The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-12-09
COLUMBIA, rrNNEssAE, FRIDAY DECEMBER .. ls7d|


"4All very lwell, sir" said the Mai
chioness, gaix xey, but you forget that
am dead add buried. How, in th
name Of all thlpt is spectral, am ! to b
born again tot the world of Versailles
aud the Court {0f FranceT"
"Ah, wcll,s 4 have friend at court
who, after Manning me for marrying
youthful R)eauty, was nagnahimOu
enough to{ {forcgO the pleasure OF saying
/" tod yJ6u so ~ and to uphold me il
my houf Of need. The King, witt
whom years ago l have gotten int,
many a Sscrape, knows ali about you
pretended death and burial.n
"The King knows all about it y
echoed Euaenic.
"Of course he does, my dearest. How
otherwise cokild 1 have carried out tin,
stratagem? DO you suppose that an,
man in Fran6e is bold enough to MAKE
away with op& of his Majesty's sub
jects as 1 did, Eithout being open t.
suspicion? 1 wds obliged to have roy
atty for my confident, that l might xii
and bury my wife NTH impunity. You
know that in my youth 1 was one o
those rau,ic,,S called pages to the King
Many are the tricks / h$ve played with
Louis for an 4complife; this one,
presume, will I've the la|st; but think
| may flatter myself th4t it is also my
Jest.n
Eugene laughed lieaftily, and al the
pcta souper that was shortly after sery-
ed up, to herself and h&r husband, she
was as merry as a iarlA She was re-
colx,o1 hora,-or IN l,o rox,AnOod IN fip
Breteuil.
The next day was to witnesst the sign
ing Of the marriage contract. DE Bre-
tcuil was in the act of rising with his
fdncee to approach the table, when the
folding doors of the state drawing-rQom
were flung wide open, and q Iackey aa,
announced:
"The Marquis and Marchioness de
Charnayw 5
At the sound uf her name de Breteuil
started, dropped the hand of his affianc-
ed, and gaZed in speechless terror at the
vision of his lost love. But no spectral
figure rObed in white met his eye; the
lady that leaned OH de Charnay's arm
was cOrporeal, tangible, aud elegantly
dressed in the prevailing fashion of the
living. More beautiful than ever, (fOr
country air always improves belle }
Eugene came forward, smiling, and
TO all the "0hsr' and "Ahs ~ of her
friends, and to the eXclamations of the
in general as to her sudden
death and burial, she raised her pretty
and pointed to her husband.
1t was agreed upon between the
and myself"
But why, why such q compact ~
was the cry.
"Ah, ladies and gentlemen, that is a
family secret, and cannot he divulg-
ed"
There was great rejoicing over Euge-
nie's resurrection, and people were, of
course, ell curious to hear the news
from Hades. In the midst of the hi.
larity to which her adventure had given
rise, she found an opportunity to speak
TO de BreteuiI
She handed him his three notes, and
said "wOuld you, too, like to hear from
the tomb? These contain all the news
[ gathered there, and when you shall
have seen their contents, you will ac-
that they were not worth
the trouble they have given me-"
Of course, the MarchiOness de Char
nay had to bc presented again at court.
Nobody being in the secret Of her dis
appearance except the King and dc
Breteuil, ii remained a secret; for dc
Breteuil was quite rs much interested
IN keeping silence as any one of the
narty,
The marriage of de Chainay proced
,flcr all, happy one. His lovely
young wife became deeply attached to
him, aud invulnerable TO the blandish-
nents of other men. Bln in spite of
ler youth and roscate health, she be-
,ame an object-of terror to the inhabi-
ants of Versailles. They had seen her
,Offin and funerel Obsequies, and they
never could persuade themselves that
he had not arisen from tie dead. To
hem she was ghost, to the end of her
lays; and her spirit never was laid
lntil the French monarch persisted,
md the French nobility were swept !
rom the face of the earth.