The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-20

III ~ heaEei1a, ST. ~ Dad was q To Y cried
MnHilla, " and, faeTe gaas as1roain.n
9 What reason have ven @ 81 I've 10 ~
+WhY, did yog moi hear lin ri Is : asaja- :
sbed At finding vow living, b wsgt msst rssursdly
h4 Z. 49, tsaail - ~ 3 - -
= And what fsaaoz could he tsslsr have tbau
frBg the gun whose hAl threw You lie ef0aads's
:. Tbs awkward fool " muFmursd EsrEand.
i They hasleped soeFpt TIE church, und fgauilIs
y looked IN sfsfT n t1iTi--- =. 2
:. I5enl ~ sd 81 {. sIsy ass already oas Of
q Neither FsrnalI nor Mantle il6uaht much mora
! Of this incident and on the d9q fired Fanand
DeFontgTa Were aud EsIglle DsBrains were u1iisd
For several days afers the time Of liz egdDls Ised
] predicted that FsThand would vet be happy, and
Estels had already thanked God fnE having gwen
her life to perevere in herpious deaigne, when one
days Three months after their maEriafe, Eer1and
received letter Whose supeFscnpgi0n made him
turn pale. He E0as and ran 10 hide himself 10 tbs
I gardens and, very much agitatsd, opened tbs let-
ter. n was from CoEnalines and read as followss
! / have hssitated about wiring to You, fsarinq
to RECALL scenes that should loag since have been
\ iorgotteny and would not now do 50 were not ON
ne point q rendering up my sgul 70 my God s buf
that am already as one dead, am dsteFmhsdto
| speak 70 you As ! would TO my guardian angel.
II have loved you, Eenand, more ftsn I can
J express to you, and die loving you. Iet'not this
4 death annoy yOu yoq eaDnot dream how sweet It
appears to me, and what joy il brings @ my heart
i The thought seems to purify and ennobas my soul
Before seeing you, had lived an evil life, into
which my youth and chance had plunged me. /
told you that from my infancy had been
fRhaai you have been also told what an erTinn and
/ disslpated creature 4 was. Like leaf earned
| away ~ tire first wind I was torn from my home
/ BY an Offices of,a-Foyal vessel After thIa my life
passed like the waters Of torrent One day
aVske as from sdfeazn, and felt that my lifs had
been erring from is birth II was on that day i
| met E0u,
$ I" You were NOT wounded ana bleeding when
hrst saw you no, but ON sunshinv day ii the
nm
the shade Of an aged tree. can describe Il even
ltnow, Not far from you slept poor Mantle A
rouP OF smuggiers surrounded you, and perhaps
| youFslite had been lost had ] not been there Do
/ you'remembef fhosehowers vol found at avgakfnp
on your breast. II was NvhOscblleeted them. II
| was az souEenir Of peace that I LEFT them On
ne haPPy and fortunate day without it might
II YET have been in torrent Of dissipation. Il. was
the love Of you that has conducted me to peniteuce
and the love Of God.
returned to Teulon with an unquiet and sad
soul, sundered all the chains that had bound me
to my miserable and wandering life. / took soils
Il tafy home, in which shut myself up alone Vita
! out single companion. 1t was then, while enc
day Wailang out, that found you, almost dead. I'd
appeared as thOagh God had sent you % me, for
with you came feneVefa health and rlal1ened
4 spirits, Then / should without doubt have told
/ you ALL but vas ike our eommon mother after
she had tasted Of the fruit of she tree Of hfe-my
soul was polluted, and was algaidof barring il 70
You Ge has punished fol It b. your eavingme.
The priest vvhn attends me often tells me that
| happiness isnotof tbs world. ! felt il when you
1 lei me % break of the marriage for which you
We're summoned You did not know my pain
you did not see my tears. And how could youf
You WAS young and trusting. For myself knew
how eas Z was 70 forget, how eapreioqs we are
4 and how led BY fancy When you left, + felt con
4 vineed lwould never see You more. You went,
and ~ On q sndeen gleatlY Discouraged, an ex-
tselne atnN v7fa9ut bounds. 1 be-
and y was II dissipation yon found md. NV Frsf
thought was that you came there 70 iaill 81 TT,r
and that you laughed 10 think / had ever Believed
you Haq seriously l9yed nae, Tears choksd me, but
strange pride Sustained me, and sang.
VI my friend, when y0q took me By the arm
% vlolehtly that ieltthe bone alllest erttshaf
had more happiness ID seeing ihai you adH lo5sd
Il me than sadness knowing was pnIro4il53 ~ !
you But felt, from The bottom Of 4ny soul, T6ur
misery ms when | received the parting letter you
Isressd it and fell to the ground. 4 good wo-
1nan who was passing and picked me IN.
From that day. have passed my lie ina convent
the means you left me for living have LETT for
thepoor. So
- ., AZ. present an. dying. In few hours God
i Will have called me 70 him this hour that j con-
seeTaie to You rs perhaps my last Ina few mo.
last time. -
cemetery and seek among the tombs for that vvb;cL
| bears tn. name of Nelly, Put on it a bououet
similar to that which gave you during your sieer
! and pray -fof the repOse Of my souL You know
INV suPS grant LAla laF0F, and
seems'torme my soul will feel and receive this act
as a token Of pardon.
/" FAREWELL though my hand ceases toSsrts and I.
my voice 70 utter, your name viii Be mingled with
Hiyiasf Sigh"
Alter FeFnand had finished reading this letter.
he ran to the chateau and entered the apartment Of
his cousin. Laura scIeamed on seeing him.
= Ny God what is the matter with you2 she
asked.
Fetnand, without replying, gave her Nelly's let.
ter Laura ran iroyet quickly and after finishing
il dried her eyes.
@Poof eirl ? she muruured
'Andahis poor girl I must seen said FeFnand
But you viii find her dying ~
:" will see her, then, before she expires; per-
haps save herr
And il she hasalready- ceased to exist %
AS Fernand did not reply Laara' threw herself
INTO ms armssaHd begged him not to abandon him,
self to despair. i" Oh = remember that you now
hayea wife depending on you,' 2 she said.
Wei well / am not going to kill myself e.
swear II but youpmust let me go.n
Fernand called Maaille, who saddled and brdlad
the two. horses in few minutes. Fernand mount,
ed The FIRST Mantle followed, and the two horse
men started off at full speed.
Efo Be cohtinued,I