Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-22

bore your loss with far less philosophy thai
! de Breteuil has done"
, The Marchioness threw herselfinto her hus
Dands arms and thanked him from her hear
Tor bis tender treatment of her first folly: 'AnC
l may securely promise that II shall be my last
for your noble conduct has won from me 4
warmer feeling than had supposed could pos
sipiy exist IN my heart for a man so much old
or tnan myself. My dear, excellent husband
Tear nothing evermore for me. am too truly
yours TO be caught In such a snare again.
MY dearest, replied de Charnay, when a
woman Is as truly loved as you are, and gifted
ny nature With soul like yours, she need nev-
er lear for her honor, provided she loves her
husband. Had you acted otherwise than you
nave done, your reputation would have been
injured, your life blasted, and de b Breteuil
would have been talking. lightly of his fancy
ior that poor Eugene de Charnay. As it Is no.
pooy mas suffered lhave you back again, and
my happiness is to-day without a faw.'
All very well, sir said the MarchIoness
gaiiy; but you forgot that am dead and buri
| Gu. how In the name of all that Is spectral
| am 10 De born again to the world of Versailles
and the conrt of Fra nee p
AN, well, have friend al court, who. af-
tei blaming me for marrying Youthful beauty,
was magnanimous enough to forepo the pl.ss.
!ire Of saying, Il told yo, sol' and to uphold me
IN the hour of need The King, with whom
years ago l have gotten into many a scrape,
knows all about your pretended death and bur,
ial.' "''' '''
'Ihe King knows all about it ? echoed Eu.
genie.
vi course he does, my dearest. How other
wise Gould have carried out the slrataeem
Do you suppose that any man in France is bold
enough To make way with one of his Maiesty's
SUBJECTS as did, without being open 10 suspi-
cion! was obliged to have royalty for NV
cohndant, that might kill and bury my wife
Win impunity. You. know that In my youth, |
Was one OF those vauriens, called pages TO the
nanS. Many are the tricks have played with
LOUIS ior an accomplice; this one, presume,
WIN ne the last; but think NAV flatter myself
That 1t Is, also my BEST
Eugene laughed heartily and al the ,petit
souper' that was shortly afterwarl served M 10
herseit and husband, she was as merry as a
laia. ohe was resolved, however, to be reyen
ged on de preteuil.
:, Inc next day was to witness the signing of |
.ue marriage contract. De Breteuil was in thp |
aet OF rising with his finance to approach lbe |
.au'e, "heii the folding doors of the state draw
ine room were flung wide open, and Iackey |
me Marquis and Marchioness de Charnay y |!
AT tiie sound of her name, de Breteuil gave |
S.aa', aropped the hand Of his betrothed, and |
s1ea III speeches. terror at the vision of his |
us. ,o'e' But no spectral figure robed in white
e. h's eye, The lady that leaned on de Char /
iaS ay arm was corporeal, tangible and elegantly |
uiesseu IN the prevailing fashion Of the living. |
uoie beautiful than ever (for country air al |
ways improves city belle), Eugenic came for
ward niling, aud 10 all the 'Ohsr and sAhs ? |
oi her friends, and to the exclamation of the
company in general as to her sudden death aud
ourlai, she raised her pretty shoulders and |
pointed to her husband
and myself
but why, why such compact ~ was the
cry. was '"e
All, ladies and gentlemen, tb,, is q f,mnv
secIet, anu cannot be divulged'
heie was great rejoicing over Euranie'.
resurrection, and people we've of course, ali Gu.
iiosiy 10 neal the news from Haies I'm the
, midst OF the hilarity to which her adventure
nau gwen rise, she fosnd all opportunity TO
speak to Dc Breteu
u, ont handed him his three nstcs and said
would you, ton, like To hear from beyond the
W .o,ip' ihose contain all the news | gathered
Inere' anu when you have seen their contents,
you VIII acknowledge they were not worth the
trouble they had given me
VI course the Marchioness de Charnay had TO
W uWe presented again at court. Nobody being in
t,'e secret Oh her disappearance except the King
anu ue breteuli, it remained a secret. for Tho
atle' a was quite as much interested in keeping
me aiiair secret as any one Of the parry.
Inc marriage uf de Charnay proved after all
naPpY one. HIS lovely young wife became
leepiy attached To him and invuluerable Ia thr
y Of all other men. but in spite
u her youth and her roseate health, she became
sh 81 oDJeet 81 great terror To the Inhabitants nj
ersaiiles. They had seen her coffin and her
Itiheral obsequies, and they never could per-
'nade themselves tha. she had moi arisen from
ns dead. To them she was a ghost TO The end
u y ngf uays, anu her spirit never was laid untll
nv nv FRENCH 'Hoharehy persisted, ana the French
iobility We're swept from the face of In. earth,