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The hag*, event which consigned it to the bands of a distant branch of the Daventry family is now almost forgot ; ten by its occupants, but still lingers in the mem ory of some of humbler rank, who, days gone by, were tenants under Sir John Darentry, the last of a long line of baronets of dun name, pew ras) have entered life under happier auspices; one ' of the oldest bah:meta in the k ingdern, in One . sense, but jut pf age, in theother. poesessed of an unen cumbered rent roltjef MO,OOO psi annum, he might probably have selected his bride from the fairest of the Enizlish aristocracy ; but when he was twenty. three. he married the beautiful and poor 'daughter of an officer residing in his vicinity_ . It was a love. match on his shle-4itie partly of love, partly of am bition, on hers ; their union was not very long, nei ther was it very happy, and when lady Daventry died, tearing an infant daughter to his care, at lass expiration of his year pf mourning, he chrn,e as his: second wife the wealthy and highborn widow. of . the country member. This web a marringerontins an're. and might have perhaps proved a' fortu n at e one. as it secured to Sir Johitia. wife suited to np ho:,l his dignity and the styli' of his establishment, at the same time conferring on: the little Clara the care of a mother, and the society ora playmate in the person of Chalks Maoism, Lady Daventry's sow: by her first marriage. But the marriage of conve. nience-thil not end, more felicitously than the mar. rime of love r -at the end of six months Sir John founl-hims7econ.l time a widower. His posi non was n a somewhat unusual one—at twenty . 1 had lost two wives, and was left the -sole EGIEIB Iran of two children, neither past the age of in taricy ; Clara .Daventry was but two years old, Charles Marilyn three years her senior. Of 'these rtrrumstames Sir John made what he conceived the best. provided attendants and 'governesses for the children; consigned them to theseelosionellhe Hall, while he repaired to London, procured a su perb establishment, was famed for the skill of his rooks and the goodness of his wipes, and for the following eighteen years was an hebilue et theclubs and courted by the elite of London society ; and this. perhaps, being a perfectly blameless conixe, and inflicting as little of any sort of trouble or an noyance as possible, it must needs excite our :sur prise if we tin not fuel it producing conespondir.g frogs. E•ghteen years make some changes every where. Dun= these, Clara Daventry had become a vuman, and Gages 111ardyn, having passed thou;h Eton apti Cambridge, brake the last two years emulated his stepfather's style of London lite. Mr. Marlyn had left hie fortune at.the disposal dl his widow, whom he bad foolishly loved, and Lady Darentry, at her death, divided the Marilyn rietsies between .her husband and son—an unfair distribu tion, and one Charlet was not disposed to pardon He was *hat combination so often seen-'-the onion of talent to depravity; of Birch talent as the union admos—talent which is never firsi-rate, though to tie !nifty it appears so it is only unscrupulous, ad c'eisequently he has at Its command eireines " virtue dares HO! use. Selfish and pridligate. , lie was ilnit mixture of strong passions and indomi table will, wilt .a certain strength of Intellect. a winning manner and noble appearance. Clara pair. reseednone of these external gills. Low and in significant looking, her small, pale features, narrow forehead and cunning gray eyes, harmonized with a disposition singularly weak, paltry . 