Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-05
'.Yod I0ok ven Eugenie, ana pses.

Inc, u ueoQ uOb ASK WIl86 mas D6eu N
, fates He is dead ~ ,os.ya sI.,3E % &
The Marquis drew from his pocket
/ tablet > = ssE-t 10 sI6 SIUlt''lsite
tsHere,p said he, sc ssrecorded for you
81 special benefit, is memorandum of ,hi
, sayings and doings since your demise
5 ION. the day of your funeral, dined wit
u several squetaires, scomrades of his
} 1.-THE 'FroisP Pommessi They all dram
Il to the repose of your soul, and Breteui
was in ecstaoies at the magnidcence o
: the cofi and hearse.a He thought ha,
displayed both taste and iberalitysil Il
9 the arrangement of the obsequies, .Tw,
: days, after I wrote him an appeal Il
: which / proved that it had bec6ne hi
!, duty to commit suicides hEdtold h1i
that you had not precisely commando,
aI5sSSoaHsss aIS IS a.s PIT PiE d TS@ gSs x9Sl
letter I received norepl& for de Bre
. feui1 had already gone to Paris toSmAkI
dtl16s ac4ha5htance of q dashing oper,
J girl for whom he. committed so mani
: folhes,s that between the cashnieres anl
u diamonds which he lavished on Madem
oiselle and his losses at cards, he wal
minus three thousand louis in less THAI
\ q fortnight.
"Now, de BretniLs as you Know, 'aiis i
mot rich; and, has this damage TO hil
\ purse had to Be repaired, heicast. hboui
4 HIM to find, ,aiyoung lady who would
i I.exchanga some OF her silperfiuods cash
1 for his name and good looking person.
j You see. that after all hes is ~ sensible
u fellow, amenable toireason< He found
that sentiment was improbable, so he
j ablufed 1T, and has replaced it by Q
marriage de convenances with one OF
your own hnswomen I.hage recalled
I you from youl tomb, my dear Eugenie,
to sign his marriage contract. More
over, I was lying to see You again, for
] bore your loss with far less Philoso-
i ply than de Breteuil has done. ns.,.-
I The Marchiohess threw herself into
her husband's IS arms and thanked him
\ from her heart for his tender fteafanent
\ of her first folly. "And may secure
1 ~ promise that it shall hen6y last dof
| your noble conduct has won from me q
warmer feeling than had supposed
could possibly exist in my heart for d
man SO much older than myself My
dear, excellent husband, fear nothing
ever more for me. I am too truly
yours TO be- caught in such a snare
again. --S- - = =.
I10My$ dearest" /" replied de Charnay,
ssWh6nn n woman is as truly loved as
! yon are, and is gifted by nature with a
seoul like yours, she need never fear for
her honor, provided she gives her con-
! hdence to her husband. Had you acted
l Otherwise than you have done, your
your life blasted, and de Breteud would
have been talking lightly of his fancy
FLOR that poor Eugenie de Ghafnay As
| it is, nobody has suffered II have you
back again and my happiness is to-day
without n f1aH stii1sfs7 bs1yss SEit ia q
stAll very well, sir, Said the Mar
chioness, ,gay1y; tsbut you forget that
I am dead and buried. How sin the
names of all that is spectral, am to be
born again to the world of Versailles
and the Court of France % sssss -
"Ah, well, Ihaves a friend at tscourt
who, after blaming me for marrying q
youthful beauty, was magnanimous
enough to forego the pleasure of saying
It told you SO 2 and to uphold me in
the hour of need. The King, with
whom years ago I have gotten into
many asserape, knows all about your
50 The King knows all about iti''
echoed Eugenie. ~ 4Slsas4 q
steOf course he does, my dearest.
How otherwise could / have carried out
the stratagem2 Dosyou suppose that
make way with one of his Majesty q
subjects as j did, without being open
to suspicion / was obliged to have
royalty for my 7confidant, that Z might
kin and bury my, wife, with impunity.
You know that in my youth I was one
of those V0spiens called pages TO the
King. Many are the tricks I have
played with Louis for an accomplice |;
this one, presume, win be the last;
but I think Imay fatter myself that it
is the best. ~ - -
aEugenie laughed heartily and at the
petit eotsper that. was shortly afterward
served up to herself and her husband
she was as merry asa lark. She was
resolved, however, to be reyenged ON
De BreteuiL
The next day was to witness the
signing Of the marriage contract. De
Breteul was In the act of rising with
his .fo1ecee to approach the table, when
the folding doors of the state drawing
room were flung wide open, and q lack
ey announced: ,fali 80 45.zsrz Z,
The Marquis and Marchionees De
Charnayt' - = 1i.fssis is9 s2zs--iE ~
Is At the sound of her name De Bre-
till gave q start, dropped the hand of
his betrothed, 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. on
De Charnay's arm was eorporeal tam
eible and elegantly dressed in the pre-
vailing fashion of the living. More
beautiful than ever Gor country air
always improves city belle), Eugenie
came forward, smiling, and to all the
Essohs 70 and Cabs 20 Of her friends, and
to the exclamations of the company in