The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1854-11-10

least, take no advantage of the authority,
that you in such unworthy manner have
secured yourself over my person. The niece
of the clergyman has offered to me shelter
in her house, aud / shall accept this place
Of refuge, until the time that have quietly
reflected on my present situation" Those
words calmed me, but / was soon destined to
experience their fallacy, and spending the
next two or thre days in anxious expectation
and wild hopes for the future, / received two
letters at once. The first came from the
engravers, the authors of mr. elevation and
fall, writing that on nearer acquaintance,
feeling quite friendly towards me- every one
Of them having originally subscribed GER
tain amount of money towards the execution
OF their design, and being perfectly satisfied
with the revenge taken, they had decided to
provide me with money and other requisites
to commence some business, whereby might
be. enabled decently to support myself and
Ceciy. The other letter came from Cecily:
Despite your unwarrantable conduct still
feel some pity for you, also inform you of
my return to Lyon, with the intention of
entering into convent, and thus be sepera-
ted from you for ever, but be prepared to ap-
pear in any court of justice may summon
you, in, for the reason of libesating myself
from the chains that bind me to you" This
letter brought me near despair. l run to
her late residence to gain some additional
Information, but unsuccessfully, and was
convinced, that on account Of my vilIiany
and low station, the clergyman and his
niece had persuaded Cecily to take such
decided step. left for Lyon and found that
the whole affair had created there quite
considerable surprise. ! lived there retired,
and under my real name, only having inter
course with the engravers, they, although
playing through me such vilianous game,
were still in another sense men of honor and
generosity. They, being the cause ofmy
losing my earlier livelihood, felt no delica-
cy whatever in accepting from them large
amount of money to try my luck in COM
nierce. They gave me good advice, how to
lay out my capital, and following their
counsel,it soon trebled without any trouble Of
mine. ADuring all this time Cecily's father
exerted himself to the utmost of his ability
to annul and disolve the marriage, this could
only be done by bringing the matter before
court where my imposture was delineated in
quite lively colours, and proceedings procur-
ing divorce were accordingly instigated.
Never before perhaps was the Court Room
crowded to such excess as on the day, her case
was called'on. Cecily herself appearing be-
fore the Court, and enchained the attention
and looks ofall, mine of course, among the
number. Occupied an unknown and unob-
served stand among the spectators, and
tried to hide myself in corner. Cecily's
counsel then got up, describing and relating
the whole with pathos, and taking her by
the hand, drawing her forward, commenced
pleading in her BEHALF with such eloquence,
that great many of the spectators were
shedding tears. I had employed nobody in
my defence, and Cecily was only wishing to
be divorced from me, not having any desire
to see the author other misfortune punished,
and she would undoubtedly have gained the
suit if some person had not spoken in my
favor This was one of my friends--the
same that had once been rejected by Cecily.
He addressed the bench in short extempore
speech, praised my character, proved and
confessed the temptations held out to me, as
also the cause of my fall. In the conclu-
sion of his speech he spoke more particular
ly to Cecily, saying: Madame it is very
possible that the court in its wisdom, will
decide you are not the wife of Monsieur
CouRrENAr, (my real name,) but let me tell
you, that you are, and forever win be, the
partner of his bosom, and the wife of his
heart. Your marriage may be annulled, and
no fault will be attached to you, but remem-
Der that the disgrace Of this affair will have
% be borne by some one, and who more
Ekely than that being far more innocent
than ron. Can you, nay will you be so
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