating on the
s7eIs OF the sea. The driver was tod to re-
turn in three hours
. 8eiore that three hours passed, the brigan-
nne oEA-SPRAY was dashing away before the
1Il n1IilDd, and Nroe and Blanche had been married
;hSToe did not intend to marry her, but the
SKIPPER had told the priests Of the elopement
anu q fearing scandal might attach TO them, Fa
;tef 'alquez met the boat at the gangway with
LIS StolI and ritual, ana as the skipper with his
coASclence, or his tear awakened by the priests
aec!aFed he would only receive them on board
~s H!ah snG vile; the marriage ceremony was
99ssiormed 9ed as they stood in the briggs yaw,
I"MHying up and down upon the waves.
40 HV!ng drainatlst oUud do justice to the
,l:e5s which followed. ObedIent still to the
s1y sH1:sG'y force OF Wroe'S will, Blanche went on
sH:ppoard and retired TO the state room appro
'i"'sc - 70 the new couple. So rgnant in car
,:SS: 50 Statriy 10 delncaoor, and yet so sub
rI'Ss!Ee and chlidhke cid she appear, that
S-,oI! tlme only elapsed before the new husband
3,%u MS emotion mastering him, and his power
:, % .ne WI! Of Blanche failing in like proportion.
rcas:lhg the cabin, he sought the deck and
~u'slnS rasS MS bitterness towards me, stroYe to
2';1efVe t1e himself cool and collected.
hay pen tails me when I essay TO transfer 10
cIss os0 pages his tranchant detail of these strug-
rnoi. AT length, Torn cut by the trial, he
hrl her 5 81 Blanche S feet, and holding katie to
Ha ipsSougft her, as she had been The cause to
tbst t''o tne end Of his nistries. Then it vas
faIs' .Hv' overcome by his emotions, his power to-
tSass. they ceased, leaving Blanche, who during all |
hs his ;sa pFlals had been gradually growing out OF
"'s q! s!.nnuence-totaly free