M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-01-29

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of the step Aurora had taken. Ithen
hurried to Lyons where the affair had
now created sensation, and saw only
the engravers, who, Notwithstanding
the base plot which they had through
me effected, were men Of not ungene-
rous dispositions. AS they had driv-
en-. me out Of my former means of
livelihood, | conceived myself at lib
erty to accept a sum which they of
fered me to enter into trade with
They advised me how to dispose Of it
at once, and laid it out in way
which speedily and without trouble to
me, augmented it greatly. Meantime,
the father of Aurora had made every
preparation for annulling the mar
fiage. This could only be done by
publicity, detailing the treachery that
had been practiced. Never, perhaps
was court house more crowded than
that of Lyons, on the day on which
the case was heard. Aurora, herself
appeared, and rivited the eyes of all
present not to speak of my own. I'm
known and unseen, | shrunk into a
corner, like guilty thing. The coun.
sci for Aurora stated the case and
pleaded the victims cause with 80
much elouuence as to draw tears from
many eyes. No counsel arose for me,
and Aurora, who merely sought di-
vorce, without desiring to inaict that
punish hment which she might easily
have brought down on her offenders,
would at once have gained her suit,
had not one man arisen to speak for
me. 1t was one Of the engravers, the
one who had been refused, as mention
led, by Aurora. lie made a brief
pleading for me, he praised my char
acter, he showed and confessed how l
had been tempted, and how | fell. At
last he concluded by addressing An
rora.
eyes, madam" said he, "the laws
may declare that you are not his wife,
but you haze been the wife of his bo-
som. The contract may be annulled,
and no stain may rest upon you. But
Ia stain may be cast upon another
Can you, will you, throw the blot o.
illegitimacy upon one even more in
nocent than yourself2"
The appeal was understood and was
not in vain. The trembling Aurora
exclaimed:
"No, mol" and the tears fell fast
as she spoke.
The marriage was not annulled /;
was no longer sought to be annulled.
But while the contract, (Which | had
signed with my own name, believed
by them to be the family name of the
Marquis dc Rouperon,) was declared
valid, it was also determined that Au-
rora should remain unmolested,by the
adventurer who had so far deceived
her. Every legal precaution was ta-
ken that | should have no control over
her or her affairs.
After this event l did no@ remain
long in Lyons, where | heard my
name branded everywhere with infa-
my. Master, by the means | have
related, of a considerable sum, | went
to Paris, where | assumed a foreign
name. | entered into business, and,
more to odrownremembrance than from
ANY other cause, pursuedit it with an ar,
dor which few have evinced in like
circumstances. The widest specula-
tions were those which attracted me
most, and fortune favored ME in a
most remarkable way. ! became the
head of a fourishing commercial
house, and ere five years had passed
away, had amassed considerable
wealth. At times, however, the re-
membrance of my wife threw me into
fits of anguish and despair. / dared
not think, nevertheless, Of attempting
to go near her, until it chanced that |
had it in nv power materially to serve
a banker in Lyons, who pressed me
with such uneasiness and anxiety |
resolved to accept the invitation
Once more | entered Lyons, and on
this occasion with an equipage which
was not borrowed, though as handsome
as my former one. My friend, the
banker, on being questioned, told me
that Aurora still lived in the convent,
and was admired for her reserved pro-
priety of conduct, and for her unre-
mitrfng attention to her child, her
boy, but he told me that her father
bad Just died, . leaving her almost de-
pendent on the charity of theabbess.
This recital excited in me the most
lively emotions. took an opportus
nifty, soon afterward, Of visiting one of
the engravers, who scarcely knew me
SO changed as was, but who received
me warmly. requested him to as
semble the creditors of the father of
Aurora, and to pay his debts, giving
him funds to do So. / told him. talso.
to purchase somAuter Wear, Of the most \,
y,btih 7 lind fashionable style. Fl
"n..n Profits and Qaick Returns"
lis motto, he respectfully asks Of his friends n.