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LOIJISE 11, MEDINA;
- (--eOndfided:
• • Til MISS MITERS.... •
beloved Florence, • •
still call you, although the strange incein-
.. • .
•aistencrcifyour present conduct, leads me to fear
:you have only deceived yourself and-me, lod
--mitting thatyou loved mee Let, Uheseecliyotz,
'this unnatural estrangemeit cease. Fur he it
ifrion me to dreab you tiny pleasure; give me only
,
_husaud's right to_ protect_you in the `giddy
.whiilpool of ifasbion, and . then mix freely with
~ . .,.,.?that :yppty . , pylti) and beatity is so
- vc.b - Miiiiititiforttliettstught - of - mff_,rient;l - =- - -forthe
'wife of an honorable man. Dismiss this" foolish
- 'resentment...Om your mind,, and think s , my 'No
. rence, how 'ritual miler it i'Vtoswound thimheal
-an affectionate-lienit;how-facilelo yield to tem:
. per; how difficult..to return to reason. I wait for
you in the saloon, theie let me again ;tee the
'Florence Rivers I know and love. . ,
-11;ri-irtd-w—
-writteiiinipencil below Ilia mite.
ANSWER.
ersan Lord De Were wishes 'to see
inuit-be.either wohihi, n'focit•or a - glave, I know of
)ntme such who answers to the name-,df
Fi.OFF.. 4 ITE RIVEUS.
The elouil'hegan'to aeepen on the opcd brow
.of the sailor, and astern aspect OF •thm): ht,
.suparcede'the light vexation, 'which had hit to
-dweltilleie; He did not write again in haste,
'but "reflected longlefoile he resurdea the pen'
To loss ittintsx
•
The intended wife of Wellesley De *ere' tan
"Mt frequent the drawing room of the Princess .
Pulaski; let Florence Rivers_ p,ause,.ere She 4akps
a step that never can be 'recalled ! •.
Now lord Florence arrived at that painful pass
ivherelo.yield was mortifying, to proceed fatal.
.A.thousandlimes did'heibetter feelings prompt
' Iherlolhrow•the'dress.on the fire and rush down
into the , arms of De Vere, and, unhappily, as of.
Yen did her pride withhcildlrer yntrpOseAs'ir,_
resolute •and unhappy she paced the' room; her
- = - 4 - riyewatiddenlyfell - on - a - miniantre - of her. father to
her excited imagination, thi te looked
reproachfully upon 'her; , she burst.lnto tears;
threw Oen. the Iloor, andin a moment,was in the
maim below. -He was not there! lie had left
;her to reflectibefgresberepbed. Faktal mistakel .
to a- being-whoyever__aCted_front impulse—She.
.
lank listless and half angry upon a sopha.
'Little does he care for my answer'! Iffe.does
votloveirie! He is.too cold, toocalanlating to
Perhaps be respects his promise p-43 , "
_ Tatherinid wishes to be honorably free of is en
. fgagementl' I will not baulk hind — fioshall see
pride, have sick:ism its „well
. to the ball; I will not shay away for' the
Tear of toeing so indifferent lover., He Aran see
;That I too can be stern, edld and -philosophic.! •
-- 14.111TWIreirdid - ever - passion - reason - right
Florence:forget for how long atime the cold stoic
- L lard besoUght her, and now onlrremembered that
`:'he threatened. Irethis ill.omened niood, a visitor
entered, well calculated toeast oil On the troubled
waters:. This was Everard treVanicm,- a fasbion.' 9
- sldiand most unprincipled marl; who had long
- 'Florence; and been repeatedli'vlitftrdect
by her father: Trom • a conviction that po rout
• 'triad wake hie darling daughter happy. 11l as
• to . cou l d. Feconede to
,himsellihis refusal, 'B6O
less could he forgive,the calm superiority of He
Pere,-and in several instances, where the profli;
!gate levity of his manners, badbeen rebuked by_
the Contemptuous tebulf of , the proud . English;
•-•wnan, lainarrel would have ensued, had not cow.
Wrdice. as usual, accompanied villainy., -Hut these
• . affronts, though unresented ; rankled deeply, and
• 'the study of a safe revenge' on- De '*ere, occu.
Pied much of Trevarrien's thoughts.
•• . 'Fairest flower of Florida, do !find your leayes
bedewed with tears? Mow ? is it possible one so.
Wily; do loved, ban knew sorrow but by name?'
• ''You mistake me, Mr. Trevanioq.pray• let me:
• said Florence, infinitely annoyed at this at;
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, • . 141 y tell me first whether you imro be at the"
Fritipese to,nightt• Vain Will prove all the' lists!
• letups - if your eyerare absent. *hit? will not
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patiPEß:=Dieromil TO 4 7 ,E,w,:5, POLIriCS, LiTIMITURE; T.Epe aRTS .1!71111-'SCIE.XCAIES,..diiitil1C17.16TiVRE, '%'c.
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FRANCIS WELLESLE7I
it? Gad! Miss Riverii, can you--) ou so adAmblei
you j:'o. superior to everf other Woman, steowto
an arrogance which none othy/would
• !If your strange speech ,relates to Lord Wel
lesley, be asSured, his • opinio •or his will, Con.
-terns me not:' . , •
A: sardoniciinile curled the thinlip of Everard_
Trevatiion---he bowed with a polite .fricredulity.
