Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-29

"But my tolls now drew near
close; and, two months from tn
time, / reached the environs of g,
neva.
at was evening when i arrived
| and / retired to "A hiding plac
among the fields that surround il
to mediate in what manner
should apply to you. / was oppress
ed by fatigue and hunger, and ia
too unhappy to enjoy the gentl
breezes of evening, or the prospec
of the sun setting behind the stu
pendouS mountains OF Jura.
.At this time a slight sleep re
lieved me from the pain of refiec
ton, which was disturbed by tn,
approach of a beautiful child, who
came running into the recess / haG
chosen with all the sportiveness o
infancy. Suddenly, as gazed OF
him, an idea seized me, that this
little creature was unprejudiced
and had lived too short a time tC
have imbibed horror of deformity
If, therefore, could seize him and
educate him as my companion and
friend, should not be so desolate in
this peopled earth.
"Urged by this impulse, I seized
on the boy as he passed, and drew
him toward me. AS soon as he be-
held my form, he placed his hands
before his eyes, and uttered shrill
scream; l drew his hand forcibly
from his face, and said, Child, what
is the meaning of this? l do not
intend to hurt you; listen to me-
"He struggled violantly. Let
me co. he cried; monster ugly
wretch you wish to eat me, and
tear me to pieces; you are an ogre ;
let me go, or will tell my papa
"'Boy, you will never see your
father again; you must come with
me-
"'Hideous monster! let me go |;
my papa is a syndic ;-he is nj.
Frankenstein he would punish
you. You dare not keep me-
"'Frankenstein! you belong then
to my enemy,-to him toward
whom / have sworn eternal revenge; |;
you shall be my first victim
"The child still struggled, and
loaded me with epithets which car
ried despair to my heart; / grasped
his throat to silence him, and in a
he lay dead at my feet.
"I gazed on my victim, and my
heart sWelled with exultation and
hellish triumph. Clapping my
hands, / exclaimed, Il too can cre-
ate desolation my enemy is not
this death will carry
to him, and a thousand
other miseries shall torment and de-
stroy him.
Gas / fixed my eyes on the child,
saw something shining on his breast.
I took it; it was the portrait of a
most lovely woman. In spite of
my malignity, it softened and at
tracted me. For a few moments |
gazed with delight on her dark
eyes, fringed by deep lashes, and
her lovely lips; but presently my
rage returned | remembered that
was forever deprived of the de
lights that such beautiful creatures
could bestoW and that she whose
contemplated would,
in regarding me, have changed that
air OF devine benignity to one ex-
pressive of disgust and alright.
"Can you wonder that such
transported me with rage?
only wonder that at that moment
instead of venting my sensations in
and agony, l did not
rush among mankind and perish in
the attempt to destroy them.
"While was overcome by these
feelings, | left the spot where had
the murder, and was
more secluded hiding
place, when / perceived a young
woman passing near me. She was
young; not indeed so beautiful as
her whose portrait | held, but of an
agreeable aspect, and blooming in
he loveliness of youth and health.
Here, l thought, is one of those
whose smiles are bestowed on all
)ut me; she shall not escape
hanks to the lessons of Felix, and
he sanguinary laws of man, have
earned how to work mischief. i
her unperceived, and
placed the portrait securely in one
If the folds of her dress.
"For some days | haunted the
pot where these things had taken
1lace; sometimes wishing to see
you, sometimes resolved to quit the
world and its merits forever. AT
ength I wandered toward the
and have ranged through
heir immense recesses, consumed
~ a burning passion which you
lone can crafty. We may not
,art until you have promised to
omply with my requisition. am
lone, and miserable; a man will
lot associate with me, but one as
Ieformed and horrible as myself
would not deny herself to me. My
ompanion must be of the same
pecies, and have the same defects.
This creature you must create"