Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-06-27
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LIE resolution ut his HfhaIIlHl companion
was 81 inplaBahle and IT. tefFflYina. the
prayer Of the po0f woman was So POIGNANT
and daspa ring, that the doctor saw that The
dictates Of humanity commanded that he
should obey. lie took his implements,
cast one more enqHtfiug look upon the tn
known, who pointed to the alegve az his
only answer, with an aponized heart and
with bis brow believed with b cold swaat,
and %stffth9BliG all his energy to his mid.
bb applied the knif8 III the wHst. Twt6s
his hand failed-at length tie blood Et4hed
lgftll, a stflek was heard from the ale8vs.
and The silence nj death followed The
unknown stood silent and t~ttn0yed==ths
noise of the horrible operation alone was
heard; soon both the hand and The knife
fell together The doctor was deadly palej
be looked nj The unknown with hagRatd
eyes. The latter stopped, picked up the
haHd took The ring from the finger, aud pre-
sefted 1t to the dDetoti
"Take 1t doctor, said he-tet II be n
souvenir t5 Dne will ever demand ii Of
you again.
He then added in n loud v9ios-ft IL
doie.' Immediately ttie two other niash.
ed tnet entered, again bandaasd the dee.
tors eyes, and led bin away. I hB satne
carriage that had brought him carried him
back h. his own door. The doctor took off
his bandaEe, and saw the berlin disappear
Ing In the darkness. III was five o'clock
in the morning.
Fot three mont y III Hutefti sought In
vain To- discover by eyBry means an eKplan.
alton of this terrible adventure. Had IL
not been for The ring, an undeniable evil
denee Of the reality If his remembrance, he
wgttld have supposed himself the dipe 9f
s6ne Illusion. BtH, hoping that ibis very
ring, the ouly token hs had preserved Of
that terrible night, might sooner ar later.
bring about soins explanation, hs wore IL
suspended TO the chain If his watch. A
few days sihee the doctor was invited III
the ball given by the Countess d.
at her hotel in the rus de Varennes. Al
the elite Of Tie titled a~shionabi8s erowdina
thither. The greatest names Of France
slbowed tbs most distinguished If the Ger.
man diplomacy. In the commencement Of
The evening the attention ofall was attract
cd by 8 young man, with Il pale face, d
sad expression, who from time 10 time waps
dersd through the saloons, In an anxious
manner, and then sadly withdrew from the
crowd.
This young man CHANGED, In The course
Of the evening, tn stand ~ front If NJ Hin
hertz. His eyes, wlieh had lighted upon
him ut first meeha nieallY, now seemed fixed
upon him, and rested with d fdgbfft Ok.
preston Upon the ring which sh9ne above
his waisteoaf.
Suddenly, The young man passed. abrupt.
" through The group thai. separated him
from the doctor he went straight ap 10 VI
Huberti, and iostled him fudely and III d Dc.
libefate manner
The doctor very politely expostu1ated.
The young man, without making my
answer, struck him. The nproar produced
by this seems tnay be easily Judged. 4
duel ~ tn take place between this young
man aud the doctor. We Gre guilty NJ no
indiseretion in speaking of this affair,
which Is known to NIL Paris Beftfe the
police caur read this Gpiiletoi the dttel will
have taken place, and very probably Ii viii
give rise 10 explanations that may throw
sesne light upon this mysterious affair and
taan the sad history In which doctor Hi.
hertz has been one Of the sad actors.
The Brussels OtserDatsur gives the follow.
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the following relation will prove:
1t turns oHt that The story recently publish
ed Of tbs hand fgt off, and which was 40
tipctursd with The Jealous hidatgo. |
the revengefat SpanisFd, and which our rea.
supposed 10 be- designed ~ A puff, and
We aver, We did not ourselves credit,
70 litIe 1t seems like Paris, ia nevertheless
trug-trIe from one end 10 the other. One I
If the actors in this sad afgiir has been In Bfas-
sells the last two days. II Is from hin that we
hare the particulars, which we hasten to re-.
late.
The young Matilda de-, four readers
undeFstaBd why We do not Indicate her
name, even by her inittalsJ III the daughter Of
Jne Of The most distinguished soldiers of the
Her father gained An elevated sta
ion, glory, and high grade IN the army, but IL
1Ue Of the few generals whom he emperor
I'D not enrich, Matilda haa, therefore, no
ortgne to give her husband.
Napoleon De~-is the grandson of the
toble Duchess De-. The Duchess has
My her rank, an empty title without fortune. y
The Duchess and the General wbo had long
,een friends, had promised each other The
Of their children, but they soon repent.
ID Of II. While Matilda and Napoleon loved
zach other, The General and the Duchess, both
lneagy as TO the welfare Of their children, and
ooking somewhat to their own interest, per-
together a scene borrowed from gen.
eel comedy.
If my daughter said the General marrjes
poor devil Of a Napoleon, then farewell 10
II chance Of luxury or pleasure. h
If my grandson said the Duchess, mar
les a maiden without a dowrg, how shall we
be able to restore the dignity Of our no
10 houseP r
The General, therefore, sought 10 alineate {
1atilda from her lover, and tie Duchess to I
sparate NapoIsce= from Matilda. But in this d
1ey we're unsuccessful. Napoleon and Ma. /
Ida loved each other too sincerely not 10 g. !
Did all the snsres that were spread for their !
experienced youth. =
Unable 20 succeed in separating them frnn
other, the General and the Duchesasne
sed in bringing about The departure Of Ma {
oIeop, and his prolonged absence. Their 0
Of fortune required il. Napoleon must
40 q blgh position. The Minister had just i
sacbed hun, az first secretary, to a distant a
If be refused 10 10 be would sauf
.uselfout from i brilliant career. Re gn4af
axe this sacrifice for the psrg sake ofhis n
fstd6das Tor whose happiness he would BE- res- :
snassie- Napofeon resigned himsef ID Il.