Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-10

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svass, when his physicians Recommend
4I nleppe t. hun. as all other places
had failed ia restoring hjs streustl.--
TIL, occurred III tlre month OF july.
some years stnc".
Iii daughter accompanied him: the
most beautiful of l'aIy's daughters
where there re- 80 many competitors
;or tive rrizo 0! lovtljuess.
Olympia vas al ortv cIrnd; YET the
Marquis had been married tauy 1ntes.
DevoureI hy ambition and pf'de, he
could not even from her Conceal h's .t"-
noyanc about Ter sex; for pow n"S
name, which had been handed down II
the direct line for four centuries. wooju
perish with himself. lie would Freely
have gwen bis immense totDuu1 twice
over. his lie, his ch'ld's life; all. 10 lave
possessed 4 son who would hand down
his name to posterlty.
Al sixty be was the widower Of two
Roman ladies' Of high descent, and Of a
German princess, and all three had Nlei
without lis wish being accomplished. He
was old now, and worn bv The ira'f"nes
Of place and ambition. lie te,t b}H@r Elf
going death stood before hitn eye'r
moment more vi>iblv and, 70 lty
and conceal the painful act Gom lis
view, this last Of the F'oscariAi enuc1-
yo'ed by g~ai.ties and pleasures to
crown himself 'with The senbiAn,e Of
youth. lie raised around him a ana
part Of debancheries, orgies an3 -tn:o-
Ing he ilnn9 millions away, and when.
by accident, a thon9ht of His cIiii came
across him, il was in bitterness Of spiril.
"a woman u woman 7 he exclaimed.
There will ALWAYS remain a stllyl@oD Ion
tune ior her, a cbiIi o, eighteen. What
would she Do With al ny palaceso Sire
would be a~llnghted by liie Hcar5 Of ,0Ii
which had accumulated for a SON. On,
en- let, Us atnuse ourselves while we
may. | shall, perhaps die Tomorrow =
, Olympia knew WHY her father lived
thus. He did not spare her the kno"I-
edge Of why he was SO reckless. With
out pity towards her. not caring for how
much be panied her heart, he wa CON
stantly reproachin. her as The cause #
all. Cursing her and Der dead mother,
he cared not bow much she. vino 50
tenderlv loved Lin, be!isId the unsi.htIy
wounds of bis ambitious heart: and
when lie saw Der ID tears, his only re-
source was TO leave her alone. 10 weep
in the bitterest sorrow / child might
know arisjp, from her fathers cruelty.
Yet Foscarini loved lis daughter, not
as a father should have done, but as
something belonging to himseif-as
something beautiful, The most exquisite
of his possession, q handsome piece Of
furniture-his own. That was The reu-
son why he always kept lIer with him,
made her travel everywhere he went,
and refused her hand in marriage TO Tie
wealthiest mobiles Of Austria and Italy.
Stay with me- be said. 4 want 10
have you near me. 'lou can marry
when Pm dead
When bis feverish nights Of excitement
had passed, broken down and trembling
from a debauclI Of wine and gambling,
he was in The habit Of going 70 lie baths,
or seeking in the wav a renewal Of wig
or 10 pursue an existence capable q Kill
ing a young MAJ of twenty, and vet
he was too unhappy to reliuquish he eS-
element.
One dav he endeavored 70 bathe
alone, without his attendant, and when
the tide was coming in but weaker than
usual, be was carried away, and then
tlurgi in a faintin5 state upon the beach.
The next wave was taking him away to
certain destruction, when a young man,
who vas battling, swan to his sensele>s
form, and bore him to land in safety,
When Foscarini opened his eyes, he
turned to thank the one who had saved
him,and, to his annoyance, recognized
an officer from Trabans, whom lie had
met at the baths Of Pyrmont and emma.
and whose assiduties towards Olympia
had given him much uneasiness.
A few words Of cold thanks aud po-
likeness were exchanged, and the young
German asked permission to call some
times at the marquis hotel.
He was frig'lIy told that he might do
So.
At the end Of a month the Marquis
and Stephen had became inseparab'e.
Still madly IN love with Olympia, the
latter was, however, toe clever this time
to manifest it 50 openly as he had done
at Pvrmont. He allowed Foscarini 10
think that he was cured Of bis passion.
He spoke to Olympia without :urnins
pale, and, with perfect ease Of manner,
addressed a few commonplace com PHI