The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-17
PAULINE:
TContinued.l
A TALE OF REAL LIFE.


TALE OF REAL LIFE,
! TContinuedl
One day, while Eugene and Pauline were on
Maik,ng sheyheard the reverberation ofdescend
ture who was bong beaten to death. Entering
what was their amazement to sec little Marie
ana yirago, who turned ON them like
could be taken to arrest her. Oficers wer,
sent in pursuit, and in q short time the woman
ana her husband were arrested who confessed
an ,Sney knew about Marie, but referred to
another woman in whose house Marie's mother
died! BY dint of largesses this old crone put
something like letter into Pauiine's hands,
which was written by the deceased parent.
woman and child with Charles wife and
daughter were now removed. The contents of
the letter were more than sufficient. Months
elapsed before Marie recovered from the ILL
treatment of the wretches from whom she had
Deen rescued. The best of loving kindness
however, effected this, and the poor Child testi-
ned her gratitude in ways which endeared ber
%se aaa " more TO her relatives
summation of long anticipated event. Eu-
gene and Pauline were married in the follow
ing May. The ceremony over, they returned
intimate friends, after which she retired to
prepare for her journey to Eglenton. All the
families of note and persons Of higher circles,
who had been attracted to the scene were AL
anxious expectation those around whose names
and histories had gathered so much of general
interest from the extraordinary events that
who were not Tess celebrated for the uniyersal
esteem and respect in which they were held.
CHAPTER xxxv. a4
Alas, that the gorgeous scenes through which
We haze GO 5eyoaely passed = sfeslA ever sbss
ovs over e ~. wed ny enc cloud Sf surrow But
Anne, that Nh le smiles AZ ny s1fll keI11S
end while the Sunshine Of bliss sfill spskkfesI
in the eyes of youth, of beauty, and even OF
apparent health, the deadly shaft of prema-
tnre decay suddenly dims its splendof and too |
'ften seals it in everlasting sleep.
never to be forgotten 25th of May, Won might
have supposed that Marie Agnes was neither /
more nor less than one of those bright eyed
charming little fairies. Of which SO many sur
'ioned by Nab, queen of all fairies to hold
Ter court in open day, and in presence of ali
he cherry-cheeked damsels and rosy faced ur-
'hins of the loveiiest of all lovely valleys the
,alley of Lefiore. Certainly, nothing could
ook more like faryland than did that part of
t, particularly where stood beautiful Eglen-
on. All the decorations of the cottage still
lung upon its porticOes and columns shedding
round their delightful fragrance as they were
yafted by the pure mountain breeze.
within a charming grove that ornamented a
ound, the happy Marie, q dais, or throne.
hove it, arose in graceful undulations q can
py OF choicest f aorai gems. Hero sat the
rateful subjects, the Villagers for miles
round the valley, who had previously known,
nd many of whom had been the objects of her
ove and devotion in the hour of their affection
Let us leave them to the joys of tho day. ,
nd turn for q moment to some other affairs Of
Importance to her in whose honor this day has
cen observed, and who is the soul and centre
f every thought and action. 1t may thereby
Q discovered that little Marie is q aneen. not
,ithout empire and real subjects.
she IS now the theme of conversation be-
ween Mr. Seward and Eugene, in the study of {
glenton Cottage. At the moment in which | :
q introduce the reader, Mr.. Seward obseryes.
1t is matter of the greatest Importance,
aim TO being considered the daughter of ,
harles, notwithstanding its clearness, should
9 well digested before you move in this affair l
the estate" 7
"The chain of evidence is so perfect re-
lied Eugene, that the living testimony of {
le parents could not add to the certainty of q
. The letters of her mother to Charles trace
er every movement until her arrival at PhilSI =
telphiR. They describe all her movements ! q
,ere, and the place of her abode mp to the y
ate of her last illness. These Records, which
recsely with all that we have since discoy-i
ed by our inquiries. Then comes the tes
mony of the letter which was preserved by b
le woman in whose house she died, written in
q
ature as the former, and in which express 1
ention is made of her daughter Marie. Then
9 have the testimony of those who conducted q
'r first interment on the part of the city au- :
orities; then that of the min iature likenesses I
bich compare in the most perfect manner
9TH with the deceased and with Marie her. 9
IL; and finally the incidental proof of the in l
ials found upon the dress both of Marie and t
her mother, as well as upon the cases Of the {
iniatures, plainly worked by the same hand d
I'd with the same material; and proving With f
70 other testimony, to a demonstration, that | h
e deceased Is Amelia Neville, the wife of
hom, as the only survivor of my poor brother, =
ithout doubt belongs his share Of the pster-
Il estates.0 u
The rudy glow of health, which for q while o.
rsdiantly overspread the face of Marie when Il
ice again she found herself in the presence of u
II sweet Pauline" there to DO beloved and h
erished a. she had formerly been, was illusory, n
ceptive, evanescent 1t was not possible I
at the delicate. constitution, the fragile 7
Ime of Marie should, unimpaired, sustain the !.
tier reproaches, the cruel treatment, and the | II
arfal hardshiPs to which it had been sub o
,ted. "