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Daturban Min:ether 11; 1850.
" Mum the Dablia trovvereiry Mavis W.)
LADY ALICE DAvENTRiti
• OR, THE MORT CIF CRIME.
, •
IIeVENTRY near the • little village of the
same name i t Cessiberland, the alminst regal res
idence of thetClifhirili t yet it does • not bear their
name, nor, till within !the last quarter of a century,
bad it come into their poieession. 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
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-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
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not read its ineardnii; avrl crrkitieeolue
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" You will drivelnewukti r A liee,r. be( ottenedi:
ii low , deep. tegiit..-x• "litty-hiavettrgivegie if I
bate ; you toil! you 1014„0iii °
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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
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" 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
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.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
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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
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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
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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
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,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
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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 <to soffit for tbeirsin hadeeented but ..to add a
deeper glum to their miserable extrnesse-the
time was past when any ding could Writhe= hope.
-Her past cared passed through the guilty woman's
mind, and filled her with theadilind afeadel look
ing mit for judgment. She had mot noticed how'
time had Heil, till she saw it *as longhorn Mar
dyn's hour kr retiring, and tbat bwhadeetCome
up stairs yet. Another hour passed, and then a
wa,,, , me fear seised'' won her mind—she fell,frh
tuned at - being shire, and deeeendedtn dm:parlor.
She had bmught no light with her, and, when she
reached the door Jibe pulsed ;- ell, in ,the,house
'seemedt e etill she treinbled, end_ttirtlingohe lock
entered t mom. - Thexmindlespad berni...qhl, and
the faint red glare of theirs' al9ne rhinie.,lngh
the darkness,. by the dun light she saw that lar
dy** was sitting 4 his antis folded on the, litt/ei and
-his head reclined an if in sleep. , She touched him
he stirred:not, and het hand slipped from his shout
der, tell sport the table and trati,wet; ,she saw that '
' adecarner bad beer nreiturretl,and fancied Afar- -
din had been drinking, and fallertardeOp; itte;bas
_tented from the room lot a Fall*. ", As Abe rrued
a light bathing in the ealsager•ibeiii, dic e the
hand she had Extended was CriMeoned With' blood.
Almost delirious with terror she rairled the room.
The light from - ber hand felVitnihe `table--At was
toriered, withe poi of bliMa; thifires stnii4y . fall- '
'irig, on die Hone ' With a-COI! effort ,ii a i 4,-• a her
husband- - -his hehrf fell i on her ann----the-Was
tierered from ear to ear=bii einiiiiiasi* siKaad
distorted iii'deaih, '`" " '
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In that momentth e I
cu m
et ,an off ended
Cod
worked, tt*ftnaLYMMare eiaguilidaidYl'
a - as a lunatic. • .
Q y. A Correspondent, a drag in Ms wayisays
that when a Sown. mini• he occaptel a ,chamber
separated from thait. at a mania:A Maple. bg.a,thin
partition: sore cold aightliei _hat* theivegii 'coke
of the hosbasat roadie ask:
Make away yalebenian , ,,. frt "kt,
e btch thit - Itile Tastploas
Ione: *•:;; f 4 .: .
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'yon.ifit hoc spaa4l. , _ats:Whea m 1 '11 1 01 1,61 "
-manna!-4haa 'wassail ray io e, !',take Away
your Hata haisty, footsnatoierr,
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