The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
cAvouR,s LOVE STORY.
A Melancholy Romance In Who Life OF t,.S
Great italian.

A Melancholy Romance In Who Life OF ttn
Great Italian.
Miss Godlsin contributes to Macmillan
an account of Tho Young Cavour,"
from which we extract tho following
passages: 1t is not to be credited that
so warm q heart, however we'll guarded
from all assaults, could have passed tho
critical period from twenty to thirty
quite scathloss. Camille was too clever
and too keen to be taken in by tho willy
arts of the coquotto; but he was not in
sensible to the attractions OF a sweet
and lovely woman, whose grace rofne-
ment and cultivated mind won his ad-
miration almost at tho first meeting.
Intense sympathy drew them together,
and before they were aware OF 1t thoy
had become deeply attached to each
other They separated with tho sad
feeling that they should never meet
again, for, unhappily, thoro was an in
surmountable obstacle to their union;
the young lady's hand had beon already
disposed of BY hor father, after the man
nor Of Italian marriages of that day
Thoy sccmcd mado for each other, but
they met too late Cavour was only
twenty, and tho girl probably about the
Same age. He heard nothing of her for
thrco years, except that she lived In
Milan, and was a constant sufferer from
bad health. Once he wrote to express
his sympathy, and received briof reply
to thank him, but that was ali. lle pro-
served n tender remembrance of her,
and feeling of regret that fate had d.
vided them; but his love had subsidod
into friendship. nor did no dream that
tho unhappy girls health had boon ru-
incd by her devoted attachment to him.
But it was so. Aftcr three years alb
sencc she returned to Turin. and it only
needed the sight of hcr sad, beautiful
face, with its traces Of suffering, to ro-
kindle Camillo's almost extinct love.
After two or three painful interviews
they parted once moro; tho fair unknown
going to the baths with her parents, who
probably wished to remove their daugh
ter from tho dangerous vicinity of tho
young Count
Then began the correspondence which
lasted for years, They sometimes wrote
twice a day to each other; her letters
wero preserved and numbered by Cavour;
but hor name, even her Christian name, |
carefully erased. He calls his lady |
"L'Inconnue" in his diary, where he ro-
lates the whole story of his unhappy
lovo in tho most passionate and touch
ing language. Cavour's letters are lost,
but from those of tho unknown VIC can
gather an idea of their contents Hors
are very beautifully writton, and ex-
press tho intonso, all-obsorbing, hopo-
less love which had Frustrated hor
strength for years and was slowly sap
ping her life. 1t Is impossible to con-
rcy in q few words tho painful impress
sion left on tho readers mind by the
porusal of these hoart-brokon letters.
At one timo her parents thought that
her mind was giving way, and threat
cned to put her under somo restraint.
Cavour, who hated and cursed himself
for being the cause of so much misery
to this heavenly woman moved rs
much by pity for hcr position In her
family as by his own feelings, was
to ask her to fly with him to q
foreign country. Happily, ho put away
tho mad thought before communicating
it to hcr.
When sho folt her end Mt hand sho
wrote pathetic farewell to the man
whom she had so loved, who seemed to
her celestial intelligence" and for
whom her life was sacrificed; for she died
of broken heart. In that last
sad letter she told Camille that he had
never fully comprehended her love; how
could hc. when no human language
could explain it? When you road these
lines an insurmountablo barrier will
have been raised between us. shall
havo been initiated in tho grand secrets
IF tho tomb; and perhaps, tremblc Mt
The thought may then have forgotten
SoH."