Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-29
A Romantic s1ory.

NIT that an air of UrdiscDtbLencep fades
the narrative, such as is seldom 1c4hd In
a manufactured story.
Some twelve years ago, two Fpuns
men named Clyma and Paule, Hssa In a
small village not far from the 81 ffoast
in the extreme west of Englan1.S Both
were miners and worked in the ssfe tin
mine near the village. Both PSI sheil
addresses to the same maiden iugl
with not equal success. ClSEne t.per;
ed so we'll in his suit that q day wasap.
pointed for the nuptials, and in duo
course of time the bans Of marriage were
asked in the village church on the frs
of the three Sundays prescribed By the
| English canon law.
Before the second Sunday came round
the rivals met at a wrestling match In
the village, and it Glanced that the turn
came for them to wrestle together
Paule was excited and endeavored sire
nously to give his successful rival in
love ''wicked fall" but his eagerness
worked his defeat He was thrown to
the ground amid the shouts of the vii
layers. On springing to the ground he
sworc that he would be revenged, and
that Clyma should never marry his in
tended bride. From that day be took
to drinking deeply, and was fierce in his
imprecations on his rival.
The day before that fixed for the mar
riage, Paule told all his friends that he
would be at the wedding and would find
means to prevent its taking place
knowing his determined character, ely
ma appeared alarmed at the threat, and
got some friends to intercede with Paule,
but in vain.
Late that night Clyma left the house
of his intended bride for his own cottage.
The way lay across a patch of barren
moor, where there were several open
mine shafts, which hal been deserted
and the bottoms of whose black depths
were now covered with several fathoms
Of water About the same hour Paule
was seen crossing the same patch of moor
from another direction. a miner, who
passed little later towards the mine
where he worked-it being his turn for
night work averred the next day that
he heard a noise as if of dispute and
Il scufie, but 1T was too dark to adistin-
guish any one.
The marriage was to take place at c.
leven O. clock in the morning and at the
village was a scene Of great excitement.
The hat and neckerchief of Paule, the
latter torn and bloody, had been found
near the deepest of the abandoned pit
shafts, and of Paulc himself nothing
had been found, nor had he bee n seen since
he went towards the moor on the preee-
ding night The ground where the ar
ticles had been found bore traces of
scnffle having taken place. and to crown
the whole, two buttons recognized as
belonging to Clyma's coat, were discov-
cred among the earth and stones. To
these ominious facts Clyma could only
reply that he had met Paule at the place
mentioned, during the night; that high
words were succeed by scuffie and that
he had beaten Pauie, who retired cur
sing him. This account was not con-
sidered satisfactory, and Clyma was ia
ken into custody to await further devel-
opmeDts.
Several days wasted away; an exam
ination was made of the pit and the sur
rounding locality, but no trace could be
found of the body. 1t twas argued, how
ever, that if a stone were attached to the
body before it was thrown into the pit,
so as to sink it, there would be no proba-
bility of its ever being found. After
seve: al examinations before IA magistrate
the accused was released from custody
but only to be Stunned as a murderer
by the whole community. In the mean
time, the intended bride became sick
through excitement; violent fever was
succeeded by a wasting illness, and after
lingering for some months, she aied OF
broken heart These accumulated
| ills were too much for the unhappy OBJ
ject of general suspicion, and in less than
twelve months after what should have
been his wedding day, he became the
inmate of an insane asylum, where he
still remains hopeless maniac.
Among the relatives of Clyma was a
sister, married to a farmer, who, three
years after the unhappy occurrence rela
ted above, moved to this country anc
settled down on a farm in Northern Hi
nois. A few days since, this sister, willis
about taking the cars in Chicago fo
home, she suddenly encountered til,
supposed murdered man! Her excite
ment was intence Drawing him on on
side, she made herself known to Paule
and was Immediately recognized by him
The explanation given by him of hi
disappearance, was that he met Clym
on the eventful night with the purpos
f of beating and disfguring him SO tha
he could not be married on the succeed
ing day, but that his rival was NOR
than match for him. Burning witt
rage at his discontinue, he had rushe,
off, not knowing OF caring what becam
of himself, and, Oh reaching the brancl
had taken an old leaky boat and puIle
, directly out to sea. Next morning whe,
| the boat was nearly sinking, he wa
picked up by an outward bound shi
, which took him to New Orleans
Since then, he has resided several year
in California and the United States, ha
become moderately rich, and was no,
on his way to his native home, wit
which he had maintained no eommuni