Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-05

the brink of that pity which is akin 3
love. Her husbands b words startled he
from hGr perilous state, and she ha,
scarcely time to- shudders before tn
| prospects of misery that another ste
would have opened upon her, befoF
she felt her heart leap with Joy for th
! timely deliverancer that came througl
the ministration of her wise and saga
cious husband - 40 yyrss tiaf q
"Would you object toshow me thos
notesf ." he asked-Se. ssoss, asS 47sK
No Marquis, =, replied she,' blush
fing Ought to have, shown them Il
you nnhiddel. But j was embarrasseI
lest . should bring trouble upon you
and my heart bleds for thatI unhapp,
80 She had risen meanwhile sand afte
few moments search In her daint,
eScfetoire of ebony and ivory she drew
forth, s vslvsa porta5iio md fr1nI 1T,
F0sesscented pockets took The notes o
the 1ove-sick Captain. ,,t sfs - 5s--e
De Charnay unfolded them and be
gan to read They were burning witt
love, but with love that professed K
have no hope Of retntn ana b aInAt
ter of course, thes idespairi4g. ladorer
liz lkN<1n<1Lnm lONGICOLLo LII
unfoffunate passion, had mo alternative
let him. He must put an end to hir
.sife.vx .aos.,z.T kHn -
Ipraeious affnsions, his young Mar
ehiphess looked ON, pQleand tremhlink.
It was clear that sha. At least, had full
faith IN de Brebenips menaees ! Of, sui
cide and that which most excited her
interest in the affair, and was therefore
likely to- be most dsngeroua to her
peace of mind, WAS her Compassion, foI
his excess of love love that WAS 10
be the cause of death, and convert ,hel
into . quasi murderess- - S,su -
He viii kill himselfp exclaimed
she looking piteously ct her husband.
With the utmost composure. a But =
CONTINUED heso with 4. smile that was Mt
terly Is variance with the import Of his
words, 'syou must die before him. =,
The MarchionesS started Y Gracious
heaFenl ~ cried She ]" what can you
'ss.sI amsunA replied, the &c Masq,uuis; ,ui
e that xef have suddenly, grown III
that in Gsw hours you VIII become q
coFpsa and tnally, that the day after
tomorrow yon VIII be- dead. 2 = r.,5s.s, j,
g e oh paexclaimed the young creature.
sf j have. not deserved this at Four
hands, Monsieur. have never spoken
or ten word that. could. oofnpro=
mise me toni de BreteuiA and Isweaf,
before heaven that the letters / gave
you were the only ones lever received
from him Why then are his Sins to be
go heavily visited on my head ~ 4 s,Jfs
see no other way of escape from
the predicament in which he has placed
me- was the rep1yS Of the Marquis.
9 But calm your fears, Eugene; you
are about to. simulate death but not to
die IN reality see, my poor girl
that this. fellow has touched your fancy
You are good and loyal but this CON
founded top has managed to make you,
e not unhappy at least melancho
lew months ago. Ny femedY think,
1ess VIII you trust your case to me2 !"
sI VIII, = said she, extending her
I g Then, Tonight I viii send you,
under the charge Of 8 f1dential SER
Fant, to my bfother's estate In Tour
raine. There yen shall be treated with
Rnd ,sbe permitted TO
associate with the gentry of the neigh
oorhood, on two conditions: One is
that You will bear another name, and
call yourself Madazn AdKien; and the
other is that you viii neitheir write to
Versailles, nor receiye any lettersthere-
from" ssss.5 "a. ~ !, - is..sf 5 assi
You viii write to me yourself ~ =
= No, my love- my letters would
have no interest for, you, for IN them /
,erteinl you'd not mention de Bre-
beuifs name.u Ssss ',,s.i ..fr s,f,s -,
= aHoW long, y began she.
stI cannot tell but I think that your
sxile viii last for four or five months. y
&C g Good heavensl What am Tto do
al these months ~ -. ,,.7.-. !.
z H Remember that you are under no
You can visit and be visited;
you can draw and paint, and study and
Improve your mind. You are under
One restriction only; that of being ont
of from communication with Yer
saiIles. Now, If these conditions are
top onerous, ] have but one alterna-
i've. ss...--..s-,..
sssWhaSris that7" 4...{.ss. @;,
; isIsmust Fun M. de Bfeteuil through
he bodygihs4s s-,z - s,.s,t .-ssssry5@-
sss ePd Forbid { But be win die Of
yrI91 Pc 0Hse ssr.,.ft-s, - z 3s,ss-
Better die of grief than by my
hand, and ruin your reputation, Euge-
me-" - ..s.s..f. -.s.,y
! aso beik then,n sighed the young
Marchioness. 'sYou promise me on
your honor that / am not sent away for
IN indefinite period 20
j promise on my honor, that you
shan return home inlet me zsee-in
I. =.
So the Marchioness left Versailles
that night, and ON the morrow, de Char-
nay appeared at court, and mentioned
the fact Of his wife being seriously indis-
posed The next day she was worse,
and the night following she died.
The Marquis and his household went
in deep mourning, and splendid
funeral cortege left the Hotel Charnay
to carry the body of the Marchioness to
the family vault, some distance from
Versa les. e5la 4efsE - -
5 AEfew days later, de Charnay received
q visit of coincidence from de Bfeteuil
The former, of course, saw nobody, but
he did for his Wife's lover more than he
had done for anybody else-he wrote
hifn q letter. e.f =. &.
? 90 was edingIy fond of my wife, -
said he N his nissive, but honor,
to me, Is deeper sentiment than the
love of woman. I can, therefore, bear
my loss with the calm regret of q man
of mature age, whose happiness, had
been endangered by that which would
have been far heavier blow than the
death of the beloved object As for
yon, however, whose passion was be-
yond all bounds of principle, and be-
yond al love of life who lived but to
breathe the air she breathed, and
1onged for death when asked you to
cease your visits to my house, I am In
J,Soyf1.Ixy oxT,aCkation of haariDo, fbo4 ~,