The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-07-06
A ROMANTIC STORY.


r. of tho Cleveland, Ohio, Herald, is said
bv good authority to be literally true
Some twelve years ago, two young men, named
Clvma and Paule, lived in small Village not Tar
from the sea coast in the extreme west OF EnSianu
Both were miners and worked IN the same niue
no., the village Both paid their addresses to the
s,me maiden, though not with equal success. Cly-
49,, osnored so well in his suit that day was ap-
,onted for the nuptias, and IN due course OF time
the bands of marriage was asked III tne 'ii1dS,e
eb.cb an the first of the three Sundays prescrb-
ed by English canon law. -,
BEFORE the second Sunday came round the rivals
met at a wrestling match in the village, and II
CHANGED that the turn came for them to Wrestle
to@othcr Paule was excited and cndeavored siren
uonsIv to give his successful rival IN love wick
od fall ;, but his eagerness worked his defeat lie
was thrown to the ground amid the shouts OF the
Villagers On springing to the ground he sWorc
that he would be revengcd, and that Clyma should
never marry his intended bride. From that day
he took to drinking deeply, and was fierce III his
imprecations on his rival.
The day before that fixed for the marriage, Iaule
told all his friends that he would be at the we'd
ding and would find means to prevent 1t taking
place. knowing his determined character, Clyma
anpearcd alarmed at the threat, and got some
friends to intercede with Paule, but in vain.
Late that night Clyma left the house of his in
tended bride for his own cottage. The way lay
across patch of barren moor, where there were
several open mine shafts, which had been desert
ed, and the bottoms Of whose black depths were
now covered with several fathoms of water. About
the same hour Paulc 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
ayerred the next day that he heard noise as if OF
a dispute and a scufe, but it too dark to dis
tineush any one.
The marriage was to take place at eleven
o'clock in the morning at the village church.
Lon" before that hour the village was a scene Of
great excitement. The hat and neckcrchcf Of
Paue, the latter torn and bloody had been found
near the deepest Of the abandoned pit shafts, and
of Paue himself nothing had been found, nor had
he been seen since he went towards the moor on
the proceeding night. The ground where the arti-
cles had been found were traces of scuf1c having
taken place, and to crown the whole, two buttons
recognized as belonging to Clymas coat, were dis
covered among the earth and stones. TO these
ominous facts Clyma could only reply that he had
met Paule at the place mentioned, during the
night; that high words were succeeded by scufHc
and that he had beaten Paule, who retired cursing
him. The account not considered satlStacto
ry, and Clynla was taken into custody to await
further developments.
Several days passed away; examination
made Of the pit and the surrounding locality but
10 trace was found of the body. 1t
gued however, that if Il stone attached to the
body before it was thrown into the pit, so as to
sink it, there would be no probability Of its ever
being found. After several examinations before
magistrate, the accused released from custody,
but only to be stunned as murderer by the whole
community. In the meantime, the intended bride
became sick through excitement; a violent fever
was succeeded by wasting illness, and after lin
gering for some months, she died of broken
heart. These accumulated ills were too much for
the unhappy object 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 Il hopeless
maniac.
Among the relatives of Clyma was sister mar
ricd to farmer who, three years after the unhap-
Ply occurrence related above, removed to this coun-
try and settled down on farm in Northern Illinois
A few days since, this sister, whilst about taking
the i'll Chicago for home, Suddenly encoun-
tered the supposed murdered man! Her excitement
was intense Drawing him one side, she made
herself known to Paule, aud was Immediately re-
cognized by him. The explanation given by him
OF his disappearance, was, that he met Clyma OH
the eventtu night with the parl o:e Of beat II ?
and disfgurinS him SO that lie could not be mar
ried on the succeeding day, but that his rival was
more than match for him. Burning with rage at
caring what became Of himself and on reaching
the branch, had taken old leaky boat and pull
ed directly out to sea Next morning when the
boat was nearly sinking, he was picked up by an
outwardbound ship which took him to New Orleans.
Since them he has resided several years in Califor-
MIA and i'll the United States, has become moderate
ly rich, and was Oh his way to his native home,
with which he had maintained no communication
since his departure On learning the sad event
which had occurred in the meantime, he immcdi
ately accompanied the sister to her home in Illinois
and after the necessary arrangements were made
he started with her to England in order to repair
as taras possible the mischief which had been done.
They passed through Cleveland on their way East,
and, happening accdently to meet them at the
depot, We learned the sequel to the sad story, with
the earlier portion of which We were well acGuaint
cd.
They go joyful yet mournful GRAND The
good name of the unhappy condemned can be re-
claimed, but none restore his shattered reason.
or rescue the broken hearted dead from her early !
grave.
To PREVENT CoNvULsIoNs-The following
curious mode of preventing a CONFUSION, COM |
monty called fit, is given in the last number of
the Charleston Medical journal and Review, in a
lnDCr ortIc +l,o 4,eLN- l.