Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-16
CLARKsBURG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, l6th, Is56.-

ISpaLcneQ messenger TO- Lyons TO ar,
Deschappelles, that he could come for
, his child !
How could he meet that girls father
the parent of her he had so deeply wrong
ed? There was to be a scene enacted In
that humble cottage, on the morrow, which
would prove every power of the heart.
. The day came, and with it Monsieur
and Madame Deschappelles, accompanied
by Colonel Damas. There were angry
words there, but none from Claude he
bore every reproach, every censure, in si-
lence, for he was broken-hearted- his
spirit was completely subdued. Did Pau
line, too, censure him then no ! She
looked about the neat, but humble apart
ment, and saw the accomplishments that
leach instrument and ornament bespoke
its owner to have acquired, and all, too,
for the love of her She saw, too por-
TAFT of herself, drawn from memory, and
by his hands, mastery piece. What
though he had done wrong in this one
matter, tempted by the witty tongue and
ready wit of william ! What though he
had deceived her, he had acknowledged
all, and made her FREQ again ! What
though he was peasant, (perhaps the
hardest thought for her to conquer, yet
still she loved him with all the devotion of
her woman's heart.
The heat Of resentment was past, the
angry words had been spoken, and they
were about 10 depart, when Pauline rush
ed into the arms Of Claude and told him
she forgave him all, all was foegotten-
but the stern voice Of her father recalled
her, threatening to disinherit her, and
disown her forever, if she Glove to that
wretched man. Again did she seek his
breast, telling him that she would resign
wealth, title, state, all !; that she would
work for him, tend him, and never re-
proach him for the past.
At this scene, even Col. Damas, with
all his sternncss, was moved to tears.
Those last words were the hardest strokes
Of all to Claude, for they showed him
what heart he had wronged.
Pauline" said he, "the husband of
a being SO beautiful in her noble and sub
lime tenderness may be poor, may be
low born, (there is no guilt in the DEGREES
of Providence but he should be one
who can look thee in the face without a
blush, to show thy love does not bring re-
morse, who can fold thee to his breast
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am not the man.
Col. Damas, who had come to censure,
was struck with the noble spirit of Claude,
and giving him his hand, told him he
would make an excellent soldier and Of
fered him place in his own regiment
This was accepted upon the spot, and
Claude, bidding them oil farewell, told
them he would either never return, or
else he would come back with his honor
redeemed, and as one worthy the love Of
Pauline. He tore himself from the last
embrace of her he loved, pressed his
mother to his heart, and rushed from the
cottage. He joined tho regiment of Col.
Damas, and ON the next day marched
with the grand army"
Months rolled on, and Claude was en-
gagged in the wars, rising gradually from
rank to rank, until he was high in COM
mand. At the celebrated battle of Lodi,
he was declared by Napoleon to be one
of the heroes of the dey, and publicly
heraIded as such. The booty. too, that
fell to his share from many wellfought
battle, had rendered him rich.
After the expiration Of a little more
than two years from the time OF his sepa-
ration from Pauline. his regiment returns
ed to Lyons. Hardly had he entered the
city with Colonel, now Gen. Damas, be-
fore ho learned that Pauline was soon to
be married to the evil~hearted Beauseant.
AS for himself, he was probably forgot
ten, not having been heard from since he
left his home, for he had assumed the
name of Morea, on entering the army,
determining not again to wear his faith
er's honest one, until he should have re-
deemed his honor.
He ascertained that the day Of his ar
rival was the very one on which the mar
riage contract was to be signed. Gen.
Damns, having met with N. Deschappel
les, was invited to be present on the oc-
casion, and had agreed to do so. Claude's
heart yearned again to behold Pauline, if
only for the last time. Was it for this
that he had encountered danger, spilled
his blood freely, yet still hoped on, pray
ed on, for this day, on which he might
again behold her, and now that it had
come, the hour he had singled out from
time, and marked for bliss, how Wretched
he was! Pauline lost to him forever,
what charm had life for him now? In
vain did Gen. Dama5 endeayor TO cheer
him in vain did he tell him that there
was in store bright fate in the future for
so brave and constant q heart. Claude
said to him Sc Bid me not hope ; l could
} not bear again to fall from such heaven"
The hour for signing the contract has
arrived. The notary sits in the parlor Of
. the house of NJ. DeschaPpelles, with all
the papers drawn up in proper form be-
fore him. Pauline was there, with her
parents, when Gen. DamAs, accompanied
T BY Claude, entered, and introduced him
: bv the assumed name of Morea. All