The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-01-30

sustained during the civil war, and wei
l. 10 MarSeilles, where he soon succeeded j
Y obtaining a good position in a promineI
0 mercantile house Mr.. Bigelow was
i widOwer, and was accompanied by hi
only daughter Bertha then abou
: eighteen years old, and endowed wit
remarkable personal charms
Her father moved in the best societ
of his new home, and the beauty an,
grace Of his daughter were not long il
q, attracting admirers. She treated then
politely, but, after all. coldly until on,
j day she was brought in contact with
dashing French seaman, the first lieu
tenant on one of the Marseilles anC
Oriental steamships. His name wa,
Maurice Kervel. H was but little
over thirty years old, tall and handsome,
an excellent conversationalist, and the
very man TO win tie good graces of "a
susceptible young lady. He became
very intimate with Miss Bertha Bigelow.
and one day he astonished her father not
a little by asking him for the hand of his
charming daughter Mr.. Bgelow was
at first inclined 10 look tavorably upon
the suit Of the enamored sailor, the more
50 a. his daughter seemed to reciprocate
his affection but n close inquiry into the
affairs and character of VI. Maurice Ker-
vel convinced Mr.. Bigelow that he was
not n suitable match for his daughter
He found that Kervcl was a man of ex-
travagant habits and choleric temper:
that when under the influence of liquor
he was extremely quarrelsome, and had
/ fought several duels that he had run
/ through with the fortune his parents had
/ left him. and that be had nothing to de-
/ pend Oh but his very modest pay. The
result of all this was that the Lieutenants
suit was rejected, and that he was re-
quested to discontinue his visits. Kervel
left Mr.. Bigelow muttering threats Of
vengeance.
Miss Bertha seemed to care very little
about the breaking of Of this Irritation
with her lover, and in 1868 she was mar
ried to Il merchant named Jouvinet, a
man of means, with whom she lived
happily for Il year In June, 1869, her
husband returned one evening to his de-
lighttul country residence, but, 10 his
establishment, did not find his wife in her
apartments He questioned the servants
about the whereabouts Of their mistress,
and they said they had seen Nine. Jouvi-
ct walking in the garden little before
dark. VI. Jouvinet searched every nook
Of the garden and the neighborhood, but
not a trace of his beautiful wife could be
found. He sent out messengers in all
directions, but they returned without
bringing any information. An eXamina-
ton Of the lady's houdoir furnished 70
clue whatever as 20 where she might have
gone.
The husband passed IA wrctched night.
hoping every moment for his wife's re-
turn; but morning dawncd, and she had
not yet come. He then sent for the
police, and several detectives began TO
lock for the missing lady. They were
unable to find any trace Of her after "A
protracted and patient search. Adver
tisements, offers of large rewards for in /
formation concerning her, remained with |
out result Both the husband and father /
had finally to abandon all hopes ofseeing /
her again, and an impenetrablc veil 1
seemed to surround her fate. Jouvinct. .
after mourning her loss for eighteen /.
months, applied TO the Court for All an
mutation OF his marriage with Miss
Bigelow, and he was waiting for the rem
dition of the decree when, on the Sd Of
November last, an event Of the most
startling character occurred. He was
seated in his c0uuting-ToUm in the Rue
Grande, porting over his ledger, when the .
door was suddenly opened, and a yeied
lady stepped in. She drew back her veil .
and displayed a bronzcd face, the features .
OF which he know only too well In the .
next moment he rushed INTO her arms,
exclaiming, Bertha Bertha" 1t was
his long-lost wife.
The explanation she gave him while I
they sat locked in each others arms
about her sudden and long absence was
50 strange that even the chroniquer of |
the Marseiles Nouveiste, to whose pen
we are indebted for all these particulars,
confessed he had rarely met with any
thing moEe romantic in his long journal
istic career Nine. Jouvinet stated that
on the evening when she had been parted
from her husband she had gone into the
garden 10 breathe a little fresh air All /
Of a sudden she had been seized by
several men, who rushed from behind a
shrub. In an instant they had blindfol-
ded and gagged her, and conveyed her
to carriage, which rapidly drove on
with her. Then she had become uncon-
scious, and when she awoke she had
found herself in the cabin Of a ship which
was rocking on the waves. To her dis
may Maurice Kerva was the first person
who entered her cabin. He told her
that he had long ago left the naval ser
vice Of France, and was now master Of a
bark in the Lcvant trade. She implored
him 10 restore her to liberty, but he re-
fused, informing her at the same time
that she would henceforth have 10 live with
him at his villa in the evirons Of Alexan-
dria; and he threatened to kill her in
case she should attempt to escape. Her
prayers, her tears, her despair, we're una
vailing, and trusting 10 meet by and by
with an opportunity to communicate with
her folks, she followed kervel TO Alexan-
dria The house TO which he took her
there was situated about three miles from
the city. 1t was we'll furnished, and she
was well treated, except that she was not
allowed to leave the place. a very
strict surveillance was kept over her by
the servants, whose language she was I'M
able to understand. She began already
to despair, when Kervel one day told her
she must go with him up the Nile. Two
DAYS afterward he brought her TO the
palace of a wealthy Egyptian,
Balan Bey, and to her horror she found
that Kervel had ceded her to him, and
that she was henceforth to be the inmate
of an Oriental harem filled with Egyptian
and Abyssinian women, who looked with
decided aversion upon the fair new conner.
For four months she endured all the hor-
rors of this life, when she was one day
introduced by Balan Bey to an elderly
man, who was no other than Nubar Pa
cha, a noted Egyptian diplomatist, and