Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-03-25

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ard suffering had worn the thread OF life
TO the extreme Of tenuity, and the shock
uroduced BIZ the sudden appearance o.
his child had snapped II asundeT. Inc
bodv was properly cared Tor, fernida
vas dupon a bed in an adjoining cham I
Der. and messenger was sent to Request
the presence Of the nearest magistrate
coroner sc -
Though bad slain these men n SELF
defence. [ had, nevertheless. under me
r,eeuIIar circumstances Of the case, much
eause for anxiety. How the matter
might be looked upon By the officers o.
Justice was altogether unable to DIVINE I
In toe mean time, / sat By the coucn I
Of nv darling little girl, anxiousiy WATCH
inc the efforts that were made to restore /
( her 10 consciousness. By slow degrees
warmth and pulsaticn reapPeared IN her
extr-mities. while new life began to
dawn upon her palIid cheeks and fnai-
f " she opened her eyes ard gazed al NE
+ with innuiring eaTnestness and hxed al
tention.
+ That gaze went thrilling through nay
Z fnmost soul. There was an expression
Z in those beautiful orbs which l had never
+ seen there before. The wild purposeless
4 glance. to which I had been 30 long &C
cus;omed. vas gone, and in its place
beamed brightly the fixed, steady light
Of inielligence-of perfect mental sanl-
ty. The eyes werrzs splerdidly beau
) tiful a. ever, but their expression was III
, terly changed.
At first found it difficult to credit the
testimony Of my senses but few al
, fectionafe words from those lovely lips
: soon banished every doubt. The unused
!. organs produced thick and broken III
terance. but the words, the sentiments
1 we're such a. no dizordered brain could
/ possibly have suggested. The tremend-
: oas excitement brought to a climax by
). the interview which had proved fatal
: to her father and nearly destroyed her
: own life, had 90 powerfully reacted upon
]. the brain and its mysterious symp2ihies
(. a. to restore It to a healthy condition.
e Though uncommon, the case Is By nc
r. means without It's parallels.
e At first, Perdida seemed 10 have for
L gotten the late occurrences, and Wheel
4. memory did bring them back, joined Il
II. the news of her fathers death, they rush
Il ed upon her in such an overwhelming
torrent, that il seemed for time a.
a her newly recovered reason must b
n. swept away before them. By great ez
er erti0n, hogegeF,she was eventually sooff
sr ed and Quoted, and, at last, sobbed hel
90 self to sleep.
b. Without making my story too long an
tedious, II would be impossible 10 give
circumstantial narration Of the even
4, which followed, and OF the manner
which ! became possessed Of the facts
~, Perdida's previous history. can on
give a brief summary Of results, and Il
r readers imagination will readily suggs
" tue process by which they were success
's lively arrived at.
qn Marie de ST. Croix Tor, more proPe
r : y speaking. Sainte Croix) was the graz
h. daughter Of a gentleman Of family al
NO. fortune, VINO emigrated from the banks
j. the Rhone 10 louisiana Her father s.
- th. guardian Of Eugene and AIphon
D'Anguilie, and both Of them loved d
ar RE. AIphonse, though a most SUGGEST
- bypocriie, and already displayed son
- thing Of the character which caused b
to resemble a tiger rather than a man.
He made a proposal Of marriage to j
- re, and was rejected. Eugene made
i'll similar proposal, and was accepted, a
an, sOou afterwards united.
= From The moment of his rejection,
demon Of jealousy combined with oil
? 7 devils 10 make an absolute pandemoni
81, Of the heart Of Alphonse. He swore
dad have revenge upon his brother and
"a bTids-a revenge commensurate with
at pangs Of hate and envy which 50 convl
AN ed his guilty soul.
I'm Eugene d Anguille,afler his maria
4re- took possession Of the beautiful estate
Ia, Vue de fEau, which be inherited Fl
n. his father, and, at his request, Alpho
vent to live with them. The fortune
thu the latter had been originally equa
,yJe that Of Eugene, but his mad extra
and gance di>sipated the most Of it In V
erpl few years.
AMI The threatened vengeance was
SLOW ia oyertaking its victims. The
nary liable and innocent Marie was oblige'
pair. endure every species OF persecution wi
.ace man can infict or woman suffer. (
the had never told Eugene of Alpbonse's
.atb- posal to her, nor did she now dar
mar make known to him the horrible pers,
tons Of WHICH she was the object /:
look her lormenior had solemnly sworn
AL such a revelation should be the de
-aoe knell Of her husband, and she knew
too we'll to doubt for a moment tina
,ting would keep bis word in matters Of
vonr sort.
No genllewoman could, for a seri,
ullet years, endure such mi-ery as these
sDed tanic arts engendered without sinking
itbin der It. The lovely Marie, gradually
cb.d ed away and died, leaving a daag
/ ex. who, With her mothers name, prom
ball to inherit even more than her mott
rare southern beauty.
serg- The husband, who had literally
aised lied her, was prcstrated by the shoe
pre- Alphonse persuaded him to take tr
auOn the North for the haneft If hfs Ie