Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-06-05

l iiApPll}ssSs OF domestic peace and or the
Iparest love, Richard, was obliged, on
| busineI$ affairs, to undertake a much
longef voyage than. the proceeding one.
He could not leave his beloved wife With
iout,she edding a.food of tears, he wished
Ito tai her likeness with him, which he
inserted IN a ring. After selling on dif.
fereEe voyages, in various parts of, the
She arrived finally at Palermo.
0ns day, while he had his. eyes fixed
on likeness of his wife, which he very
cttes looked at; an, officer of the court,
who Sas present at the time, knew whose
lilsenfss it was and ran Immediately to
infoFtth,s:he tt King of it.
The king Immediately summoned our
traveller into his presence, then, feigning
in the conversation he had with him,
anything but the object he had in view,
andsin speaking of things promiscuously,
he cast his eyes attehtively on the ring,
whtch the stranger had on his finger. At
the FIST sight of it, he felt interiorly,
an ,inexpressible trouble, which he knew,
hoTeyer, how to conceal. Continuing
however in the same manner, he asked
the stranger, whose likenesasahat was.
cit, IS nay wwife's," said Richard.
0f thy wife! And where is she at
prfHent?" -:
At my fathers house in Dublin"
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"What is her name?"
Constance Il
SIS she native Of Dublin, or is she a
stranger?" t
"she is a stranger; but Sire, 1 cannot
tell you what land gave her BIRTH"
I1e then commenced and told him how
l.e had got acquainted with her, how he
lad rescued her from the pirates, con-
sducted her to Dublin, and finally had
1iiarried her.
King having listened with atteh-
Immediately. Then having aqaifffpiffsaaHseed
vessel, he sent it with great haste to
Dublin, to bring back Constance, her
sons and Isabella. Who can form any
idea, of the sorrow and CONSERVATION of
the unfortunate husband, when he per-
'celved to what danger, his imprudence
had brought him, in recountipg his adj
venture? What horror, what fright, did
not the unfortunate Constance experience
when she was seized by the order of her
father? How the poor old man in Dub
lin, fell into despair, when he saw him
sell deprived ofhis daughter-in-law, and
of his sen
Constance, having arrived at Palermo
and having been presented to the King,
was struck with terror at his stern coun-
tenancc> After rcgaining her courage
and after having prostrating herself at
his feet:
Sire" said she, ri ought to. appear
very guilty to yon, and for good reasons !;
] wait with submission the effects of your
anger; but this young child but his un-
fortunate father are innocent. l beseech
you, at least, to spare both. If neverthe-
less your indignation at this moment
would give place to your ordinary kind
ness, l could plead my cause, and ] would
then appear less criminal than i at pre-
sent appear. On that fatal day, when |
was separated from you, l was amusing
myself with my sister Isabella, in that
part of the gardens of your majesty, that
extend toward the sea. A troop of peo-
pie, who were watching for us, at that
moment when we least expected it, seized
us, and carried us both off. The fright,
the pnin, the despair caused us to scream
violently, but all in vain. The Duke of
Barry, author of this treachery, embarked
us both. on vessel, which he had at a
little distance. From thence, he ordered
sail Immediately. l confess, now at your
feet, Sire, that to that moment, my heart
did not undertake to bid defiance against
his love, but swear at the same time,
that far from consenting to SO criminal
an act, from that moment, regarded
him rs the vilest of mankind. When we
were fully at sea we were surprised and
attacked by pirates. The combat was