'and manteuei. lag. Eighteen:y*oi bid aitered'Sir John Haven. try's appearance lea's mind ; he has grown , more corpulent v and features wore, a look of sensual indulgence, mingled with the air of wathori ty of one wiles, will, even in. trifles,t. never beep disputed., But in the indolent vetuffinary of ferry -five remained of the grind humored, care less man of twetuy-seven.; ',telfisbness is an ill weed, that grows apace; Sir John' Daventry. heed tome, gifted with rairibeingtre and thoroughly rep midis in society, was a singularly heartless and set: .fish sensualist. Suckchanges eighteen years. had wrought, when Clara wart surprised by i visit tram her father. ...It was more than two years !ince he had been matt 'and the news he brought was Jena welcome to her. He was about to many a thing time—his destieed bride westerly Alice Mor weer, the danghter of a poor though noble house, and of whose heathy, though now past the first bloom of youth, report had reached even Clara's ears- Siam hbetlyth.too, she Ind heard of Lady . Alice, and bad fancied that he wasoue of her many suitors. Her conguttalathats ott, the event were coldly utrered; , jn truth, clita had tong been ac customed 'to regard herself as the heiress, and eventually, the mistress of that. princely _estate ‘v i ltere she iitut pamed . her ebildhood; 'it was . the one imaginative dream in scold, worldly mirel.ie She did not desire riches to gratify her sanity, or' indulge an pleasures. Clare Davetturs tempera ment was too passionless io covet it for these pro pene" ;',.linelplati T hlij accustomed herself to look epee these Foisencins as her right, and to picture the dey Wheatrighttactisheir fair extent, its tenants Besitlers:Mardyn bad awoke, lint** - Seeding ,of aiection, ' in Clara • Daventryie bnwit,"-atleiteratiewh pewee; ham—a wish in. whietibtiliteinuiette pais or tier land in theAesitkl4Htere*Ohero WocoSooadeel that was : senuous) joked:. ,- /Ate hed.perceptios to'imine her, own want df itt*tiente l and,to nee that her lady hope of winniPS, l 4o.P7 4 1. roan of hob lon was the value hei wealth sleight bei of in-slo p:win:a &nine hisitteniil - mode of living was • , 11U121 -likely to scatter. --st hope Which, shouldher iathet marry, -and have - a male -heir,- would faillo ttie grcttitid. fn dut time the papists animoneeti marriage of SiShtlin DaVelitri to, the ,Tarty Alice Mortimer. They *ere to spend their. loneystoon at Difeentry, The evening before the - min i Chaffeeildardyis arrived' the Hint 11 - stas tibiae time "ince he -had last been , there;. it. was, .lingo. tar 'dirt° select lot leaving London, and Chip no ticed `! change liberation in' hiseppeenuteei • negli gence of drcss, and pertarbation of memo; -unlike his ordinary self-possession, that made her think that, perhaps, he had reallyloved herdestined step , mother. Still, Wes, it Was strange his coming •to the hall. The following evening brought Sir John and Ludy Alic 4 Daventry to their home. The Hall had been newly decorated for the occasion, and, in the general confusion and Interest," Clara found her sell degraded from :the consideration abetted before received. Now tf4t Hail was to receives new mia tre-s, one graced with title, and the stamp of fashion. Tbese are offencee title minds can hard ly be thought to oierlook f and as. elara Daventry stood in the spacious hall to welcome her step-moth er to .her homeyand she who was . henceforward in take 'the first place there,'the Lady Alice, in her rich traveling costume, stood before tier, the cons trust was striking—the unattractive, ugly gid, be side the brilliant London beauty the bitter feelings of envy and reiedtment that then passed through Clara's mied east their shade on her aller-destiny. During the pnress of 'dinner, Clara noticed the extreme singularity of ilardynis manner; noticed also the sudden flush of crimson that died Lady Al ice'acheek on-first beholding him, which was fol lowed by.an increased and continued paleness.— There was at their meeting, hoWerer, no embar rassment on his part—nothing bet the well-bred ease of the man of the world was observable in his congratulations; but during dinner Charles lilar dyn'e eyes were ,fixed on Lady Alice with , th e qui et stealthiness of one Calmly seeking to penetrate through a nnstery, and, despite her efforts to ap pear unconcerned, it was evident she felt distressed by his ecru tiny. The dinner was soon dispatched; Lady Alice complained of fatigue, and Clara con ducted her to the boudoir designed for her private apartment. As she was returning she met Mar d. tin Is Lady Arco in the boudoir he asked. " YeA," she replied, "you do not want her I" Without _answering, he passed on, and, opening the door, Charles Marilyn mood before the Lady Alice Daventry, his step-iatber's wife. , She was sitting