Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-05-07
lRssa TTse Years IN ssEas.sI
The DRAG0aAAh'S STORY.

draguaau TaIsasa 10 rae the par4ienlags
No 1 cad tale, the catastrophe Of which 10
ne place On this very spot. | shall relate
IN 70 you 10 saasriy bis own words
he asome Few PEARS ago Mons. S---~-a
be rived here 90 consul general for---~-ax
ly With him and his wife came Maddle.
Id ----- some said she was relation Oh Il
I'd lady, soane said she waa rnArefy con
m panieus but all agreed she waa ssry bsas
l. afui. Her syaa wsre saft and black .
:. the gszelie's hsr hair which vas dark 4
is night, vas 6ounf up in that style 90 D.
of suilas 30 haropeans, contrasting We
With tho fairness Of her Skin. which, /
aae smile Of the Metaaliz,s was a.
vessel Of milk ; her mouth was . brancs
;. OF coral, and her breath was az the aow
. eEs shas bloom IN ths garden Of Haifa.
= sAstacAen 20 saah consulate, as yo,
are aware, Is dFagoIaRn, the duties o
: whose position require him to be 2sr
son OF intelligence and education. Mich
! ei haksea possessed In every way sh,
aasiihoaAioaa foF this oiiee, and perforna.
? ed its duties 50 vel that he became fa.
Eorite for the consul. We had been bow
together, educated at the same college,
Antoaras and the friendship there begun
ripensd as we grew older. and ended On
II with his death.
michel Was not long before be fell en-
shaved before the charms Of Maddie. ID
-; beg glanees like arrows charged
With dssths inflicted upon bis heart iueu-
raoie wounds ; her presence vas Para
disc, her absence devouring fame.
"LoVe With Us is q vesy ataerent affair
TO what it 10 With you We seldom sea the
gifl who 10 to become our wife, and know
nothing of her disposition. much less of
her heazt. With us, woasn are taught
to respect and obey, with ysu they are
accustomed TO commsad We treat them,
It Is true, with consideration and kind.
mesa, butyoa fall down and worship them.
Ii the Cyprian goidsas had again asfasn
from the sea, Niche could not hare
adored her more than ho did Maddle. %
- but her position, go far above his.
presented tnsuperable difficulties to the
ultimate realization of his hopes. Ner.
ertbeless, lose, whieh sleeps not, found
many oPpurtuuities for being near her,
kneeling 70 assist her into the saddle, on
trenblingly aiding hct 70 distnount.
alt is said that Il woman can always |
read sha heart of the rnAn thak Iovea her.
and MaddIe. D---had no need to leok |
deep, for she saw the devotion of Mich |
el's soul written in his eyes. | cannot |
tell yoa-for scarcely know myaslf-I
how she came al laat to recognize his love;
oas one morning be CAME 10 ms and told |
me that, On returning the evening before
from ball given by Madame Ia Com
tssse de P, be had walked BY her
side ~ she rode homs 90 her fsvorita
Arab. They were . little behind their
friends nought 10 hear him but the bright
moon and she swinkling stars-tbas looked
dowa and told him 70 aope. In a mo-
meat almost of madness, hs poured into
her ears the story Of his love. She lis
tened and answered noG bat the gentle
pressure of the hana for She fEss tame al
parting, IS he Lifted her from the saddle,
told hlm that be vas loved. The extxaE-
agance OF bis JOY at one moment knew no
bounds, while in the next be xas plunged
inte the very depths of despair. He
knew Eiaas the proud and hsaghty spirit |
Of Madame S--would permit 40 con-
nexlon between her relatiVs and her hus- ,
band's dragomau. Gould be Hy 90 some
SOLITARY spas On the Ia oanGaina, where be !
nlgat pass his life Rlonn with her, secure !
Of bis prize, be would do so but then /
QUE 90 luxariously nartared ID she was :
could not endure such hardships. he !
aoIed al shs time wisely be determined !
% vail aad hops. ........ ... 3.
about this time Mons. NJ, con.
Gni at Jerusalem, arrived at Beyrout, Oh
1sheiai business with she cousuf- general. | I
do bad seea Aaddla. D.; and Cupid,
who plays such fantastic pEaaka. weand-
ri hlm 10 the very heart. Asdams : 4
his suit every way and t
y they were about rsEizaE der the sam 7
nsr to IBais- Aliry, she Invited tim to ioin
hems and altogether iussFdieted Toe pres.
'nce Of Michel.
"You can imagine tAe despair and
Igony which filled his heart He con. y
zlYed, howsvsz, to see bis helosod before
Isr Departure and racsixsd farther
'voEal of her affection and pledge OF
fidelity and each evening At D
be same hour, when night spread his "a.
lie wing over Bsyroa1, you mighk sea q
xsghs staE asesad towards heaven fron
midas shs gardens of mulberry and or
nge, and if your eyes happened to look
owards Belt MiFy, you would behold an A,
thsT appear for nonenE Ia sAe SKY and
anquish.s
!" Msdame S. 5000 discovered this sa
leans of communication between the
,Esrs. Poor Michel locked la vain Tor a
10 starry messenger. Reports came TO !,
gyroat from sime to time of the aaEan. ~
ons paid by ths eoasul u MadIle. D.
ud At last rumor, which always loves 10 r
said that he vas accepted =
I'D that they we're about 70 be married. -
is now wall known fhAs Madame S. =.
.gself caused these reports 70 be spread. - -
1plng 70 plaee mademoiselIe in such ag =.
.li VOCAL position, that she would be D. =. =
iged 90 confirm iheEn in reality. s~
= Michel, driven - despair after re- i. =.
'anting this last repogs to ma, mounted =, =
. horae one evening and rode msdlg 10 =:
eit-Miry. followed ain, but Afas toe
te- HIS had lied bis horse 20 ssee, and - =.
aiked thEoagh The plRs-groys which gksw
lckiy up 70 within . few tees of the -
,uss. his heart beat so rapidly "a hs =
w the form OF her ne ioged standing -, -,
ar tbs balcouy, thai be lsaned sgainsf "a a.
tree as we'll faE support ak 10 cuneeaa
mself from view. Bul oh the sccursed
ghs The nexl moment he saw his hated fK
gal stand beeide her cheeks, and faaeiea3 II
n possesssd with power 10 pluck them. &
addeniy be drew pistol from his scarf s.,
fired -oh, horror the hfeiess form OF ~
4 he ioved fell bathed In blood. -
y At that raonaut I arrived. | saw -
y 7 Lasa sasssnIy iorwarus towsras ehe of.
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