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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1893)
Lebanon Express. CITY OFFICIALS, MAYOR........ M. A. MILLER. KK('OKDKR V. M. MII.LKK. TREASURER. J. A. HOHKKTS. MARSHAL. P. W. MORGAN. fED. KELLF.N-I J. . BOLES, 1 G. W. UKUSOI BERGER, ' N. S. DALULEISH. City Council meets on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. A LIFETIME LOVE. Hy taster once related to me a lor Itary, which illustrates the peculiar in tensity, especially in matters of the heart, which marks the Breton charac ter. The tale was related to her by one at her friends, the daughter of the hero ine, whom I will call Emma Bosilia. She waa not perfectly beautiful, but her face had an indeaoribable charm. Her eyee had the most exquisite softness, and her delicateeyebTows almost seemed to possess a soul, while her skin was so fae that it betrayed the slightest agita tion by fugitive blushes. Little Emma Roeilis went regularly to thurch with her book of hours, and the truth is that toward the age of IS or 18 there was no place in her little soul but lor one young man, of about SO or S3, whom she saw often, and whom I will call Emilien. Emms had known Emilien ever since she had known herself. Moreover, she dreamed what she did not think, until it happened one day that she found Emil ien was occupying the entire cavity of ker little heart. The young man whom she loved bad a good, though not a strong, nature, but his simplicity, bis absence of all pre tense, were most pleasing to Emma, fine had not known any young man su perior to him, and indeed in the little world where she moved she had not met many young men of any kind. This love of Emma's soon became most absorbing. During entire daytsshe would remain motionless, almost as though she were in a trance, dreaming of her be loved. Naturally she said nothing of what she experienced either to the one she loved, or to her relations, or to her companions. Her discretion was so ab solute that no one knew anything of what filled her. While Emma lived only in her love for Emilien, he thought little of her. He found her pleasing, as did all the world, bat he never thought of telling her so. i He was a commonplace and passive be ing, and then, after all, was he to blame? Emma was so modest that she could scarcely be distinguished from her friends you would have said she sought only tp hide herself. One day, while she was talking with her companions at a little reunion at the foot of the garden, many things were spoken of. The news which had a fresh ness for all was of the approaching mar riage of Emilien to Anna M . It was spoken of as a certain thing. Emma heard it all. Such was the control which she had over herself, however, that no one suspected that a poniard had en tered her Heart. She was quiet, arose a little while after and retired without giving any sign of the frightful wound which she had just received. Another bit of news was circulated a few days after, in the company of the same young people, assembled in the same garden. Emina had entered as novice into the community of Ursulines of the little Tillage of L 1 As she was very pious, this surprised no one. Her secret had belonged so exclusively to herself that no one reproached her. The idea occurred to no one that the marriage of Emilien was the cause of ker consecrating herself to religion. The convent of the Ursulines admitted divers degrees of religions vocations. By the side of the sisters bound to the order by a perpetual vow there were pious per sons wearing a costume which was like that of the order, minus the veil. These practiced the same observances without assuming any permanent obligations. The greater part took the vows at the end of some years, but there was more than one example of devoted sisters who re-entered the world after years spent in the convent. It was into this class of sisters that poor Emma entered. Everything was as usual in her admission, in her novitiate, in her conduct in the convent. She became a devotee of the most per fect regularity, pious as the others, never in fault, esteemed by her superiors. Her pale face in the white linen which sur rounded it had the beatific calm char acteristic of the sisterhood. Assiduous in prayers and in all other pious exer cises, she yielded quickly to the religious habits of the cloister. At the end of some days the slow and monotonous routine of the regular convent life had dulled her sensibilities, and her ordinary state became a kind of gentle sleep. Had she succeeded in driving from her heart the image which had captured her whole being? After a fashion yet she had not even tried. The suspicion came not to her for an instant that her lore was culpable. It was, as in the canticles, "a bouquet of myrrh in her bosom.' She would have doubted God rather than her right to this sentiment which filled her. She distinguished not her love from her piety nor her piety from i?r Jqve, Bb n texteu tn ner austerities an addi tional charm. She found in wounding herself a sort of delight. She experi enced an intense joy in believing that she suffered all this for the oneshe loved, and in saying that the saw no other man but him. Such were the innocenot and purity of her Imagination that never a scruple came to her for her dreams u! love. She was so certain of being right that she never felt obliged to accuse her self to her confessor. Thus five years rolled by without a trouble, without a storm. Did the pos sibility of recovering Emilien ever pre sent itself to her spirit? Dreamed she at moments that it was Emilien and not the church that she had really espoused, and that she whom he had espoused was in very feeble health? As nothing that passed in the little town was unknown in the convent, she knew that Anna and Emilien had two little girls. Did Em ma's heart never whisper to her, "Thou (halt be their mother some day?" Anna had a sister in the convent. One day, according to the custom at such times, prayers were requested by the women of the community tor a relative of their number, who was dying. The name of this dying person was repeated that evening to Emma, fihe was Anna. The two little girls, who soon had no mother, were confided te the care of their aunt, the nun. Emma assisted her in attending to them. From this time Emma experienced a change. She could scarcely pray. She tried to reclothe her self in her haircloth, and she found it insupportable. The austerities which were familiar to her became revolting. She denied herself the communion for eight days. Her peace was at an end; her profound piety extinguished. She believed herself morbid, selfish almost wicked. At this time she felt obliged to tell all to her confessor, the chaplain of the con vent. He was not a great man, but he was very sensible. He advised at first that she should wait: then he saw the gravity of the evil. After all, Emma had pronounced no vows. She had not worn the whole costume of the order. The veil had not shadowed her forehead. The chaplain had a benevolent heart, The sacredness of the confessional for bade him from consulting his bishop. He formed his opinion from his own reasonings. Convinced that it was for the salvation of Emma, he confided the two little daughters of Anna to her per sonal care. He hoped also to give an outlet to the restlessness which began to disturb her. On these orphans she might outpour the fullness of her heart. The father came to Bee his little girls, and Emma conducted them to the parlor. The shock of seeing him again was ter rible. She burst into tears. He was just the same as she bad always seen him in her dreams. As for her, she was sadly emaciated. Her excessive weeping de prived her of what little strength she had. Herself control entirely forsookher. Gazing into her tear dimmed eyes, Emil ien discovered there her love. The good man, commonplace as he was, at last comprehended the situation. He had a very tender heart, and he was profound ly touched. Some months after Emmaand Emilien were united in marriage. What no one had suspected all the world now saw. The entire community married them. For the rest of her life Emms tasted without a moment's intermission the most perfect felicity that one can dream of. During 40 years she drifted, as it were, in a Pacific ocean of happiness and love. Emma and Emilien had eight children, from whom they never separated the two daughters of poor Anna. They brought them all up well. Some speak of the "storms of love." What childishness! Passion has its in equalities, but true love has no storms. The happiness of Emma after she had won her lover was as a full sea without tides. Even death was hardly for her. Life went out because the hour of fin ishing had come. She died at the age of TO years, without sickness. My sister found this a perfect example of love as she comprehended it. She es teemed Emilien the happiest of men. For him an excellent woman had con demned herself to a life of austerity, giving to him the most complete guaran tee of the exclusiveness of her love. During five years she saw not a single man. She had accepted with innocent joy the expectation of an external exclu sion. In all battles that come in life there is a recompense for those aloue who dare. Happiness is like glory. To obtain it, it is necessary to play high. 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