o r. a low stool, and in ai,decp rev erie, her cheek resting on one of her fairy-like hands. Sae was indi\eil a beautiful woman. No longer very young—she was about thirty, but still lovely, and something almost infantine in the arch innocence of ezpr l ion that lighted a countenance r cast in the most elica mould—she te looked, in every feature, the child of rank and fashion; so delicate:so fragile, with those pdifes k.atnres, and that soft pink flesh, and pouting coral tips; and, in Her very essence, s'hehad all those qualiti-m of a spoiled child of fashion—wayward, violent in tem per, capricious, and volatile. She Started from her reverie ; she had not expected to see Marclyn, and betrayed much emotion at his abrupt entrance; tor. as though in an agony of shame, she boned her lace in her hands, and tamed away her head, yet her attitude was very feminine and attractive, with the glossy, rrglets of rich brown hair falling in a shower over the fair soft arms, and the vrhole so 4rracefill in its delimceleasness, and the forbearance it seemed 'to ask. . Yet; whatever Illartlynzs pur pose might be, it did not seem io mm li• from it; the sternoess of his countenance increte I As he :drew a cLair„suid, sitting down rinse b ttt eside her. waited in silence, gazing at his companion till she should uncover her face. Al letigth,i the bands .were dropped, and, with an effort at.calranras, La dy Alice looked np, but again averted her gaze as she met his. „ . , k When we fiat met, Lady Alke, it was under difierent ehroinstances,', l he said, lareasticalty,—. 'She bowed her head, bat made no answer. 1 fear," fieeontioned, in the 'Mine tone, " my congratulations may nothave seemed warm enough on the happy change in your prospects; they were .utifeigned, I assure you." Lady Alice colored. 1 ' These taunts are uncalled kw, Mardyn," she replied faintly. • , " No ;' that would be unfair, indeed," he contin ued, in the sart i te bitter tone, " to Lady Alice Day entry, who fiat always displayed such consideva lions for all my , feelings." " You never seemed to care," shei rejoined, and the woman's pique betrayed itself 411 the loac- 2 .- ~ You never tried to prevent' it." 1- Prevent what?' __She hesitated, and did not reply, _ _ Fool I" he exclaimed, violently, "did you-think' that if one word oflpinetould have stripped _Tour Marriage, that Word Wont I hail been sitd l Listen; Lady Alice: -I loved...you once, and the proof that -I dill is the hare I now heat for you. If I , had not loved you, tehould no* only feel contempt For a time I berterieddial Yealtad for me the loco you professed. YOU clacee - differendy ; but though that, is over, Jo not think that aU I have- sworn to make you feel some of the misery you caused me. Lady Alice Devon* dO yomaititibt'thii that oath shall belkept Nis violence bad terrified ber—slier was deadly pale, and seemed toady. to &dal; but a biusrof wars, " I efb rot demise this;' she did love , .ifeeiiiia me." " Hadi Ir - erre:Omni" 2te ask "None moron. knuzdean li :row - iletensinatkir, me t Widareitethislieo acid** , * lll _, not read its ineardnii; avrl crrkitieeolue Yeler**. OS. P 4 . 1.4 ArIPC,„ ITS* PAtat '4 it itad:yet-weii„; 14karihe : *WO it wiethanged wane a auldsiceiaidw. 4 t 1 ? olvt l'llngls7 - 7. - % msedor rlro . . '- ..L.1. 4 .3:31.1-1-ol .1,41 W C, ; f Ai -4 l '4411 1" 9PI - • . . . . • . .. • . • pzd 04 4 I ,u A .‘ , 4.11.1..t...a 1143. 10 1111/3 • „. 4 qr.• , . • " 4 Bitiki " You will drivelnewukti r A liee,r. be( ottenedi: ii low , deep. tegiit..-x• "litty-hiavettrgivegie if I bate ; you toil! you 1014„0iii ° 1 Add Pni in*" ..9 1 1 1 4 4 ,111 0011.0041% BM -Isetsoolk that Ibis changed?, .-Int !midi:in a Intlittlitiktoiie , Pai tir iltinfte bet *kinviticcd. • "tlieiliind7- " You doubted--You.we.re jeakeis,:anif le ft me., I neviricatteditulove yeti* •• - - • " X°l3' not 10ve. me Fercr.. a le*. She was silent; bit a hiva 'oh imimded •, llirougb the mom, and Chula Marilyn was again. at her feet; and; while the ntaniage.vows bad remedied from hav;lll"l,LadyAlice tieva#rjr eictiving• ing--kegisement with, and listening to protestations of love ..ruin the - son of the mini. is wbotit, 2 kw hours before, she bed tnirom'a t wife's It is Amine 4thich needs Bonn seplanothm - ; best heard however from Manlyn's tips. A step was heard along the passage, and Marilyn, passing through a-side door. repairo labiate!' tapartinent. He found her engaged on a book. Layingit down,. she bestowed on him h look of inquiry as he enter ed..