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' N. S. DALULEISH.
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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.
One day I hazarded the observation to
my sister, "It was a great deal of devo
tion to bestow upon a mediocre man."
"Oh, that was no matterl" she re
sponded. "Emilien certainly did not
merit so much happiness, but who does?
See the false idea of the Parisian men of
letters, who assume that great men only
are worthy of being loved, What child
ishness! You will see some day the
ridiculousness of all that Ah, the heroes
who havesaved their country I acknowl
edge they may reward affection, but the
daubers of canvas, the blotters of paper,
what have they for the heart? What is
a husband who belongs to every one?'
Translated From the French of Ernest
Benan For Romance.
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