The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-10-03
sIlE ERENClE REVOCATION.
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III" next morning the sun arose like o
! bvll Of lire, and our three nivIda as they
| breakiastcd tUgcothcr, could not inil to rc.
mark the Sul!rness of the weather
| we shall have rain to-day" said rcychcv.
"To,nigh, will answer for our purpocs, |
! think"
ii hope so" was the reply, ~ wont to
! leave"
Then you do not relish your present
| quarters" said Marie
NO, no; | don't say that replied he
earnestly.
~ see how it is, said Pcrehcy, mo young
ttllow likes to be kept under such RESTRAIN
tney want to be running about, breathing
the fresh air"
"Oh, for that matter" said Henri, laugh-
lng, ii shall not grumh!e with this air
But have another and far moro important
reason" and lie glanced al Marie their eyes
met. and the young girl bluslcd.
We'll, have no wish To learn any OF your
secrets, suid Pcrchey, Us he put on his hat.
For some time after the fshermuns depar-
turc, there was q dcat silence. Henri sat
looking at the wall in n very mcd,ativc
mood, while Marie busted herselfin cll airing
away the breakfast service. At length the
young man spoke:
MAR C he said "you must think am
possessed OF great ingrat.tude, To wish TO
leave YOU 80 soon after the great service
you have rendered me-"
81 have no wish to question your motives"
she replied coldly. You have sad that
you had sufficient reasons"
"NeH cannot you imagine the reason .
lis you, Maric--your dangerous beauty"
IL think | understand You sir !" she re.
pied haugh,ily. "Of course the proud son
of ono Of the greatest mobiles of France
could not stop t. wed the ueicc Of q poor
fisherman"
1t is not that Marie, trust you could not
think so low OF me. Besides YOU forget
nave no title now. They are all abolished.
There is another, and weighticr reason
"I on speak III riddles, Henri" she said in
more kindly tone. 81 am not very good
at guessing"
well Murie, leave tonight and though
we shal probably never meet again. yet |
vaIne your opinion too much to leave you
with such bal impression Of me. My lit
tie tale Is soon told:
81 was born i'll the southern part of France.
at my fathers country mansion. was cd
tca,ed there by u private tutor. who though
Il talented and excellent teacher, was of a
vaclIiatng disposition. 1t was not long ere
| found myself master Of my actions, and
was not slow in proiiting Ivy this circum-
stance. | studied when il suited me, and
rode out or played, when | wished. Nv
edu alton would, under the circumstances,
| fear, have been rather poor one. but for
the fact that was endowed with more than
usual talents, and would often study to
obIIgc my pCOr tutor. when he could never
make ne otherwise. On the whole pro-
gre3sci tolocably well. But became cx-
uemely sc!t-w,lled and eXacting The ouly
persons leIt any awe of, or fear of, was my
iather. And, strange as it was, ! always
regarded his wishes rs laws to nae, and new
er though OF disputing his commands. To
be sure the latter were very few, az he only
pad me occasional visits, and never remain !
ei long. HIS business al the court kept him |
TOO busy to attend much to me-
Thus passed away my time until was
III cen years oi az, when my father asking |
ltm 10 get me u commission in the army. !
IA taken desire to serve the king in that |
branch oi the service, and was determined |
to dU SO.
"fo my surprise and modification. his |
answer was, that must not think of t, that /
lc would procure me a situat on at court. !
mat would SUIT me much better. For u
Nhlle was 50 overcome with Indignation,
hat was unable toinish rca ling tue letter.
lie wrote to inform me that he was coming
IN with an old friend Of his, the Count de
ergeS and h 5 daughter Marie. had Of
en- heard my iathe speak Of the former
They had been Old comrades together when
'ouIg. and stcdiaSt friends ever since. In
rider to bind their friendship and rorpctu-
tic 1t, they had detcrmined-so the letter
wed their offspring. In fact, llow
earned that had been engaged to Made
noiSelle de VerSes, and that she was as ic-
orant of the fact as /. As both of them
oresaw that obstacles might arise, if the
mon was delayed, they came to the CON
lus on that we had better be made one be-
ore either of us became old enough to form
ny new attachment. The purport Of the
IsIt, then, was to have lis united.
My lirst impulse ON reading this elabo-
ate letter was to burst into laughter. The
lea OF Two persons marrying who had new
seen each ether. was suprcmeIy ridicu-
'as. Then came the Thought OF my fathers
tcrnness, and how dangerous it might be
, oppose his VIII. To be sure it was a !
reat blow to my vanity to thus be dispos-
d OF, without consulting mo but then the
lought struck me that might yield con I
itionally and wrote to my father that
'ould comply with his request, but only on
ne condition that | would be allowed 10
nter the army. I
"My father acceded to our proposal, prob. l
bly, expecting that would soon tire Of war ,
Veil, in short we were married, and immc- l
lately atterward received my commission J.
$ lieutenant. | fear my feelings toward l
~ little wife wero hardly proper; looked :
pom her in tho light Of an enemy, and felt
n unaccountable feeling of rcpugnance to- '
ard her" q
"Probably she was very ugly" Il
"On the contrary she was one Of the most i
eautiful girls | ever saw; almost as hand n
,me as yourself Marie. But the rest is I
)on told. ] remained in the army until /
w days ago, when received note from v
y father, telling me he was about to fee o
ON the country, and advising me to follow Il
IS example. had previously heard of the S
oublcs at Paris, but had thought it an out II
'eak OF the people which would soon he a
lelled. But, on receiving such an cpistlc u
ON my father, who knew was not prone Il
eXaggcratiOn, | hastily threw up my II
and came here to learn the fate
my father and his family. forgot TO say II
at Marie had returned to school after our u
range marriage, and at the time of my "
theirs letter, the two families had been I,
wing together lear Paris. ] only arrived u
town the day came here. | noticed i"
at | was looked upon with suspicion at Il
C inn stopped at, so staid in my room az
It'll dark, and then sailed out as though I
r a wake aIshough determined not to re. u
rn:~ fotI know he rest. ! was pursued II
soHss fello~saor Killing their comrade in W
t-ietense -lrn lrrSfor yQslr ku1lness my rt
'ad and bod Io1rri. .Ihayo partep pcompany 8