` IN . . " T Want to . speak to you, Clara!? he said. Fixing her cold gray eyes on his lace, she await ed his questions.`' " Has not this sadden step of'Sir John's "surprised gout" " It has," she said quietly. • , "Your prospects re ncWso sure as •they were." "No, they am changed," she said in the _ same quiet tpne, and impassive countenance. "And you feel no great love to your new step. mother "I have; only seenlarly Allies awe," she replied, fidgeting on her rer t. • 41 Weit; you wlll *cher dirtier now," to, t3.,erv ed. " t hope'tshe will Make the lb& pleasant tq you." "You have some motive in this eimvettation," said Clara, datliily. "You may trust me; tdo not love Lady Mice oulkiently to lAtray you." And now her voice had a tone of bitterness stir. poplin; even 51ardyrili ; he looked steadily at tier; e atekand returned hisgaze, and that interchange of looks seemed to satisfy both, blanlyn at -'once . began Neidter of us have much cause to likeSirJohn's new bride; she may strip you of a splendid inherit ance, and I have stilt more reason to detest her.— Shortly ahety my arrival in London, I met Lady Al ice Mortimer. I bad ,heard much of her heeety•— it seemed to me tosaqsass all I had heard- I lured her; rite seemed ail playfilts:lMPlieity;• bur covered she-bad come to, the_ age of calculation, and that though many followed and praised hermit and beauty, I- woo thoOtt the onlyone who was se rions in wishing to Maw* Loid-MertiMe t ala 3 ur and somewhat posses daughter. SI e . loved me, : I be- Imre, as wellastshecould Jove any one. That was not lhe lore-I gave, or asked in return. In brief ) saw thmugh her sheer heartlessni.ss, the first mo- ment I saw her waver between • weaith of an oil sensuated, and my lore. I left her, but with an oath of rer:fc..ance; in. the PUrmit of That revenge it-will be yor.r interest to assist. 1,% — d1 you aid me e' " How can 1 . !" she asked. "Ti rs not (life ult," he replied. "Lady A lien . and I have met to-night; sheprefer.me still. Let her galhutt , bridle only know this..and we have not:artwit kb flare' " • Clara 'Mewl. 'palmed, and, with tlehOed hrods, !oil knit brow, ruminated op his wont-lal m draw with the labyrinthine paths of the plotterelte Was not long silent. "i think 1 see what you mean,' she said. And 6 uPP9 B e Yott-ftago..prositied naeaai to accomptis your airborne!" '• They are provided for c ut. Where could ee find ruatetialsmore made to our haudsi-rzatievr ainoations,a eonvent4tion oterheeed,avote oplio►. mei/ conveyed—these one trifles,, bat trifles are the levers of human detain." ••- • • Them. was no soma saiJ then veatikfitotParq threiagh the insincerity earl:Gila hood of theotger.; yet each *new they , agreed io ey''Coitiritiritf subject: These were strUstp_seencs,,,aweititAltiti, !lie kraer• in her new , hcauxi - • Taro or threemontbs have pastes{ since these - crmTentatittna, ..81F Davetitty . 7 4 s, pt anc t ei- has changed to his brideOtela no IstigetatC lover, but the ecvere, eaactinrLhusband:. It Wrar i lisibat be annoyed at all - la bitic.onffitinlithatbcfor hulk is"being.bpkee in-upon s alud.that, , in titneybe Rlll become used to the chance, , and sentedatlotrnfctint wally in bur ittn,yet'sotiedirt ',ogre thanchia want be at the, bUlhnk of dirconten 4 .7,tinetatitouthiendaticonsanattione One. t*r vribet betifetettenn'atatlitsibut, his 34 01.4.. , • diA. .badotheraftabotittinip beam tiet9motthete suoulage at a marked intalteanteetLbndttop (this Ladr Alice is reecitidifq . fil#4#,Mitrldsti, of BF •Intaior., With,chuqntia4willtitzi - e*ct,frierlr, If; her position was never.the rhtisteattablais that house. But the same ntalleiiatisher Keit-meth et's" diectirn' fiats apei f ikk 41aughtee could be ruppose!i4*:;'"hoeist*Ftd • Ihell*,.PM o * 9t. iiiiiiiblektelhigiaban4lo IOC& Sir Mu t ts/14 as: the AliTl'alicmtb,ei,Psn-Air'4l***.u., liiCr.iniskany-1 2 ,*, 4, ll lsC 6 h.reVi: 64 i father. Lady Alice7tiiil hifely istapittid to her husband ssetribut,ltight be supposed calculated to 9 lair wit 3n 0 !!s expsctations and raian kik** in heir to his-ousucliossestiOns;- bin t he eartnounieeP timbal btiOrr received Q solleti silence, la seem : - odwlrnostio increase hie san=e sterauties—treiu: wet *Midi stung liodtrAtial..ss he quick; and when she retired to bet toe*, and wept long rard 114 + :mho! Of bet:grief: 7 Lung acid dreary aid the ' thetou'Otihti 4ibroata:se.:, imx***l4*****<*a :4 1 :4 1 * 0k i b 1 i , .40.04.i004.044.