Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-03

| had now an opportunity OF OBJ
serving the personal appearance Of
him who had thus rescued me from
obstruction, and found much TO COIN
mend both in that and his manner.
He was evidently gentleman, plain
ly but :ichly dressed, and having
about MIN that air which denotes
birth and high breeding. His person
was of the middle height, well-formed
and graceful, though possessing great
strength. His hair and military whis-
kers were coal black, his eyes of the
same hue and of piercing brilliancy,
while the rest of. his features were
perfectly regular aad striking. He
was, in fact, a very handsome man,
in the prime of life. and in every
way calculated to.please. His most
singular and impressive attribute,
however. yves the wonderful variety
of exp PRECISION ot&Thich his face was
capable, AMI ! an at loss either. to
describe this Characteristic Or. to ex-
plain its extraordinary influence upon
myself.
Ip ordinary moods this expression
was one of gentle seriousness; he
might then have been deemed a,phi-
lanthropist whose only care was the
welfare of his fellow-men. In his
hours of love and tenderness his face
became that of a serapn :, his soft
glances intoxicated : his smile was
ravishing, and his whole aspect po:
tent spell to fascinate and enthrall
Itge. object of his regard When rage
Hamed upwards from his fiery heart;
oh, heavenl what transformation
Still grandly beautiful, his counten-
ance became the epitome Of wrath.
Lightnings flashed from his glowing
| eyes, his delicate lips were the seat
Of a scorn unutterable, and his lofty
brow the throne of frown as majes-
| TIC and ominons as that of Jove him
| self. None who incurred his anger
| ever forgot that oaleful look. and few
had the courage to withstand it.
But though these sentences may
seem exaggerated-and ratbe to de-
pict the attributes Of a god than a
man-there was one other expression
that he often wore which changed his
countenance to that of a very fend
! 1t never lost its beauty or its fascina-
tion, but in this mood that loveliness
became demoniacAthe unearthly
splendor shining from the visage Of
the Prince of Evil The truth. was
that this seeming seraph was an athe-
ist and scofer No religion of any
kind ever iounda place in his selfish,
icy heart, and his whole life was a
continual and deadly battle against
God and virtue Nothing of ho]i-
ness or good could be mentioned in
his presence without calling that aw
full look 10 his face, that darnni1g
snper to his scorulul lip. 1t trans
formed him, az | have said, TO the
immediate likeness Of. ;he star that
fell from Heaven; the semblEnce ol
li,u' arch-a"gel, who, in his pride;
rebeilrd "aNinSt Omnipotenee, and
i,e,aue a seiye'r "a iilScln3ieaWR'!e-
:ti ov .nan;;lnl! :, " - =
1t must ga: br i'la4ined that. | lis.
cerned his .c.'riI phase Of Ills c::a,r.
acter at once Many years PASSED
ere guessed it ,.yel, and never
knew AifA thorodsily 'sntil lie lno-
ment OF his death at my hand In
the meantime he had ensnared my
soul through his supernatural beauty,
and his winning, subtle manner; so
that l believe l should have been his
slave even had L realized the full ex
tent Of the EVIL. in his nature. [ have
been thus magniloquent in endeavor-
ing to describe him because the grand
est words are too feeble to convey an
adequate idea OF his extraordinary
ATTRACTIONS, and the terrible power Of
the enchaptment which pervaded.his
whole being. Even when | was fully
aware that his cnuhsels and his ex-
;.mple were leading him to mortal sin,
was powerless to escape the myste-
rious influence he exercised, and with
my eyes wide onen, / deliberately
fdlowed lamto my DOOM God grant
that earth may never more be visited
with such an incarnate DEVIL
During his co,ualescence from the
injury he. had received in rescuing
me from death, on the night when we
fret met, ! learned all that I ever
knew of his birth and previous his
tory. According to his own story
which I never had reason to doubt
Arthur de Chargny was the only son
of a French noble who had been gull
lotined during the Reign of Terror,
and whose family had been forced to
fly from France. Arthur and,Ai
mother alone reached tie ; Ihhea
Statess.;sWishin theyear after, bisar-
rival he' was lestsaH. orphan :: : They
had abeensabie to bring with Z hem on i,
ly a'feW mily.diamonds. the Sale Of
which Had barely produced eneugh
to provide an. income adequate tdsnp-
ply miserable Subsistence. At Els
mothers death this Income aesreverted
to him and. as he sad she hadfound
it auai cient.for his wants Ilearasd
afterward that this PfttaneerbY sn5
means formed his.aole resource ;aw3iTTat
he reafy depended upon will soon
appear. He was but an infant when
his mother fled from France, and
when met him he had reached the
age of thirty. The particulars of his
Intervening life I never learneH. bu1
what it had been may be conjcctured
from that which | ain alent to relate
Of his Subsequent career.
From the hour of our first acquain
ance we beca me- inseparable. | have
already shown why ! became &c de-
voted.to him; his motives for cult.
waiting 80 great an intimacy with a
mere boy as | was then, will shortly
be painfully apparent. I need not
dwell on our earlier intercourse,
further than to say that l introduced