The eyes.of Florence flashed with impatience. •
shall be there to.nikht.' , •
'You think - so now,' he qnswered, 'but De
Vere has publicty - sakt,lie 01 - . not permit your
presence.'
• ylorence colored scarlet—lsis words then are
as falseAS-hiOnterference_isiinjustifialdel , co I_
*shall; and you' shall give -me your attendance
there:', My dress is that a.a_Sultans, Mrs. MOn
tague's an Obi woma n. ' , ' . '
Still the .wily villain appeared-'unconvinced,
and affected to lament that her-will woUld-inevi. -
•tablibercontrolled.
,Burning with indignation,
piqued by Trevanion's implied reproach, carried
away by the headlong - 'reaction - she
caught' up tt pen and wrote. •
Td LOUD •DE rEitE
.iVhat the intended wife. of- Francis, Lord 'De."'
yere t _mayiLor..mdy. notdo,_coneerns-me_nothing—
If he desires to see
.rrie:thi's evening, at the Prin,
_
-- FLoitErick - RivEns:
tefaial note was sealed—was . sent—the die
, was thrown—die fiat had gone forth.
With this-insane act departed all the energy
of the wayward girl; , h 1 silence, She received
the compliments, and . raptures of-Trevanion, and
long after he.httd gone, she sat still as Stone, be,
wildered and Afraid to think on - what:die had.
dope. The hours wore on,each seemed_tostr)ke
upon the hire nerves, as they sounded the' ap
proaching time. No letter tfroro De Vere—no'
message. - Still she liped4;-'He will - licit, cannot
give me up!, He will give way, will een,eitt .
1-'that shalt go, And theirl-will - relinquisltitalso,-.
Relinquish it! 'Gracious - Heaven! what is there
lo_ghte_upi4sAbis__OestsuOoA,this trottni)lo,:,
The time for dressing arrived, and in agony
unutterable, klorence beheld herself arrayed in
the gorgeous robes.of a 'Sultana. Up to the last
moment, it-is probable she would not have gone,
but just as she was dressed, her servant announc
ed that Lord De Vere was halm Not the ex--
ile, when the threshold of home is kissed by his
feet; nor the reprieved criminal, when he has
felt-the--Fatal-rope;-nor-the-released-captive
when !Heaven's breath bathes his brow—confest
such deep, such soul-felt Taplure, as bounded in
le heart of Florente with this welcome newsk,
throbs‘ and with her fears banishing
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fegret, she schooled her brow and carriage; to a
mord: than:comrnon pride.
"The victory is won! the triumph.mine! How
could I distrust the power ofthrit Beauty, before
Bich so many have knelt as willing slaves? Be
quiet, Bounding heart! Loolcscornful, - glistert:
ing" eyes! never must De Vere imagine' how
deeply, IoW devotedly I love hini?
She then received the finishing teruihes to her
gorgeous dress, and taking up the mask, she
slowly descendeirto :the aaloon, where. De Vere
awaited her.
•
He started visibly at heappearance, and, for a
moment, emotion shook his manly frame to tre
tn-or; but soon niastering hiniself, he advanced to
her calm, but cold, with.a countenance compo's
q, •
ed. but Very pale. s" .
have waited on you for the, last time,-Miss •
RiVets, to—resign the .documents_of..skpPless
guardianship, and return the sernblatice o what.
Only through mistake, I loved. (These features
are fair, but eiva.s nottheir rare and regal beauty
won my love. I believed that in them shone the
light of truth, tntrityand tendernesst-1 was de
ceivedl—theirsole attsactiMitiMe. take back'ilip
worthless lineaments; me thy never moire can
pain orilarni.'4o .
He extended the letter of her father, appoint'
mg him her, guardian; and a miniature of herself;
with an unembarrassed and somewhat scornfub
air. Alas!, for Fkirence Rivers! had be but been
silentpad- be
. evinced the.smallest sorrow, Ile
Would have fallen 4 at his feet and besought his
pardon—but thus stoical—thus contemptuousf
-The - demon of pride rose paramount in her. heart
she miniature; - fitill - tverin; - frOnt its
lovely. nestling place, and haughtily presented it
to him, saying 7 -•Lord Wellesley De Vere has
conferred on ine the histobligatiori in his:power.
I thank him for returning , the pledg9 of a mils.
taken child; who, belie_ving gratitude to-be !eve;
,was willing tii.aserifice herself, however,repup
-nantly.-tO its-trammeis.' -
%it:nought enoughl Miss Rivers --it becomes
not: even the memory of
,nttachinent, to load it
with taunt or,-invective--It bas past .for ever?...
Yet if; as the fiend of her; father;' the vice sof
De Vere became tremulous, and his manner less
tranquil, 'Alias-Rivers would alloW • nie to . acquaint
her, of the great impropriety,, if not Wqrse,tifthe
company to which'she goes this evening;
*Be your aivice brief'then; 118 it is unasked,!"
