The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-02-22
A WIDO WIS STORY.
FROM 'MARsTos' IN BLAcKwooi

days TO all sfli citing sights and sounds,
7ul for my good old Beguine. On her
first visit at dawo, she Iecured prodigi-
Dusty on the folly Of exposing myself
to The hazards Of the night air Of whlcI
she evidently thought much more thar
Of The AusfIao cannon balls. 'The'
might shower upon the buildings as til,
they pleased, 'bu said the Beguine, 'li
they kill, their business is done. 1t Is
your cold, your damp, your night ait
that carries of, without letting any
one know how,' The perpIeXly O.
science on this SUBJECT forming the chieI
cvrl in poor Jullrt's mimi.
See my own condition., sad sht
'rIving 10 briHk her recoll eclons IL
4ld Of her advice. At fifteen bar
maid at The Sworz Adler; there ra'
a and oul, danced al all the family (er,
md was as gay as a bird on tree. Bu'
that life was TOO good 10 las'. Arlwen.
~ corporal of PrusSisn drsgoons, fell
IN love with me, or | with HINT l.
ali the same. Hi. reglmsnl WIS or lerro
10 SllesIa, and away We all m'Chsd
Bat if ever there was couot y If Iog,,
that was the one. There are, U0'v 4nc
hen few even in cur delighted tr4oce
bu, in SilesIa, they have pa!eut io,
hem, par privilege, if men could ca,
Item there would never be chance of
Naryiog ia S,lesia. So we all got 'or,
hroais. Cannon and The uu,ksliy
vele nothing to them. Oar drtguons
Iropped of like flies at the e0a Of sI,u
ner aud unless we had b en- ortered
,way 10 keep he Turks from marching.
o BcrIlng, or the saInls know where
he regiment wonId have had 1t. las
quarters 10 his world wlthin lesgu
# Tho marshes of BresIau. So say
aver sncc--rake care Of Damp
Hiyins rhus relieved her 5ood.na'ur. g.
~ spiri' of II. 6urden she proceeded To-
i've me sketches of her history. IN,
corporal had fallen vtclm--thougt
whether O Sill sian fog brandy b ll,t
he felt doubtful uI--tnd she hti mar! lrG
,is successor 10 rauk. Love snd malrI.
nOuy in the army are OF off eren'
h4racler from either in civil hi, 70:
he love is p,rpelUal lhe majrlmOn!
,recariouS. juliet acknowledged thai
he never felt above months interval
,c ween her affl lIclons IS a widow ana
,er cUosoIllOns as wife. In the c0urs.
II time she changed her service. a
,ludspme Austrian servant wo0 he'
,rarD aod hand, and she followed bin,
o Hungary. There, between marsh
ever and Ia, kl,h sk!rmishlng. var,ou,
occurred in The maJrnonIa'
rsr, aud juliet, who evidently bat been
handsome brunette, e,aUd whose FtenCh
,ivacI,y distanced all The hesvy charms
# Austrian peassntry, was never with.
,ul husband Al length like other
elerAn having served her conntry TO-
he full extent Of her palro'Iam, che was
discharged with her tenth husband eod
f course induced The honest Auslrsin 10
omo TO the only county, on which in
French womao's creed The sun shines
rGere he Austrian died.
i loved him. said HE Beguioe wip-I
ng her eyes. lie was an excellent lsI
ow though dull, a0d | believe mex
o smoking schnap', he loved ne b,treI
han Anything else Ia the world. b.
n his emperrors birth day which h,
lwsys kept with bottle Of branIy ad.
llionsI hs rsmbied onN ioro the tog aud
anne back with a cold d.-Pesri | knew
I was al. over with him, but | uurs5o
i'm lik a babe, and he died Ike a tru
iusrian, win his meprshaum in HI |
month leaving me- his snuff box, The CT !
hcsto Of his pension, and his ble,'l0g |
buried him, gol peusiorei and VA
,rokan hearted What then w4s to b
lone? was horn for society. ono
'r twice thought Ut e'egenln hu,
lnnd, bu, ! was rcb 7 mad above
houyand francs, ood pension OF 3 huo !
Ired this perpeIexed me. ! was deter,
mined TO be married for myself alone
Yet how could | know whether The hy.
,ocrites who clustered round me wer,
lot thinking Of my money all the whiIei
So | determined 10 marry no more-&
became a Beguine.'
In oil my vexallon, | could not help
urning my eye upon The sentimenlalIs,.
She interrupted it 10 the happy way o
Ter counlry.--'You wonder at my self
ienial,' said she, i perceive it ia you
Isiou,hment. ! was but fifty then. Yrs
iaid she cIasping her hands and locking
pathetic, i acknowledge that | Wa