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KITES Ofl ADVERTISING . '
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IF; B, GODWIN;
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femUKSIHE fCACTICE OF "IS FRO-
I ) ffssion at bis rons, ia the new onck uu-
erected by James. - ounuu, h-i
one
iiabcth City, Dec; 14, 18581
rilAntM P.. T.OAVTIIER.
TT01lXErA$r& Op'VNSELL'OR A TLA If
TTX Attend all the Courts f -Gates, Iterfc-
CATKKVILLE. S. C
ford, CWwuiu, t'oryuimaivs 4ud irUisuo-
Business in either of the above counties punc
ally attended to. f ' v jan 24
jjusinj:ss
CA11D8.
JAMS E WRIGHT,
OUSK AND SIGN 1'AlNTifii;,
ELIZABETH
CITY, JT. V.
flTOCLD respectful!-
- inform mv i&inda fnat
am now reaay ao
do any .work that they
call for, such ffl
M J-AITING, GbAINIXG, aiARBttirSG,
.jr.
4rjms vishin?: to ee
me -cr.n leare their or-
t'at trr. 'J. N. llatt 8
Drug Store, and I w.ll
I nl see thvm.
bbrujtrylit, Hn5!-ly
Vw i SADDLEHYj AND HARNESS
'SSTAllLlS4iMET IN JB. C1TX.
TPB U15SCRU3H:nS W(XJ3L take
tiia meiliod of mfonmng tho citizens
ElirabetH'City, and iurrounding .oountry,
I thei- are prepared tosjnanufacture Saddles,
ns Mtittmses and ofu. They keep con
itjy bn Im'Dil an nssoijtuMjat .Ut ready-made
r?e all d firte Iitrn eis.
epaitmi of llenai. -fiftfidles. Trunks, Sofas
Mattresses, done .at the shortest notice, cheap
Villi jand.notti with approved security, pay
I ix tnbaftu from datt;
pf" Shop at the JStabls of Mr. Charles Bro-
I I !lf ; : j MARTIN BURK k -BRO.
pru u, loo jy i
0-PART?S'ESIIIi. The uodersiirned
! have this day formed a Co-partnershiji,
rUic style and firm of UELK Jt LIXDSEY,
I lie purpose of conducfiriff a Gexeral Com-
It if.j'
lr patronage : pledcrins
oursehes to prompt
hi thfu I attention to al
business conhded to
'are.' ! - ' I "
1 1:
Mexwrience ofMr. Delk, in the business
1uc iai uurvKui years, gives our nrm an me
mtsies ot A ithorouch! kaowledire of the
t..K.... .1 . 1? i r '
miwioh bMsteu. .1
rp prepared to erant the usuil facilities
ftfrleftds. .-.
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Et)MUXI) C. JlitKiISKY,
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IS ELL,
6.
WSTOLS, SPORTING APPARATUS
i AXD FIXK CUTLERY,
"i--iy
vA;iiKL( IE AND -HARNESS
n ii -7 1
SJ T il K SUBSCRIBER WOULD
respecttiilly infofm the citizens of
Kliziiheth CAti' and th snrronnd-
wT, that h-hji nnnft4 n TH.'PnTTnnv'
(e.StDf CARRIAGES; rtnd a good assort
Vsi W.consUuUy keptjon hand, at the
? Stable 0f Mr. A. t. Jories-onsisting ot
i,"':"5 prices to suit the times.
flne assortment of UiRNESS, at low
pnesg will lie under tlie control of Mr.
"oiteliyrst. -The publi are respectfully
l0Etme acall Wforeuying elsewhere.
fr i J- C W1I1TKHURST, Ae't,
L '
&Jfortblk, Va
e,nn, of the
late
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Of J1: HITEIIUJIST'S :
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f'moreS.treetWtiinore.
Street, Lynchburg, Va. .
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1 - 1 ' . aug 6
id. D. 8IMU0NE.
BRO.,
f7lV MERC1&XTS,
'J.EXED at tlifi " iW IlIrA -.
L.0' ?nS yard wide Brown Cotton t
rJUNGSl IIEUK1NGS!!
,U ru-: Of HERRINGS,
FOR
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Pr I I If CO i
r uumental, jdst received. di
J. M.
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ATUEWS,
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Jftg. Watch,
l-.liliURGE W
i to
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THE SECRET;
Crf the Fleur De Lya J
o o.
