Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-05-13

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she lacked both education and refine
ment but she was not without power
of a certain kind. and was much run
after in the rough country towns where
she commonly PLAYED.
Well. my master fell in love with IL
/ thdffe Mt first sight. II was not dtii-
cult for man in his position to obtain
/ an Introduction To- her. and he was not
less fascinated when he saw her off the
stage. Certainly. she was a splendid
animal at that time. Nv master made
love ardently. proved 10 her the extent
\ of his fortune. overwhelmed her With
I lavish presents, and ended hy asking
I her to become hi- wife. and ac-
/ company him 10 Europe. In a brief
/ three weeks from the night on which
he first saw her. they were husband
and wife
They went 10 Europe. bnt was len
behind. Madame did not like me. and
| did not like Madame and NJ. Henri
was SO infatuated inst then that he was
( persuaded into giving me my conge
They spent five years on the continent
/ al the end Of which time Monsieur re-
/ turned 10 his own country. heggared in
I purse. and separated from his wife !:
and little hy little the wretchel story
came out. Gambling and extraya-
gance of every kind. leading ~ sasy
/ but rapid steps to bankruptcy anil gen
eral ruin aud combined Herewith. the
bitter certainty that the woman h. had
Z loved with such foolish madness had
only cared for him because ~ his mon
cs and to his proud spirit that Wa, the
hittcrcst strukc of all. Nv master
was a man ot strong passions hot
lover and fierce hater-ani be- now
hated the woman Ia whom he was
chained for life with depth of hatred
equal Ia the love h. had formerly borne
her. or all his fortune. nothing Now
remained Ia him hat a little farm ia
Wild part of the country. ami thih,r
I he and now retired from the worll.
/ and spent three or four quiet Years
/ Those wears a, Petit -MAi-ou | hell",c
/ to have been the harpi,-~t nf my dear
I masters lite No longer allie TO n-t
in that society which hc hal ever bccu
- bright sn ornament. H. f.li int hi~
new and narrow m"lc Of lifr with the
native chccrfllne-> of true gentle
I man. whom nothing can ever really
Y disturb 50 lou- as he retains his faith
III himself He looked after his farm.
and read his books and rs way Of va
ricty. he and would oitcn go on long
I fishing excursions u the lakes. But
7 nv and hy. All aunt Of " Henri died.
and len him another fortune-a little
one. tins time. and bS no means equal
70 the fortune he hnd spent; and with
| Il came the desire % 70 out once more
Z into the world. ani resume higpo-ition
in society. or Madame. We hal heard
nothing positive for a hong time. We
only knew that she hal taken to her
old mode oC life. aLd was wandering
cwherc among the outlying states
with an itincrant troop of PLAYERS.
Among has friends III Toronto AMI
Montreal. il was. of course. known
that VI. Henri hal been married but
as no one there had ever seen hi, wife.
and a. il was known that he had been
! living "a gIrr,n for the last three "r
four wears. people concluded that mad-
anne was dead. and. for reasons If hi-
own, my dear master was dc-irous
that such belief should ~ universal
Is adopted What then. wa- our sur
prise and disgust when. one morning,
about n fortnight after our arrival Al
Montreal. Madame Marie turned UP At
our hotel. and demanded 10 see VI.
Henri. To deny her was ont of the
/ question. BY some means. best known
to herself. she hal heard that my mas
ter was once more n rich man, and she
had come with the intention Of doing
her best 10 ruin him for the second
time. She demanded one Of two
things either 10 be- acknowledged a.
the wife of NJ. Dnplessi-. and received
as such BY his friends: or else 10 bc
subsidized by sum equivalent 10 half
his annual income. on condition that
she kept the marriage secret. and new
er entered Canada again.
To no other terms would the harpy
listen and my master was fain. at last.
to acccde 10 her second proposition.
and so rid himself Of her presence for
ever. Having settled everything 50
much to her own advantage. she set out
on her return to the States. but hal
only left Montreal "A few hours when
she WAS seized with illness so severe as
| to be unable 10 continue her journey.
An address found on her person caused
nv master to be sent for : and on reach
| ing the hotel where she lay. we found
her far gone in n severe attack ofhrain
| fever She ran a close race for her
| life ultimately. she recovered but the
fever had left her with twist Of the
brain. which made it doubtful whether
she would ever be tit to mingle with
sane people again. 1t seems that there
WAS hereditary taint of insanity in her
family. and now the blight had fallen
upon her. Ny master had her placed
in private asylum, kept by man of
| the name of Van Goost /; and it was full
ly understood between them that Ma
dame was TO be considered as insane
during the remainder of her life: Van
Goost. in fact. constituted himself her
taller for life. for which service he was
of course handsomely paid.
After this little episode. NJ. Henri,
accompanied by your humble servant.
set out for Europe for the second time ;
and it was in the course of this tour
that we first had the honour Of meeting
your Ladyship and the late excellent
Sir Phillip. Your Ladyship knows how
the acquaintance began; how we all
came to England together; how my