The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-22

| -, lake ner away, m8uAme C0icnge
take away my poor wife. You Low,
her. Il confide her to you. You know
also, do yeu moi, how much / Low,
her, and you will tell her?'' 30. -
His face, flushed with fever, looked
frightfully.s 1et h,es frh
II you love her''-I stopped sud
denly, feeling the band of Mitchell rest
ing on my shoulder; he was lookine
nxedly at DIR. Fauvel. Il saw the
features of the latter relax, little BY
little, and the burning redness,. which
had for q moment suffused his cheeks
give place to D mortal Tailor. -
"My friend, '-he seemed to speak
unconscionsly,-"" what do you advise
q "iA veryosimple thing. Tell, moi
these poor frightened wumen, but me
alone your reasons ior. acting thus.n q
90" Impossible p' -,
"Impossible Il do not think so. ]
will add that believe that have
partly guessed them.n ,.tsaif. 81
The doctor sat up erect, and looked
all about the room az If he weie seek
ing some way to escape. Mitchell went
to him and took his ha88.--
Your secret, you know, will be
safe with me. Will you trust me?p
81, The sick man .hesitated again,
smiled feebly, and said BITTERLY -
Be it so. l will tellyou all. Indeed
it cannot be for long,"
Mitchell conducted us out of the
room, and made me q sign to take
Madame Fauvel home. She made me
no resistance, but wept until she
could weep no longer. 1 left her only
when believed her to he asleep. I
reflected sorrowfully upon all that
had just seen and heard, and awaited
the return of my husband. He only
came at o very late hour in the night.
1 had only to raise my. eyes to his. to
feel my curiosity vanish. His counte-
nance had that expression which 1
had so frequently remarked upon it
when he had returned from the bed
side Of a sick or rather of a dying
person, upon whom all the efforts Of
science had been unavailing. / tried
one question, then another; he.replied
nothing, and remained immObile,
sober, absorbed in his reflections. "At
least" said l., almost, in tears, /" You
might advise me what / had better do
with poor Juliette.n
He appeared to awake from dream.
Let her remain with us. That is the
best thing to be DONE" v,.yrl =
"That is your opinion and you ap-
prove Of what the doctor has done ?'
Entirely" <gar,iaa-fsj Jt
"You are in accord with himI You
ally yourself with that wicked man in
his ingratitude, in his extravagance %
"God forgive you, Valentine = You
don't know what you are saying"
The tone in which he spoke was
harsh. Never since we were married
had he, spoken SO to me-. A little
angry nevertheless asked, did the
doctor confide his secret to you ?''
"Yes; and" continued he, seeing
that 1 was questioning him by my
looks, "I will keep il faithfully as
long as his poor life shall last" -...-
Ten days past, during which Juliette
did not once speak of her hus band.
What could tell her about him? She
knew indeed that Mitchell was with
him as friend and physician in all his
leisure moments. The eleventh day
we were preparing to pass the afternoon
quietly. l Was working. and Juliette
to be absorbed in herreading
A slight noise behind me attracted my
attention. Il turned and saw my
husband, who, making me a sign with
his hand, let the. door close again. /
arose unaffectedly and followed him.
/. Well?p t-.-. = 4-fii.-s.s-.i. II y. p
/, "Hush speak low ~ -...ra..,s1-. 3D..
l then noticed his excitement.
I" Fauvel is dying,,n said he.
/ was scarcely expecting such
tidings, and remained dumb with AS
~ have been foreseeing
it a long time" continued Mitchell.
" He was almost in despair before
that last accident. His mind is at rest
now, but his vital resources are. ex-
G< g. o."
"And his wife his dear wife !'@i
I" Yes, that is why I have. come.
She must go to him now. He desires
it very much !; do you believe she will
?n fp4 4Ic 20 - ~fsr
l smiled sadly. "Ah! ! Mitchell she
loves him I"
a Yes and woman who loves is
always really to forgive. You are
right, my dear. And now she will
very soon know the whole truth.n
& DO you think he has no chance of
Pr .rsue'i11 s[-i'"
None whatever, / am sure. / Will
say more, l am glad he has not. -
He stopped abruptly. They were
strange words.-In-terror I returned
to Juliette. 1t would be impossible
for me to relate how ], told her of her
state. / remember no more
until the moment We entered his
room.
DIR. Fauvel was lying i'm the same
place where he had for six weeks borne
patiently, ,gayly even, the most cruel
suffering. His features had recovered
ofthe calmness and serenity
which were upon them then. felt In
Ooking at him that he was about to
lie. When Juliette approached him he
stretched OUT his arms she fell into
them without word. He had neither
asked nor obtained pardon he had no
need of it.
Paul, you will not send me away
again ?n 80. tgi.1L i' :
. 1t is no longer necessary. Very
soon, yes, very soon, all will be ex-
planned. You have always known
my dearly beloved-have you not
and you will never forget how much
loved your Drawing her once more
to him, he covered her young face
with tender and passionate kisses.
DIR. Fauyel died the next morning
at sunrise. lie died peacefully in the
arms of his wife.
, Two days afterwards my husband
and ! stood near the coffin, looking for
the last time on the features of him
who had been to us for the past two
gears very dear friend, when Mitchell,
laying bis hand respectfully upon
that brow, now IS smooth and white
as q child's, said solemnly: "God be
for this peaceful death, which |
alone could terminate his sufierings !
He was mad, AMI he knew it % Say
ing no more, he replaced the cloth |
upon the head of our poor friend,
closed the coffin, and led me back |
home.
The evening of the same day, the
funeral over, we were alone together.
My husband, with an evident effort,
began: "He was mad, as / have
already told you, IN very rare way
insane upon one point only, while on
all others his intelligence was un-
and his mind perfectly
sound, a. you have often been able to
zee for yourself" G tsOlt o r
"And that one point wasr-r
"The desire to Kill his Tife.u
/ Ishivered with horror. I
= ' He told me-" .eohtinued Mitchell,
: that the idea FIRST came to him
during the honeymoon. Beginning
with the desire, Of which have heard
several times, and which many people