Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-11-03
A Chinese Romance, !,


tales, We find Il considerable share
Of wit as well as sentiment. From
one Of these, Voltaire has not dis
dained to borrow one Of the best sto
ries IN his ''Xadig' A disciple o
the secb of Saoutsee, Or Doctors oI
fRoason, while meditating among the
tbmbs, observed a young lady seat
ed by one Of them, eagerly employed
in tanning the structl lre On ap-
proaching the spot, and seeing her
In tears, he ventured TO ask whose
tomb it might be, and why she took
such pains in fanning il? The lady,
with great simplicity, replica: "You
see widow at the tomb of her hus-
band; he was most dear I'd me, and
he loved me in return with equal ten
derness. Afflicted at the idea of
parting with me, even III death, his
last words were these--"My dearest
wife, should you ever think of mar
rying again, conjure yop to wait,
at least, until the llast er Of my
tomb be eutnely dry; nj ter which,
you have my sunctionto take anoth-
Ter husband.
Now said she, ''as tho materials
are still damp, and not likdly sopnIto
dry, I thought | would st fan II a
little toas$ist in dlssipating the mois-
ture."
This woman, thought the phi
losopher, is in mopslr9 JUS hurry;
and having recently take dn to him
self bel rutilul wife, he FASTENED
home to apprise her of he adven-
ture. st
"Oh. the wretch She exclaimed,
what an unleeling mons ter! How
cana virtuous woman eyeF think of
"A second husband? If. loF my mis-
fortune, | Should ever lose YOU, be
assured Should remain single the
rest OF my life
"Fair promises" thought the phi
losopher, ARE easily made; but we
shall see" lie suddenly bechme
dangerously ill, tender scene oc-
Cured; the lady vowed eternal re-
membrance and repeated her re4olu-
ton to remain widow to the end
of her days. ''Enough,' said the
philosopher, my eyes IRE now clo-
sing forever : and so saying the
breath departed from his body. The
desponding widow, with loud lahen-
tations, embraced the Ii loless Hody, |
and held it locked in her arm s. =
Among the monrners IwhP assembled
on the melancholy dcca sion, wfs u
youth of fair exterior, who snip he
had come from a distan ce to place
himself as pupil nder thd de- [
ceased sage. With great diflifulty I
he rocured Il sight Of the widow -
she was struck with his appear hnce.
She saw him again on the tolld living
day; they dined together, and cx-
changed ten ler look sand EXPIRES fions.
The youth Was half smit ten, thd lady
wholly so, and a marriage spdedily
agreed upon. The youth, how ever,
previously demanded threo dondi-
tions. one bf which may sulfid o for
our notice, it was that the widow
should forthwith turn out Of the
house the unsightly collin that con-
tanned the remains Of her late hus-
band. Tho lady readily cons gnted,
and the collin was sent into ah old
shed at tn ! bottom Of the garden.
prepara tions were now made lor
the marrihge1feast, but the BRIDE
groom was suddenly seized with CON
vulsions nd fell On the floor The
bride was desired by his domestic not
to be alarmed, lorI that thdse fits
were not usual; and that there WAS a
cure for them = the ouly aud certain
cure 1.-The brain of man rbeently I
decasad- taken in warm wine
"Oh!' said the lady, my Il tie hus-
band has been dead only a fef days !
Get me a hatchet, aud | will 60 my I
self and dpen the coffin and tAlke out
the remedy.
Thus lbrti6ed, she posted hway to
the bottom Of the garden, a hd stri-
king bl bw with all her mig ht-be
hold! the lid flew open, 81 'oan was
heard, aud to her great HORROR, the
dead man rising MI, very eofily salu .
"My dear wife, lend me YOUR hand
to get o it!'
The unhappy ilamorata II hding an
her intrigues discovered, anh unable
be bor abdme hung herself TO