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Show I down that tears woro streaming from M. fries beautiful eyes and grief was writti on fT.v exquisite feature. She kissed the dead man's fair and Implored him tn return to life. "Very sad, indeed," in-deed," 1 veni.ure I to say. "Yos, so itjid,"' replied my friend, "llmt I saw lirr the same uveuintf Monday night silting In Clf,J 'i(lil'"Sf absinthe and chatting gayly wilu another an-other young mini, a lieutenant; in the same regiment which the unfortunate De Marco had beiwnired to. 1 could not help wn . ,i i; hour soon this poor young fellow's brains might be sou'lcred over llii- velvet carpel ol Benee's liouduir." It is impossible to l"ll you the effect j this story oreaud in Nancy ami throughout through-out the stirrniiudiug counli v. No ex-1 plana tiou Iritevi r eau be g!cii for I In) ;i';i!i -f ll:ee luc.'i. They are dead, and "de id men ti l) no tales." It I, us ' been remarked, however, that there j wn fvti.uajiauee or fast ilvim on the p.iil of i !'.' i: youi.g fellows, and eer-i luiiily no iiniiiielary trouble cm he said to !:r o di i veil ihem to iho ra-h net. e M rec -. as bnr! yesterday, and 1 1: ere for t lie present Urn irnltcr rests. LURED TOMIR DOOM. Four Frimcrim&n Driven to Suicide by a Tickle Beauty All Wtat to the Dogs. THE CHABUDtG MARIE EE NEE. Tlious'u Etill in tin Hylay of her Oa-ruiir Oa-ruiir , is Ablo to Elart a fri-vata fri-vata G-raveyrd. LoLdon 8t)"tal to the ('hlcia Trlbuta. France ha all occasional sensation, it U tl ue, hut the one which is now agitating agitat-ing I he beauliful nid city of Fancy and tho surrounding country, it is generally admit ted, h.i-i tew il any parallel.' in the history of the country, unit's., oue exception excep-tion is made in favor of those nei'asioniil fantastic Mories u diieh modern romancers romanc-ers are fond of pnitiiiK between leaves and which afterwards, bound in yeMow, aro taken by the public ns facts. Ju I bis instance there aro four toinlHloue-i, re-cailiuj; re-cailiuj; the passiir,' away of four yount; lives, which ulaud as (jrini warrants of the e,uimiiny and truth of this; story. For Home time past, in a suburb of Hie city in question in one of the most beau- tittiii villas iniaiiiatiii!, Miirroii'i'imi witn niagniticenl grouiel.s, carefully tenib'd lawns, and prettily Kid out gardens, there lived a lovely woman, lfer reputation repu-tation for a beauty, "race, wit and charm were long known ami were widely mini throughout tho country by inauy admirers. Slits aJ M.uin Renee. tho daughter of a wealthy land proprietor, who come from the department depart-ment of Isare. Mario was born in one of the pretty suburbs of Grenoblo, and her childhood, which no doubt resembled resem-bled that of other children, duel not call for any special mention, ami may bo readily p.ussed over, go that you l.iay eoino to tho dramatic period in her career, ca-reer, when five years ago she blossomed forth ns a deini-moudaint; do premier order, for which nature had so bountifully bounti-fully endowed her, and, naturally enough, she mado her headquarters iu l'.tris. There slio met a young fellow just out of college, the po.sfesor of unliiuitetl means and the son of a general in the French army. With liim alio sought to get away from the turmoil aud bustloof i'ty, a id that iiiduced I 'T to ilifcido iioi.oi Xauev. where her villa w.it decorated dec-orated wi'h Vnickknacks and luic-.i-bntc of all sons, as well as all fie other dainty accessories which wealtli alone cau provide. There f r a time the couplo lived in seeming bliss. Hut one morning, although al-though exactly what led to tho trouble has never been told, 'ho body of the general's son was found lying outsido of Hie gate of the. villa occupied by Mario. The e idenoa which ;w brought forward for-ward pointed to the fact that it was a ease of suicide, and the poor fellow was buried without any particular inquiry being le ide into the cause. Iu Hpite of their intimacy, however, it was noticed that the sad incident did not seem to affect in