Year: 1870

Pecia1ly poor henry, Slr. he was q greal
| favorite."


at used to know a brother OF his il
New York. Does he know about this p"
'tAh, Sir, Idon't know. It'll be a sad
blow for him."


"How did it happen?"


"Won't you walk in, sir? and I'll tell


you"


mo, thank you. It's SO close. I'm hot;
I'll sit here"


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 first
families in that city, and was exceedingly
beautiful Her beauty, however, was only
in appearance. Strange TO say, with the
utmost loveliness 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 conquest of the
marriage, she would have laughed at the
idea. Her aspirations werei 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 It was no
light or transitory matter. 1t 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 misunderstanding she turned him away
forever with whitening sneer. He was
stunned at 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 he,
saw her as 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 a gentle soul
When his heart broke, he died. And SO
he yielded to this blow.


An can be. told in a 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 1 did not utter
word.


As she ceased rose slowly, murmured
"a Thank you,p and staggered away. In
stinctivelY wandered to the burying-
ground. knew well where they lay.
soon stood before their newly made grave
two twin mounds containing all that
cared.f for on earth the treasured objects
Of a lifetime's labor-the ones for whose
happiness had been sIaveI And they


1 spent the night there. brooded over
plans of vengeance. If they were
crushed by blow, rose under
mine and heard their cry for
vengeance coming even from the
tomb. had that woman's names She
had, under the outward beauty of her
fendish soul, killed my mother and
brother. She should suffer- But how ?
This was the meditation of the night. l
took long strides up and down as paced
beside the graves, and before the dawn I
had decided.


My scheme was one of grandeur. You
seldom hear of such schemes. People
generally find it difficult to take revenge
because they are too anxious to take care
of themselves. Now, cared nothing for



For that desire was ready to sacrifice
every thing.


1 started for New. York Immediately,
and arrived there as soon as possible.
The head of our house was living at that
time up the Hudson. He left every thing
to me- My measures were all taken.
wrote to him informing him that was
going to Europe to see about some British
funds that were endangered. ] drew on
for those funds to the amount of
two million dollars, and then left the
Office. But I did not go to England. |
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 aris
tocracy of Great Britain. With these
knew could have the entree of any So
ciety. start ed for Philadelphia, and pat
up at the first hotel in the place. ] Law
ished my money with liberal hand, or
dered the servants peremptorily, and acted
like an eccentric nobleman. On the books
of the hotel Iwrote the name, "HenrY
Lord Arlington"


On my card there was the same name,
and over it neatly-engraved crest. This
nObleman l was personally acquainted
with. He had large dealings with our
well known to me. On the following
day saw the following in the principal
paper:


DISTINGUISHES SrRANGER.-Yesterday distip-
guished nobleman arrived at the - Hotel He
Is Henry Lord Arlington, and is related to the lead
ing English nobility. He comes to this country to
study our institutions, and see the wonders OF ma
ture in which land is rich. His father is the
Earl of Sunderland. to which he is heir. When we
state that his Lordship has an income of about a
million dollars year, and is gay Young bachelor
turn the heads of all the yoang bellies in the city,.


1 was soon waited on by the chief peo-
pie in the city. bore letters ofintroduc-
tlon to them, and met with an eager well
come. My stately manners, my Lcalmness
ana set-reliance won me respect. / was
shortly the lion of the CITY,. 1 soon en-
countered my victim.


Isabel Nevers, for this was her name,
was the daughter of one of the old fami-
lies. Her father was a man full of self i'm
portance and absurd c0nceit. He nrided
himself on being the son of an American
officer, and cultivated his lofty feeling of
arrogance to a ridiculous extent. His
daughter was worthy of him. Hard, cold.
and selfish. She was only attractive in
outline and feature. The feeling of am
bition and self importance .overruled all
other sentiments. Love she could not feel.
Marriage she looked upon as specula-
tiOn. She sought husband only for the
sake of wealth and social influence.
Wealth and Position were her gods.


l saw with exultation how readily she
fell into the snare l spread for her. No