The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 1854 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1.
SAN ANJONIO, TEXAS, JUNE 24, 1854.
NO. 1J.
hi t ilUn Jt*r tte &«er.
JAIWili: KOin iMER,
STou v ur XII e. UEAUT.
BORLl«UUE PICTURE GALLERY.
By riNl.KY J 011 .V SON.
accompanied. He did not*hcar the whispered
words thai tallowed, fie did not know—poor
solitary seckerafteran i in possible wain, it wa-
^erbapyai well
op 1
! vr a
. al*
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(Continued.)
No v the fus túnate lover was on? of those im- j IchaWF* Funeral Procession, sine
}.n>ive men who, in a cncK always do the , ul.u* 11 if 11 .. -.1., "'j'.111,"1 ■'■
wrong thing, ami do it too quickly. instead oí that despairing woman with vain Strength and
seeking an explanation, he wrt ie back a t*- j lacerated heart, !• lipping inch by inch along the 1
proacUiul reply, ami hinted al some dai-k catas - . sward in iur feeble eifoits to save h,er djfing ¡
trophe. After sédUny: tins iii^ive.híí hñMie- j lover, a||he saw agonies of untold intensity
¿lately. rrpaired't 1 a "secluded part ofthe neigh-1 at solely radicaling from every point of her !
Ikmhood, wWtethere wa? a deep p<*ol. tie , convuKed form, and printed kgmly in every
CHAPTER^'
week* flew by, and each day saw
visitor at John Laeev's. He brought
itches and boquets of winter flowers,
pieces of mineral which he some*
up in his walks} and in time sh<i
upon his visits as*a. series of in-
rrences. They pleased her~~tPO.
ftbee
r hi
fW]
tno
c
evitable
{lis superficial and briU
such a rontiastto
turn of thought, tb
I swollen «n tiple and bmating ve|n, his custcrma- j *ame tecliug ot sai
taial,ca||)uew • fot souk him, and he grew j es wpn fffe/ wan'
ííitatid. tried 10 quell the coming storm i e*1. majestic
... . ^ r5tLcauld
Cú&Va* a- on.re. Miatñtpe pre lady had: ^greater tha
veived hi- reply t > what dtc had"never written, j. his owe stern will turn the bailanee against
■ -~' " <mi •
i!tvre t<tb>*etí hi¡ nselÍ in the sivie attd.-learí
f¿i> reiaiM-iiiing a chauce lor lite, he so aira
rt '.hat whrri lie struck the fatal bTtjw-, he
1 v,ití tüfc «jeep. poiil, and : thus jfiilgM jatíÉ
a at
n ver gat i on was
but solemn
nek with the
one experienc-
a great for-
buds are too lofty
urnd.d at Lis tin eat oí '.«If destruction,
traced h^n 10 the Jorjst pool. A? she broke
th rough th j thick houghs,
the p t. she heard lit^ la-d word
with tremh!in^ Im-nh
that vetee «ted _
-— 'it wis Iter üaíns"; iWE^^Bstaiít síhf saw-
on bleeding iftU> -.Ifipboi, «Sur.eivin^, she
.fished fowaid and Mi*:iv«*ttfhag htm out, but
;d#rtPt stren|lh enott^ii. jRe was nut mona I- j
i, but i^d raint^íi ami con%^ot «*-
r effoit ^. While «he #a'# thnn,
her foot had tra;k«4- her to the place, a* l i
tweeu the leaver calmly beheld herdis-'
Tlie gust "came—he could no longer contend I.ity in NV alker s nature endeared him to Carrie,
with the tempest, obey ing the impulses oí this ¡ I his love for love it was—grew beneath
strange* unseen power, he tore through the j *f**> without his being in the remotest
serene of boughs, uttering wild cries of self ae- | degree, aware ot its presence. I|e placed no
ewnation—toreanadiy, along the sward to the reMramt upon her, and in his blindness
ot
place <>i agony. , With one strong exertion
netvous power, he plucked the dying
from tha water, and laid his .dropping" head
a^inn lady's tj||||t^m wihlty thew his
a raw a 1 oft as it 10 c aleh the bea u t i fu 1 sp ir it of
iraver-e-unseen for years—that floated visibly
>efore him in the ofl&iTair, Out gushed the
si rea in fug t ears—otft^piedt lf##oroS of peni-
trnce; and there, npotr^ms spot which he had
consecra ted to evil, did he deliver up bis spirit
T to the sweet eoirnsels of a better arrsftd."
