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

,HAITtR ALII.-A>Toi~E, NARRATIVE.
Towards the close Of a hrigh, Fehru-
AIRY afternoon. about a month after the
events related in the foregoing chapter.
4 man. well Wrapped up from the
weather, mi ghi have been seen toiling
slowly through the park on IN way Ia
Brlair. To the foolnan who answered
hi~ imperative ring at the sidc-lour. hc
gave parcel. done up in brown paper.
and sealed with several great Splashe,
OF re-i wax. and charged him Ia d.liy-
II The same without delay into the
hands of Lady >pcncelangh. and Of no
one hut her and then adding that no
answer was required, he skunk away
from the door. and was presently
swallowed up in the dusky park. seem
ing 10 melt into and become n portion
Of the dim shadows that were muster
ing 80 thickly under the branches Of
thc Old trees.
The packet. on being opened. WAS
found /" contain Lady >pcncelaugh'
stolen Jewell, not single stone was
missing. Beside the stolen property
there Was letter addressed 10 her
Ladvship. written in French hy Anto-
ine Gauiin. but too lengthy To be Civ
cn here IN H. entirety. or its chief
points. however. as explanatory of GER
tain events narrated IN the earlier chap
tcr> of this history. the following may
~. taken a a free translation although
Il was difficult. here and there. 10 make
out the sense of the original. owing 10
Autoine's cxecrahle writing. and his
curious method ~ spelling, based. ap-
parcntly. on some phonetic system of
hi own.
Ny LApN-ln the interests Of human
nature IN general. and of the late la
mented Monsieur Henri Duplessis in
particular. II is requisite that the un-
derwrittcn explanation Of certain
events a. drawn up by fie, Antoine
Gaulin. Ac read with serious attention
10 the world Of the great heart that
has gone from among us. For. alas.
Madame. my dearly-loved master is no
more Ny eyes are wet as write
these words But for the moment.
put Sentiment. the generous, the pro-
found. on one side, and will try 10 set
down what ! have got 10 say after the
fashion you English love so much-in
a 'business-like way. (Ah. the droll
phrase ,
Monsieur Henri Duplessis was born
in Canada. of a noble French family
that emigrated to that country about
century ago. Ny mother was his fos-
tcr-mother, and was his foster-broth-
er. and 50 learned TO love him. and
devoted myself To his fortunes through
life. NJ. Henri's parents both died
when he was quite Young and when
he came Of age. he found himself mas
ter Of a handsome fortune, with all the
inclination to enjoy it. Al that time,
he was young. ardent. generons. and
impulsive. and AS handsome as Apol-
los self. We-that is. he and I-set
out on our travels and first we deter
mined To see whatever the American
States could shew us that was worthy
of our regards. To my dear master.
after the studious and secluded life to
which he had been condemned duiing
his youth, New York seemed very
Paradise of delights. and he tasted Of
every pleasure that it had to offer him.
Grown tired after time of city-life, he
determined to study nature in some of
her wilder moods, and man in some of
his more primitive aspects, and we set
out for the Far West. 1t was while we
were taking this journey, on our way to
the prairies, at little town in one Of
the western states. that my dear mas
ter first encountered the evil genius Of
his life in the person Of Marie Fevriez.
Marie was an actress. born in America,
of French parents: young and en-
chanting enough at that time, ] must
admit. with certain devils beauty
about her. which had for NJ. Henri an
irresistible but fatal attraction. 1t was
on the stage that he first saw her. She
was reforming her great part in piece
adapted from the French. entitled La
Chatte Rouge. in which she appeared in
fiame-coloured robe. and in certain
dark scene with real phosphorescent
flames playing about her head; and
enacted a sort of benefcent fiend,