'said Florence; extending. her 'hlind 'CO .the bell,
'or I shall hatiOly hear it! • Let Mni, 'Montague
and kir. Tredinion know that
, l'ans •iily,! she
eaiil thele.ijiani, i;ho sUiended thebell. ; .RriJ'
tkep:one A more Presenting the
,Poitinit t which •
he had not,,taket her, swelli ngaittitinle; malign
'robes, presented the second
Psdure• , . .• „ ."•;,
' !Take I.4frd,De Vere„andWhenyOU next
,Offer It, tell. but the, lady lim! Inielits.featurea,
belie the character`, its - realitrond-abe- will
spurdit from her out nowdodi klorence
was oy $l4 bid renounced him; andiwpit
, .
_nab
Printed and Published, Weekly, by George M. Phillips, in Cierlisy, Cuerland County,- Pa. s:
in_the._ motley- crowd, sOpported by
strong excitement to te•flow of wild spirits. Soon .
cartie - the scarce covert * riouble entendre, the gross
flattery, thi rude gaze, which made her slush
• equally, for herself and the company she was
Close td her, Trevanion reniained, assuming all
'the, permitted, airs of afavored lover, and_ even
* a defence from tlieliadei
presumption of strangers. ----
• 'Oh! take me hence!. This is no place for nte!
He said-41e knew;ii!' • 11641 not one friend left
to me from ibis breathing peitilencd?!
'Am I not your friend, your lover? . Take my
arm;.cast:thismantle round yon- 7 -your carriage
waits, this way,
• 'And-Mrs.Montague-mwitere-Is -
'Already in the carriage. Come, the crowd
thickens, lean' on me—so=dttvi 'urn felltiwal-
DC) yOu • not
,tee ladyr In—in dear _Miss
• •
Agitated to' .. faihtirtg, she viraiin:.tbe carriage
and fast rolling on, before she found
tiguewas mot-With hei„ but so-earnest, so res:
pectful were the attentions of,Trevanion, that she
Merely exclaimed,. 4 1lotnel, honier oh! let me
.belalone! noW. and for. ever .alone:'
,Wrarifin mortal misery, she . leeded. not' the-
time, the\ -distance, until, suddenly,-she ,felt the
wheels rbllink_on_the_smoothstoads.__LShe_caught
the.cheek. '
'They have mistaken-they-hre going wrong.'
- 4 No r it,--is-throug-11-Hudson-street_they_areLgo,_
ing, yoli know' it is ,not vavcd3 (It was not
the'lo ''l OrdCred them to do ao, to save you .
froni the joking of the pea': ' .
. She sunk: back satisfied, and roused not again
Srom - her - lethe(gyTuntillhe - carriage - stopped-at
a retired bouseolirtlie. Harlan - road, there the - -
strong lights - flaring in - ,. showed her that it was
pot her iiwri carriage or servants. She would
have screamed,,but clasping her Whig arms, in
moment _. . ..
a .the villain bore Tier in, ari .i throviing
to-thedoora, - stood with folded arms and sardonic
smile, contemplating his littended_victiMi At
-on-ce-all-herpyide'and—energy-returrreclT--.Sim
.2(
_
s 'ilii": - A - chiiiniifirrisOlefiirTlN'llat_inlY
this utrage:meint_ Is it . thus "you • Woo • a heart :
one refiAed, 'and now scorning you more' than
•
'Fairest lady,no!___ln truth.l woo no bride,
yet do I love you, charming Florence, and. never
more shall prudent father or haughty'lover come ,
between us!_ Yet will we have no marriage
trammels, gentle Florence,for- .
light as air, at sight °Duman ties,
Spreads his light wings 'andfina moment
'Wretch!' exclaimed Florepc_e, with spaikling
_• yes,="touch - rn - effOiFtaintinNA - with a - breath!
I have youth, health, and siren h, I will:reiist
er reast to _a
itS In.
all her
your dastard brutality to death! gill me you
m., , or overpower me by blows, but never sball
• • ur taintl i ng touclixlisbonor Alio living Florence.'
__One moment's _rude - struggle past, the neat a
strong arm sent Tievaniol reeling to . the ground,'
and a clasp—ckla.l4mLunlike,the-brutal-force,of.-
his, - supported her sinking frame. Her senses
reeled, yet a voicethat
,might have recalled her
from the grave, distinctly, she beard tq say—;.
'You-are -safe!-your carriage wits you! Fear
nothing, slight-has-beep-the .magic-that-brought
me here—gold re'vealea the damning plot. and
the memory of friendship saved yop! Come.'
The Weeping Mrs. Montague received Flo
rence in the carriage, her deliverer-sprang-9p
outside; at her \wn door She was lifted out, iii
sensible to all bu "; one kiss pressed on her pallid
brpw; and the Murmured words—'And now—=
happiness and Wine a king farewell!' , ,
• Six months',after, this paragraph was copied
from the Florence-papers—
" Married, on the sixteenth, in the great Cath
edral of San Marco, Franciss - Wellesley Lard De
Xere,-ttißalcinicc:youngestdattgliter ofthe.Comte
del Otruviit. The 'happy couple set off , for the
Palazzo of the British Ambassador, a near rela
tion of the bridegroom."
And shortly after there was anotherannouncre
meet in the gazettes of New Oilcans—
"Died, in the eighteenth year of her age, Flo.
,rence„only_tlatighter_of _the_late:Washington
Riveis of Trianon, - Florida." •
- ..PICTURE-11L
"Oh! woman. in our hours of ease
'-UncertiinTcoicandllardlo - plees
• And variable as_She-shadeT • .
