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Show Ildectians. 1STRANOB TAliE OP LUNACY. lltCEKTLY a yoang man, otignnlly fiont AtiJifottjr, became engaged to marry a ytqaitl to Lim tif rank niul fortune, ift-ivw A i'arlaian. lie occupies a Iucra-i Iucra-i tireplftce jnona of tho railway company's ' Qicei here, Ula fothcrlircs on tbo rami-ly rami-ly tjtatc, which is situated iitonoofthe BOonUm gorges nenr the Iranco-iiaulsh frontier, and separated almost completely froaj tho world. He had passed for a widower above twenty yeats. Tlio young rwa paid, a visit to tho old lamily scat, I tn indeed, ho was accustomed to sppud hit tnmmtr vacations, to collect the ttinu- Otwbltdtcameotsthrj. French law rtrpiit I 'fie ofDctr Who perforins the marriages to Hteia hts. hands before bo stamps tho i mil contract mado beforo him, with its t Jlede ind Persian character. I 4Ie. asked his father for his mother's wtrisl artiBcato. The father was cx- tKmeiy.ctubarrassed by this appeal; but I bjtuu cou 1)0 published tuttil the ' twrisl ceHiBcate had been lodged at the I f office, where the marnege was to contracted, Tho father at last broke Hence, sayings ' I "y dear ooy, I have for a great raarty jews couceated a secret from you, be-' be-' I ?Mf'-,Poaion would prove a painful wrihtri to you, und becunte the honor or I ,?Sr''ou,ei ,ulBrefited in its maintenance, t . .i0!JFteDde' y"f hav? hitherto rcud-b rcud-b 'uywilncanalili bfpresi.'rv'.iig jt. Your J I ywerilves,' She is' a lunatic. Come I 'iTOAudl'lUctyouticher.'' ' I Carried bla suit who was trembling I ilo'topS' no. old tower which, i ftJatd pah cf tt architecture of the "i Bf " .jaSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl ...ftii. 4'....-i u i.v'.lfii..'. ...i.. .. '. chatcali', arid tlicy wciit to ,thV (op of It. I Thcchombef 'on t last "iTopr was thot TnnhlloVccll. JUeopcned the' tjooV, thu i :W cntcrcti It, and ucelinp; tit: the pior otna'nV'foet, KobbUl "Alorhctl Jlothcrl" in, it mostienrt renting' .inatitier. . j Tlicsd'toWcbing bppcals; vhlc,li woMld. Kttoo mftted $pnc' Idols nlnost( mado hp , tniprcssioii orfiho poor lnnatic. Hcrsta.ro j ioniinucti an vadailt and iicrlljiis as-apbech-. icsft' ris1 ever, ,J Tlio tjobXU soul sick at the sad spectacle, thtro gently 'upbraided his father for deny- j ing him Ihtt uiclnrielioly jjo1i)Co of Sharing ;tho attctilWns he, the fiith'erhad .bestow, cd'on hi 'tt ifc'cK for so'1 runn)r yeitriJ,' The father repeated tlic csctiscs he'liiict gtvtfti of hfs son's "youth and ttic importance of ' tbd sccrfet jo tho fdiuily lia'p'piiicss. ' It btvanlc) ncmsitry' to tvvQW tiils'rnH forttnio to tho bride's family, miitilicy .naturally-ticTired to see for themselves, as! the story, that the vltq w;(ts dead ahttie. sto'ry that she waS crazy Rented spnte-. thing awkward, wjifcjf .needed c'xpjana-tion. c'xpjana-tion. Several members' otbcjfahiily: went.! down to the distant chateau, mid Ills po6t mnntits wo irttroduccill As soon, na'shc,; saw herself surrounded by vitncsscs, she said, in a calm tone: ' fi ritn' not mad. My Jtushaud becoming becom-ing 'the' prey 'of a most tmroa'soniiig jeal oujy, nml J, being helpless tttidttlonain this 'Secluded tnarnio'u, t'6 csciipe his Coft-; ti'tmnt' Hccncs of violonco, and to avoid the fear 1 was continually nnde'r of being assasstttaicd Ity Win, (ho threatened' more thatt ouce to kill inc.) I tsny, J fcfgntd mndtlcw, in- tho hope of enjoying something some-thing like tpiiet. 1 -preferred languishing, in prison nil my life to being houily liar-fasscd liar-fasscd by thsse- ilrcudftil scenes, of jnulouKy." You may imagine the effect of this de! duration. The ptreons assctubltd thought at first tlii accusation was but ati itddt-tioual itddt-tioual evidence of the -distracted state or her'mitu), for .madness' often borrows reason's mask', .nlitl wears it to well ns tb deceive even the'most practised pliysiciatu of the mind. Tnc Faculty were appealed to. l)efor6 they copld decide, her lius-band' lius-band' who hud Ik'Cii fir a suite ot limitation ; ever riuce his wife clmrgetl him with her syniiuytrutfoit, became raring mad. Jirii pu) rs were inspected, aliil it nji-penri'd nji-penri'd that he li.id been crazy a monomaniac mono-maniac bin frenzy tiri-iui; from jealousy. Ho was carried to a mad.'tomc,niid lii W.fe signed the in.trriugu' contract of her Sou! FrtntA Correspondent. ' '. - ...11- |
