Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-10
A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE.
from the French. J


Iron the Freueh.l
One afternoon, in the year ls-, l was sitting
lonesome and llstess, IN the parlour OF We h" ,n
one Of the dulest villages in the south OF France. IL
riined in torrents that was forced TO ma amuse-
rnert within doors. Ia this l was particularly I'M
successful. sa,a couple of hours at my solitary
table to while away the time, yet the evening was
hardly hegun. Whatto do next to Kill the nmef
walked up and down the room I'LL was reo, and
then in despair began counting the drops as .ney
trickIed down the window. My kind iandlsdy saw
how slowly the time passed With me, and tried oy
the scanty means in her power divert my llstess
ness. She brought me flute, which seized glad
ly, but It was cracked in three places; and Inc only
violin the house possessed wanted two strings. mol
possessing the gifts OF Psgsnini, | could draw no
music from what remained, and threw IT aside IN
despair. Had she any booksl She did not Know,
but would try ind some; and came PACK
after some time with an odd volume OF sup'u no
vel. This read through, and tired to read again.
n,ture was unequal to such an effort, and the vo'
lume was flung INTO the same corner win the VIC
lin. Casting my eyes round IN the hopeless search
OF some employment, Ichanced TO see on one OF tne
window panes, the names oil Casimlr ana 1uhs
written on the glass with diamond, within heart
This little Incident was prize Tor an iu'er, anu
drew near the window TO examine the names win
feeling something like Satisfaction. My hostesS
who was beginning TO despair, was delighted al
finding something TO amuse me, and began at once
81 see monsieur is looking at those two names on
the glass. All, those young people die not hnd inc
tine so heavy here as monsieur does"
"You know, then, who the names belong tot DO
tell me the story"
with great pleasure. Last spring, young
gentleman and lady stopped here one evening, and
stayed with some weeks They were ooth
handsome, and 1t was hard TO say which seemed 10
love the other best. They lived in the little room
10 the south. which looks out on my daughters
hlwer garden, and never went out all day long
At evening, they used to take walk by the river,
add often noticed, when they came home, that the
lady's eyes were red, as though she had been
weeping, and the young man looked as II he want
cd to cry too. They were kind and gentle TO every
one and all the peop pie about the house loved them.
WHO they were, or what brought them to such an
out-of the-way place Hs this, could not tell, and
they said single word about their at iirs.-
They paid me regularly out OF purse which saw
was gett,ng emp'y every week. So things went on
and we h I'd got used TO strange visitors that
we did not trouble our heads much about them,
wh.n early one morning was aroused by the
smell of smoke, and jumped up, thinking the house
must be on fire. A thick, choking smoke that came
from the south end CT The house almost stuffed me-
1 ran fast | could to the room where they
slept, aud when | opened the door, what do you
think saw. sir1 Why, there lay the poor young
gentleman and lady on the floor and the room was
filed with the charcoal they had lighted over night.
Only think Of two such sweet pretty creatures kill
ing themselves. | opened the window and the fresh
air seemed TO revive them little. While ! was
trying TO help them heard carriage stop at the
door, and ia a minute n stranger rushed into the
room, tall, fine looking old man, with military
air he knew the young man at once, Tor he crled
'Oh, Casimir, my son, my son, my sonr and came
near falling ssnseleSs himself by his side. How
ever, with the help Of my women, we soon brought
them all to life; and then you should have the
10y of them all, and how they laughed and cried;
and |, too, hard any Of them. The old gentle.
man was General de Beausencourt, found and the
young man his son. who had married a beautiful
young girl, far below him IN rank and fortune, and
fed with her TO escape his fathers anger. The Ge-
neral had been hunting for them ever since they left
Paris, firmly determined, h he found them, to force
his son TO 20 home with him. aud have the marriage
dissolved by the courts. But when he found hi,
darling son lying there so pale and speeches., III:
love the better Of his anger and he not only for
gave him, bat. ior his sake, his young wife; and al
their troubles were over at once, and al were al
happy as happy could be, and all went away IN th'
generals carriage"
NY landIady's story Interested me deeply, and
hardly knew which TO admire most, The affection Of
che young couple or the generous forgiveness OF the
father.
Two years had elapsed, and had totally forgot.
zen the lovers and their adventures, when was in
Eited TO pass an evening the house of one Of our
most distinguished painters. When entered the
room, found our entertainer engaged in CONVERSE
zion, with man of grave and psnslve demeanor
They were talking OF marriage, and the painter
maintained with warmth that there no possibI.
lily OF a happy union without ardent mutual afec-
ten HIS adversary insisted that such marrias es
were always unhappy. After datag on this view,
he added 81 ply from the bottom Of my heart those
thOughlless beings who hope to realize their fAntas-
sc dreams Of love and happiness in such union.
Yes, pity them from the very bottom Of my heart,
for they will be cruelty undeceived, and bitter
iy regret their fatal, their irremediabIe error"
"SIr," replied, II think ! could mention two
persons whose example would trlum phantly con
lure your reasonings." And then told the story
had heard at the inn which affected entertainer
deeply.
"Well. siri" asked.
"Weil," replied my Antagonist, THAT young man
will bitterly regret his fathers relenting before he
has heen married year. Degraded by the un-
suitable alliance he has entered into, from bis pro-
per position in society, and chained TO a woman
whose associations and IDEAS are totally different
from his, owing TO the different sphere IN which she
has moved he will ose all pride and ambltion and
barely yegetate through unhappy existence.
Now, he wall have 10 endure greater and more real
evils. Safety, indifference, and disgust will soon
succeed 10 the tomauc aTdour OF the lovers and
their affections be wholly alieaated from each other
Such is doubtless the existence o. your Casimr and
hiss wife"
"You know the hero Of The story then !" asked
the painter for had not msntiOned the names a
any Of the partieG The stranger seemed not TO her
the question, and eil as 10 JOIN party al the card
Iable. A few minutes Afterwards, a young mar
came TO tell him bis wife wished 10 90 hone ia
IN the middle Of the game, and the Information
communicated 70 his features most uneq uiVoeal e1
preston OF VI humor. eco and wait on your sise
home" he sweted, and went with his game
The young man went up TO pale unhappy looking
SoDan, who presently Jeff the room with him
"Who is that lady who has Just gone out ?"
aeked the lady Of the house.
MADAME Casimir De Beausencouu,p WaS the
answer
yEsUvIUs HERCULANEUN, AND PoNPRII. IN IA
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