Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-07-28
s. 5torq for tys Tuairs,
The Divorced Husband,
Or, WOnlan's LO
(C0ncluded1

1T is WE'LL said NJ. Fradel, con
placently, Now, madernoiselle.'
The hand of the young girl tren
bled so violently that Aubertin wa
obliged to guide it; and when the sig
nature was at length Completed sh
flung herself upon his bosom, an
wept long and passionately. Eve
the notary was moved into somethin,
like sympathy, and, gathering u
his papers, hastened to follow hi
patron from the room, and leave th
lovers at full liberty to give vent t,
their feelings; but regard for the tim
id and weeping girl, who clung t,
him 50 fondly and imploringly, sub
dued the offended pride Of Claude
Aubertin, and he had little difficulty
in soothing her fears, and winning
back the sunshine of her happy
smiles.
A few days after this they were
married, and the three succeeding
years which glided past so happily
with them, are marked in characters
of blood in their country's annals.
Now it was that the innate nobility
Of the mind asserted its superiority
over the more hereditary nobility of
name and station that the barriers
of rank and aristocracy we're beaten
down, and men owned no limits to
their own wild wills. Claude Auber
tin was a reyolutionist in the best
sense Of the word-his proud spirit
had been stung by the worldly scorn
of those whom he inwardly despised;
but not for this did he turn upon his
oppressors-not for any feeling save
the pure and holy love for liberty;
md when that name became prosti
.uted to the very worst purpose
when it was made the watchword to
,rime and bloodshed-he yet clung
% it as in his first hour Of youthful
Enthusiasm, and trusted everything
10 its power when the first intoxica-
ion should have passed away, and
oe succeeded BY an age ofreason and
ationality.
Lestelle loved her husband too
Vell not to have imbibed his princi-
lies; and the costly saloons of Ia
ellie citoyenae, as she was called, were
lightly thr6nged with the leading
characters of the times. I
'ut Lestelle was no longer a girl,
lughing from the overaowings of a
ladsome spirit. Her smiles were
ess frequent, and had often a pur-
ose to,4lnswer which those who look
d upon her fair and bright face new
r dreamed of. There was many a
roud aristocrat who, although he
new it not, owed life and fortune to
hat beautiful and resistless pleader.
The only cloud that rested on the
appiness of Lestelle was occasioned
y the scrupulous reserve Of Auber- /
in on all affairs connected with her
nor could her fondness and
eviction remove the unpleasant feel /
lg which a consciousness Of his to-
al dependence upon bis wife was
kelly to engender in his proud and
spirit; and although she
ried to obyiate the difficulty by a
berality which panied lar more than
pleased him, still there we're mo-
tents when he bitterly felt the want
funds which could only be drawn
trough her instrumentality, and
hich be would have died rather than
* for. l.
OF late it bad been observed that
was much altered: she would /
i fol- hours in an attitude of deep I
nought, and was peevish and alb
.ractedVhen reused, as if the plans
hich she VAS evidently arranging
! her own mind required the concen-
ration Of every thought and energy.
he would be absent, 100, for hours
,gether, no one knew Where, accom-
aaied only by her Attendant she,
he gentle and timid, Who but a lew !
,onths before had fear ed to venture
-om home without the protection of
er husband. But Aubertin, al
hough he felt the alteration, asked
o questions. he had too much faith
4 her affection to have the remotest
lea of the fearful shock that awaited
i'm.
One morning. contrary to her usu- =