*******874: tittainitintego'sissigiik 4 1 Mk REELI Tina was a. pleasant room;: without, tbronsibay, . ed windows,' ley a wide and Fettde prospect of i.anny landscape; within, 'it ilea: bandsoriely and laxurioosly furnished. There were books in gor 'genus bindings; a range of marble pillars wept its 'length; mandsof flowers, Vases of vat* and 'ala tauter, were scattered on • eterY side ; and after bmakfasildarrlyn,and Larly,*limt: made it their sii .ting-room.. The morning alter the scheme Names teiby Clara; therwere satin - gin earnest convents, LidE Alice , looking italettitd care 7 Wortt a lrias Weep ng c.ourclaiVely. . , . ; • Yodiell me, you ntinit:go,,abe - laid ; ri and were . its fisw-mistiths lateral would-fortadre all an 4 laCerepany tio:; et; - MS: titOUnt infant, you ; mast leave me, 4.,mciktirtt2tiMe* remand youotay claim me."- • -• acne& 411ice, 0 he' whispemd softy, gtdeat, dear, Alrce,,'Wlt) 144 Pit' 00ner U . .trY did you not lave na.i. Mice, taut you Weald new have been myown tny.:srifall, - • mats, ehe replied, sadly ratan I hare paid the perfaity of iriy stn a:tsarist 'Yen. The last year ha befn one cif liner misery to me. If there 13- man P11"1 cell lay husband ;,sty. asirealro _him:ls4lone info.. 'tier to - nirtnen - kisl "yaw. - -When ' , think whin I pc . ! : filiiidfieldin s " ilreireallni#A,OviCsl*itelysi 4- the • liftiCoff'rei4 -self • tom:iraPid seusualist, a amo srba.sras a, spendthrift passions irryornhi auid , yet asks:-to - be Int the svomitp ai2idt log{ tq herself atibld•fehl love • suria.erbatibe wished: • Lady Alice had spoken • with allibe ettriviqrceof woman's 'et met:aloe; •Eter'Cirritraitiorreralled • 'She anderslaod'he t "leo despise me,'' she " that co u ld mar -9 the Man of whemi speak thus." st lalt - perhilisi?,loo , sr V'e must own Le bits some cause lerjaislonajo- • •-•-- • 4-•••• a tiespirethiggeinded4eeent i something smote Lndji:7AliCe76 :tie' In: 41 . -2eintencit Slim :• -( 1 4 6 4-147 1 04 Oti#4;Taai:B**.i4loir,4l•*7 in a cireienithaadeeekibrie laleibieliieesiels., rushed' uponibee tf Int*ne falei l inothlng-bui , .deterne.` " I .alititelleg 44 l 6 ,#;:drfaitiir ! lCll clamed bei bses 4 — i'irited; 1 - 441 lad *rimy* .'! 2 E ' ooretzeicbed - Antilerbei t Scas - 43Mis;in bee mooiNl'Arr•r, A tl a_silag Walaial l .agiPar 47sl4l4l ooter Dead 1211125 BISEIIi 14-4 , it; :; Mnil=MM - ------ammareizamoruz.mw - — At thelindiectliat actin 04* 4"44#0 1301 ; 9 1 4" tiekteitier' "ksik - A;ba glire ( s: - nee, too, sesseed goolnaised oul Pl4eloi)44l' .e -yetairel to. remove a weight heal lady kid ifs . lei brkatilleri'of bet fomicritirits: Vrout the atonlent of Oticilyg'ii ariiv4 , Sir kefin paiten tfa manner changed-- to his wife : he abandoned - ohs tise of samestie language, and' avoided all- tie. canons brit 'Untied iCy Galenical 91. dempiCer, anu Mons Aapgeroui, - ; eauselheetore elewsighted. .fiegow confided his doubts to Clara halted - heard limn lillardye tita' his wife hail, before her marriage, preferred an at indignant id him. .In this to, there was mach to 'Fork on a jealous and ex- Wing husband. The contrast in sue; in manner, and apreirancti, was too inert eil,liortri allow of the suspicion that hie superiority in wealth and e . ►. sitionbad lamed -the scale in his favor—a- inapt.' cion which, cherished, had grown to he the demon that allowed him no peace 01 mind, and boils up a.' , fabric fraugtg with writcheilnese oh this sliglit. foundation. All this period Lady Alicea.derairan or to Mardyn was bet too wellealcalated b deep en these suspiCions. Now, mobad ensue the time to strike a decisive blow. In this-Clara a fitting instrument. . , • sg You are indeed