'' It was jast about tht esd of fiao 4a
tamn yeDing, Aat I faaod mypelf moaBt
log the hill which leads tothe jrrtty water
ing place of Petiteseaux. U may well
bear that name as any other, and o Petit
eeeaux it ahall be. Gharmiag, . moat ion
ting spot it. appeared to be; for thai ap
proach waa direotly under a neb green
wall which atretched op , far bov my
head; being' indeed, (he atraight atdo of
high raonntain, Juuidsomely farnubed with
thit rieh rn-een planting. Out of 'which
becoming back-ground, could beuecn peep
ing out, far a-head, th ivhitbuildlags
which made up the little cantonment known
as Petiteseaux. J'lt will take me.' I said
o myself, 'a good twenty minutes before I
can unbuckle, and take my ease in my car
arans$rai. i JJy the way, : what case in my
caravansarai' And with that I took out a
pocKev-DooK wmon my mend ,w Abraham
had written down With .his own hand' the
the name of what lie eaid was tbo sweetest
freshest, and cosiest inn the heartof travel
ling man could require. "Watched oyer by
a most bewitching landlady, who was her
self a picture to look at. The. name of the
inn was, the h leur do Juya, and that of its
mistress. Madame da Croquette, both et
down acefull v in ithe ocket-book. -. 'I
was here, said my mend, Ibttt two data;
and heartily sorf ? was I to quit. It it
likely enough that I shall goiu you there.'
Un that l put up the pocket-boak, and pur
sued my road under snelter ot tbe green
wall. There were tittle; winding walka up
its sides, leading to a pavilion or summer
house.perchcd high enough, and which one,
fxeshand unwearied, my ht have found en
ter taiument in pursuing. -I will . tit in
that pavilion, 1 said to myself, 'some of
these ue summer evenings, when I ahall
have grown; to of the place. 'XwilI bo
Tery. cool and refreshing mac the day's
work., whatever thart shall be. Drinking
the sprmgs ot retiteseaux, MrhajwsT
At last, here it was. Not anore, I sup
pose, than fonty or fifty tWo-ctoried; white,
shiniog housos. Clearly a very grand, fash,
onable, doiakingttown, some say. When
our; grand children should bo grown up,
there will be marble fouotans, and -atqps., ,
a.orgcous redouts .cauversation house.
i aud salons de jue, with light click x click of
iroulettc wuecte.as idimic Jaealthier music.
too,! from the Gxand Orchestra, of. . thirty
performers, under the .eminent Kerr ion-1
gel, playing morning, n&nt and nisbt. in
jtlieir elegant qpen air temple, while the no
ble visiter duuk. All whichT are to be;
jforeieen ia the future. '' This innocence of
aspect, .this pastoral effect will have passed
ofi acraiufit that time. Thera will be the'.
bot glare of counties gas lights, dightiqg.
HP wuite muueiacmoea xaees oi industry.
chevaliers, and faded aristocrats.. Who
knows but this low building, hidden almost
with green flowering ;rilaritsand which I
see is the 'Flour de !Lvb inn. mav hereafter
te swept clean away, or burst into a daa-
cling, staring, sumptuous, and exhorbitant
Hotel of the Tour Seasons, or Imperial
Crown, or iperhaps of England. Who;
-Vo one seems to be abroad in the Jrtfle
town. : :iO one needs me. Ao officious
gush of the porter or waiter interest. No
encumbering of a man with telp, as rough
Samuel Johnson put it. I 'entered under
the porch and laid my . wallet -down unas
l ifited. Then sate myself down beside U.
Solne one waa coming downtW statrs :
n ith a very light step, and singing. I A
chamber wench most hkely, no ! , 1
I stood aif at once "raecureffid myself,
as a ao&dacr a -dotjr. Bhc gayca little
sUrt, jaid curtfieyed. The most charming
little I FxeJieh , womaft in the world, that
migiti nave boeo cut ott and Btolea from a
picture; with a little lace cap jperched on
the back of W fc&adV with a Meat little
jicket of linen4 and apron With frilled pock
cb Madame Croquette beyond a doubt.
