Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-01-05
Remember that YOU are under no

"Remember that you are under no
restraint. 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 beng cut
off from communication with Yer
sailles. Now, if these conditions are
too onerous, l have but one alterna-
tive
"What is thatW
~ must run n. de Breteuil through
the body"
"God forbid. But he viii die of
grief
"Better die OF grief than by my
hand, and ruin your reputation, EUge-
ME.
$50 be it, them sighed the young
Marchioness. ''You promise me on
your honor that | am not sent away for
an indefinite period?"
Il promise on my honor that You
shall return home Inlet me see-ln
less than four months.
So the Marchioness left Versailles
that night, and on the morrow, de Char
nav 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 Marchloness to
the family vault, some distance from
Versailles.
few days later, de Charnay received
a visit of coincidence from de Bfeteull.
The former, of course, saw nobody, but
he did for his wife's lover more than he
had done for anybody else-he wrote
him letter.
II was exceedingly fond of my wife, "
said he in his missive, " but honor,
to me, is a deeper sentiment than the
love Of woman. ! can, therefore, bear
my loss with the calm regret of a 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
you, however, whose passion was be-
yond all bounds of principle, and be-
yond all love of life who lived but to
breathe the air she breathed, and
longed for death when ! asked you to
cease your visits to my house, ! am in
hourly expectation Of hearing that you
have put an end to your intolerable ex-
istence. And let me add that my de,
ceased wife departed this life IN the full
conviction that you would very, very
soon follow her"
Poor de Bretueil - said the cour-
tiers of the Oea de B0uef, to one ano
ther, "to think of his losing that beau
tiful creature just as she was about to
fail into his arms. ~
Three months went by, and the Mar
quis de Charnay decided that it was
time to terminate his wife's exile. She
resuscitated at midnight; he met her al
the porte cochere, and giving her his
arm. led her to her boudoir, and seated
her on the satin lounge.
You. looA. Y, Eugene, and pref
tier tlfafi eveA
"Unfortunate de Breteuil ~ was the
reply of his wife "Since you recall
me, l need not ask what has been his
fate. He is dead I"
The Marquis drew from his pocket 6
tablet.
Here" said he, recorded for youl
special benefit, is memorandum of his
sayings and doings since your demise
On the day of your funeral, dined with
several mosquetalres, comrades of his,
at the 'Trois Pommes They all drank
to the repose OF your soul, and Breteui
was in ecstacies at the magniticence OF
the coffin aud hearse. He thought had
displayed both taste and liberality il
the arrangement of the obsequies. Two
days after ! wrote him an appeal, il
which / proved that it had become his
duty to commit suicide. / told HIN
that you had not precisely commanded
HIM to die, but / knew you would be
disappointed if he did not. To this
letter l received no reply, for de Bre
teul had already gone to Paris to make
the acquaintance of dashing Opera
girl, for whom he committed 50 many
follies, that between the cashmeres and
diamonds which he lavished on MAIDEN.
oiseile and his losses at cards, he was
minus three thousand louis in less thar
a fortnight,
Now, de Bretuil, as you know, Is
not rich; and as this damage to his
purse had to be repaired, he cast about
him to find young lady who would
exchange some of her superfuous cash
for his name and good-looking person.
You see that after ali he is sensible
fellow, amenable to reason. He found
that sentiment was Improbable, SO he
abjured it, and has replaced it by 8
marriage de CONVEYANCE with one OF
| your own kinswomen. | have recalled
you from youf tomb, my dear Eugene,
/ to sign his marriage contract More