Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-06

And | did not mediate treason.
His passion for me still continued
as ever, and was daily manifested.
Jealousy was as remote from ms
great soul as IRON God himself, and
hence, when gay noblemen, and with
them the Count Ivan, were admlrlng-
lv about me, the duke was not only
pleased, but actually treated the
homage; extended to me as IN part
rendered to himself,
I tried to shun the Count ivan.
My soul whispered danger to me.
But the duke was partial to the
youth.
He told him, while I shuddered,
that his doors were ever open to him.
I could not warn my, husband.
1 could not tell him my fears.
And l wept alone.
Meanwhile the Count Ivan was al
most always near Inc, and each day
grew more ardent and more open IN
his passion. -.
I could not fail to understand him
now
At last the crisis came
And Fate-horrible and grim Fate
wrote in it's awful book the fulfill
ment of my destiny :,
One evening I was left alone with
my lover.
We were at St. Petersburg, and
the duke was absent somewhere, bust
ed with the affairs Of his vast estate.
1t was the gay winter season, and
the frozen snow that night was alive
with the tinkling bells.
1 was alone with Count Ivan in
the great reception chamber Of the
palace.
He was sitting beside me on a
divan, the red velvet covering of
which was but pale compared to the
crimson flush that was on my cheeks.
We spoke in low whispers.
we talked OF love.
God the delinum OF oehgnt | eA-
penencea:
Lie dril5eo pack 10 'ne regions u
claESlc laoie: % &c .,,o .,,o,,r, &c Aha
divinities Of Mount Olympus.
L.,
An' SO sio"insiy' so '''''i4''a''iS
lie spoke !,
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the lock IN my 1rislit' twiee' ana 'hen e.
WlGnurew IL anu put 1t III Ills PGcNe''
linen lor Ohe lirsc tline he spoke
ne SIMPLY SAID
follow me
More dead than aliVe' ooeyeu,
ana we Went down the stairs ana OUT
into the bitter biting air. :.
n traveiihg ofitzka stooo WalClng
near the place
L was hurried into 1t, ana alter
lew words to the coachman, the dnke
turned to me and gave me the key.
Keep this, sad he; must 60
back; have forgotten something
lie disappeared IN the darkness
and was absent perhaps ten minutes
when he returned ai'd got into the
carriage by my SIDE.
We moved sloTl y away, and as we
went, my husband, pointing from the
coach window, uttered:
Look there :
I looked, and O, Cod the palace
we had Just left Was a sheet Of liame !
And the Count Ivan was perlshlns
there locked in the wardrobe OF which
| had the key
With ~ wild, Eeart-broken cry, |
fell back IN Il swoon, and lay | know
rot how long. When | revived |