who lived near Rochelle, in the blind and bigoted days of Louis XIV.

The priests, who are the persecutors in all countries except America,
could not bear that he should worship God in his own way,
or dream of going to heaven but in their leading strings, and therefore
soon gave him to understand, that he must either "recant or trot";
that is, quit his heresy or his country.

Too brave to play the hypocrite, and too wise to hope for happiness with
a "wounded spirit", he quickly made up his mind, and, like faithful Abraham,
forsook his country, to wander an exile in lands unknown.
The angel who guides the footsteps of the virtuous, directed his course
to South Carolina; and as a reward for his piety, placed him in a land
where mighty deeds and honors were ripening for his grandson.
Nor did he wander alone. A cherub, in the form of a lovely wife,
followed his fortunes, and gave him to know, from happy experience,
that where love is, there is no exile.

Previous to his expulsion, the priests had, for some time,
suspected young Marion of what they called "heresy".
But, learning that he was enamoured of the beautiful and accomplished
Mademoiselle Louisa D'Aubrey, and like to win her affections,
they withheld for a while, their sacred thunders, hoping,
that through fear of them, and love of her, he might yet return
to the bosom of the Catholic Church, to which she belonged.

Young Marion's suit to his fair mistress, was fortunate
to the full extent of an ardent lover's wishes. The charming girl
repaid his passion with such liberal interest, that, in a short time
after the commencement of their delicious friendship, she received him