IV the light, quivering slimen,mtlde
Wheypain and anguislt wring the brow,
-A ministering angel thoul"-:--Smtt.' „
'Good morning to your excellency and the ga•
Bette!; which is. I presume; fully as important a
-part-of-your ideatty : tltis morning,astheyerysyes
which are so rivetted to. it! - I trust I do not dis
turbyodr studies, Lord 4VellesleyiLr
, .
Well
"Hy no means, Lady-esley. pray come . in,'
said he, rising, as the . beautifullady held the door
of the library?, half hesitatingly, apt, 'pray, come
in, Salonie. I am not engaged. :
`There! have made Vie -Aqua and am, ae.
tually, , papt the charmed threshhold! : Madre di
Djosiwhy I dont seem*ldifferenee in a learn
ed room and
. !,hyl otherk 'but • for the quantity of%
'books! Pray, niy good, lord, what are those
old nasty, volumes full oft' •
4 - "Words, Words, laloniebut was jt make
nqu 'ries concerning books you . tgose so un4-
4/liiilh , early, and , ventured. hither in search of
rneit.' • '. • - •• •
•
'Not.-exactly!Vre'plied tlie volatile lady, color
joiraeating, herself at: the brealcfaet ? talile~..
gliutepw . iiim• here; twill taste your
P2114/4/4! - ; Oktierridtr,tfiffeetlfundiinkable, - ,
what, frightful ateff! Mercy tie! :what
vast= of Huns is We' -(,)"
TeJESDar, rEicRUeIIR.IV•O7,. , 4-83 S.
Many voices now 'sounded without; . the door
opette c d,,and tivii.beatitifid children;
accompanied= by a, Sister of Charity—the boy
sprang , to his father's side, and the lovely young
girl wassoonlestablished on his knee, each ea
gerly recounting the exploits or interesta, of the
morning's walk. , •
.• T s rair 4row of 111 - em9tlfers4 otide - d,
'Really, my lord, Ill:id/n(1 - 2er/ you had such a
propensity tordift - M - raingi - or-I-should-have_be,
forepromoted you as pap and panadamaker is
general: - Pray tiena - aietty tip - brads -while-I:am
here; I do not often intiude.
•
'And they never can, at least to filar fathei:.
These,,!..acly Wellesley,, are my regular morning.
guest?, and Ircannot displace them even when so
.horioied s as thisfdrning, foiyOn? -• •
'4:1111 very well, my lord:
. my : b usiness is easily
told; I Want
,4illds de Gangue, thaVs all; for I have
not .a paoli.left.°— • .
(Surely t ,Lwly Wellesley, you jest! - • , I . supplied
you, butitiveek ago; with.money- for six monthi
expenses. - Wltere is it?; ' • ••,,
,_•
bone—iost—gainbled away arecarle!'
'Come with me;, dearchtdren,' said a low.,
sweet 'voice orwinning mil d, and the children_
ran to Sister Louise, who led them from the'
121=1
itt-lle-Vere-firmly.- but-geiatty;
-thererbc.one-vice-more-disgusting-than -ayfother,
fn the iniquitous round - perrhitted . by fashion, it,
is-thaf-of--gambling--A_lemale_gamester! All
4elicacy; all womanhood is lost in the sound? 7-;
Moreover, my fortune, fortune, large Its it is, will not
bear such unheard of eittraVagance, and tor:rrAy_
children's sake, Lwill not injure_ it. Salunie, for
reasons best known tolmySelf,.-I have permitted
you . the most...boundless freedom; here-it must
end, lifiv - TreirCEt - Ttre - namejar my_wile• rriust,it
least; be protected-from' • stich a degradation as
you amongst a tircleilartinprinciplied,' replied he„
But I . wilMoYieave thin;' rejilic~l'rt i beau i=
rid
be treated jike a baby! -4-wilt-not-be-ruled-bY a
tyrant! I will go away—twill be separated.''
' Her string of sobbing invectives were broken
by a aweet, solemn voice, which said—
Those whoin God hath joined - toge.ther, let no
man put asunder!'
`De Vere appeared to feel the words, for he
arose, and taking the hand. of the pouting lady,
he aaid—'Sister Louise is right, we are joined for ..
life, and why fake its path, more weary by folly
and - dikorclance. Listen to me, Salonle, for I
mean-kindly—whatever debts you now owe, tell
me,.and I will cheerfully pay them, but from this
re -- lifedged" ro avoid-
EEG=
g amblin g . ,
Sullenly. and ungraciously was this compromise .
accepted,and De Yere was left alone. , He paced
.the room in..agitation e '
'Ay .c fOol that twas I made . evil, and now
I curse it. Pride_and passion wre cked my early'
holies, and then dazzled by the lustre of childish
beauty, If Married one,,who has neither pride,
passion, principle, otmense. Dazzled by beauty!
was I? Ah no! it was my coward — heart that
iiingid to Chain itself lest it should fly again to
its loved formed bondage! Oh, Floredce! .What
wgrt Mots, and what a thing is this?' ,
but do aS othersdol'.said the lady. sullenly.
4 Theiti I have been the .more blaine to leave
EMI
your wor,
!What has Lord De Vire tried to make it?'
asked those strange deep tones_of melody again,
and De Vera saw the Sister of Charity standing
by him.
.„
'Has he not sworn to love, protect and guide?
