The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-12
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.iE LOVE STORY OF TWO CONTINENTS TOLD
By THEMSELVES.

LIE LOVE STORY OF TWO CONTINENTS TOLD
By THEMSELVES.
= .--s correspondence y. \. World, Nov
4th
ent the other day to see Nine and
e4g Hyacinthe Loyson. From the
American newspapers had learned that
he woman Tor whom the first preacher of
france had sacrificed Church and almost
state had Il history" She had been
divorced from former husband, had
been t;lshion-ietter writer OF an infeGi-
o. grade, had been IA vendor Of corsets ia
Paris, al adventures of varied success,
y. Catholic and Protestant by turns, an
unsuccessful Journalist, and had been
born ii Ohlo-which last statement
seemed TO be the only one regarded with
favor. With ali due respect for the
American press. / did not believe it.
The history and the marriage were para
Pere Hyacinthe had been
ovefrated or my countrywoman, En- lie
Ierriman, had been shamefuIly treated
ay the careless pens u American journal
i>t>. | like the Pere's spunk in marrying
and / thought he had shown taste and
good sense in marrying an American. |
wanted to tell him so, wanted to see his
wife, and so | went to see them.
Sending my card to Nine. Loyson, the
servant showed me into a little parlor,
very plainly but neatly furnished. A
copy OF the New York Independent and
Christian Union, containing comments
on the Pere's marriage, were on the table.
AhfNfC INnl
/, gift from that German reformer 10
EuiIie Merriman. On the mantel were
medailions III plaster Of Pere Hyacinthe
and Professor Draper, of New York
both exceedingly well executed, and the
sculptor Emile Merriman. In few
moments Nine. LoysOn came in with q
pleasant, cordial greeting-the parlor she
,aoUgdt Il little cool, and would [ not
come in her room where she had a fire.
SO she led the way to small, cosy apart
ment, where an easy chair and writing
table lent an air of comfort combined
with business. The conversation led at
once into French customs, French society
and travel. | may as we'll write it down
this moment, for | am eager to say it ;
l was charmed with the woman, and I'M
delstood perfectly how Pere Hyacinthe,
or any other man, would have sacrificed
a very considerable amount of things
sacrficable to win her.
In person, she is tall, proportion
ed, with hands to delight sculptor, not
small and characterless, but large
as u Madonna's should be, and white,
soft and shapely as love could desire. =
She has handsome head, dark-browl
hair, smoothly coiffured; dark brown
eyes, fall Of sweetness and intelligence;
fair, fresh complexion; an ENCHANTING
mouth and exquisite teeth. That the
Pere had an eye for personal charms it
were useless to deny; that he had a heart
for the charms of mind and heart of cor
responding value is equally true, for his
wife, with nothing of the air of "blue
stocking" is intelligent to an unusual de-
gree, and converses with an ease and ele-
gance remarkable in an American wo-
man, remarkably we'll as most American
women converse. She betrays not the
least Indication of smallness or frivoltv
There is IL largeness, sincerity and earn
estness Of purpose in all she says and
does that is most winning. She is thor
oughly religious without cant; her mind
heart and person form one complete har-
mony. And then she is SO genuine, so
free from artificial shams of dress or
manner, that you at once feel at rest in
her presence, and do not begin to wonder
how she would look if she had rings in
her ears, her hair put up in puffs, or her
waist laced in one of those patent corsets.
She is simply the delightful fact of a
large-hearted, high-minded, handsome
and loyal woman, whom God has called
to be a heroine, and who answers in full
to all the demands of heroism, which is
very, very rare.
After relieving myself of all that, |
am conscious of conveying a very mea-
gre idea of the woman who robbed me
of an hour that afternoon in giving me
in return years worth of the chatter oil
common place women. After being pre-
sented to the Pere later, remarked thai
1 was proud that he had welded an
| American. His face lighted radiantly
with sweet smile as he replied that be
/ was also.
! Pere Hyacinthe, by the way, while
| speaking German and Italian well, speaks
no English, which surprised me some
what, and l ventured to say to Nine
Lovson that one would think he hao
| learned English in their courtship DAYS.
.'Ah, l think We had no courtshiE
DAYS, in the usual acceptation of that
term, she replied. 1--WE saw each other
rarely, and the question that filled oul
hearts was one that made us sad raj hel
shan joyful.
"You first saw him in Noire Dame
| did you not?s
''Oh, no; the first time saw him
and she smiled as she began the history
as all women must when recalling th,
beginning of happy destiny the frs
! ine | saw him was in the little Conven
Of . That was FIVE years ago.
had heard of Pere Hyacinthe, put as
was strongly opposed to Romanism / hac
no desire either to see him or meet him
although greatly interested in religious
movements. But I had a friend whC
was Catholic, who prevailed upon m,
20 60 with her one morning early to tn,
| Convent; the Pere was to have servic,
there for the nuns at 5 o'clock, and
went. can assure you was not mucl
impressed In his favor. He then wor
1.-THE rough dress of the monk, his hea,
was shaved and he was barefooted.
I met him again afferward and was NOR
fayorably impressed with the man.
was in Rome when he was called Their
by the Pope and saw him more Their
than at any other time or place. Ru