The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-01-26
KILL SELVES
Sequel to Forty Years Romance
of French Sweetheart.
After Marriage Was Forbidden Jules
and Marguerite Met Daily
and Exchanged Vows-Are
Found Dead.

FarlS, France.-Tragedy has closed
the remarkable love affair of Jules
Denis and Marguerite Plezezins. They
were engaged forty years. Marguer-
lite had to nurse her father, Jules had
to plan and scrape to keep his moth
er. The first duty of each was to
the parent.
The years went creeping on and
it did seem, at last, that they would
be married. But Jules was robbed
and lost his position and the doctor
told Marguerite her aged father would
live another ten years, because she
nursed the old man $50 wonderfully
we'll"
Then the next morning the conci-
erge of house in Belleville sent
messenger boy to the fifth floor with
a note to Jules Denis. At the same
time the concierge in a street in La
Villette sent boy to the fourth floor
with a message addressed to Mdlle.
Marguerite Plezezinski Both boys
returned with the notes. They had
knocked but had received no reply.
Each concierge sent for locksmith
and the police. Jules Denis lay dead
in his bed A bottle which had con-
tanned laudanum was by his side, and
in his hand was a sheet of paper con-
tanning last word to his sweetheart.
Marguerite was found in her room
dressed in white and dead, and -.er
hand held a paper with a word on
1t to Jules, my loved one" There
was laudanum bottle by her bed
side, too.
The police opened the notes sent
by messengers.
1T is accomplished. Marguerite"
said one.
ut is accomplished, Jules" said the
other
Jules Denis was 68 years old. Mar
guerite Plezezinski was 81. They met
when Marguerite was II and Jules
20. Marguerite was the daughter of
comparatively wealthy parents. Jules
was clerk at $50 month. They
wished to marry, but their parents
laughed at them and said: There is
plenty of time to think it over" Mar
guerite's parents could live without
work, but had no money for a mar
riage portion for their daughter suf-
ticfent for a son-in-law, without
reasonable income.
So Marguerite and Jules met each
day, exchanged vows and waited.
Jules rose somewhat, but never earn
ed more than $1,000 year. AS time
went on they continued to see each
other every day, each day renewing
their vows Of love. They did not
dream of disobeying their parents in
junction of waiting on marriage I'M
til they were in ga position to do
So"
Jules never went to Marguerite's
house except when her mother died.
and Marguerite never went to the
small fiat to see Jules mother. Both
understood that for them marriage
was hopeless-for the time. Jules
must look after his old mother. Mar
guerite must nurse her paralyzed ia
Their. Jules managed now and then
to pile another coin on the tiny heap
he was saving for the marriage day.
And so time went on and he was 68
and she was 81.
And then the other day Jules was
sent to cash the check for nearly
$4,000. Jules cashed the check at
the bank. AS he neared the door
a man stumbled against him and he
fell When he arose the man was
gone and the money had disappeared
Jules was accused of nothing but
carelessness. He was not even sus-
pected but the chief partner In the
firm for which Jules worked told
him that he must find another posi-
ton. And on that same day the doc
tor told Marguerite that she had nurs-
ed her father so we'll he probably
would live another ten years. So
she would be 81 years old before she
could marry. She shuddered at the
thought and felt a pang of shame.
and then-she lost all hope.
And If Jules Denis had waited on
ly a few hours longer they at last
could have seen the way to happi-
ness in marriage after their years of
true devotion to their parents
For soon after the discovery of
Jules death it was found that his
mother had died in her sleep in the
night. Marguerites father was found
in a collapse indicating that his days
were few. He is S5 When he
looked up at neighbors who went to
him after the finding of his daughters
body they could not tell him the news
and he could not understand why his
daughter had not brought his morn
ing chocolate to him as usual Scr
wants