And 1 be vouth lived!" asked Carrie, who
c
have not fm.ish.ed," said Carrie,
ie -stc^'jied short. *'V^u. bive not
-lydd.WHpii't'ettier the lover died. < p win ther sh*'
auecH'^ed in saving him, or wh^t become ot
1 tie w i eked suitor*^ # .j.'was listening breathlessly.
f" The piteare t« !U no more,'' replied Walker, | ¡-^The youth lived, and the latjv loved
an 1 that you know was my theme." * thdseonly loiy-e who have perilled life !o
' Everything should have a conclusion, said j other/'
Lije y otherwise it is incomplete and cannot sat* j ;And the wicked suitor V'
ivi y. pray end your story." _ j «« Wicked no longer, he expiated by a lite of
Iti* not wi>#lhe->11 eludttig," replied Walker, devotion his tremendous crime: «ana the lady
i i in i aitj «hi ivfiff münfc.* 5' lu- i m 1*^ —
Ui&\
or*
as
th
laughi aglv.
•Á ba \ sign
i am tond ot fragments." ami her lover seeing bis penitence, forgot eve
favored their attachment. He took notice*!
her peril, heard no waj;njng in his bosom,
gave himself up to the cairn elaboration of hi|
dreaiB. Carries studies stiillwent on, and still
did John Laeey niay the part of sage and conn-
sellc^t when his heart^'aiyyypag with the fast
fathering fires of love. to his resolve^- >
owever, he kept it to himself. Spaj tan-fike,
he crttehed it to his bosom,- even white it de- %
voureti him, and never breathing a word in -
Carrie's e^ that night hint to her Of he^ ^posi-
tion, near betraying by a look the dést
which he had denied her.
it was a dull, gray evening, about fnnr
o'clock, when Carrie Mottimer, entered the
hall door, and without speaking to any one
hurried to Éter room. Assuredly there was
something nntisü&J in her appearance jast then.
He was not the same gilt whgir"*" *
three hoars before joymm ft 1
racefully mockfngher
'T-¥r
mm
upón the horr|lf
eold and motionTe
uitor tvvh
through^
makin^ethoHgii co _ .
capable of thougitt. Wiiile tracking the i
cd lady through tbe woods, a certain calm
ing of sátisfied revenge filled his heart, bn#
w.^a tepidity about his evilr\es||that iKdiiot
rt fierfWláetlvity or lo«g life. The silence of
the fore#the anlicipatton of unknown catas-
trophes, and perhaps a certain lurking gfeaiá
ot conMenee that stole o verbis liental tbrrk-
^r^c^-caM a^ sort of spell aroBj|d Jhe spirit of
vengeance, and it began to >le%p nponjts post.
He reached the- vista in the trees, and there
through the part in
c love. At ftrsi
" MstHTa róoní
1 in that fóghmü stnUe of fro^h máckery
attracts onr attention In the pteture. Vtn-
ueance was moi^ntfrily aroused, and watch#4
sietnly at the oniposfH of his Bni the
lurking apetl began tfl work again, At he saw
Tohn Lacey, and kneeling at his feet, looked up
^ at him with an expression of loving satisfac-
tion.
14 Eloquently concluded,1' said Robert Walk-
er, a dark scowl flitting across bis features; u it
endjs with a good old mor^jU/ «Ue4 to youth,"
ttMH*" *
he dd d with a slight sn<
bent, her st^p convulsed and uní
a dush like that of fever burnet
She tatted til
her ii^ rookln^vestal chambeé
a moment on t)
ly, as if seeding
u tWo
tato a filial
said mother
tmg leave beheld the
t <jj«a>lfm oi' yieasu
'*1 was expecting a
Martha.
in Witl not a spirit do aa well¿,, asked Lacey.
It dwell* in every human %eart—it's name
is perfection.M
t " I most go," said Walker, rising abruptly
a Assuredly, if the weather iteeiitta,"
14#la>
John Lteey, as ht tat ft theftre, heardi theac
simple words exchanged In the hall, hut he did
not see the othejr farewell by which they were
he
m
isted and
nterpaue, as if file were
errible t
physieaily to
e
lit alte
W
ami
m:
trtienlh«
she
^ceio
m
sobbed and heaved
agaiflMMtfee bed w
ing all over it in la
small slender fingers t
twe coanterpa
tar
door opened
umc*n*ca ntm ew* j
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