any way tli career ca-reer of tiie gay demimond.aiiie.for within I a week she was carrying oil another liaison with a young man, scarcely twenty-live years oi ago, the sou of a gentleman of largo property, who lived iu the Immediate vicinity, This youngman wastiidepeiident of bin father for he had a great deal of money in bis own right. Their menage did not last long, however, for if. was scarcely six weeks from tho time they had lirst come together when his body was oue day found in a field wilhhis'throat cut iroiu ear to ear, w ithin less than a mile from tho ri snleiice of tho lady. Jso qm.Uuii seemed to have been Ji-kcd as to how be died, nnd it was admitted to be a clear case of suicide; for tho young man bad kit lcltcr.s in uhich ho K-iitl he regretted llie act be hudtaen. but it was thought remarkable that there was not a simile ord of reproach against the. woman who was generally supposed to have driven him 'to his death. She, however, professed that she was absolutely ignorant igno-rant of tho circumstance w Inch Toil to the deed, and added, as if to prove her statement, that w hen she parted from him the niht before he was in the happiest frame of mind possible, and from uowordth.it bo uttered had she the remotest suspicion that ho would take his own life and that when next sho looked upon him alio would only see him pale in death and unable to reply re-ply to her endearments. He was laid to' rest and another mound was udued in the cemetery of Nun v, Afl-cr this event Many repaired to Paris for about a mouth and then re- turned to Nancy, taking up her residence resi-dence in u beautiful v ilia just without tho city. Within two months it was remarked re-marked that she had formed an intimacy with another voting man, this lime u captain in a lino regiment stationed at Nancy. Ho was handsome, rich aud much courted, belonged to au excellent family and bore a good reputation. They lived together happily for three or four months, when suddenly one morning, morn-ing, now- some uio'Hhs i go. the inhabitants inhabit-ants of Nancy were started and shocked to hear that his body had been found lioatiug iu the river. Hero wa another clear case Vf suiciilo without any explanation ex-planation why the crime w as co ram mod. Again tho young woman was rigorously questioned, but was either unable or unwilling to give tho slightest reason why tho young captain tdiould have committed the fatal act. For a time-there time-there was a storm of disapproval ail through tow n. Jlariu Koueo was .shunned .shun-ned bv every one, nnd it was in l he face ol t!ii public disapproval that she, had como to Paris, where until lately she had remained in obscurity. About six weeks ago she returned to Nancy nnd reopened the villa with a great' fete, to which hi suite of the shadow overh.'iiig;ng her, all the ; young men in the neighborhood flocked. Within a few days shu became known. 1 and her beautiful eyes won to her Hide a bright young fellow. Albin Gaston de Marco liy name, be hAsriiig to one of ihe most distinguished faiiilies in the coiiu-trv, coiiu-trv, who was preparing to enter the military school of bt. Cyr, an 1 who, iu the meantime, wasseniugin the Tw enty-sixth rctfiment of the line, then in garrison at Nancy. His friends dissuaded dis-suaded him as far as possible from this connection, but Willi no effect, for the fellow was madly in love with the pirl and she appeared to be devoted to him. You may inagine the sensation that convulsed the town of Nancy when yo" hear Unit Monday last the ilea 1 body of llo IX live was foo'id dangling from the I '-ll'-h. tt ,i tree in the g".neil of the t ilhl l,"lcn''ii" 11 M-lPi'. 'I'h inquest tlvelopn,l i (,,, lltinil! coiiilitlnii f affair. There was a lour, peniiential heartbroken heart-broken letter from the suiciilo to bis family, but. not one word of explanation why he killed himself nor one w ord of condemmntion or reproach for the woman lie had been living with. Y'our correspondent has it from the lips of a gentleman w ho w as present when tho vouug man's body w as cut |