Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-15

'ihSiC hICIlioi y, NtItHN W llltSb WHO
think Of thee at every moment.
Napoleon.
Tortona, June II, 1796.-My life is a
perpetual nightmare-a dreadful pre-
sentiment prevents my breathing. T
can 10 longer see, | have lost more
than my life, more than happiness,
more than repOse; / am almost without
hope. L have sen a messenger to thee
He will only remain four hours in
Paris and will then bring me thy an
swer.
write me ten. pages; that will alone
console me a little. Thou are ill. thou
lowest NE; [ have worried thee and
cannot see thee; this idea confounds
me. L have done thee so much wrong
n know not how to expiate nv
fault. L have accused thee of remain
ing in Paris while thou vert sick
ti1ere. PARDON me, my good friend,
the love which thou hast insured in
me has stolen away my reason: 7
shall never find it again; one is never
cured OF love sickness; my PRESENT.
ments are so harmful that | must see
thee to press thee to my heart for,
two hours and to die together. Who
is ut that cares for thee? [ imagine
thou wilt answer HortenSe. [ love
thee Il thousand times more than that
dear child, though | think she can
console thee a little. AS to myself,
thnrn &c No console ;o.
nope, up to the time / shall receive
by the messenger l have sent to thee
Il ions letter, in which thou must ex-
pam what is thy malady, and to what
Il point 1t IS considered serious. If il
Is dangerous / warn thee | shall de-
part for Paris Immediately. | have
always been happy, never has my
charmCr resisted my will. and today
L am struck in that which touches me
only-without appetite. without inter
est in friendship, glory or country
there is naught but thee, thee: the rest
of the world has no existence for me.
no more than if it were DESTROYED.
hold to honor when [ hold to thee:
to victory only when it gives thee
~A L "StAt d"i an w l1lONf
myself at thy dear feet. NV dear
friend, be careful to tell me thou art
convinced that l love thee beyond all
that is possible to imagine: that thou
art persuaded that every instant Of
my life is consecrated to thee; that
never an hour passes without think
ing Of thee: that there has never en-
tered my mind the thought Of any
other woman; that they are all to my
eyes without grace, without beauty,
without mind; that thou. thou entirely
such as | see thee, such as thou art,
can alone please me and absorb all
the faculties Of my soul; that thou
has touched that soul throughout it's
extent; that my heart has no hidden
corner that hot hast not seen, no
thought that Is not subordinate to
thee; that my strength, my arm, my
brain, are all thine. and that the day
when thou shalt change or the day
when thou q~uittest living will be that
of my death; that nature, the earth,
is only beautiful because thou dwelleSt
therein. If thou dost not believe this,
if thy mind De not convinced. paci-
fed, thou wilt torture ne, and thou
lowest me no more. There is 4 mag
netic fluid between persons who love
each other. Thou knOweSt [ will not
permit thee to see a lover, and still
less suffer thee to have one. To de-
strOy his heart or to see him would
be the same thing for me. After that
I should carry a rude hand against
thy sacred person. No, l should never
dare do that, but I should leave a
life where that which is most virtuOus
should deceive me. / am sure and
proud of thy love. Misfortunes are the
tests that reveal to us the mutual
force of I'LL passion. An adorable in
FAINT, pretty as its mamma, may some
day be embodied in thy arms. A thou
sand kisses for thy dear cheeks and
thy sweet lips. All! adorable woman.
what is thy ascendency! I am very
i'll because thou art sick. I burn with
fever! Do not keep the messenger
waiting more than six hours, and let
him bring back to me the letter that
I long for from my sovereign queen,
Napoleon.
Marmirolo, July II, 1906, g o'clock