Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1871-12-30
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STRANGE HISTORY OF ATwrcE-WED'
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%ano persons lately sailed from New
VII for Europe whose. history is so |
.trar,re that, but Fer proof not TO be
@ainsaved, it might even be thought
;ncredible No wild roniance devised
i.r the most cunning weaver OF sensa-
.;onal nlots can surpass this history
sor trinmpL over time, space, and the
ordinary rules of probability. Again
PROMISING that the. story is well au-
tbenticafed. we proceed to tell it.
Nearly twenty years back there Nv
ed in Rio Janeiro an English merchant,
whose life seemed entirely devoted 10
the pursuit of fortune. He had come
to Brazil poor, and, by resolute work
and some luck, acquired q competency.
This done, after many vicissitudes, he
went home for visit. While at home
he met beautiful orphan. She was
lovely In mind as in person, and the
composition wrought by her forlorn
situation in life soon ripened In our
merchants breast to a warmer feeiing.
In brief, as the. story writer's say, the
pair were married, and returned to-
rether to Brazil. Two children were
born to them, and life glided on like a
single summers holiday. Worldly
prosperity, too, still attended the mer-
chant, who from time to time repeat
ed his visits to England. On one OF
these occasions strange rumors came
to his ears, piejudicial to his wife.
They were little needed at first, but
like the poison of Iago, "soon burned
like the mines Of sulphur BY degrees
suspicion became jealous fury, and the
wife was directly accused by her lord
of infideiity. The lady being proud
and sensitive to a fault, Indignantly
denied the charge, challenged her ac
cusor to produce evidence, and with
drew as much as possible from his so
ciety.l The tender affection of former
days now gave place to indifference
and almost aversion. No guilt could
be fixed on the wife, but some efforts
made by the husband for reconcilia
ton we're coldly received. In time
their mutual relationship became un
bearable to both. A separation wa
agreed upon, an annuity was settles
on the wife, and the day of welded
love that had opened so brightly end
ed in darkness and sorrow.
Heartsick and weary of old associa
,;ons. the merchant wound up his al
fairs in Brazil, and came to Nortl
America. Wandering vaguely abou
in the West, he fell IN with party 0
Red River traders, and subsequent,
did q good deal of business in ant
about St. Paul. in that town he mad
many friends, while avoiding close in
timacies, and was notable for his gray
taciturnity and. the. strict honor of al
his dealings. he refused invariably
TO mingle in any social pleasures what
ever. and impressed all who came j
contact with him as a man who labor
cd under ineradicable suffering. Thu
years rolled on, ana the wife had maj
RED acain-the terms of separation
urder -Brazilian law, allowing tina
step She, however, forfeited her al
nuity by it, which proved in the, end
serious misfortune. Her second hui
band was poor; although an educate
gentleman, fell into bad health, an
died wear or two after the marriag
This left the vile and her two childre
in destitute circumstances, and sil
scarcely knew where to. turn. Sh
then, like her first husband, became a
uneasy Sanderer up, and down tn
earth. Led BY some mysterious infil
ences she, too, came to the Unite
States, and in the fall of 1869 she; too
was in st. Paul. 1t is a surprisin
statement to make, but there is n
doubt of the fact, that the couple ms
once more, that the old feeling revi'
ed, that the lady conclusiyey estal
lished her innocence in the mind OF hi
husband, that they weremarried agai
and have lived IN the utmost ,felicit
together ever since. Rochefoucaul
says that a love reckaufe is of no va
ne, but here is direct case to the col
trary. defying all likelihood and e,
iloding cynical epigrans. With a
ample fortune, and, we may hope, bot
wiser for. Their. painful experience, Il
twice.wedded pair have once mo-
sailed across the sea to settle down Il
the remainder of life in their oldShom
It would puzzle the incest calculate
Of chances to determine the preci
ratio of probability that so singular
event as this should occur. When v
; remember thu very small proportion
oflike, separations that are follows
BY reunion in all, the fact that the
union in this case was effected in a
other ccuntry, and ten thousand mil
away from the place of parting, al
that second marriage on the part
the woman interviewed, with fresh il
pediment and complications, this sto
must certainly be pronounced one
the most striking and extraordina
ever recorded. .,5.,...
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