Has he dCne it? Tititil thelyilotwho - shimbers a
the helm be held Scathless when the vessel runs
among the breaker!? Shall the man who mar
ries a lovely child, and leaves her to . her own
foolish guidance, be held clear - to man and God
shooakekrAt - her_peace ?'
'Strange being s you say rightly, I have been to
blitme-4 will rouse myself to more atientitin
Yerihow can you, who never kneir what passion
Was; (a low shuddering sigh froin Sister Louise .
made him start.) or if you did, relinquished it for
the chilling rites cifaustere how can.you
giVe counsel to a heart whose_wild . emotions you,
cannot conipreliend?'
'There is 0241owhom all - hearti are open,'.so- I
leinnly replied the Sister of._charity. 'Ha has
. giveroo one and all a - rtlie of_conduet._Stormi-
May be the paitsions, and dark-the fears, but He
can bid the waring waves be stil,ll'4 - •.
Strange and mysterious were the stories told of
that gentle being, who had joined ilie Sisters 'of
Charity, under the namd of Sister,Lottilie. °reit
sorrow, some said great guilt, had evidently been ,
her lot, for no one 'ever heard her step sound joy
MIS ; or the low tunes or her voice lose, for a mo
ment, their oblemn sadness. • ' Young she was, but
sucl; glimpses of her yee as her ;short veil dig.
played, was startling in its ih;id plainness; few
saw her partake ef earthly fooa, none ever looked
upon her 'sleeping:, Rick she was, and came
highly, recommended to the Superior, by whoM
she was allowed a greater liberty thin comm o n;
She used iii however hut.Mstandby the -bed of
sickness, nesootlip,the Itirtirs of death. =- - I._._:_,
' • To , Lord , Wellesley's children ' she was very
dear, they had become - accustomed to her quiet
'pane, and were no longer frfghtened by her voice
of strange allavliallow sweetness.' To them; the
fearful features, cbvered ilyihe'rqn"is_ veil, spoke
not of disease 'or deformity;'they.loyed; Sister
Leuise, wlio taught theto,• nursed tile liK ' watched
and wailed on theni,, slith theieslotis love of an
affectionate mother.''''Nctr was It to, the children
alone Sister Louise wits, loluable; t"? thi , lr giddyi .
Itmughtlt Methir;iferivoil l'iiiidi rap spirit, n0. 7 0!'
came/kr ,t, I - :.
,f 4 Tvoy o ,cooseless Irritation, n w svarn.
ini
. 44,ainst i:covert evil, and ev frequentlyl
aapplying 'the wild extravagance of headlong
_ ,
• BY De Vere she was, seldom seen, and to him
there was alivays'something about her appalling.
The mysterY, 'which la natural to Italianiriile
pugthmtto.an Englishman; her unearthly voice;
. -
her noiseless' step; the fearful ••glimpses , .of her
11 ,--
corpse,like- features, johlotr-to=the - Afisitionless
manner of her speech, all combined to .give "the'
Idea cola spirit, revisiting the earth to =annn its
career of earthly sin, ,
-Some weeks past the last scene; and; in
spite 'of theTriennly offices of the_ Nun, conjugal
harmony seemed farther off than ever between'
the ill-assorted• couple.
IVrapt up in study„..andesemr -----7 e'greater
-part of De Vere's time , was spent in 'the ermaya
tioni of Herculaneum, and he soon wearied of ,
offering repulsed attentions to his. vain - and fri
volous wife. With his mind occupied by a buried,
city and a - ,gone-by generation. hetook MO little
notice of what was doing in that living _world he-
breathed, but did nOreiriselit. •
Lady Wellesley, on the'other hand, itiiirffiless, ,
soulless, heartless woman of beauty and fasi,fion,
was highly indignant that; her sensible husband
nid.nOt kneel to - her chorine of bearity4thove iwo
Triraiit sh - Ffit fetllieir marriage; slrulliek-ostin-ilie
,
glass and saw that the talisman wai not broken,
-nor ever dreamed of strengthening its power by
thestiarms of temper or of inind..
admira
tion of others still was left'her, and in this she
indulged with all the freedom of an Italian; the
love of - dress ann_pinamant too held astrorig
power over her weak mind, and to indulge to ex._
- - fremeirrtheseishe-co m menceil-that fipale -ot -all
ruin—Play. She vasaitting in 'tier boudoir late
one evening holding in her hann_a - Magnificent_
bandeau; just hoiden her by her maid. -
•• . .
--- 'How- magnifident.! Nyhat• a -size, ;and how.
pure their : waterl • Oh, Babette, can return
them? flow they -would. spar'kle in my-hair:l:-
What .was that the poet said about my'hair, the
other- .. nightt---'Starslo gem the=darlrneis of her.
hair,' and that was only an aignrette, and , this is
a bandeau! But then theirice? Pay for them° I
never can, and, if I accept theni 4s a present from .
the Prince, the price will be
'That of virtue, lady!' answered a voice, and
tbOtater of Charity came forward and motioneg,
coldly, to Babette tp leave the room.
'Ay, lady, look well on those bits of sparkling,
glittering stone, their price is that of virtue,peace
of mind, end hope, honor to a noble husband,
lame_to_your_spolless_chifflrettL...P_ut Ake rairsfm
you, they are enwreathed with living fire, and
will burn to madness the brain, blight the heart,
and scorch the young life's blood! Put them
away; they are the - bribe of the seducer, the bait
of the betrayer.'
