The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

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| The same circumstance barred our cor
respOndcnce. Madame finds my absence
tedious. Thinks me dead, perhaps.
| Consoles herself with another husband.
Eoit0 tout. Only | am not dead, and
claim my wife"
Whilst D. was speaking NJ. De Kerle-
rec stood us if rooted to the floor. As
the man ended he seized his crouehing
wife roughly by the shoulder and
raised her to her feet.
"Speak, Claire" he cried in a voice
like thunder. "DOes this man tell the
truth? Speak, | tell you, before l go
mad"
Still no word, only q faint, mourning
sound like some poor dumb animal
wounded unto death.
He threw ner from him, and she sunk
down in the same crouching attitude.
"YOu shall not kill her." sobbed Ma
rie, kneeling down by the unhappy wO-
man, and striving to press her rigid
head to her bosom. You, too, are
cruel, cruel, NJ. De Kerlerec. She was
but a child, poor mOtherless child, and
the devil only knows what arts he used
to make her marry him She did not
mean to wrong you. She thought she
was free, and she loved you; oh, you
hard, cruel man, who have spurned her
like dog"
As Marie spoke, De Kerlerec, by a
powerful effort OF will had regained
some Calmness.
Leave this house instantly" he said
to D., and there was a dangerous
) gIe9m IN has eyes. ''TO-morrOw we
| will settle this matter"
"Aty your service" answered the 9TH
er with q Sneer and insOlent bow. Of
course | must give Madame time tO
) pack her goods aud chattels, and take a
7 tender leave of her 'soi-disant' hus-
? band"
? nor even notice DIS dcnartnrp
5 He stood with folded arms looking
down at his unhappy wife. All youth
seemed to have suddenly departed, and
even the rounded outlines of her face
| were shrrmkcn and drawn down by the
concentrated agony of few minutes
: There, was some little consciousness in
r her Wlde-Open eyes, for as they met his
glance she dragged herself to his feet
S and covered her face with her hands.
? " Rise, miserable woman," he said
t sternly,'' ask no explanation. | un-
: defstand all your cOWardly weakness
20 you see where. it has dragged us
both! No, you could not tell me you7
= shameful secret, but you dared be han.
!, py and look innocent, and all the time
!. deCeiVlng ME basely. I, who believed
= in you ass1 believed in Heaven. Rise,
= say, for am almost tempted to strike
p you dead as you lie there.n
r She rose at his bidding, trembling a.
4 If IN II an ague it,. Something like pity
t sOftened his furious eyes as he saw
y that her white lips were striving to ut
y ter words to which no sound came.
7. =" You need not fear the wretch VIII,
It claims you, he went on in stern, meas
UTed accents. You cannot be fOrcet
# to live with him against your will, ever
:, II lie escapes me. l will provide IL saf
IS refuge for you. Not from any lingerin;
a love1-She drew herself together as i
e she had received u blow at the con
z my innocent babe that calls you moth
t er. But, oh! accursGd wOmanr-re
pressed passion breaking bounds
l. - When you leave the threshold of thi
Il house, you will have looked your las
a upon both him and me-"
t: Her eyes followed the direction of hi
n finger as it pointed to the sleeping chile
q over whom the faithful Marie was sob
y bmg loudly. Followed, but did nc
- rest there. The maternal instint
d seemed utterly dead within her. Sh
saw nothing but the man she loved an
s. had lost. She heard nothing but h
voice, which carried to her half deaC
lie ened brain the words of doom.
10 Her stiff lips unlocked.
4 "NGveragain, never again CAME frOl
them III half artiGulate accents. IS
" this is the After Henri, have dreat
50 ed"
ce By an involuntary impulse he covere
W his face with, his hands.
e. She moved across the room. .mutterin
I'd in the mOnOtOnOus tone, of a child learl
III ing hard lesson.
rd AFTER morning, night-after Low
Id hatred-after life"-as she uttered tt
IT last word her foot was on the legde
tX the. open window. Mons. de Kerlere
- with his face hidden, had seen mono
7Y her movements, but Marie sprang 70
o. ward with a shrek. Before he reache
her there was a rush downward,
ed stlff1ed rgrOan and horrible thud on Il
~ brick pavement below.
l." Dead and mangled out of all recOgn
e. ton. a.
no So they found her.
Who. among us dare say that wi
,ss fully, consciously, that poor dazt
se. brain rushed upon the ''after" wht'
as men call "death.n Happy those who b
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self-a justice of GOdwhose weights al
nd measures arenOt like others-an infini
by mercy which gathers intogthe fold str;
lambs whom mortal shepherds ker
nd outside, the fold. Whether this IL
happy woman knowingly rushed up,
7r- her doom or not, we can safely lea
an her in the hands of Divine COmpassio
ny 'tFor we know that Gods completeness flo
Tal around our incOmpleteness, ''
Ith Round our restlessness, His rest" .
on 7----a--7r------- .
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a steamboats,, about hotels and Otl
Ter public places, there is nothing so nj
de, as to purify the air. Simple green CO
)re peFas; dissolved under the bed in an
thing that will hold water, will rend
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ed. free from unpleasant smells. In Fl
for markets, slaughterhouses, sinks, a
Wy wherever there are, offensive put
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