unjust," she said, with a skill ful assumption of eamestnese;," . Lady - Alice con siders she should bof a mother .to Charter—they meet often; it is that she may amble him,„ She thinks he icextravagant- 7 th at he spends too much time in London, and wishes to make the . notintry more agreeable to him." " Yes, Clara, I know she does ; she would be glad to keep the fellow always near her.i' • "Yon mistake, sir, I twangy Yee ;I have ..been w ilk them when they were together; their langua,ge has been sfiectionate, btu as far as the relationship su3thori :es." , , 13or opinions cm that head differ, Clara; she has deceived me, and by-site ehaff isufferTof it.— She never told me she had know:alias.; the fellow insulted me by informing me when•lt sus too late. He did not' wish to interfereit was over now—he told me with a sneer."' " • . . " He was wounded_ by hes 'treatment; so wound. ed, that, except as yourlwihs, and M show you re specs, 1. know he never wouhl•hircespoirew to her • But it your doubts•eannot=be hushed j ihermay be satisfactorily thspeUelL 4 "Mow-3-tell me I" • !' Lady! Alice and Charles Eil every , morning is the' librario are curtained reCessea diem, in any of which you may conceal yourself, - .a' hear arhat,passes.!' • _ ArGood,..-g o c k l; bat it you hhi or breathe to them—" ." f merely piiint it out," sins interrupted 0 as a proof of My perfect. belief In. 'elegies's. principle, sail Lady Alice's aikaille foryno. IV* word pas ! seivihaf militates stalest that belief, I willretidebee , • A sneer distorted Sir John's features. , Wheri not 'blinded by-passion, bn yaw clearly through charao , ter apdmottree lie had by that rli•cerheil Clara's. dislike to Laity , Alice,; irow l firlt convinced 'she r•aggested the scheme as she guessed he would have his suspicions confirmed, He sari thus far bathe did not pee tbronfi a far darker plot—he. did)eol see , that, in ,the' deep. tame they played against him, Charles and Clara: there 'coniedetatew MIMI • 5*.;nr..: 7.1 .t, tt - . •*- • . • ••• - EM=MI vat hia.brwilitpiedletileea . ileie.44lsllre . lokarivt lit ehe Say . liklaill 4 1 4 ittle:a teeShtsaie,.; ,; - t,1 , -1 I,4l,ftyksseigelel4)er IIePJ-Waltielnistii glee . ireitrtairakthat Sitendtkill cliskinpliutiliaer !irhorts -the-WM hatkeel Vera 3bliKke I ltlckisittelliieJehn -DarPetill- eleeigeti feahLbilligeeei*ihkierit. His Aiountentlima-PMetyett./Alle; hesit, AKtth• el keveg etttes :AMU% Wes- t!sTilielit'esi-Pe :ie- a thiciaur,taverigti,4 , thirst ijiai ~would„ hope risked -liks-itseLf4o isecompfisti,i Eplleet—ftw. his suspi cionsatorkipasto, I/44144 .h . eomthi, Mack , deeatHei ' as simithat Idekle al tAbletirs. faXt!..ead he fee ,cied,4l4l 4ilibidm-,Aellek.:losfett44-.eri'l sate, 0 40' Chad& lifardys; when, .for. Ail letiV43 B -7 whet" .no pthet cons eatinn...epeld have,Mstraiiteil her, f.adY.stliFelwAl en. ttretiliteKlT9aaae'fi,Pleagi ;mil while emilessing-Iter*cfor. Xardyimeniseil tolLteu to hiik.sebeitntialtsi 9e`4111./KitA Itigtpl,a9a the lltference, she had. Mafia , V- thlii Pe4 .-- withal le fmd_oiterheaeh 40ated IR him 61 a hair- 4eiii'l to palm the-cifispring of her have, hip*rilytt as the ,balk to the lei'aith nrakeitete4-1? , _;!teet. l l4 -- IL smelt linear but a mon th'ol ; ! atly Mce's con- 1 finement r and eVea Id dnim unit P4Fal Were 4mr- i .plexed ;mil hidecisive ea ip.lilitt,eflent_ Aniv strata- -geM• had ttPait ' Sir: Jo h n.., No. Karti pr 44laeePAPed him ti:l. , hateew.-- whet pceea%,t;-',AFisg,l4l74! °?!.93ed strickea with aiiililen,age„ . so,. steel etta har t had' liii . countenance beecume, su a,Ked his ielfic:4 l " 'le" They.kneriv not the volcano" MI( partied beneath ,thair, undisturbed mfae.e. . A suddenlsar, fell upon -Axcrni• they mr. taz , iiie . ig4 l 4*.gvre ' I N n g rea ,,' ht. WicledeeKe- 4 1 : 4( .4 4 .1 1 01 1 44'.1-.J 14 4. 6 Pe PP . pealed to them clumsy suid,ill : conniiverrilet their very fears lesi die.y.mWd...,:be : seen, thMa4h urged. on another allempt,.contrive4.,to give Coefijekatitel .to Sir John's eavicions,_stnmlii his, mind ,vvav er.