4 HT:tur,TlLcvvlitit - rrrertn - your' - asked - th - e - latlyz•
• - "= •• 'Whit - I say, lady; tboae - sRts of glittering ore .
are the spells of the demon who would ensnare
you.. Once-wear- them,-once taint with- them
your piatron brow, and you are lost, body and
_mull Do you-hesitate?—Are-you-angry-that
should command you to be saved? Thps then
heir me,' and, ,in • deep emotion, the Sister of
Charity knelt at the feet of Lady Wellesley, 'hear
me! hear ule! once I was lair, and beloved-as•
thou art; fol. some damning toy, some gllltering
gaud like this, I cast love, hope; happiness,'Yea
life Itself away. To be as of the dead; to hold a
vampire life, living upon memory alone, to be
an unloved, solitary, wretched thiug;, this is the
curse yon tawdy toy will work you! -Have
mercy on yourself! Have mercy,upon me! Let
me not have sinned arid sorrowed In vain!, Learn
from lay c:readfulit)te to shun the rock I split on.
Cast from you the doom of death-and-NV-V.-
'Nothing could equal the passion with which.
the Sister of. Sharity uttered these words; tears
indeedahe BMA bot, but deep, sobs convulsed her
bototn:land she chilli/ to the 'robe of the lady as
though "pleading for her own life. All weak
nalnla_succumb .. to stroog emotion. and Lady
Wellesley trresoluteiliaid n ire'r lrom
'They are eo beautiful!' she said with a sigh.
all Ciel! I cannot, dare' not offend him by
returning them, for I already owe him a larger
auni . than Ivan kay, and you know 'Wellesley
wlontpay my play debts, so I must keep them. '
.'"Ne! no! no!' exclaimed Sister,..Loulse,
-matters-not what-you owe, you. shall pay-it,-1
Itave the money, I will give it you. -
• 'You! Slater Louise?! •
'Yeal have it! Little matters - t JvituLgoes
wv ti~ioutt , so yo s are saved. And, lady!' for
the love of God ; for.the sake °flour own sweet
beauty,-fos the honor of:—of—Your noble hoe.
band, for pity. , of your lovely children; see — him
no more. ( Promise, swear to me-you will gee
the.arclideettroyer . •
Subdued,..though not ,convinced,ty 'llte,-.oYer"
powering energy 'of her strange - Campanian, Sa
lonie gave the retjuireilprumise, aecomPiniedby
'hysterichl earls - and sobs; the%;Sister 'o uchirity
saw the casket 4 returned, Slie4 , rose sieTly' and
staggered to dual! apartment set apart fel' her,
she entered,- &lied fearfully around, secured the
door,' then reinoving from her face'the enatnel
mask she wore, she gave free vent to teati end
sighs. 'She is sued! She io saved! -have 'pot
lived in vitin!'.:
We pass now a period of some months, te,ceme
to.u. well 'remembered time when 11M. nsalaria,
Which, usually infests . Rome: and, its. v.i4 . inith.
yearly, burst out With :a tremetiOns sdolenet
which resembled , life"plague in . symptomsr..anci .
w cieilinost as fatal in its effects Thousands fled
the—inteeted city,l, none .retifilined, / eive
whose daily stilisistence'obliged\hem-te.
- ravages of pestileisee,"c those Whetii Sotieall
engressing passion hed maid*, lisdgfefent'to its
tide lair dr cherityted
asked oolt obtoinectreraiiisio9" to; ,4ke..antl7the-
children MA distant convent of her'order; situ.
.ateffar away, amidst, fertile 'rallies and idessant,
waters; something too - she 'had' muttered %Wilt
Wellesley himself, but, in this case, her adviCe
was disreffariled." He smiled at fear. .
is•the dissipated and intemperate, that:alone
need feart the pestilencewill not attack a itudious .
booltzwormlike - niyselt ---- 1 - cotild - not;• - noWleave
Rome without inteirtiptink the &mile of study
which , 1 .have fOliowed so laboriaisily. - • But Lady
-Wetlesley-and-lhe 'children will do well to leave
the eity.' •
.
Lillie persuasion was necessary to , Salcinie, to
inducer her to joi9 a fashitutable
party, who con-,
trived to-carry with them, into the beautiful set- -
itudei of nature; the noisy disturbances of-fashion
and tolin" the less, Perhaps, - beeattse Prince R—
.
h'er devoted , cavalier servente, was to Make one.
She went, and De Vern Was left_ alone in the
almost deserted ma nsion, ,, . -
Various circuMstances,-combided-to-: detain
Eister,Lcruittexivith. the children, longer, Owl she,
had at first anticipated; when-she returned, dli
ease as at its height,Sand terroi,aidecrthe worit
of death.' An universal_panic prevailed; parents
left their children, aod,husbands-ltreir wives; the
-young-saved therosel yes by. flight,Laild left _the
- ageTtirdie - frr - tbelrinfirmityrall - natural - feelin
or affeition seemed suspended_in the one peat
fear—that of death. - 2. '
-- To - th - e - ,jWlai.zo of Lord Wellesley, the Sister of
Charity first went, but found iti.hal is deserted.
