Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-04

llO 10 WHY 0AOh1 uluNOAASAoOA~t |
&C Il have killed him, 1 have killed him.
he cried
s'Pardon me- said l, Monsieur Dervilly
s in great danger; still if we knew the cause
If this dreadful attack we might gain some
by it,
"'Ah, it is my work. murmured the fair
mystery to herself, without needing my OBJ
servation; & have done it, and if he dies,
am amurderer-hi murderer She appear
Cd no way disposed to betray her secret, and
| did not press the subject Presently Louis
came in He made his inquiries of me, and
then went to the patient. There was no
change, except in the increase of fatal symp-
toms. The delirium was more furious, the
pulse hard, full, frequent, and vibrating
The most vigorous course was adopted; two
other students were called in to assist Stabb |
and myself, and every means used to give ef-
feet to the prescribed treatment
/" AS for Mademoiselle de Coigny, she re- |
manned in the sitting g-room, the picture OF IN |
tense anguish. urged her to retire, but |
she shook her head now begged her to |
tell me what had caused this strange attack, |
but she was silent At length 1 went and
called Madame LecOmte-you recollect what
a kind hearted creature she was-and told
her briefly the little knew Of the unfortu-
nate girl. She answered the summons at
once, and in the most gentle manner endea-
vored TO persuade Mademoiselle de Coigny to
go with her. 1t was in vain. She would not
leave the room Occasionally, through the
day, she would step to Dervilly's bedside,
and in the softest, sweetest, gentlest tone
ever heard, say, Alfred The effect was
always the same as at frst-exciting the poor
fellow to still deeper paroxysms, and more
violent exclamations. On the fourth day he
died the symptoms becoming more and more
aggravating, until coma supervened to deli
rum. During the whole period OF his SICK
ness Mademoiselle de Coigny never left the
house-scarcely the room-Madame Lecomte
on two or three occasions almost forcing the
wretched girl away to her own apartments
When poor Dervilly sunk into that deep le-
thargic slumber, so much dreaded by the
physician, because SO fatal, she came almost
ioyfully into his chamber, and threw her
arms tenderly around him, He sleeps at
last she said, is it not we'll
''I would have given the world for the
freedom of bursting into tears, 50 deeply was
affected by that hopeful, trustful question.
What could do, but shake my head mourn
fully and hasten out of the place. He
died, and made no sign; not word, not a
look, not the slightest pressure OF the hand,
for the one he loved so tenderly, and who
watched so anxiously for some slight token.
sOh,' exclaimed to myself, as the hardness
of such o fate was impressed on me, God is
| Just, there is hereafter, these two must
meet again Emile de Coigny left the
room where her dead lover lay, only when he
/ himself was borne to his last resting place.
| She followed him to the spot where he was
| buried in 'Pere la ChGise, and remained
/ ale od
| away. In this position she was found-stand-
| ing over the grave-late at night by her
| friends-some members of the family have
mentioned-who sought her out She left
that splendid city of the dead bereft Of rea-
son, and so she has ever since continued,
| When the day is fine, she invariably keeps
her fancied engagement with her lover at the
appointed place in the Jdgd511 deS Plants
she patiently sits the hour, and retires sad.
", as you saw her When the weather il
forbidding, she goes to her friends house
and waits the same period, never showing
the least symptom of impatience, but ON the
contrary, evincing the signs of bruised but
most gentle spirit"
Here Partridge paused, as if at the end O.
his story.
els that all?" said |.
"That is ALL, he responded.
"Surely not" l continued; "you have
said nothing about the strange mystery
which killed our poor friend, and which, 81
it seems to me, is the main point IN the sto
ry"
~True enough-it is singular l shoul'
have left it out, but it is explained in word
These same friends Of Mademoisells de Coig
ny gave me the information. II appears tina
on one inclement night, as the keeper Of tn
Morgue was returning from an official visi
to the Chief of Police, towards his owl
quarters, which are adjoining and over th
dead roons-he stumbled over something
which a fash Of lightning at the instan
, showed to be the body Of a man. He wa
quite dead, but, nestled down close by hi
side, with one of her little hands on his face
was q child, about two years of age. Jea
Maurice Sorel, although long Injured by re
pulsive sights, had not grown callOus to mis-
! cry. By birth he was considerably abov
, his somewhat ignominious office; he had mar
! rowly escaped with his life when Louis XVI
/ was brough to the scaffold, for some indis
Greet expressions that savored too much {
4 ROYALTY but in the tumults which succeeded
! he had, he scarcely knew how, through som
influence with the chief Of one of the depart
ments, been appointed to this repulsive duty
Bus as have said, his heart was just q
| kind as ever, after many years discharge {
2 it; and Jean Meurice Sorel, instead Of re
: pining at his lot, blessed God daily that h
Y had the means of supporting q wife and Chi
:. dren, while SO many of his old friends ha
/ literally starved to death. Such was th
: person who stumbled over the body Of th
!. dead man, and discovered the living chill
: beside it. He called at once for assistance
g aud had the corps conveyed to his hous
IS while he carried the little girl in his arm
d She was too young to give any informatic
10 about herself, but on searching the poke
|, of the deceased, several papers were fOur
e which disclosed enough to satisfy Jean MAJ
J, rice Sorel that in the wasted, attenuat'
Il form before him, he beheld his once trier
e end bsnefactor the Marquis de Coigny, VIII
y he supposed, had perished by the guillotil
'e in the revolution The papers permitted !
10 doubt of the fact that the little girl was
grand-daughter and only descendant, al
10 ehe was commended to the care Of the kin
I hearted when death should overtake him
~ sThe old Marquis was buried, and the Ii
r. tie Emily adopted into the family Of t.
r rood Jean Maurice. Her education WAS CO
ID Quoted in manner far superior to that
Of his own children, and the choicest carmen
,e Of those which fell to him were selected
re be made over for her. Perhaps unWisel
il her history was explained to her, so that 8
to lived all her life with the sense that she
lg longed in a different sphere-not that 8
be- was ungrateful or unamiable the co
trary-she was sweet tempered, affections
s, and gentle, and loved by Jean Maurice 3
in all his family with devoted fondness; b
r, the world had charms for her which the wol
r withheld she felt that she could become
n, object of love where she could love in retul
10 and 80 she repined at her destiny. By ac
ID; dent she made the acquaintance of the fam
so where Dervilly first met her. They b
3D. known her father and her grandfather, q
oy she loved them for that. She resisted fol
ad long time the feeling for her lover which {
at perceived was taking strong hold of her, a
n when she could resist no longer, she yet
pc layed to tell him what home she inhabit
- This was her pride-her weakness--a
lid terribly did she pay the penalty Day at
he day(so was told) she resolved to expl
{ ] ali, but she procrastinated, till her lover,
ite longer able to restrainlhis anxiety, and
ia of excitements and fears and perturbatio
ire followed her at some little distance, just
Mt twilight, and saw or fancied he saw her en-
on La .Morgue. 1t was too much for his L
r. YOUR temperament His brain caught FIR
he came home raving with delirium-'
DIED Now you have the whole. ."-InteT
tit tionGI Magazine.
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