The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-21

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opce about his feelings. She treated him
crrelly. When sure of his affections she
Iegan to try to torture him with jealousy
j On his demonstrating, she turned him away
forever with whitening sneer. He was
stunned at first, but afterward thought il
mistake He sought her out again, and
lmpl0red her TO tell him truly. This time
her calm contempt was unmistakable; he
saw her as she was. Had he possessed
my strong nature he would have survived
this shock. The woman does not
live who could kill me by a disappoint.
ment. But my brother was gentle soul
When his heart broke, he died. And SO
he yielded to this blow.
All can be told in few words. Nv
mother, Mortified, startled, overwhelmed
by this most unloOked-for calamity, and
gentle IN nature like nv brother. sank
like him under the sudden stroke.
And now" concluded the woman.
they both lie buried beside her hus,
| band"
All the time she spoke I did not utter a
| word.
As she ceased rose slowly, murmured
Thank you" end staggered away. In
stinctively 7 wandered to the burying-
ground knew we'll where they lay. l
soon stood before their newly made grave
two twin mounds containing ali that l
cared for on earth the treasured objects
OF lfetime's labor-the ones for whose
happiness had been slave And they
had come to this f!
l spent the night there l brooded over
plans OF vengeance. If they were
crushed by a blow, 1 rose under
mine and heard their cry for
vengeance coming even from the
| tomb. | had that woman's name She
had, under the outward beauty Of her
tiendish soul, killed my mother and
brother. She should suffer! But how !?
This was the meditation of the night
took long strides up and down as | paced
beside the graves, and before the dawn
had decided
My scheme was one of grandeur. You
seldom hear of such schemes. People
generally find it difficult to take revenge
because they are too anxious to take care
of themselves. Now, | cared nothing for
myself My sole desire was for vengeance.
For that desire | was ready to sacrifice
every thing.
l started for New York Immediately,
and arrived there as soon as possible.
The head Of our house was living at that
time up the Hudson. He left every thing
to me. My measures were all taken. |
wrote TO him informing him that was
going to Europe to see about sone British
funds that were endanecred drew on
England for those FINDS to the amount of
two million dollars, and then left the
Office, But l did not go to England. /
calmly returned to my own lodgings,
where | wrote some letters These were
letters of introduction to the chief people
IN the United States from the leading aris-
tocracy of Great Britain. With these |
knew l could have the entree of any so
ciety. | start ed for Philadelphia, and put
up at the first hotel in the place. | law
lshed my money with liberal hand, or
dered the servants peremptorily, and acted
like an eccentric nobeman On the books
OF the hotel [ wrote the name, "Henry
l. ord Arlington"
On my card there was the Same name,
and over it a neatly-engsaved crest. This
nobleman | was personally acquainted
with. He ta,; large dealings with our
house, and all his circumstances were
Wei known to me. On the following
day l saw the following in the principal
paper;
DISTINGUISHED STRANGER Yesterday 6stin-
euished robleran arrived at the - hotel. He
nS English nobility. .e comes 10 this country to
strdy our institutions, and see the wonders of ma
tire in wich our land is so rich. His father Is tie
issr. OF Sunderland, to which he is heir Wien we
state that his Lordship has On 'ncOmI, OF about a
million dollars year. rcd is gay young bachelor
OF twenty-five ~'e think we have said enough to
turn ire tcads OF all the young bellies in the city
1 was soon waited on by the chief pco-
pie in the city. | bore letters OF introduc-
tion to them, ami met with an eager vel
eopna Nv % ", mn caIp,p.cs
aDd self reliance won me respect. L was
shortly the lion of the city. | soon en-
cOuntercd my victim.
Isabel Nevers, for this was her name,
was the daughter Of one Of the old fami-
lies. Her father was man full of self inn
portance and absurd c0nccit. He prided
himself on being the son of an American
officer, and cultivated his lofty feeling of
arrogance to a ridiculous extent. His
daughter was worthy of him. Hard, cold,
and selfish. She was only attractive in
outline and feature. The feeling of am
bition and self importance ovcrruled all
other sentiments Love she could not feel.
Marriage she looked upon as a specula-
ton. She sought a husband only for the
sake of wealth and social influence.
Wealth and Position were her gods.
/ saw with exultation how readily she
fell into the snare | spread for her. No
sooner had she seen me than she eXerted
all her arts to win me. And never
did any lover appear half so intoxicated
as /. The reader can fOresce the end.
The newspapers announced it:
MARRIAGE IN HIGu LIFE-It is stated that
Lord Arlington Is about to lead to the hymencal
citizens. If this be 90, we venture TO -ay that the
Court of St James will have no brighter Orna-
ment than Miss Nevers"
All this transpired in about fortnight.
The marriage was settled upon. showed
tn old Nevers my bankers authority TO
draw on England for millions. / made
deeds of settlement to my bride of estates
and lands. l lavished my wealth with n
liberal hand. She held instruments with
my signature to the extent OF millions.
On the evening before our marriage |
wrote off to my old employer, anony-
mously:
''SIR: The young man in whom you place con-
fdence il n scoundrel. He is now not in Europe
but Philadelphia, with forged letters bearing the
name OF Lord Arlington DO not dcspse this,
but come yourself 10 Philadelphia. Learn all,
and save yourself from Ruin"
We were married. 1t was the most
magnificent wedding ever known in Phil
adclphia. All the elite of the city were
present. Such splendor, such display,
had never before been seen.
Three days passed. One mOrninga loud
and peremptOry knock was heard at the
door. had been living with my wife at
Mr. Ncvers's, in seclusiOn, preparatory to
taking her to the aristOcratic connections
of her noble husband. The crisis ap
proqched. Well i had nerve for any
thing The servant opened the door.
Loud voices sounded in the hall. My
wife stepped to the door ndhurried back.
She was white as sheet.
"Ha, ha" she exclaimed, ncrvously :;
"they want Lord Arlington. They say
he's an in1pOstCr."
"An impCstor Well, that is good" |
cried, gayly.
Il must see him." cried loud voice.
"Well, it's getting better and better"
L.: I to,