The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-12-29
Remarkable LSxs atSExr>neet6 fssA
Excess Of JOy.

Excess - Soy.
A late number Of the French ,Psyche
has . story Of love affair which has
deeply moved the whole populstion Of
Mnrseilles, but will hardly be credited By
persons who do not believe in suppeTnat-
urnl apparitions. However, here Is the
story in as few words as possible:
Charles R., born in weaNhy NM
iIy of merchants, and anUVphan from his
childhood, had 6esn brought up at his uR-
cle's, with GNcOusin whose beauty, sweet
necs and graesS never failed to produce q
lasting itnpr2Ssion on all persons Of her
acQuaintkn6e. Il is consequently not ct
ell surprising that Charles T., who had
grown up In her intimate society. should
have fallen deeply in love with such fas'
cinating cousin. Nor Was his love unre-
Quilted; for, when the proper time came,
she decided with tho consent Of her FAM
lily, that their marriage should take place
as soon MS he was twenty years Of age
Just about that time, his uncle having re-
ccivcd from Calcutta the news Of the fail
ure Of n house with which he was carry
ing on an Extensive business. sent young
Charles to that distant port to effect q
liquidation. The marriage was necessa-
rily postponed, and the young lover left
MarSciles, promising TO write as often as
God and the Ocean would allow, and to
return as soon as his business WAS settled.
Four months passed or. and no news
came from the young traveller. Ills rela-
tons, aud more particularly his cousin.
began to feel uneasy, and were already
accusing him Of neglect, when one unhnp.
py day they read in the papers OF the fatal
loss Of the steamer on board Of which
they knew Charles had gone. The young
Marst llaise was almost mad with grief;
and after long and dangerous sickness
the poor girl, dishenrtcned, seeing before
her nothing buta complete blank, resolved
to spend the remainder Of her life In a
convent to mourn, far from the world, for
the only man whom she had loved. It
was in vain that her parents tried to dis
sunde her from that resolution. All their
en.reatics, their misery, their tears, could
not induce her to change her mind, and
she soon entered . convent OF MarsciIles
as n postul0nt." -,.,...t
Six months after that fatal day. just as
the time for her VOWS was approaching,
her family was pleasantly startled 6y "
letter from their daughter, informing than
that she had altered her mindy and wished
to 90 back to them, to the world, to pleas
ures. to happiness. For the last three
nights. she said, she had seen IN her
dreams. her beloved Charles, entreati1g
her, with tears in his eyes, and the sweet
est voice, not to fu!Rll her terrible reSOlu-
ton, not to complete Q sacrifice which
would be the death Of them both. For
Charles was yet alive, and would soon be
back to keep his sacred promise, and end
nll her griefs The nuns Of the convert
had, good humOredly, laughed ct her, and
tried to persuade her TO stay among them,
in that quiet retreat where she might un1.
disturcd, lament all her life, the dear c6nf-
panion Of her youth. For he WAS dead,
said they, and il was foolish to believe in
those supernatural apparitiOns But she
was unshAken In her filth; and 10 ell AhGh
cntrcaties she would answer thAasbarsAa
trothcd would soon be back. And Of c0urse
she must bc al home to receive him. -;
Although the parents OF the yoqne
"postulant"i did not believe cay elisOFt
than the nune, that each Q BlfangA AdrtaAH
would ever be realized, they were soplneh
gladdcned by the letter Of lhsiF daughtey
that they decided MOTTO say one word y
undcccive her. She might 80 oil; fffSU6l "a
dny to day, hoping at the, time for an ar
rival which would never take place, and
by little and little they thought the dset
wound Of her heart might be beaDs& III
Accordingly on that very day they
went 10 the convent, and in less than Ons
hour their only Child was crossing again
the threshold Of tho old family InAnsion
Her frat thought was for her little room
where she had gathered 40 many dear to
kcns aud souvenirs from her cousin. Shs
hnstencd up stairs, and went so fast that
her delighted parents could hardly follow
her. But when she was on the landing
whom did she see standing in the door o.
that room, so long shut up? CharleS heI
nfIianced, who looked at ttcF. smiling with
happiness. and opened his arms to clasF
her to his bosom. 1L
It was no longer a dream! Charles
held her locked in his arms, kissing hci
and mineling his tears with her own
But when hc opened his arms aEaih, 4
receive the Caress II her parents, she sunk
and dropped heavily on the ROOr.
She Was dead dead with surprise and
happincssl dead without uttering one cry
without heavinR ono sigh