But that cold - blooded Wilbraham ia kave
bjeen ao slack in bis praise 1
Said the. Kide womam, mith . certain
digniiy of her wn, 'Monsieur is welcome
to the Fl ner de Lji, He has peslups
travelled far, and . mdl desire te repose fciat-
scjif.'T , t ' '
IIo did desire to rcposo himself I an
swered, 'but for that matter, he would ask
Madamc's permission to stay where he was
-4-in.hcr shady porch, that is in proximi
ty to j tho sweetly smelling honeysuckles
which coated Madamcfs house. -
'Well, it was a pretty place,' Madame
would admit with a sigh, 'and curious to
say this was her favorite seat too.' , And
with a delicate little kerchief, which came
frpm one of her little "pockets, she brushed
from off the teat about a pinch of dust, if
so much,i and sat do WD just oppoiiteY -L
Then.if Madame knew,' wud IV fseling
that an opening for a compliment was. git
en me, wuicn oniy ine auiicst aino wouia
have Dcgleced; 'then if Madame knew what
.a becoming frame to a charming picture it
w is, she would sit there all day long.' ,
She smoothed down hex aproS, and said
wi th a smilo, it waasea fcten dit
"Tia the truth 31a,am,' I said bluntly,
'and my Jtriend Wilhcaham is a stock and a
tnc T : '
'Your friend Yilbram she said. VQ,
mbn Dieu you know him ! There is an
other friend of his, one Monsieur Truvoiks,
who had been atayiog with x, -a geod
hearted, wcll-iBtentaoned tailor, but, moa
Dieu, to absurd' And thereupon Madame
chattered through a whole list of folk, and
all about them. . to one quarter of an hour
we were the best friends ia the world.
'Come,' said she, rising' 'now I will show
you your apartment; . the prettiest litUe
apartment in the world.
The prettiest little apartment jaj, the
world opened on the court; lor mere was
nothing short of a court in Madames hotel.
Nothing (short, too, of a fountain in the.
centre, and "orange trocs in square green
boxes ranged regtmentally about . jtanug
ut throusrh die glass door of the ' nrettiest 1
apartment 1 in the" warld,; yciu wbuldjtee
there was a gallery overhead, making a
eanotiya&d pleasant shade,-with : a little
woodeu chair for you to sit imi aad eaoke,
and look at the fountain and brabge-treea.
86 that lie who would hare quanrelled with
Madame t description of her ajpartment, as
being too boastful, must bate beep a hard,
tour. practical eharl. Ht migh at well have
tackled Mr. Sterne's Parisian; wig maker
foroSeruig the buckle to be submerged in
tha oceau. ' The aentimental ckrgjman
lhotMa pailfater would have been at
eootf aifiut; oto poetical truly, I know,
had he been staadinsr before her as the
taid U-the Sentimental clergymas-be
would bare agreed 'with her heartily, and
tak&ner band in hit, mid kept it there -for
lleaT44 only knows now long. '
UinneT, Madame had said,- would be
toward three o'clock, in that lodg glass
corridor, which ran down tne tide of -the
court. No more fitting place. Decidedly
Petiteseaux was more advanced than.it had
at first appeared to me and, was making
fast Glorious ; Four Seasons era; By that
dinner time, - Madame had also said. I
should have opportunity of seeing her com
pany gather together, the quality of
which 1 had already guessed: for there was
a town " of fair size and ! respectability, not
many leagues away; m wnicn rown, as oi
L--- i . 1
course, abounded gentlemen of working
nabits: small merchants, smaller advocates.
physicians, and the like, who had not
wealth toeugh for distant travel, and were
glad to turn retiteseaux into a small pinch
beck health restoring watering" place.
Aad so all the quality of the respectable
towns came to Petiteseaux when it could.
At dinner then T saw them all Str?ino
to say, they . were of the quality I had
guessed: for -there was a little round black
man with sharp ferret eyes, who
need to write advocate after his
had no
name of
xourior. XMeuner naa toe long graveman
in DiaeK, wno was catiea itiquet, any rea
son to set out his Card that he was of the
faculty of Medicinci He was out sneaking ;
as at were, of his profession. So.oo, was it
with ithe notary, or1 scribblingrnan, Fafjui
net; and with Monsieur le Curewhose garb
spoke for him. There were half a dozen or so
merchantsor trading men.who had not such
visible markka of their calling about them;
fat, twinkled-eyed fellowsyio whom waters
must have been of prodigious benefit. But
three ladies only, of the company, Madame
Tourlou, Madame Faquinet, and Madame
Badine; betwixt whom raged fires of jeal-
viisy, aau uaaymg animosity.
These elements, with Madame Croquette
erseii acute neau or ner own taoie. were
gathened together va the little glass pavil
ion, -ot too oour or amner. l was set uext
to Madame Croquette, a stranger, and per
ton of distinction. Needless to say Mad
ame a demttoilette was charuiiasr. No
staring, or taking m censures of the stranger
and bis points; he might have been sitting
there as in his accustomed Seat, every day
this month back. ; Monsieur le Cure.
who sat beside me; and who, I believe.
was detto.'er'vtettr-gdEeral, or dignitary of
some sort, in contiguous j district, address
ed lets in his smooth, placid toaes, as
tnoera 3m bad parted from me at breakfast.
