Jenks' Portland Gazette

Fatal Indiscretion.—The Chief of Battalion Tauvernay, arrived lately from St. Domingo, at Paris. He had been absent fifteen months, and was, before his departure, betrothed to a Mademoiselle De Vernois. At his return, he hastened to see his mistress, and pressed her to fix the day of their marriage. The Sunday following was agreed on; and his sister was informed of the day that should make him happy. In one of those unguarded moments, when even the most prudent may err, Miss Tauvernay determined to try her brother's love, by giving him reason to be jealous of his mistress. She told him that as an affectionate sister, she was sorry to see him so much attached to a lady, who did not return his love—and, to convince him, she asked him the next day to be in the Bois de Boulogne, not far from La Bagatelle, and, at five o'clock in the afternoon, he would undoubtedly find Mademoiselle De Vernois in her usual evening's walk accompanied with her usual evening's companion.

With an anxiety of mind easily to be imagined, he arrived at the fatal spot, where he had not been long before he saw his mistress not only arm in arm with a genteel young man, but caressing him in a manner that would have bewildered an imagination less heated than his own. No sooner had his mistress and her companion passed his place of concealment, than he rushed forward, and shot them both through the head. But what was his surprise, after this desperate act, to find the supposed youth whom he had murdered as a rival, was his own sister. He drew his sword and stabbed himself to the heart as a punishment for his jealousy and his crime. In his pocket was found a letter addressed to his sister thanking her for her information, and bequeathing her all his property. Tauvernay was 27 years of age, Miss Tauvernay 21, and Mademoiselle De Vernois 19.

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