The magnificent salo - ori stood open, the-rich
fur
niture and .massive plate lay a prey to the spoiler:
not one of the pampered.train of menials remain
ed to guard their maste.l o s.propeity in the hour of
danger.' Struck. with -unutterable- fear, - Sister-
Louise passed on to the private npartinents..of De.
Tem; , in the outer' ante-chamber- a tnarkjity
stretched. upon. the floor as in deep slumber—it
was the sleep of death. She recognized the fa
"Vorite valet of De Nere, and with a, throbbing
heart entered the inneechainber.
= Extended-on the couch, dreat as when he . had
first thrown hiniselt doWn, lay' the form' of De
in the last eta
YBte . , itppate
malady. With a supprest f shriek,the thin rushed
to him and. raised his head,' life still- beat in his
breast,.but so feebly that each throb seemed as if
it would-be-the-last.--Accustomed to illness, and
possessed of unquailing fortitude, she gave not
way to terror or despair, but instantly - set - about
ventilating the - room, and adjusting the couch of
"the sufferer. As he felt the free air, he faintly
_opmetble_eyes_artillinurnoreiLtwater;!..ifienWi
had with her a medicine of rare eflicscy in cases
of the prevalent malady; and"she found no diffi
culty In 'pouring some down' his Parched and
burning throat; then willialmbirmore than - we=
man's couiage, she resolved to leave him for a
- wbile - to - bring-more-fegular-assistance-with - he
What will 'not - woman's love and faith achieve?
In, the courre.of a few dog's De Vere was re
!Mired from the brink orthe .grave by the,perie
vering and undahnted attention of a poor Sister
of Charity. She procured an old nun from her
com:entsto assist her in- nursing, and prevailed;
by heavy brbies, on two- men to remain in the'
house; and tfilte_ch eof all its valuables. All
r i
medicines and .noy pment she administered to
the patient Ifersel ,_ 'and alight and day_viatched
him -pith unwearying charity." Just as the dis
ease had , turned, and, although reduced to infan
tine weakness, the patient might be considered
recovering, Sister Louise received a message
which gave her visible,uneasiness. For the first
time she Prepared •fo leave her charge; recoin
mending him again and again. to the care of the
elk nurt a ssand :. entered- a- con veyanee - which was
waiting to take her to the splendid mansion where
Lady Wellesley Wad Jaughii4s-aWaylhe hours,
little-knowing or caring of her husband's fate,—
'At the moment the . silly, unprincipled woman
was listening to the fitittdrie's of a man who,
-couched at her feet was pouring sophistry into
her ear; and . polluting heT matron purity by,
er. I --- • . .
Words of lawless love..
'Give yourself to me,' he raid, 'my beautiful,
my. beloved; fly from a heartless, unloving hus
band to the arms of adoring love;-give me but
your assent; nay, but fool( on me with those dove
like eyes, and who then shall - part us?' •
'One who comes from' er husband's bed .of
'suffering s , perhaps of - d :Telt!! answered the Sister
ot - Charlty,sternlY imskitig in _between them:,_ .
'lnfuriated fiea lelicavermut ..rise-ttna.-com
with me. Come, eri the violateritluties of a.wife
and mother'be broken never , more to reuUlte!--.-,
Come, ere the soft tones of the seducer bb eChited
by thehlssing scom'the loud reproach of a whole
world! Come; ere the flat of guilt, Of fin; and Of
sorrow, be irrevocably registered!'
ly well preached, Mistress Nun,' said the
geritletnan,':yop-have the exact tone of a death
bed homily; Wit be pleased to carry Your pray 7
"era and you preachitig elsewhere; here 'they are
not needed.'
'Siletice,lool!' exclaimed - the Nun, in. a tone
"kilt notwithstanding its hoiloivness, was pfliv
er4l in its set:sinful, indignation; 's nee, man,
lest I proclaim thee , what I know,thee; impostor,
coward' and Aye, bully and bluster as
you .Overard Trevanion
False Prinee,'lelse.heart, false' every thing! Ile
who Weldefitrlke against! !Iceland's right:A
inbanCe'clivee sticletnient thiftelitsl4
dill.unconscious infants he deprives el\ a parent * ,
blistei hie thigh and' Mode w his bones! Ma .ii;
Werny he drags down upon his victim tab td n .. :
181i1,tiv4i9n his own heaeand sick hitailown
to hell' geWard! disci! yillain!.=,•ll WO ,. your
•Everard
As it"a_thc i nderholt (Olen 'lcsfere Omitting.
pair, came the inmsLof - passion. from tbe.generally
mild and p act un. ,Covered" wain -
Iconfusion,
-the (else Pence dared neither reply ordepy—end'
BE
ilil
.1111EIV• ,r0L..2.- , Xo. 13.
hisAilly companion, astounded:at his silence,sufi
feied herself to be led from the room, unreeist- • _
Ugly, and . pheed ii Me carrjogeliy, Sisterii,buistkii , •
- 7, !Listen`
,to me; olr vain4iii fooljs4, woman; . , `
once ,more -in , your own despite are yen,,liaved,
andyour noble husband, if spared by deeth,shail °
~' ^
neveritnow-that-your --wish ,has`-73inneci. :Bp_
-werned7-bewarelHNow_is_lhe_time, the_only • -
~
lime that: remains to you for redemption,[refuse
the mercy now offered to id% and sink for ever
.. _ .
to infemy-and ruin.' • • • • .
