Smyrna times., 1871-03-29
A Melancholy Love Story.

Madl lie d Hauterine daughter Of flourish /
ing French bookseller, and much noted in |
private circles for her qucenly beauty and fine /
touch pianist, was lady who gave one |
more proof to the fact that love is stronger
than life. 1t was her yearly custom to spend |
the winter at Nice, for the greater elaboration
of her musical studies; and while soiournng
in the latter city she met her fate in the person
of an Italian named Morplain, who, from the
hour OF their first meeting, gave her the most
! ardent homage of his heart. She being thirty
years od and he thlrty-tour, they loved with
that ardOr which is often characteristic of pas
sion just felt in the sixth and seventh ustres
| OF lille. AT the beginning their apparent rela-
tiOnS were kept subject to the colder social for
natles; but before long mademoiselle's
! friends saw that her feelings were too serious
to be further disguised, and they lost no time
il warning her OF the possible consequences.
They knew, and told her. that her father would
never yield assent to her marriage with Nor
plan, who, 1t seems. was man of limited
means, and rather cloudy character Seeing
that She paid little heed to their remonstrances,
and feeling that they had a certain implied
responsibility tor her while she remained in
Nice, they wrote gradually to her father on the
subject, desiring him IT, act upon his own
judgement in the matter. This NJ. d IIauter-
lne did 10y at once commanding his daughter
to dismiss her Italian SuitOr and return home,
or expect the SevercSt penalty of tlial dlsObe
dience. Parental policy is seldom wisely de-
mOn>trated when it begins with despOtic as
sumptlOns; aud in this case, as might have
been anticipated, it but augmented freuzicd
: folly into foolish frenzy. The lovers read the
letter together in despair. The whole world
was against them; they had nought lett on
earth but each other; and if man sought TO
separate them here, in Heaven they might be
one forever. The argument Is an old one, and
contains about as much sense as generally
characterzeS that little idiot, Cupid 1--WE
will die together they said, and at once made
t elaborate preparations for death. Morpiain
e armed with pistol, pOnlard, and bottle
/ of laudanum, took the booksellers loveIorn
t daughter upon his manly arm as for morning
: promenade, aud together they strolled from
9 Nice to romantic spot in the grounds of the
!. villa of TeiSSete, in the suburban valley O
h Montegat Arrived at the chosen scene, the,
}, sat down size by side upon the grass, and
n after an impasSoned leave taken Of earth
J, swallowed the contents OF the laudanum vial be
Y tween them. Probably they ;ook overdOses
for the deadly drug, instead Of throwing then
} into that sleep which is balm for all th
;3 woes of the wretched, made them NOR
" wrctched than they ever had been before i
al all their lives. So much did poor Morpai
& suffer in this unrom2ntic way that he said h
could bear it no longer aud he drew his pis
to tol. The lady answered that it would driv
Of her mad to be left alone with his lfeeSs body
$ and po ing to place upon her breast wher
i. she could be shot without Disagreement.
v (c' est Ia femme = demanded that he shoul
e, say her first. He fired point blank, and see
v. ing her fall, he darted trantically from her
ic short distance and blew out his own brain!
n Mademoisee, however, was not quite dea
n yet and, upon recovering from the first shock
RI arose to her feet and painfully made her wa
rk to the edge of the nearest public road. Their
of faint and bleeding, she was quickly discovere
5. by some peasants, to whom she told the stOI
ne here repeated Il shall die in few mil
,r- utes, she added, and you will find Morpai
lying upon the moss yOnder He feared fai
or ure with the pistol, and you will see that he y
of holds the poni4rd in his hand. They foun
ty the body as she had indicated, and conveye
w it, with her, back to Nice, where judicial j
d. quiry was at once begun. The dying woma
! +; lived but long enough to repeat her explanatiC
in Of the double tragedy; and then, tnrowir
in herself upon the bier of her lover, she expire
ice under the very eyes Of her judges. Once mo
an had Love proved itself stronger than Reaso
ow and answered the edict of the latter with fl
it ly's last recommendation paper.