Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-12-21
EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORY.

The French Pyscbc has story Of a love
affair which bas deeply moved the whole
population Of Marseilles, but vii, hardly be
credited by persons who do not believe in
supernatural aparitions. However here is
the story in as few words as possible.
Charles R---------, was born ina wealthy
family Of merchants and an orphan from his
childhood, had been brought up at his uncles
with cousin whose beauty, sweetness and
graces never fail TO produce lasting i'm
pession on all persons Of her acquaintance
II Is consequently not at all surprising that
Charles r., who had grown up 10 her inli.
mate society, should have fallen in love with
such fascinating cousin. Nor was his love
unrequited; for, WREN the proper time came
she decided. with the consent of the family,
the marriage should take place as soon as
they were twenty years Of age. Jurt about
that time, his uncle having received from
Calcutta the news Of the faiiure Of house
with which be was carrying on an extensive
business, he, sent the. young Clures 10
that distant port TO fleet. a liquidution.-
The marriage was necessarily postponed.
and the young loverleit karseilles, pron,is-
ing to write. 40, often as God and the ocean
would allow, and 10 return as soon as hs
business wes settled.
-Four months passed on and no news came
rom the young traveller. His relations, and
more particularly his cousin, began TO feel
uneasy, aud were already accusing him Vi
neglect when one unhappy day they read in
the papers Of the total loss Of the steamer In
which they knew that Charles had gope.---
The young Marseilles was almost mad,
with grief; and after a long and dangerous
sickness, the poor girl, disheartened, seeing
before her nothing but. complete blank
resolved 10 spend the remainder Of her life
IN convent TO mourn, rar from the world
for the only man whom she had loved II
was 10 vain her parents tried to dissuads her
from that resolution All their entreaties,
their misery, their tears, could not induce
her to change her mind, and she soon entered
a convent Of Marielles as "postnIant.'
Six months after that fatal day. inst rs .he
time for her TO take her VOWS was approach
ing, her family were pleasantly startled by
a letter from their daughter imfol ming them
that she bad altered her mind and wished to
go back TO Them, to the world, to pleasure,
to happiness. e.-,i,l. sas,sl : I.as IL
For the last three nights, she said, she had
seen in her dreams her beloved Charles, en-.
treating her with tears In his eyes and the
sweetest voice, not 10 fulfill her terrible res
folution, not TO complete sacrifice which
would be the death of both of them. For
Charles was yet alive and would soon be
back, to keep his sacred PROMISE. and end
all her griefs. The nuns of the convent had
good-humoredly laughed at her, and tried TO
pursnade her to stay among them, in that
quiet retreat, where she might. undisturbed,
lament all her life tic dear companion Of her
youth. For he was dead, said they, and it
was foolish 10 believe in those supernatural
apsritions. But she was upshakeu In her
iaith, and to all their enireaties she would
answer that her berothed would soon be
buck, and OF course, she must be at home to
receive him., s- '1.0 - a4a
Although the parents of the young 'pes-
tulant' did not believe, any more than the
nuns, that such strange dream would eves
be realized, they were SO much gia,lened by
by the letter OF their daughter that they de-
eided not 70 say one word 10 undecrive her
She might 60 on from day TO day. hoping
all the time for an arrival which would never
take place; and by little and little
they thought the deep wound Of her heart
might be healed.
Accordingly, on that very same day, they
went to the convent, aud in less than one
hour their child was crossing again the
threshold Of the old family mmsion.-
Her first thought was for her lit
tie room, where she had gathered SO many
tokens and Souvenirs from her cousin. She
hastens up stairs, and she goes so CAST that
her delighted parents can hardly follow her.
But when she Is on the landing, whom does
she see, standing in the door OF that room so
long shut Up? Charles, her afiisncei, who
looks at her, smiling with happiness and
opens his arms to clasp her to bis bosom.
IL is no longer dream Charles holds her
locked In his arms, kissing her and ming.
ling his tears with her own. But when be
opens his arms again, TO receive the carcsses
OF her parea,s, she sinks aud drops heavily
to the floor.
She was deadl dead with surprise and
happiness! dead without uttering one cry,
without heaving one sigh.