Year: 1874


The Wonderful Heart Attachment Of an


English Girl, and Her Sad End-lh Death


Is There Peace-A ss Blanche DE Chelles"


In Real Life.


LONDON, October 8th.-A very strange
story was told to me the other day. In a
town not fur from London there lived young
lady who was handsome, tolerably wealthy,
and more than usually educated. Her fa-
,her was an invalid; her mother was An in
sipid, cold and hear,less woman. Two
wears ago physician of London was called
TO attend the father; in this way the young
lady saw him. He paid no attention to her
his mind was engrossed with bis profess
sional duties. A few weeks ago this doctor,
after paying visit to his patient, was some
what surprised by being asked by the young
lady to give her the favor Of a private in
terview. She took him into drawing
room and led him to the further end Of the
apartment. "Doctor," said she. 81 sup
pose that gentlemen Of your profession are
accustomed to receive strange condolences
have confession to make to you." He
Supposed that the impending confession had
something to do with the state of her own
health or that of her father, and he begged
her to proceed. "You will, however. he
scarcely prepared for what l am about to
saw" she continued, "but l wish you to
hear it. II is now just two years since l
first saw you. You have scarcely ever ex-
changed a word with me, but have learned
much about YOU, am not mistaken in be-
Ieving that you are unmarried


ono" said he, II am not married.


"And your affections are not engaged?"


"You scarcely have the right to ask
that" said he.


"Well, ,hen," she replied, II will not
ask it, but l must make to you my confess
sion. | love you with all my heart !
wish you to marry me. loved you from
the first moment saw you. said to my
self, will wait for two years; if be then
speaks to me l will know what to say.
You haye not spoken; and now l speak.
say love you with all my heart; you are
necessary for me; will you marry me?"


The doctor, who, although not a very old
man, was twice the age Of the young lady,
recovering little from his surprise tried to
turn the matter off as joke; but the young
lady was very serious.


"No," said she, II am in very sober
earnest. know all that you may say or
think as to the indelicacy of my proposal,
but cannot help it. ask you orce more.
can you love me, and will you marry me?"


"ln sober earnest, them" be replied, 81
cannot marry you?"


"rteh shall aie," said she. very calmly,
and she left the room.


The doctor had heard people say before
this that they should die, and he left the
house without attaching much Importance to
the prophesy. although wondering greatly at
the other portion Of this interview.


A few days after this the young lady was
found dead in her bed. Two letters lay
upou her dressing table. One was ad-
dressed to hef fatiily solicitor. 1t recalled
to his mind promise he had made ber.
She had gone to see him, and had asked
him to make out for her paper transferring
the whole Of her property to petsbti whose
name she would hot then give him. He
was to prepare the necessary paper aud send
it to her to fill up the blanks and TO sign.
She had this. and she now ircIcsed the pa
per, nIIed up anu elgneu. every Peuuy W
her property was gwen to the doctor, and
the solicitor was intrusted to make the
transfer to him, to ask no Questions, and to
take no receipt. The other was to the doc
.or. IL told you should de-" she said.
"and when you receive this shall be dead.
For ten days have taken no food nor drink
but that does not kill me, and now ! have
taken poison. have no reproach to make
to you, but l could not live without your
love. When am dead look at my heart.
You will see your name there. have two
requests to make Of you. Go to my 80.
lici,or and take what he has for you, and
then 20 off on holiday to Italy for few
months. The other request 10 that you
never ask where am buried, and never
come to my grave"


There was a post 1nortem examination
made of the young lady's body. On her
breast, over her heart, deeply imprinted in
the Aesb, were the initials Of the doctors
name. The characters seemed to have been
made there two or three years before. They
were probably imprinted BY her own band
on the day when she first saw him.-Cath- |


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