Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-05


me TO enter into trade with, They advised
me how to dlspos of it at once. aud withou
trouble to ne, augmented it greatly.
/ Meanwhile the t:theT Of Aurora had made
every preparation 70. anniliilg the marriage
! This conid not be done but by publicly de-
failing the SreacheTy which had been prac.
tlced. Never, perhaps, was d courthouse
more crowded than that of Lyons. on the
day which the case was heard. A tsfora her
! self appeared, and rivited the eyes of ali
present, not TO speak of my own. Unsnowr
and unseen | shrunk into a corneriike q
guilty thing. The counselio Aurora tated
| the case, and pleaded the vtetim's causeyvith
20 much eloquence as to araw tears iron,
many eyes. No counsel arose for n1s. and
Aurora, who merely sought diyorce. with
out 1ntitctiug that punishment which she
might easily have brought downcn he often.
| der, would at once have gained the suit, had
not one man arisen to speak for me. It was
one OF the engravers, the only one who had
| been refused, as mentioned by Aurora He
made brief pleading for me, he praised nv
character he showed and confessed how {
aad been tempted and how fell. At last
he concluded by addressing Aurora :
Yes, madam said he laws NAV declare
that yon are not his wife, but YOU have been
the wife of his own bosom. The contract
may be annuIEed and no stain may rest on
you, But stain NAV rest upon another
Can you, will you, throw the blot of illigit-
lmacy unon even one more innocent than
Yourself H'
The appeal was understood, and it was not
IN vain. The trembling Aurora exclaimed !:
No! OF and the tears fell fast as she
spoke.
The marriage was not annulied But while
the contract (which had signed with my
own name, believed by them to be the farn-
y name of the Marquis de Rouperon) was
declared valid, 1t was also determined that
Aurora should remain unmoleSted by the ad-
veutIIrer who had so tar deceived her aud
every legal preeaution was taken that |
should have no control over her or her affairs.
After this event did not remain long in
Lyons. where had heard my name branded
every where with lnfamy. Master, by means
| have related. OF considerable sam. went
to Paris where | assumed a foreign name. !
entered into business and more 10 drown re-
membrance than for any other cause pursued
IT with an drdnr which few have evinced
under like circumstances. The widest spec
uiatOnS were those that attracted me most,
and fortune favored me in a most Gemarka-
bic way. | became the head of lourishing
commercial house and ere FIVE Years nassai
awav had amassed considerable wealth. At
times however the remembrance of NV
yita threw me into fits of ansu;sb and des-
na,r dared NOT think nevertheless of
fta,e,,4,., to o. near hnr ,tu+il abapcad that
I had + in nv, ,o,yar rnatayi,IIv ia ser,s .
Ia ni,er II, T vons v.ho nreSs;.,.t mo rnreh !.
nav him visit, After mach ,5neasness ana
anxiety. I resolved 10 accent the invitation
Onca more entered Lvons and ON this oc.
,asion with an eoii,rare that was NOT borrowed
fhopgh - handsn,ns ne NV f,,rn,ar ora Nv
friend 4l,, banker ON hainy opes+ioned told
ne that Aurora still lived in the convent and
WAS admired for her reserved nrnnrietv of
,onduct and tor her nnramittino attpntion to
leI child. her boy. but he told me that her
ather had inst died. leaving her almost de- !
~ n,lfDt nDon the char,tyoT the abbess The |
-ccitaI excited in me the most lively emo
ions. took an opportuni,y. soon after |
wards of whiting one of the enrrayers. who
carcefv knew me 50 changed was |. but |
Who receiyed me warmly. / reunested him
p assemble the creditors of the father of |
Aurora, and to nav his debts, giving him |
itnds to do 80. I told him 70 purCbase some |
,jeces Of furniture. which ! knew to be
,rizei hv Aurora
Every hour Of nv stav at LyanS. strength. |
nad nv dasirc IN sre NV ,viGa and at las, /
0 told my bow in nv arms. The feelings
,ecarne at last irresistabIe and revealed /
,vsclt to the banker besaee hino him tn find
cine way to take me to the convent-his
stonishnent to find in me the poor much
Doken Of bellows mender. was beyond de-
rr,ption. HappiIv, acquainted with fhe
bless. he assnreu me it was easy for me at
.ast to obtain sight Of nv wife. Ere an
Our nassed away. NV friend had taken me
here was introduced as a Partisan mer-
h.,nt ami beheld with inafa ble emotion nv
wife seated in the convent parlor. with a
,yeiv child asleeD on her knee. m corversa-
ion with her venerable friend. Aurora. NOT
wears ol age sern,ad to me
,ore lovely than ever, had purposelv |.
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