Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-02-15
FEBRUARY Is, 1867.

~ -'-fe-etad hgure. anc
the uP'arned. eOlorle.s face Of G,,.vr,
She family murmurcd has name. n. ,oo
believed II ~as a spirit-but 10 ~as ths .r;,.
Il Of has beloved. and the Sigh, and ,o.,a
hlied him 9Th transport
Rapidly ana joyislly be descended. and
threw open the entrance door. and ssooped
20 raise the cold. shrouded form that IA,
PROSTATE At his feet What painter. -hsr
poet. eould picture his ana1ernent an5 n,
scstacyr Ginevra lived. AMI was restored
% him.
lie summoned has mother. Nth -horn he
resided. and assembled has family 20 rejoice
9TH hin. and 70 listen 20 Ginevras tale
Thea Antonio bound them all by an oath 20
silence. and sent faithful servant TO replace
The stone upon the opening of the vauh.
and 10 remove every trace Of the fugitive.
footsteps
Meantime. the exhausted Ginevra. nov.
indeed. almost dying from the neglect anl
hardshiPs she had endured. vas lad in a
warm bed. and tenderly ministercd 20 bv
the mother Of Antonio. For four davs
GineNra's iIie seemed Ike fickering can
de. -hich bat a single breath might extin-
gui,h
ca the fifth day she gradually revived.
and before long vas able to rise and con-
verse
She then Pondered deeply and sadly
upon the only honorable course thu, ~.
left 70 ber. and. -i'h gentle hrnness. an
nounoed 20 Antonio that. a. she could new
er return % her brutal husband'. protec-
ton. she tcit herself compelled to enter a
convent
Antonio. hurled from his sudden hanpi.
ness into an abyss Of despair. isnplorvd her
70 revoke this ersel deci.ion-not 20 him
only. bot 70 herself lie brousht forward
manifold Arguments 70 corvincc her that
The tic Which bound Der 20 Agolann -,
dissolved BY a death and burial -hich all
The World believed 20 b. real. and entreat-
ed her 70 become the wife Of one uho had
never loved bat her. and had claimed her
Tor his o~n before she -as sold 90 Acolan-
a. has mother and family Joined their
prayers to his. and Ginevra. listening 20
them. and to the Pleadings Of her own
heart. slowly consented.
IL j. recorded that Antonio AMI Gin~v-,
we're privately united BY the public notary.
~ho ~as hound 20 secrecy.
Meantime. al Florence vas listening to
description. ofibe ghost Of Ginevra. ~hich
30 many persons had bcheld passing through
tbe streets. and ~bich her husband testified
had appeared to him. and her father made
kno-n had also visited his door. The two
families ordered a bountiiui Numbered mass
- 10 be sad Tor the rcpose Of this unquiet
spiri;.
Agoianti no- offered the je-eIs and
wardrobe Of GinestA Tor sale. HIS great
wealth did not prevent hi. esincing thi.
lack Of reverence for her menor,. itnpell.
ed by sordid love % gam Rondlneii.
a. soon ss be heard Of the proposed bar
ter. FASTENED TO the residence OF Asolan-
q. and purchased every article hi. new
iy-made wife had possessed. paving the
mos, eSiraysgant prices. 10 prevent the
smallest object -hicb bad been oon.ocrased
BY ber use from passing into tbe hand. 81
strangers.
for some months 1inevra lived in entire
scclusion. her existence unknown % any
bui her husband's family an lev trust
worihy domestics. Bst neither she nor hrr
husband uerc SATISFIED vith this mole Of
lie. kondinelh sav no reason ~hy b.
should not apPear before the world a. the
proud hustand Of 90 fair and beloved
~iie. Ginesrs. too. detesfed the constant
stratagems 90 ubich thcy wcre obliged %
resort. and resolved % 20 iotth boldly.
in thc rcsisiiying atmosphere of calm hap
pinrss and satisfied love. shc had ri.en out
of th- passive inerfness vhich had paral.
fzed her fsruitie. during the four miseta-
De years rhich 3D. BAD passed under fhe
roof I'd Agoianu. and hcr character reas.
sumed its genoine traits. Prank. ardent.
ard confident. hating Discrimination. ard
having arn faith that the step she hsd TAX.
en US fa..y Iusti6ed. shc sShibifed neither
far nor hesfsiion. and ~as rrady 90 brave
the ordeal of public opinion.
Accoriingly. ore morning. Antonio ard
Ginerra scre seen in the streets n Flor-
enoe. 6inesra vas leaning On ber hus-
tanl's arm. his SISTER accou1panicd them.
al a servant iolio-cd They euoounter-
el irisnls. whose amazement rendered
fh.n almost srecchlcss Bui Ginetra.
Ehrncver shc sss he 80 recognized.
raa.ed and courteousiv addressed her for.
mer aolusintances She toli them tast
her busbsud hal not only hastily buried