The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-01
BERNADorTE IN LOVE.


E' At the period when the States of Grenable,
assembled at the Chareau de While, were pre-
pairing the revolution Of 1889, Bernadotte, then
sergeant, was quartered in that town. Little
dreaming of his future emipence, he passed hiA
time between his military duties, in cards and
gallautry. He had obtained considerable repu-
tation among his comrades for his success in the.
latter art, and made it point of honor to sus-.
tain it. An opportunity presented itself on.
the famous day of "the tiles" On that day..
5as is we'll known, the women of Grenoble,
mounted on the roofs of their houses. assailed
the royal troops with shower of tiles. BerA-
nadotte, being engaged with his regiment In the
Rue Pertuisiere, struck on the head by
one of the projectiles aud fell. He was ut FIRST
thoughtto be dead, but, manifesting some symP--
toms of life he was conveyed into neighboring
cofe and laid upon table, which isstill pressrv-
ed aud shown He was not, however, destined
to the fate of Pyrrhus. By degrees he beganta.
recover, and opening his eyes, saw among the
crowd who were rendering him assistance, O.
fair young girl, whose bright blue eyes were.
suffused with tears, and whose emotion Waa.
manifest at the pain he appeared to- suffer
He raised himself on his elbow, and, gazing At
her attentively, seemed struck with her beauty.
After little time, finding himself better, he.
called for glass of brandy, and rejoined hia:
regiment 3a 8 sss
Quiet being established at Grenoble, Bsrna--
dotte left no means unemployed todiscoTer the
fair unknown For three weeks he continued
his romantic search, when, one day, while pen.
sively walking in the Jardin de Vile he saw
her approaching. He watched her home, and
returning the next day, found means of OBJ
tanning access to her house, and declaring hfs
love. The girl was named Amelia she was .
dress maker, and about eighteen years of age
but there was a rival in the feld--a yeung
watch maker of the town. Not knowing how
to dispose of him and, moreover, being violeats-
ly in love, Barnadotte spoke of marriage, think
ing by that means to overcome all ditheuities.
But he failed = %@tfz
. Amelia loved neither the citizen nor the hero;-
but the first was matchmaker and the other
nothing at all-not even King of Swedsa.--
She preferred the shop to the haryersack, and
became the fdnce of the matchmaker. When.
Bernadotte heard her decision, his fury knew,
no bounds. He rushed to the house of his rival
and declared his love and his pretensions to the,
hand of Amelia, and challenged his rival to de-
eide the question by the sword. The watch
maker was nothing 10th, and the parties met.
The citizen, little accustomed to the use Of the.
weapon, was severely wounded, and Ber--
nadotte hastened to the house of his mistress.
He had been there few mirutes, and had
even forgotten the occurrence which had just
taken place, when loud knock was heard at the
door. 1t was the wounded lover of Amelia,
brought thitl er apparently in dying state.---
She was overwhelmed with grief and HORROR.
and. turning to Bernadotte, loaded him with
the severest repr aches, and drove him from the
house. He W her for the last time. In ..
month she became the wife of the watch-ma--
ker Bernadotte, when ht heard it, determin--
ed first to skoot her, then to murder her hus--
| band, and finally to blow out his own bEaina.
Fortunately Tor his uture crown he did Rei>-
| ther.
The blue eyed heroine Of this adventure
now alive, decrepid, crooked, wrinkled old
woman, servant at common inn, in state
of abject poverty-related the circumstances
many years afterwards. "Ah, sir" said she
in concluding her story, "I should have done
better if had married Bernadotte-I should
have been a Queen now, sir l--yes Queen,
instead of waiting upon every body here! T
should have a court and subjects, and fine
clothes-I should have been Queen now, sir!
Ah made great mistake sad mistake
ought to have foreseen this, for, assure you.
sir, Monsieur Bernadotte was not common
man. had kind of presentiment ithst some
thing weuld happen-but what would you
have? When We are young we do not refect.f
we are ambitious /; We refuse Kingdoms, and
make fools of ourselves !'-saying which she
! shed tears. 81 ISL
When asked whether she had ever heard
anything from him. she answered, "Never, SITE
have written to him several times since he
became king, but he has never returned any
answer. My husband says it is because 1 did
not frank my letters. It's very likely; and
then, perhaps, he may still feel annoyed
at my refusal If we were both free again,
and | had any money, l would 60 to Sweden.
Perhaps he would marry me, or at any rate.
give me his linen to mend. That would be-
something, after all.
! From a diadem to darn! Could Love
himself ever have conceived anything more re-
mantle