Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-07-28

night. Do not look SO pale Tomorrow,
my dear
She kissed me in the friendly English
"a. hior, and we parted
She went through rapidly, shutting my
bed>ioom door A minuts afterwards
she re-appe 4red ,breaiLlsss, coverel with
angry bushes.
"Mrs Saltram, YOU have deceived me
You are wicked French woman"
MADAM" !"
"You know it-you knew it all along.
| will 60 and seek my husband. He viii
not let me stay another night in your
house! ~
"As you will''--for l was sick of her
follies. "But, explain YOURSELF"
'Have you no shame II we YOU for
eign women never any shame But
have found you out at last.''
"Indeed ~
''There is, I have seen him twice with
my own eyes, there is man lying this
very n'inu in your bou ioir, and he is
no. Mr.. S~lllam !"
THIN, indeed, l sickened, deadly
horror overcame me- No wonder the
young thing, convinced of my guilt, fed
from me, appalled,.
For. knew now hom she had seen
Hour after hour l must have lain
where l fell There was some confusion
in the house, M one came near me- Ii
was early DAY light when l woke and saw
Fanchon leaning over me, and trying to
lift me from the floor
"Fanchon, is it morning :"
Yes. Nadame
':The tw rDty-sixth day of May"
1t lad b.en tie, then He followed US
still,
Shuddar after shudder con7ulsed me.
l !hipk Fanchon thought VS. dying.
''Oh, Maiame! oh, po n madame =
And Monsieur not yet come home.''
I uttered horrible cry, for my soul
70. cbod d what eithtr had been, or
would be.
Alexis never came home again.
An hour after, | vas Mt for to the
little wood cutters hut, where he was
d,lng.
Ny noble husba dhad in him one thing
lacking, lis passions were mot in his
hand u Whea Col. Hart, on the Il ar
testimony of Eliza, irnpngned his wifr's
honor, Al ks iu-ht ana ell
It all happened in one night, when
their blood was fiery hot By daylight,
The colonel stord, coll as death, pale as
a shadow, by Alexis beds ID. lie lad
killed HIM, and he loved him
No one thought Of me. They let me
weep near him, unconscious as he was,
doubtless bel ewing them the last nitric
tears of an-adulteress l dld not heed
or try 10 deny that horrible name, Alexis
was diving.
Towards evening he became strong
er, and his senses returned. He opened
his eyes and saw me, but they closed
with a shudder.
Gal xis-Alexis -
II abel, am dying. You know why
In the name of God. are you -"
"ln the name Of God, l am Your pure
wife, who never loved, even in thought,
any man but you"
81 am satisfied"
He looked at Colonel Hartl family
smiling then opened bis arms and took
me into them, as if to protect NE with
his last breath.
Now" he said, still holding ms, "my
friends, we must make ali clear. Moth
ing must harm her when l am gone
H~rt, fetch your wife hare"
Mrs Hart came, trembling violently.
Woman-hke, seeing my misery, even she
caught my hand and wept Ny husband
address her.
"Who did you see : Answer, as to a
dying nan uho Tomorrow will know all
secrets Who was the man you saw in
my " fe's chamber Z"
"He was stranger Inever me, him
before, anywhere. He lay Oh the sofa,
wrapped in q fur cloak!'
"Did you see his face ~
"No, the first time. The second time
I did"
What was he like Be accurate, for
the sake Of more than life-honor.
Ny husbands voice sank. There was
terror in his eyes. but mol that terror be
held me 10 his bosom still.