— Unniored -by the generosity_ef•
.. er strange
,companion—untouched by the danger o f ber hus- • , •
band—rmearing of aught but' herself,.-and --un- -:"
thiriking-ef-any, thing but iliernd pleasure, -
f y a
unprincipled did egain refuse the of
fered mercy- -OS the next day, she was inissingY ".
and soon tidings came of her , elopement with the •
pretended Prince. 11:--. But retriVution billowed '
closely oniier cold blooded-gitilt,.in passing; fa
their .9ightZeomeinfected village, the adulteress
..=
slikined withilie malady,, and alone,.desertecl In '
e•the*lliour of danger by her destroyer--forsa- •
kid:a - rid ii - retthe*_thegitilly, licoman •lire,athed ,
her list; -one-01-the-thOnsand victiins t 6 vaniky' -
and fashion.- : : • .. . ' .' - -•,• . •
;And sister Louise? Did she desert the post she - .
had' voluntarily assumedrUlinrotrgh-A-e.;•.-
tang watches of the night We kneltandiireyeik
by fier reviving patient, she gaied-itioon hie face;
alretnly beginning to mho*, the hnei - tatlife, and
blest God for , all his mercies. -
'One night, when her charge slept more
usually sound and tramil, the had reinaved they enardelfea • mask,. whltk she always were, i antl
kneeling by the couch,. her thoughtv_were, in
voluntarily, murmured aloud.. • '
Y. I feel—l know that my ain is foigivenl
In.this great mercy of God, I read the padon.
- of-My early fault and folly!% - And oh merciful - TT
•
Father! who dost judge our erring hearts With
love and piety; grant that I may see hiat'onco
niore ere:stored to peace - and tumidness; and thin
let me never beheld himyfore'
'Florence! Florenc„,e Rivers! My own—own
• of the - terrible • el
ex,.faimeti-De-VereT-whci—wat
1=302
_ She uttered a wild•' scream—he repeated -her
name and faintly stretched hip arms—she fell into
them, and once more was Florence Rivers clasp
ed.to the heart of De Vere! • , , •
— Few words are necessary 4c; explain 'this; the
third and last picture. After her parting with the •
man her heart idolized, Florence, tortured by re
m orse,_ and_maddened4rith regtet fell into
_a
long and dangerous illness, from which; in her
impatient . misery, she prayed n„ever to "recover.
I But Heaven was kinder:to her than her wish;
-y-citillrartirstrengthloftonstitutiongraduallycon
(wired the disea-e, but as repeatedly she had been
-reported—dete — there - was - littlenllMMlW-lii - h
monring her" wish, to be considered' so by the
world. She . chose her retreat - in a convent at
Charleston, where she would have taken the
.owe, Vt. was legally unable until she should . be
o age, an ere the ro :
mantic- desire
.of hovering
guarding spirit to thihappy wife of De Vere. •
• Her great command or money. easily,overcame•
alltbjectieria_te .. ,her joining the community; and,
wearing the dress of a Slater or Charity, although
'not prnressed one of their order.' The goall Ab
bess received her as one performing a penance
for sin, and never had reason to regretter com
pliance. . -
For three years then had Florence RiVers;the
yourig, proud;
. beautiful.,Florence, lived. as the
lowly, penitent nun t humang r her-pride-to.vne -----
nial services, and learning the small.. value of
beauty at the bed of disease and death: Over the
unfortunate. wife of De Verekhe had watched c And'
sorrowed as for a second self;
. with
torture,
_she ha d beheld . the effects of , her 4iVrt
folly,, in wrecking the happiness-of De Verei - ---
itiittrepentant love, she had devoted her,titne to•
supply a mother's place to his neglected Children'
-,t4
em Iver--never• once, tothe pratse ot' her truth
and . riurity be It spoken, never4ince did she allow
the man she loved, a chance otbelieving
in 1ife., , :./!itkw_her._ _probation was past,' shw had
found herimace in finding out its bane; she bad
received, in deep.%minty, abitter lesson toi pride
end passion, she bad repented:in lettirliutei.o'f' —
spirit.- the gootl deeds able bad donei-unhoping
ol rewstrd,,had returned in ten-fold bin:singe : on
her own, head, and, nit- longer -the proudiNgilla - .. -- •
self- Willed -Floroncillivers, abe,gave.her'hartd,
in tharatfill es& to blm' to tvhoni
faith had been solleeply,proved. • • ,
His dreato of domestic biltirmissittlly'realized,
DeMere', todiffereice i !o subluitery mattersti
, v. 4
Jibbed most miraculously; (the becitue less of
student, beim* *pore of a Iniaband'inii`lather;
happy in his home, blest• in his love, tesitikedlt!S
life :and Well beer:bieisitis;he'tiekiniiiktedikia
with iratilude, the theieittifliatidAirhieh from id+. •
versity he'd drawn the preeltgajeiivel of content.
add Itifed each day dietteraptißdusly to bless and
love the Sietei of. Charley, .In • da'nge,r'sn'd ati
esee,slie-had, practically, fulilled the `peertitieatiii- -
tiful. apestr?phe of wontan'S devotrotil ' ' Y.
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