Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
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I'll sit here"
I / sank into seat by the cottage door.
The woman told me all Her story was
simply this:
When Henry came home from college
he was the pride and boast Of the village.
People sought his acquaintance who be-
fore had overlooked him, and his learning
and genius won the regards and admira.
ton Of all. Among the young ladies OF
the place there was one from Philadelphia
who appeared to be greatly struck by my
brother. She belonged TO one OF the nrst
families in that city, and was exceedingly
beautiful. Her beauty, however, was only
in appearance. Strange to say, with the
utmost love1iness of form and features, she
combined . hardness of heart and sell
fishness Of nature frightful TO contem-
plate. She only sought my brother for
the sake of making Q conquest OF the
talented young villager. As to love or
marriage, she would have laughed at the
idea. Her aspirations were1 far higher
than that By the utmost artfulness, and
by the exceeding charm which she was
capable of displaying, she completely over
come my brother. With all the intoxica-
ton of genius he surrendered himself to
her power. With him to love was to give
up his soul, his life, his all. II was no
light or transitory matter. It was the
most serious thing on earth. As to her,
he never doubted her sincerity.
At last he woke from his dream, and
only awaked-to die. He spoke TO her
once about his feelings. She treated him
cruelty. When sure Of his affections she
began to try to torture him with Jealousy.
On his demonstrating she turned him away
forever with whitening sheer. He was
stunned 1t FIRST, but afterward thought it
q mistake. He sought her out again, and
implored her TO tell him truly. This time
her calm contempt was unmistakable ne
saw her a. she was. Had he possessed
my strong nature he would have survived
this shock. The woman does not
live who could kill me by . disappoint-
ment But my brother was O gentle soul.
When his heart broke, he died. And 80
he yielded to this blow.
All can be told in few words. My
mother, Mortified, startled, overwhelmed,
by this most unlooked-for calamity, and
gentle in nature like my 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 did not utter .
word.
As she ceased rose slowly, murmured
Thank YOU" and staggered away. In
stinctivcly I wandered to the burying-
ground. knew well where they lay. l
soon stood before their newly-made grave
two twin mounds containing all that
cared for on earth the treasured objects
of lifetime's labor-the ones for whose
happiness l had been slave And they
had come to this
I spent the night there. I brooded over
plans Of vengeance. If they were
crushed by blow, I rose under
mine and heard their cry for
vengeance coming even from the
tomb. I had that woman's name. She
had, under the outward beauty OF her
fiendish 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 l
had decided.
MY scheme was one of grandeur. You
seldom hear of such schemes. People
generally find 1t difficult to take revenge
because they are too anxious to take care
of themselves. Now, cared nothing for
myself. Ny sole desire was for vengeance.
For that desire I was ready to sacrifice
/ started for New York Immediately,
and arrived there as soon as possible.
The heaDof our house was living at that
time up the Hudson. He left every thing
to me. MY measures were all taken. l
wrote to him informing him that | was
going to Europe to see about some British
funds that were endangered. l drew on
England for those funds to the amount OF
two million dollars, and then left the
Office. But I did not 60 to England. l
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 arts
tocracy of Great Britain. With these l
knew I could have the entrSe OF any So
ciety. l started for Philadelphia, and pat
up ut the first hotel in the place. Law
ished nv money with liberal hand, or.
dered the servants peremptorily, and acted
like an eccentric nobleman. On the books
of the hotel wrote the name, Henry
| Lord Arlington" Il
On nv card there was the same name
and over it neatly-engraved crest. This
nobleman was personally acquainted
with. He had large dealings with oul
house, and all his circumstances were
we'll known to me. On the following
day saw the following in the principal
paper:
DISTINGUISHED STRANGER, yesterday distin
| pushed nobleman arrived ut the - Hotel. Hs
Il Henry Lord Arlington and is related to the lead
| Ing English nobility He comes to this country v
st,idy our institutions, and see the wonders Of ma
fnre In which our land IL SO rich. His father IL thu
| iSarl of Sunderland 10 which he Is heir. When w
siate that his LOrdship has an Income OF about
million dollars year, and is gay young bachelo
| of twenty-five. we think We have said enough =
turn the heads of all tho young bellies In the CITY,
was soon waited on by the chief PEG
pie in the city. bore letters ofintroduc
ton to them, and met with an eager vel
come. My stately manners, my kcalmnes
and self.reliance won me respect wa
shortly the lion Of the city. soon on
countered my victim.
Isabel Nevers, for this was her name
was the daughter of one of the old fami
lies. Her father was q man ful!o sell Inn
portance and absurd c0nccit He pridct
himself on being the con Of an America
officer. and cultivated his lofty feeling o
arrocance to q ridiculous extent. Hi
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