Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-23
CHASTELARD AND MARIE
STUART.

There died in Paris ON the 10Th .nIt. =. a
young man-Pierre Chastelard du Chesne
whose name recalls one Of the saddest
and most romantic tragedies that history
furnishes us. Little of interest attach
ed to the young man III person, it WAS
only that there belonged 10 him, as of
hereditary right, the coat-of-afns of
Pierre de Rosc0bel de CtasteEird, and it
seemed not Il particle to lessen his pride
therein that the shadow orl bar sinister
covered its shield, His almost insane
devotion to the memory Of his ancestor
was the only noticeable point OF. his
character with which the correspondents
have furnished us.
And there was not little in Chaste-
lard to admire, sad as VAS his fate, aEd
inseIisate as was his devotion to love
that could yield him nothing but death
and shame. There was not a brayer
knight for his years, 4 better sword or
a cnt,rtiier gentleman in all la belle
France. 1t seemed as if the spirit of his
uncle, the Chevalier Bayard, that favor
ite knight sans pear et sans reproche, had
passed unchanged into his, own body.
He was famous in Paris salons, too, as
in the field. His verses were, the smooth
est aud most melodfpus OF all the many
singers of the day {; his wit was as. bright
and AS keen as the edge of a sword. and
his repartees rang rs sharp and clear as
tile clang Of cutting steel rings over a
tourney. -. ;.- - -
| Col. Meline and Marie Stuart's other
devotees, assure rs that the White Queen
never favored him, butiit is very hard to
believe that she gave nothing for the
honor and life that he laid so quietly at
her feet--as difficult as to fancy that the
sad fate of Francis, IRizzio, ,Darnley
Botliwell and Douglass will not be
| counted to her in the -final, balance.
Even the kind Miss Strickland admits
| that she often. selected him '.for, hef
partner in IL dance called the Purpose.
| in the course Of which each pair in turn
were privileged to hold Il private confer
ence - and it stands on record that she
did NOT hesitate at those times to lay hei
Hips lightly OH hls foreheld--a kiss @.
courtesy" they called it then, but God
\ wot it might make wild work in .tbe
blood of the Hover of knighthood
when coming from the lips, of the love
liest woman of three centuries. - -.
There is much told ps, too, of .those
little French rhymes that lie ;nsed,tC
weave, basking IN the glamour OF hel
wnnd1ous face, and nf, the music, full a;
soft and sweet that Marie made. in an
swer. There is one verse that SMimburns
| sittAiVS ~ hi' ittNtT tdlu, " ulCll Tutls
as smoothly as the~lapping OF sunIf
stream
| t'fOi mon anne,
Et ma fol,
Sais ma dame
I .. Et ma ioi:
! Sois ma mie,
| SOis Marie,
| Sois ma vie,
| Tout Il moi"
But whether Mary was guilty or no
! of iuring him OH TO his death, it is Ger
tain that to the last moment on the scat
fold his lips never uttered, nor his hear
ever prompted a moments censilre OF
her course. When found hidden in lie
bed-chamber at Edinburgh, it SCENE,
clear that his only purpose was to seel
| relief from a life that had become to
wearisone to bear. He discovered him
self quietly, and not only made no at
tempt to escape, but refused to acceI
the banishment that she offered him
Again, at Burnt Island, he came qlietl
from his recess behind the he'd, in til
presence of herself and the s.faur Ma
ries," and sought only to kiss her han
ere he went to his death. The seaffol
seemed relief to him, and after recitin
ROnsard's hymn to death, the las
, words upon his knight.y lips were only
, "Adiea, .Harie; Ia pias belle, mails la pla
, | inpitoyubie.o