Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-04-18
ssaiities to THE blessed, uying III

Siooih5 ti'o StNS w uis iepa'soh hieht
he took the cold hand in bis own, and
knelt down to pray alongside of Leoca
die, who had buried her face in her fail,
pillow. 1t vas her first sorrow, and
t blighted her b. left her mind
chaos. She 70 be resigned; she
knew that Pere Antoaie would ever re
gard her with - -.s'N' ,solieituae; snd
tha .she theu5fit--,vr ,vila too. who,
otwithstsndiug his violence, wqr
Nays fa mindful Of her, she |,
d call when he heard OF Der at
And she intended to apologize
laisanterie with the American,
Ind resolved not to see again
.us rejecting, Der courage seem
snd sae thought i best to
i.aatoine, who, alas !.
ID ,se ne fatal, t.
'fdlng't ies he mar her
/fing fatEes
I After the. t,nersl service was over,
MADAM De Ciasteau shu. herself up in
her library adjoining the chapel, to
wrestIe with her grisf. Tbera ,,,hung a
portrait q Yer bsloy' = y: !. repre-
senti"g him in 4 court ees-
me It's benign An;epsnce, seeihed
.acard ~ with loving soIicitule, and
in I memory over
charged, rshec>se N her oily temple
the happiest event Of her life the scene
Isof her bridal in another ianl that holy
moment Of her existence when she sag
ifced herself to Pierre De C6aSteaH,
bsfore the Altar Of God Then roild
before her eyes the happy hours Of thIr
ty year. .y- ) through a W.
cloud, for they ha | sailed together down
tho stream Of Tins, under the sane
banner Of Faith, an,i had loved each
other las those who have but one clan
nal for the gathered waters of Their af
faction," this reme.n brance best q. q
consolation which nothing else cout no~
afford Her reveria was broken L the
announcement OF Pere 1ntoiae, sbo
entered, with elevated hands spread in
bensdc.ion he had been seeking Leo
caie whom no one could tind scarcely
had he spoken, when slight confusion
was pe.ceptibIe among the domestics IN
the adjoining hall, oecasonod by the ar
rival Of two f,otmen, liseried III black,
supporting marble bust Of Ovide Dal-
mont. This was chef doenvre Of the
immortal ThorswaIden, rare and costly.
1t seems that Dalmont left in his escrI~
toire a written reques. to this effect,
which his afflicted parents prompt y per
formed. Then appeared Leocadie, who
started at the sight,. bu. smiled end play
fully exclaimed lis not Divide kind
he ALWAYS said he wouItl leave that TO
me, when he died." AT the sound Of these
words, an emotion beaved the breast of
Pere Intosae, aud he was forced to repl,
Then lie Aas kept his p omise, my child!'
The tender hearted man was obliged 70
retreat into the little chapel to hide his
face. Meanwhile, strange sounds were
echoiug through the bewildsred mind f
Leocadie, and presentIment, ever faithful
to her trust, disclosed an awful truth 10
her doomed victim. She rushed into
the little chapel, where stood the vener
able Priest, who on her approach passed
bis hand over his brow" Now, pere, n
said. She, cIasplng her waxen hands to-
g ther-"speak to me say, do know
the truth q and her dark eyes dilated
with !. iuslro and wildness that he could
not stand. lie attempted to speak, but
lost the power, and as he averted bis
face she threw herself at his feet, and
earnestly exclaimed: Mon contesseu,
TAI zeche I" As the words died on ner
lips. Pere Antoine raised his eyes to
Heaven, aud drew down a bepedlctlon
''Their guardian angels turned aside and
wept.."
There were strange sounds WhlSDefin