The Donaldsonville chief., 1874-11-07
An. Extraordinary Love Story.

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strange story was told to me the st,tile1
day. In town not far from Lopdoq
there lived a young lady who was
handsome, tolerably wealthy, and
tpOge than usually we'll educated. Hel
father was an invalid her Wotle,
was m insipid, cold and and heartless
waman, Two years ago a physician
Of .London was called to attend the
father ;.in this way the young lady
saw him. He paid no attention to
lier-his mind was engrossea with
his professional duties. A feV weeks
ago this doctor, after paying a visit
to his patient, was somewhat surprised
by being asked by the young lady to
give her the favor of private inter
view. : She took him into drawing
rt,epl, and led him to the further end
Of the apartment. "Do4or," said
she, !" suppose that gentlemen .oi
your profession are accustomed to re
ctive strange condolences. ] have a
confession to make to You" He sup
posed that the impending confession
had sosething to do with the state OF
her own health or with that Af her
father, and he begged her to psoceed.
/" Yop will, however, be scarcely pre-
pared for what am about to say"
she cE,tipued. "But l wisl, you to
hear it. 1t is now just two years
since i first saw you. You have
scarcely ever exchanged word with
me, but have learned much about
yon. l am not mistaken in believing
that you are unmarried7"
no." said he, am not married. =
"Apd your affections arc not on
You scarcely have the right to
ask that" said he.
"Well, them" she replied, d,"I will
not ark it, but / must make to Eou
my confession. love you with AL
my heart. wish YOU 10 marry me.
t loved you from the frxt moment !
raw you, | said to myself, I will wait
for IAso years-if he then speaks to
re / will know what to say. Yoa
have not spoken and now l speak.
| say l love you with all my heart !;
yop are necessary for me; will you
mNry met" -.
1'he doctor, who, although not =
very young man, was twice the
age of tho young lady, recovering
d little from his surprise, tried
to turn the matter off as joke !;
but he young lady was very serious.
No." said she, :" nm ip very SO
Der earnest. I know aA that you
may eay or think ~ to the indelicacy
If my propoaal. I'M css sSt help it.
l ask you once more, eau you love
me, and will you marry meg
"1p sober earnest, theD;" he re-
piled al can not marry YOU
"T4en / shall die said she, very
calmly, and she left the room.
The doctor had heard people say
befo,s this that they sbous 4 die, and
he left the house without attaching
m,lcl. Importance to the prophecy,
although wondering greatly at the
other portion of this intev;ew.
a few days after this the young
lady was found dead in Der bed. Two
letters laid upon her dressing table.
One was addressed to her family So
licitor. 1t recalled to his mind y
promise he had made her. She had
gone to see him, and had asked him
to make out for her Il paper transfer
ring the whole of her property to a
person whose name she would not
then give him. He was to prepare
the necessary paper and send it to
her to fill up the blanks and 20 sign.
She had done this, and she now en-
closed the paper, filled up and signed.
Every penny Of her property was
given to the doctor, and the solicitor
was instructed to make the transfer
to him, to ask no questions, and to
take no receipt. The other letter
was to the doctor. = told you ]
should die" said she," and when you
receive this shall be dead. For ten
days | have taken no food nor drink
but that does not kill ple, and now ]
have taken poison. l have no re-
proacl, to make to you, but | could
not live without yonr love. When ]
am dead, look at my heart. You will
see your name there. ! have two re-
quests to make of you. Go to my
solicitor, and take what he has for
yon, and then 60 off on q holiday to
Italy for few months. The other
request is that you never ask where
] ma buried, and never come to my
grave"
There was post norton examina-
tion made of the young ladys's body.
On her breast, over her heart, deeply
imprinted in the flesh, Eere the in
itials of the doctors name. The
characters seemed to have been made
there two or three years before. They
were probably imprinted by her own
hand on the day when she first saw
him.
A correspondent writing from An