— So gremat this time was Alardyn's dread of detee • . -. ticu, that he suddenly left the HAIL lie knew Sir John's vengenee, if once raised, would be despe rate, and he feared some auempts cin hiii life. In walk hia positirM WAS a perilous ;pap, anif ..thislull of ,fieree elements ;mimed to forerun some terrible -140l sit ift'''Oeell tbe.stifren efigh_t **pikes fury. was as yet hid in darkness. • tivpi.w.l,l for ibel WI Alice gimrentry that she . knew, node of these thick*, pr hers would have been a poshion of un-- parallejed wretchedness, as over the plotters, the deceived, and the foredoomed one.; glided on the . rapid inpMeMS diat brought ‘therp.,neAcer, , and* neater, iilLitrey stood on th e threshold 01, crime ' and deo* And , prila tturough the dark channels 91. fraud and *.e- have come tO,llle Cle,c4A 2l !itat'Ze and wild pay in oar. story, which,lonAvattached a tragic interest to the halts of - DaveritYY, and swept ell bol l the name of that aiwient race jn(o . ctbscarity. Moho ; fifteenth .of December, Lady. Mice Da natty was confinad .of a lou r , .411 titer iworil Je Atonstrallons of joy was forbidden. by Sir, John, on the.plea, of Lady Alice:s precarious sispation.... /let. _health., weakened, by the, everts past year;- had nearly proved.rnaegnal to,thistrag other. ma tied .and. the fifth manias after her juin:my was the first co which.thephYeimaa con. .fiderdlopes of 4er having, strength carry her • IPlronla. . 1 11 1 . 10 , ago time the surtivat of the infant had been a =aver of dontai, bmi, ; Art,i4,Anoining. as though the one .slender thread,had bound both• to etistence, .fear was laid aside,4o4. calmness. sniped through the mansion of Daventry- On that morning too, arrived a letter directed to..t , the Lady Mice Daventry A dark *hada flitted over Sir Jekalace as he read the direction, - then,placing it among his other letters reierved for privatoperusal, he left theroorn. . . The day wore on, each hour, giving increasing streumb to Lady Alice and Iter„bey-beit. - During its progress, it was noticed, even by the. servants, that his countenance. wore au-expression of ghastly paleness. As he sat alone; after dinnier, hodrank glass after glass-of wine, - butjhey.beingin .no. dash tel his cbeek-..s.)vrtaht no -Change in -hist.appee.' ranee i • sonosinight!er spirit seemed to bid defiance to the strects of drink. At a late hour be retired to 10--recuit. rile- Pbysiciawhad , previously. paid his lass visit to the chamber of his patient; she ; was in a cubit aleep and the list drioht . es. lb . her condition .faded rime his - Minj,."as, in itcOtAeiti trine. he reiterated his 'assurance to the warse•rentler "that she reight . lledown - tilul take Pomo resilutt no thing-mtartsl:ll.lt_feared.ti`. ` ." ' " i • The.4 loo o l of 4 Clec4lberfa.ria4t had clOsed, dark and and 'dreary, .around the tial. r while, through the darkness, the wind drove the heavy rain rigaintk the casements; but undisturbed by the ribs am) winds, the Lady Alice and -her intuit lay Ina trangoitaleep - ; doubt, and danger had passed -4hergreVelkadseelpert.tolatt7l litiraSti.-4*;°°lll7 . er and ikl, bat the clear color on the tounopttrem eh ',' the soil and - regular breathing caught through t , stillness Of Alt Adtarribik, • when stwWind IL*. died in The distance,:gava 'assure:ice . to the noise Ittat - eitklan,ger , srast:pou.; And arearted, with the 1 watching oldie last bar eights, she retired, to a 1 closet opening tram Lady Alice's apartment, and was roon'butied - br the leery of' eshatte.. I lion.. -- : 4 ",..... -: ...- , . . Thin profonOduleep win rudely lanicen Mroirgh tiritilkleetteries, teaching' over the rage of the eletrientli,,i'itilch had now rialto to - a atiorn.` The• terrified woman waggereil to os there a fearful change—Milleft s no t e - ,*! 2°9 A r 7 counted for. A night-lamp shed ita dim IlAt th Ate apamnent on a ream of horror and myiterY. )1111 was arleneir raw—ami , thertady" Allen UMcal e 'tea on the flooritielfiihrtntilettin the honey cartains , b( the infant itiheraratts.. this time Abe ./aloodattle, rowed - froui' sleep hoid-wreettedtheapertment,Wadasaist• eta' Chnlorfrifire !fiti isiotWßl:stift bare; iicißatubiregeiiiiknNot 4 - 14 > # lO ikiti:l4:l4* and' iiielels-sstinilladalt Ili. calliasini is eMi by itic arimltunetlenrerilminair:6-olarong iiatts**7:l lll o, 6l oo* 110 ,:brA was older the - ii; 11 4•4071 41 4 fourtria*,l: wild fit bf delirium emeeedeat listAbeavy A • t rEIM ME IMO ,s lir-lr, k. ° 1K wh .0 11 1, 1 04 41 ", I *,, t ei tt 11 1,0 1- trig hee-4.