New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-06

enee was quite az painful "a The rst far tl,e Ia1
revived all my regrets. Ceeiis, Cecilc -forfeS}os
only reasoning wish myself c1nid conyiies1 NJ
that was but dreaming. 0ne aay. howeVsr.
even thu was sp0werless to persuade ne.
IL ahs chani6sr Essigned 70 the ctleeax opsned
Pasaea ~ attena III tse hospital ssased in ~
arIn.cna.r near tho door, fal1cied saw person
ansi9 .a " wf.o perfectly FesambIsd hsr aD6
vi reya; sst aeesasd1ty q such suppositton,
"Ihe hospital astenaant, 81 whom asked the
name Of thls SISTER, sola ne Inst lie did nof know
yet received into the noslsIafe ~ -Au - ~
1.-THE next day did not zee her y 4.
fThe following one, after eHdrsvoxdux Ia VAN IN
my room, dragged myself into the esIIcrv g
might meet the sisters when they ap9Sared The
bell rang, and they arrived saw ikens Il 4 iiis
lance, and from afar of, amongst them, ~ 5ses-
son ! wished to see; my first mogemsr9 M ~
close my. eyes, that might not lose ths f&acy
which had seized upon me. The second waa 10
advance. It was the image Of her her style her
features, but faded, ~ BY much sufferfng-it Ger
tainiy was herself! H
RI sss5he walked with her eves fixed upon the
nevertheless, she recognized me, and atarting with
surprise, cry almost escaped her lips. No one
noticed her, and she followed the others without
y entered my room. mad with delight. Tvas
She there could be not q doubt Of it. 4 had been
suffering fortunes from some mistake, for my step
|
"a letter, which had received from INV father.
since my return To Franee was filed with praises
felicity. 81 = z, Va
1T could NOT then be nv Gem; nv beyovta
whom he had married. and was resolved 10 speaE
| 70 her, and discover tlie truth. CA ' Nh
my agitation gave me strength 10 do soss Y III
there aad ss ~ ssss y nn ~ ~
inform Madem0iselle III M5unt fhat {;nbt1irI ~
Fresres wished 10 speak 81 her.
according to conventional rules I wa4 M ~ y
long time waiting, and this gave me No. tG W.
come more calm. Ablast heard the s0and w ~
elderly sisters footsteps on the stone coS11doT.
The door opened, and Ceciie entered after hsr sd
stood erect behind the bars which separated ~.
She was pale and agitated; nevertheless, r.
was easy to see that she was trying to compose
herself, and seemed cold and calm.
Monsieur, she said, & was ignorant that you
you my attendance. authorized = ] now an ID Do
ing so by the family ties which unite u.s.
q IT'S then true,' Icried. 'tis then true. 'Ts
not mistake. Pardon me, mad&mes pardon mel
For an instant believed in mistake which +
not explain, as cannot now understand how you
are in this house--h0W ygu hare left gtfsA
-. am not accountabIe 70 any ono, monsieur,
she replied, for my acfIons; tae ties ~ Mhfsf 4
just now spoke, do not give you the right ~ queer
ton my motives for quitting the world !, n
- Pardon me, madame, i do not inteFrOgEt6s
you I am only astonished that SO sacred an CO.
gagement should not have retained yeu near
your-- ~ 4, y "
e In my turn, monsieur, permit me to say T.
don't know what you ailude TO. Ivow myaelk "a
the large family of suffering humanity THU y .
fact, to which shall be faithful but II for this
quit my family your title of uncle does not the ese
grant you double right 20 my care, and VIII
give you the attentions Of niece, OF zeaiouB
and attentive sister, if you desire It Z ssss
90 A niece! sister = cried, almost mechani~-
cally pressing my head IN both hands it is enough
TO drive me mad. For PHYS sake Ceci.e DO nct
lures! ] have never forgotten youl 4 mn irsss
quite free, if it be not Of my love for yen How
can be 81 your nncleg do not desire she hate.
that Of your brother and still less WITH be yor
sonn
- Be calm l beseech you' she uttered; 4 aee
| that you are suffering horribly. But two woFds
| can explain all. You have not, then married my
aunt, Cecile de Mount, who, three years since was
9"s'Tis my father, II exclaimed, transported with
| joy. Then, tits not you who are his wife Oh,
Cecile, pardon me believed il, and was tempted
| to curse you for what looked upon " :doubly
".I have nothing to forgive she said. Have /
not myself fallen into similar error, from which,
| like you, I have suffered keenly 2 r
aSOh Cecile! my Geciie my bel0yedi we can
be happy yet together. The future Il for ~ tAas
| future which terrified me too much OH DOW II
seems far too short-love should ny eterasl. N.
~ MEANWHILE she asked, would yen not eIiFss
me to explain the particulars Of this almost fatni
| mistae.' . .ss
e. II ID scarcely necessary, now that 1t exists
no longer, to separate Us bat speak on, \ VAL
| listen to you.' s. ~ ss, A, a q
sister by whom she had been held at the haptis-
| NAL font and whose name she had received; that
I the viii of relative of Monsieur de Mount, IN
favor of this aunt, had caused q rupture between
| them and she had gone to reside with her mater
| nal relatives, and all correspondence and commu7
nication between them had ceased till the moment
| of her marriage, when cold letter, devoid OF any
/ particulars informed him that she was to marry
| Capt. de Tresnes. We had seen, sometime pre-
| yousy your nomination to that rank. continued
| Cecile .and we never imagined that there could
| exist any error. 30 deceiving coincldence y
more extraordinary than the nfldeiity OF = lower.
| The very day of this explanations which has
| brought so complete q change ia our projects
| wrote to my father, Ind happiness u 40 excellent
| a doctor, that q month afterwards, perfectly re-
4 covered, married cecile de Mount, who wore her
| wreath of orange flowers without any regret ior
her nuns veil. This marriage produced the union
Of the father with his sister, who found herself
| called upon one day again to be gadmother IN neg
| own family, but il was unanimously decided that
no similitude Of names should ever oppose the
| children to the painful trial through winch heH
| parents had passed. e !,
| This history of Colonel de Tresnes decided the
personaces in consultation 10 seek for some name
which would not lead to happiless results. and =
was at last decided that the boy should DO called
| Aynor as they knew no one OF that name 70 recai
| to mind the knights Of the round table.
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