Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-26
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RATHER A FRENCHY STORY.
ny HEvY HERz. THE PIANIST.

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From lie M0niteuT Univorscll
On the ID Of November. -, quilted
Liverpool for Boston in the Royal Mai
Steamship Caledonia As / stood on the
wharf ready 70 embark, ] saw q man whose
face was not unknown 70 me, moving to and
iro with an uneasy air, asking to speak tC
the captain Of the ship
person at this moment called me 10y
name. NJ. K shook me a1ectionately
by the hand, and asked what ! was going t.
America for.
replied, "To see the country and give
concerts"
4 lay you cannot guess the object Of my
voyage. / am going to New Orleans. !
am in love"
"In Lowell That is something serious"
"Yes. am in love with woman ] met
at ball given at the Hotel de Vile. l
never saw anything like her-beautifuI, tall,
fascinating eyes, and something superb in all
her motions, which fires the senses while at
the same time II inspires respect. In fine,
she is a marvel"
@Of course this marvel is an unmarried
lady"
No, she is married, and lives with her
husband in New Orleans"
" But then-if she is married"
20, that's no matter"
What that no obstacleY
q / reckon upon transferring her husband
% a lunatic asylum as a madman. As soon
as his insanity is proved by decree Of court,
his wife will sue out divorce. Then l
shall marry her. To be prepared for this
happy event l have filled a portion Of my
trunks with presents for my future wife"
Really that is an excellent idea, and it
proves you possess a most fruitful imagina-
ton"
/" Love makes men ingenious. And | do
80 adore her, she is so beautiful Come
down into my cabin and let me read you
some Of the letters she has written me- You
will see how elegant and imprisoned is her
style. II is HELoIsE born q Creole, that is,
Incidence allied with the most exalted senti-
ments."
You are a very happy man."
Indeed ] am a very, very happy man."
/ wished 10 remain on deck, having great
need Of breathing fresh air; but NJ. x
insisted 80 much and so earnestly l was
obliged 10 yield. When NJ X saw there
were several beds in his cabin he became
furious
He said: "This is horrible. 1 have been
swindled. What have paid four hun
dred and eighty dollars and shall not be
alone in my cabin And pray who is going
to sleep with me?'
The butler replied, can Englishman, sir p
IAN Englishman And why do you stick
an Englishman with me? Is it because ]
cannot speak English? No, l have never
slept with an Englishman, and ! never will
sleep with an Englishman"
The Captain was summoned. When NJ.
x was convinced he could not have
cabin entirely to himself, he begged me to
take the Englishman's place. The latter
consented 70 this change Of cabins. l be-
came NJ. ks shipmate. He made me
read two or three letters of his beautiful
Creole every day. He had at least forty Of
them.
Ihad been some months in America, when,
after landing in New Orleans, met NJ.
K. He said to me:
"Well, IL was perfectly successfulP
"ItY WHAT
"Why, my scheme. had the husband
sent to an insane asylum; the divorce was
decreed, and married his wife"
M. x spoke with perfect seriousness.
! was full Of horror to think Of 50 mon
strous an act. | said 10 him:
You have resorted to abominable means
TO satisfy your love. Have youno remOrse?"
ono, have no remorse, but l have some
regret at having succeeded so we'll If it
was not much more difficult TO get a sane
man out Of mad house than 10 send him
there 10 declare divorce null than 70 dis
solve a marriage, and If 1t was not impos-
sible 10 persuade an unmarried husband to
remarry his old wife, long ago the poor hus-
band would have assumed his original pO-
sition and / mine"
Has not your marriage proved happy
one2n
" Alasl have discovered too late that
happiness is not TO be found in this world,
either in the new or old world"
The fascinating Creole, who had, with so
much alacrity, taken measures TO get her
first husband adiudged a lunatic, made her
second husband so unhappy by her whims
and oaprices that M. x became really
crazy. He was carried to an insane asylum
upon good ground Of reason, and he soon
died there in a state ofcomplete prostration.
As for the first husband, the pseudo-luna-
tic, he laughed heartily when he heard the
tragic end Of his successor 10 the favors of
his ex-tender half He obtained. has liberty, |
and cheerfully confessed that he had feigned |
lunacy because he was afraid he would really |
become so if he did not get rid Of his wife. |
The greater lunatic Of the two was not he |
who passed for the mailman.