Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-19
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band is far away. You were but my wife
for convenience, and it is time 10 break =
connection which has become odious to me,
and troublesome. szs sla5
~0h, do npt, my dear husband, attempt
30 cruel deception. Think what l haye :
suffered fer you. The VOWS we pledged be-
fore the altar before Glfs holy minister"
$50 my servant dressed as . Priest"
said Marmont. "Bst 'lis folly to keeffss +.
this scene any longer. When saw he leg
here, took you ier another. You Hase
outgrown my love, and least thou wouldss
make me hate thee, never again call me
husband. have wife in France, and
children too, and should ] ever hive to see
brook rival. Thy friends ara near-has-
ten to them, and leave me-. for even as
mistress, tell thee again, you Lave out!i'.
ed my loye!"
For moment Paulowna seemed stunned
by the cruel mocking manner in which he
spoke. As he strode off with hurried tread
conviction of the truth of what he said, fas-
tened upon her brain and with shrek Of
sgony, which rose high above the blast, she
sank upon the frozen ground. Marmont
Eeard that shrek, and villain as he was and
lost to all feeling, it brought him back TO her
sioe, and lie gazed upon the u'dered be-
ing at his feet, with feeling which 10
would have given his life to replace. By her
side and kneeIing, was tie faithful! Musco-
vte, faithful even unto death.
The cry of the Co.scckS! the CossacksH
was heard, and the shriN blast Of the trum-
pet recalled him to duty. The enemy in
front was charging on Victor division, and
their wild hoorah! as each successive sa-
bre stroke bereft a being of hfis was heard
above the roar of battle. III TIbambar IF he.
ers who had abandoF 6is conons,,.w w;,ns
night before, blocked tg,he ruler. of men.
tor slowly gave way bsho,e .i.s;n,1 bv
force, fate led Marmont toSso.Id Th,cs
towards the spot wlere Pah!g ,Li,,Sof ,hs
the side of her corpse stood ,Iad win ,hs
the Cessscks, and thns hsd ali ,be g,ory,
child his loved, his lost h, III. s,ooS ,1d
told him all: For moG or,sd in,o ,o,h,
ia ther gazed, then drawis,h,, &C.,, n..,
across his eyes, every trst. .h.rs x,tb hs
gone, before the stern wsr4Agsd hsts mon.
on revenge. Gathering bpIe and ss,n5.
he followed the retreatigSS9p MI sSTonsr
ssaw He has ,rsve 9.
ttasddsW Wnd crossed all seas, bu, has no
spa, slk skd couniriesAi IN hislrack, no widows
~ sn> orphaK~ IN 'asbewail his triumphs.
hnd;ss sstories h9 fBeo.l achieved over the
.bsn heneafb .ance, his conquest Won
history recore- sns Of darkness and the void
thoussod Of he Ssire will yet extend over
Marmont escsfae globe, his reign will
in France. H si.i Of time.
weeks having tstfcftbt it will teach us
years upon him. After Hs ana the over:
Beresira, he was an {, OUT me mon oi
that he was brave asntive thoughts, who,
c;temsnt and fond op the most powerful
dav he was moo and who hays eens---
Before that fatal DAY hAeFs nfsfave even unto
rashness After that, the very name of
Cossack would ell him with alarm. He
dared do wrong-he dared perjure himself
before God ard man, to ruin helpless fe.
male, bet he dared not meet his own tho'ts.
The wild shrek of PauloWna still rung in
bis ears-it came in the midnight watch.
and it came at noonday, ard whate'er lie
did, the scene on the banks Of the Bs!esina
was ever before him. A heartbruksn man,
he returned to France to find his wife, she
lad fled with seducer from his roof, and
,is children were dead Th. restcra-
ion Of the Bourbons deprived him of his
property and his employment, and Ec sought
o drown bis sorrows in the Intoxicating
oowl, but even that could not hide him from
himself, nor still his thoughts, and Paulowna
md her fate were ever before his eyes,
Years passed on. Napoleon Was sent to
Elba-returned, resigned his hundred days
ought his last battle and was forced to
cave France. He threw himself on the
OF England and claimed her fam
ID hospitality. 1t was given him by max
ng him prisoner for life and caging him
ike some wild beast, on the rock If st. Hell
ma, where the eternal roar of the ocean, as
t beats upon the rocks, was the music his
oul loved best Years after. be died, and
,ears AFTER the false-hearted Bourbon, who
hen filled the throne of Republican King,
Wishing to render his name dear to France,
lamed Napoleon's body from England 10
nter it in French ground. The claim was
Omitted and the deep mourning of the peo-
lie of France, and the tears which dimmed
many martial eye, told that the funeral
were being performed. The deep
hunder of the cannon of the Invalids an
ounced the reception of the loved Empe-
or's remains By the side of the coffin
narched the remnant of the Old Guard.
Is the coffin.contaning the body was borne
ato the church, where the hero was to be
ommtted to the grave, it was received by
body of veterans, headed by the veteran
Ioncey, who, though nearly ninety years
f age, still stood with form far more erect
han other veterans beside him. One form
here stood nearly double, less perhaps with
ge, than care. His few remaining hairs
we're white as driven snow. His counte-
ance bore traces Of dissipation and eoh
ow tearfully) with remorse. His wild and
aggared look, and fearful start, showed
mind ill at ease. As the coffin drew near,
eep groans smote upon the ear. For
noment, as the sad music swelled, the hrs
his eye lghted6d Nth unusual se.i sRe.Eilllsn-
v, but it sunk dog, If The TIcrse Ointment
sony passed oV'-A'"s, ont'''~~'oz Fam
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