The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-12-14
Love, Hatred and Devotion.

A newspaper correspondent tells US
the following romantic story: Twenty
years ago, near Spezzin. on the Medi.
terranesn coast. there lived an Italian
family, not very wealty. but in comfort
able circumstances. Tne family was
composed of . gentleman and lady and
their daughter The latter when she
had reached her sixtsenth year twenty
years sgo,) fell deeply and passionately
in love with . youug officer, who re-
Quilted her love- Bdk the parents of
the damscl disapprove6 Of the match.
and, alarmed at the progress of the at
tachmeDt, they used tkeir influence to
the utmost and contrlyed to marry
their daughter to q Count, Q wealthy
man, clever, we'll informed. and very
anxious FOR the match. though many
years older than the young girl. The
marriage took place, though the Count
was fully aware of a previous attach
ment Probably he thought it merely
a young girls fancy, and the parents
did their best to make him believe that
it was %. Unfortunately the result
proved their mistake. The young CIR,
dropped and pined never smiled and
could not be persuaded to forget the
past. Her husband fell into the mis-
take of taking ner to his house, near her
home. near all the associations which
he should have dreaded and avoided.
He become more and more devoted to
her-she turned from him with ever
increasing dislike. Her state of health
alarmed the physician. who ordered al
immediate change Of scene Bnt the
mischief was done already. From morn
till night the unhappy creature would
sob and moan and nothing could CON-
fort her. They travelled over France.
Germany and Spain, but the only effect
OF the change was to bring on extreme
Indifference and listlessness, which in
creased till, when they came home, the
Count had done no good and his wife
had become harmless lunatic. Even
then, perhaps. something might have
been tried as q means of recovery, some
return to happier times, but the Count
was wild with remorse and really deep
affection, so that he gave up his life in
trying to crafty her various fancies and
frequent caprices. por twenty years
this has gone on. They live in an ideal
villa ON hill overlooking the Gulf of
Spezzis, with handsome, lofty rooms.
and outside you could want nothing
more lovely than the groves of olives
and the vineyards. The Count spares
no money to please the poor woman in
his charge. but his care is poorly re
Quilted, tor her madness has taken the
form of loathing his very presence and
no reason can now dissimilate the feel
ing which has made her wreck. He
takes refuge in his books, lives like q
hermit, spouts Latin and Greek poetry
in his solitude, Is devoted to astronomy
and has an excellent telescope But his
life scarcely deserves the name.
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OCCUPATIONS OF ANGLo-SAXoN
WoMEN.-"The ladies of the Anglo
Saxon household were not idle in their
bower. The distaff was generally the
distinguishing implements Of the lady
Of the family. King Alfred, in his
will. made soon after the year $50.
says that his grandfather had be.
queathed his lands to the spear-side. /.
Spinning, weaving, sewing. csrding
wool, beating fax, and washing gar
ments were considered occupations
equally fitting tor queens and princesses
as for women of ordinary rank. The
daughters Of King Edward. Alfred's
successor. employed themselves in the
labors of the distaff and the needle
Before the Norman period. English
ladies were celebrated. even on the
Continent, for their skill in spinning,
weaving and embroidering; and one of
the earlier Norman writers tells us how
the French admired the beautiful dress
es of the English nobility. and adds
that English women excel all others in
needle-work and in the art of embroid-
ering with gold. English girls are
spoken of, in the life Of Saint Angus.
tine. as employed in skillfully orna-
menting the ensigns of the priesthood
and royalty with gold and pearls aud
precious stones. Queen Emma. the
wife of King Csnute. worked, with her
own hand. . stuff bordered in its its
whole extent with gold work. and or
namented in places with gold and prec-
ious stones arranged in pictures"