-I , mforerthertight hadthaseesat soejnAdepil -,wager,-fwd ..beep.444niLlalitt,44l3illi ~,?-le tile il. to . ll, o',oe ll lo4 ll lo4llfAk .,. 6140 t hielt had Men. fMrir:Lett.tAliern itlit .__ , tertur44,PstelLpnr a ilig4..but osin_ev to reveal its- oeutentsiitantierharstaritiet duet they . befraypl guilt and rendered his vrife.,tii4ehlid,'ll re. innial More . ,lFtiskag thim'it' ridifiitione'eo Sir stin INtießtiy.. VikßO,ly!"eyelir :611601011.01Vgi.ild f Ant ihti 'like etiiiVithirles'iStiiliiiiiraWithat it hrul - fallen ait qtr.foluitir Way,?nYrevilitotii`frn d 'O-;!Iirl . !itliihirnEn 1 'l4i ti t `eirtlAirdyri , tintl' - hfklriti ; byt low it can • al' iiii,e het i ' hatiiiiii P 4bßiproriagige '?.r..4.r. emitaibiliti aitre iliikkaav kiii iiiilfit, 'fie; trf . iiiy, and deaiti l ;Wkai r d amine lis hive raril;er O r eini of deg ti l ireierilii4n On i tti - 1117k 'lrageily, - fife iiiiiie"fe - ni4 l l ,oiVil l a i d!Ohlii•c — nite - I to 'her riiisiiista nits'istan'ei;'deghifidlicairnilifelly: teredolho room, she fiaditea'rig iiePriciliilit'rli treat atnng the gallert' leading ions Lady Alice's robni,^aride Atiortnitntlired &if, Iti: die diadlif drib! 'ber , bustosnil had inched thatlettnearsher hainil;a4d told hie% 'knew heel '• Thistaie - bitt titinjEtc• - rtntade wildendirnProbable frird;:y.lerfuttii: ''-`:r ' : Ptaili; hfa s nlin 'attic dot again rctiltik flat= 'What he - t . i.,i tar. Itivia-iftgailvdt -iaiitod . ifas.:a, , i;s:iiii.di, - ,rhy''tio theitTeelva." X - "Yearl wict bp, flu eliniaanklfeasther iiVe - it4e - aa yEaVntlerMr hilite foitiferTfOVUtrritiatleditle nylhifieVEitri4. liol.6."6 l lriefiti*ti foiONtiiits l of iliv . '44 , lkaiiiri'liViat tiled - bit if hh'ile'rin:h i it lier I own salety; ifiesElhilowed by long fitiiiiritiotkdy ' silence, reriderisrlWlihiti. 'ii ',year, hammed and wretched; hilt then .sAtling.,ininoonfnured in sanity, released her •from Ideviolence. ,Sir Agin -Daventry was remniesl- to ,mo9sylomoo4 ,clara was blistrese 9f the, HpII. Another yeashassed . and she-became the wife- ot-CdmulesAlartlye, It was now thitharieit of their hthettli#d•,[lo"ll such harvests must be. , Thepktastuesendesetee menu of a 'Li:rodeo life had grown. distaste* to Idardyn--they paned-on hieftensesandinitleoug4 • :change in a Hoiden:eat die Hall j -, initikereeirealt , N -Or distontent awaited him: :The foretunf , r oont science allowed them_ .not •Itaktiness in --:a -place peopled ,with such associations. .I,They-wenttOltd- Ic', they lived in solitary state ; unvisited by •those rd their own rank, rho teem, detemid .Irostrimak -1 ink try - enures of intimacy by.the Alcides durnwere r whispered disetedittolisegmel,hieptide and -violent temper went in-:hued-8M 7firdois. -this neglect; in-digest;-they leftlflavetalty; and -went t to .11unlyd Palk ; anold seat left,,hitu.byilds.asoth es, on themoast of -Dorsetsbiro , It. , wasitrildly, si turced, and had been long oninhabited t, andinshis !finely residence thereopmf: Clara's wretchedness , was tined-to orerflowbnp: ,In •ilatdyn thew was now no trace of the man whci.badenceceptirsied tier fanUy ; prematurely old, soured iintempeg, he -Ixorbermme brutal and• otterbeering ;lot Ciatabad )east 'oil every semblance of decencyounicindif ference Was now warped-by:hate and:rielence ; their childless_ condition •was rnade.ka-monstant source of bitter repniachleam heribusbouLf 'Time broughrno allerriatieit tit thisattairef.wretchedness bat wheelie:mated theireiril pastionnandinutual• abhorrence. The bad-long and bluntly dispdted, inteday, after dinner, and each reminded dinedier ml their sins with a rehenience-, of reinclach, that, tram the tips of any miser, *oat have overwhelm -ed. tbri guilty pair .with shards and terror. Driven from the room by Mindy:l l e unmanly violence:and coarse epithetir, Clara relished the drawing-roam, and spent some hours struggling with the stings of ctinstience drroused b , 3: rardyn's taunts. ' They had heard 'diet niorning ofSir :Tani' i parentry's death; and-the removal of the nirly-being who lis:- ell