The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-06

fed, not knowing what to think, stood
before her in the attitude OF doomed
man. He felt that his happiness was He'd
forever.
The skeleton seemed to grin horribly;
never had it had such mocking and vim
dictive air.
"All at an end" trembling in every
limb; death and malediction are between
us two. l was too wicked. The man
whose bones you see here was in his youth
the most brilliant gentleman Of Bologna
he was Prince Girawski. was his wife.
How could Lob, know not how--it was
wrong, sinful-he discovered all, no pro.
voked his rival, d dnelist of intalliblc hand
and utterly pitiless. BY miracle the ball,
which should have pierced his heart
buried itself in his rib lie recovered.
And do YOU knew what he did, the noble
hearted man? He gave me all his fortune
all. And being reduced to the most alb
soute poverty he departed for France, to
live there by the proceeds OF his labor.
lie took the name of Giraud. Learning
that he was in state bordering on misery,
and that his health was irrevocably lost, i
set nyself TO seek him out and secretly sue
cor him but at the end Of month | sud
denly lost all trace of him. All, | have
been cruelty punished, for love You well.
And now farewell, forever FAREWELL"
She rose, repulsing with her hand Ju-
lien, who, in his desperation held out his
arms as II to restrain her She ran out OF
the room and fastened down the stairs,
while Julien, leaning over the balusters,
heard the sound OF those adored steps,
which no should never hear again, as it
was lost in the windings OF the stairs.
lie returned TO the studio and let him
sell fall into a chair, with his head in his
hand; he cried for his lost love. Then,
springing up with the spur OF a fcrocious
resolution, de pulled on hiscoat, showed his
hat on his head and crossing his arms All
yanccd toward the skeleton, which, with
open hands. seemed still TO rail at him.
snow, Prince Giawski," he alid, ''it Is
between us two. Before the three days
have passed you will be whore YOU should
have been long ago-in the cemetery"
And he hurried from the room.
The undertaken TO whom he applied,
surprising that the matter involved the
simple transportation Of a corpse, replied
hat nothing was easier, and that he would
take charge Of the affair for 1000 or 5000
francs. But when Julien explained that
il was n skeleton which had come from the
dissecting table, the undertaken scratched
his ear a moment and replied, sit IL i'm.
possible. You can't bury a man twice,
you know"
"ilow twice!"
"lle has been buried before. His bones
have been left. but all that was taken FROM
them in tho course OF the dissection has
bgcA collected, inhumcd in his name and
registered in tho ccmetcry with the date
OF his dcccase. To bury the skeleton II u
necessary 10 make an entry with the
proper officials; IL the same entry, IL will
he evident that the body to which il be-
longs has been inferred already; il under
another entry. in the first place Il will he d
lalsc entry, and In any casc YOU will be
asked why YOU prcgcnt the dciunct Tor in
tgrmcnt nix months after his death. tn,
hes. thing you can 10 Is TO STOW It away IL
a corner and think no more OF IT,"
"What shall do?" said Julien, wher
he was back in his own room; 81 canno
keep IL know that II this lasts nnolhe
week ] will Join Rouilinat in the asylum.
lie thought OF giving the skeleton TO
museum. They accepted It gladly, bu
asked him TO keep Il three months, rs tn
galleries wcrc being repaired. Finally, n,
LONGER knowing how 10 discmbarrass him
sell OF the spec,cr which Threatened TO re
main with him inscparuhIy nll his life, h
conceived the idea Of consulting the ole
: priest who had OBLIGATED ut his iirst com
mun.on, aud for whom ho had preserved
pro.ound respect.
, Tho old priest, after having received hiI
ancclionatcly, ms was his custom, listcnc
! with hendcd head. signing from timo
timc 10 JJJicn's recital.
: "listcn, my Son, " snid he when II WI
! ended III | werc sill M iniicNiblc mn
! zcnlons ~ | WIS when ! left tho seminar
| would have read You sermon OF lou
% cnptions. and I would have tried hard I
! profit by your troubles TO bring you bac
10 The dock, for there N In your STORY
, mind YOU. more than enough 10 make III
. nr.h oil the unbclicycr creep with horror
But, skcplical and indifferent as you ma
be. YOU cannot but recognize the inci that
beneath the material grUssucss Of thing
beyond the vanity Of human understand
I ing. there IL whole world OF moral truth
b ms evident a. the light OF day, and yet NO
less impossible 10 demonstrate than Oh
9 most intricate tencls OF theology. llonol
! virtue. Justice, duty, aud, in n wort
I morality itself, are merely IDEAS and cal
e not be proved by reason, aud yet they are III
, ideas that rule the world, and whocyc
4. runs counter TO them is M leaf before tli
wind. Respect for the remains OF tll
4 dead il one OF these ideas. aud Tor hayin
disrcgaried IL you see how you have ~
i fcrod. ], who believe firmly that wis
I YOU have endured has been inflicted o
!, you M a punishment for your SIM hay
!, no counsel 10 otter YOU, but that you gis
n the deceased rest in Christian burial; II !
4 | think ! may assert, the only means I
A establishing peace between his soul an
y youp."
"But how may Il be done" asked JulicI
D "snce the law will not allow OF ib bcif
buried In a cemetery
}. "Woll," replied the priest alter
moments reflection, "wo can arrange tia
s have nm old friend, the priest of a yillal
near ~. German. We can 10 10 him a
J. three Of us. Weshnl make grave In u
Is vcstry garden, We shall pray there, v
shall sprinkle holy water on II, and-yt
II will be nbsolycd."
n Two days later the skeleton, forever :
moved from the sOrruas and slriles OF tll
IL world, slept In consecrated ground IN u
10 old cures garden, nj the foot OF a willo
" trco-at peace at last.
iii
Iy Atkins aud Harris.
Prom the Bonneville Reporter aud Falcon.
Tho idea that has been iosiercd In q
v, tniuds of sotno neople by some ncwspapC