Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-09

sacrificed for me-
"Ah! nothing if you love me; for
what is all in the world besides love? |
have made no sacrifice. You know, Oc-
tave l have not deceived you; l have
loved my husband devotedly, passionateIy,
L was content to share with him his me-
diocracy of fortune, and to wait the re-
suit of those talents which it is said he
possesses But alast he cared not for
me; 1 was nothing to him l shall be
nothing in his life scarcely will he per-
ceive my absence
" Estelle, you know not how much
tenderness there is in my love; it was the
utter neglect with which | saw you treat
ed that first interested me in you. Be
lieve me, Estelle, had you been a happy
wife, l loved you too well to have sought
to take you from it. Now you are to me
holy trust, the only woman L have pas
sionately loved, and to you again, 1 re-
peat it, devote my life. know society
will turn from you.for this one act that
binds you to me forever, but the world is
open to US. | am rich; never till now
did / know the value of riches; and 50
long as this heart beats, you, so help me
heaven, shall not know pang."
Octave Seran drew Estelle toward him,
and she laid her head on his shoulder and
sobbed. Strange are the workings of
woman's heart to feel at that moment
that she was the sole object of love to a
true heart restored her to her own esteem,
healed the wound to her vanity, yet never
did the house she had left forever appear
in such a seductive form and leaning On
the shoulder of her lover, she regretted, if
not her husband at least his love.
But the carriage bore them on; they
reach the railroad station g 'Chemin de
Midi" and in few minutes are rushing
on with all the power Of steam.
Meantime, weary and full of thought,
Henri Nergennes comes from long ses-
sion in the courts back to his home.
"Madame is out, says Jeanette, "but
she has left a note for you on your desk
in the study"
Henri scarcely hears what she says;
he is absorbed in a difficult law
question, and if he had thought at all
ae0ut Estelle, it would be think it was
a relief that she was not there to interrupt.
Taking out cigar, he laid down on the
sofa in his study, and opening his briefs,
began to read the difficult point over again.
jeanette was the first person who in
terrupted him. The dinner was ready.
60 And madame I"
She had not returned.
Then Henri remembered what Jean
nette had said, and went to the desk.
There his eye fell on the wedding ring.
and the few words written beneath told
him all.
For few minutes he stood. not
stunned by the blow, but recalling as he
gazed on the ring all the events of
the last three years. The love that had
laid dormant in his heart all arose with
its strength and passion, and, as he
thought, his conscience told him how he
had neglected her, how for the last year
this young, beautiful, loving wife had
been as nothing to him in his home.
One look he gave up at her portrait
that smiled down on him; then throwing
himself into a chair, he laid his head on
the desk beneath, and wept as man weeps
in his life but once, tears that are the
very hearts blood
AT last weak and exhausted, he looks
up once again, he gazes on the portrait,
and feelings of pity and tenderness came
over him. He has forgotten his own
sorrows he thinks of her only-of her
whom he had sworn to shield from all
evil, till death should part them. 1t
might yet be time to save her; she was
forever lost to him, but perhaps he might
rescue her from disgrace, from the long
life of wretchednesS that must inevitably
be her fate.
He does not waste time in seeking in
formation; but, like good lawyer, goes
at once to the right source to the Rue de
Jerusalem; there one of the French de-
tective officers will soon put him on the
track, tell him all
Meantime on goes the train, night has
come, and the fugitives, the first emotion
over, have began to get anxious as to
pursuit. They may be traced to the
railway station, resuming their journey
south next d ay by later train, 80 that if
Henri shall have left Paris in search of
them, he will have had time to take one
of the trains that starts in the night.
With feeling of security, next morn
ing they re-entered the train. They have
been undisturbed yes, Estelle has left
Paris, hershome, her husband, her cares
forever. Twenty-four hours and they
will be on the Mediterranean, safe from
al pursuit. But all at once there is a