Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.


The Wonderful Heart Attraction of an Eng
lisll Girl and her Sad End-In Death is
there Peace--A s. Blanche de Chellas - i'm
Real Life. ri ,..s..g ta
Correspondence New York Graphic
LONDON, October 8.-A very strange
story was told to me the other day. In
town not far from London there lived
young lady who was handsome, toler-
ably wealthy, and more than usually
we'll educated. Her father was an in
valid her mother was an insipid, cold,
and heartless woman. Two years ago
physician of London YVES called to at
tend the father; in this way the young
lady saw him. He paid no attention to
her-his mind was engrossed with his
professional duties. A few 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 a pri-
vate interview. She took him into a
drawing room and led him to the further
end of the apartment. Doctor" said
she, 81 suppose that gentlemen of your
profession are accustomed to receive
strange condolences. [ have confess
sion to make to YOU" He supposed
that the impending confession had
something to do with the state of her
own health or with that of her father,
and he begged her to proceed. "You
will, however, be scarcely prepared for
what | am about to say" she continued,
"but [ wish you to hear it. It is now
just two years since [ first saw you.
You have scarcely ever exchanged a
word with me, but have learned much
about you. [ am not mistaken in be-
| lieving that you are unmarried %
"No, said he, a." [ am not married"
And your affections are not engage
ed?'
"You scarcely have the right to ask
that" said he.
well, then" she replied, "I will
not ask it, but | must make to you my
confession. I love you with all my
heart. [ wish you to marry me. [
loved you from the first moment [ saw
you. [ said to myself, I will wait for
two years-if he then speaks to me [
will know what to say. You have not
spoken; and now speak. I say love
you with all my heart; you are neces-
sary for me; will you marry me?"
The doctor, who, althoug h not very
old man, was twice the age of the
young lady, recovering a little from his
surprise, tried to turn the matter off as
joke; but the young lady was very Sc
| rlOus.
"No," said she, 81 am in very sober
earnest. [ know all that you may say
or think as to the indelicacy of my pro-
posal, but I cannot help it. I ask you
once more, can you love me, and will
you marry me 2"
Gin sober earnest, then," he replied,
81 cannot marry you.
''Then [ shall-die said she, calmly,
and she left the room.
The doctor had heard people say be-
fore this that they should die, and he
left the house without attaching much
importance to the prophecy, but Won
dering greatly at the other portion of this
| interview.
A few days after this the young lady
was found dead in her bed. Two let
tiers lay on her dressing-table. One was
| addressed to her family solicitor. 1t re-
called to his mind promise he had
made her. She had gone to see him,
and had asked him to make out for her
a paper transferring the whole of her
would not then give him. He was to
prepare the necessary paper and send it
to her to fill up the blanks and to sign
She had done this, and she now en-
closed the paper filed up and signed.
Eve1r penny of her property was given
to the doctor, and the solicitor was in
structed to make the transfer to
him, to ask no questions, and to take
no receipt. The other letter was
to the doctor. 81 told you I should
die, said she, "and when you receive
this l shall be dead. For ten days [
have taken no food nor no drink, but
that does not kill me, and now I have
taken poison. [ have 40 reproach to
make to you, but [ could not live with
out your love. When I am dead, look
at my heart You will see your name
there. I have two requests to make of
you. Go to my solicitor and take what
he has for you, and then go off on a
holiday to Italy for few months. The
other request is that you never ask
where | am buried, and never come to
my grave.
There was a post-mortem examina-
ton made of the young lady's body.
On her breast, over her heart, deeply
imprinted in the flesh, were the initials
of the doctors name. The characters
seem to have been made there two or
three years before. They were proba-
bly, imprinted by her own hand on the
day when she first saw him.
| Curious Surgery.