Keraa ceod . enouirh to detail to me the
drgtn and pregawse -ef tflte maaady that had
brought him te ike waters, taking in Mad
ame towards the close,; who listened with
extraordinary interest.!
Gentlo little woman he iiad heard it
twenty times l coftld swear. 0 ciei r she
sighci, with hands - clasped, 'how cruelly
yem must have suffered, Monsieur leCure!v
'Mesdames and Mossieurs,n said the good
mau, wuu more iorce luan appropriateness,
I can assure you! that I had a fire within
my Veins that can only be likened towha
the bon Dieu iias prepared for such as do not
1 ' f i 4 m
iove mm. wy interior was to speaxbou
leverse I Here tbe vicar, looked round
with an interesting aspect almost iadeseri
babie. ' h ' .
Oh heavens, sai Macam aeain. with
hsatdt still clasped; and ja tearful swimming
ioo: in ner eyes, -now erueuy you must
have sufereiT ; r
I felt as it t fcould haye glidly taken On
me all Monsieur le Cure's peculiar sufferings
to hare purchased some of Madame's ,ae-
ductive pity- , ; s
Twas easy enougn to seize th righ
state ef things betwixt Madame Tourlou,
the advocate's lady, and Madame Faquinet
notary, or writingmans . lady. . It was
plain to be teen . that Faquinet's position
was unhappily ill defined in the social scale
on the deoateable ground between gentili
ty rocognised," and far lower walks. Tour
lou1 was one of the upper tendom in the pro
fession; nay, it might eome to this, thai
Faquinet would have to do writing work a
Tourlou's bidding, or employ. This pecu
liar relation naturally gave rise to an awk
wardness between the ladies; who fired hos
tile glances at one another, from opposite
sides of the table. With Tourlou's lady I
could bare co sympathy; she being a fat,
blouicd, arrogant createrc, that would
stand upon her position j r whatever . that
might be. Now Madame Faquinet vaS rft
round, smart little person, who, : I had a
strong notion, must have begun life as a
frixette, or perhaps, as small milliner.
was glad to see she made little aceauat of
her blowsed eaemy opposite; amusing her
self with small archer, work on one of the
young traders who sat beside Jbter. As for
Tourlou and Faquinet, they were, stranjge
to say, the .best friends in the world, and
talked across the table of a walk ihey had
had together that morning:: !
v 'Mon Dieu Whispered Bladame to vae,
'if you were to know all I go thrbuga to
prevent them pulling of caps!' (she did not
use this exact English idoim,) ,'you would
think they would pull ; my little eyes " out
between them Madam Tourlou,' she went
on, holds herself as belonging to the cream
of the cream and turns, up the nose at
poor little FaquinctV In truth, my heart
is altogether ecrase by their jealousies,
arid ' here " Madame drew up a deep sigh
that seemed to. come from the bottom of her
'"little lacerated heart. 'You, Messieurs of
the English uation, have wisdom Sach
vhy such aplomb. .'Ton can devita
poor aolitarj woman who hat so one ia the
wide world to turn to 'i. i ; . - i
And here Madame turned 'those swim
ming eyes of ber's on me with an inexreti
ib1e melanebaly , There was . something
very soothing in this confidential relation
sprung up to tuddtnly between us. If was
clear that she had exercised a sort of prefer
ence ia my regard choosing me out to be
the recipient of her little troubles. His
must have been a gritty heart f that could
1- .f 1 i 7- . it. MM
nave oeeu us voia oi interest in tuem. ine
truth is. ; those fit e Briton's qualities she
had4spoken of, do make themselyes felt;
She felt she could lean with mora reliance
on our bluff honest , natures Jhaa on the
mifeauderies and false lacquer. of her own
country's petits maitres and gallants. For
instance, thafcprovinoial exquisite not yet
mentioned, sitting at tbe foot of the tabid,
twirling his moustaches of imperial pattern
they called him Edonard tiaUi Mathias
would have proved but a sorrow comforter.
bhe was alone in the world, she had said;
but whenco came Madame7s matronly pre
fix? This troubled me somewhat; sol put
in, delicately as I could, certain leading
interrogatories bearing on Madame's social
aiaius; uiiug waat lawyers call a Dill ot dis
vovcry. oue was a wiaow, ae iaiu: uaa
been these two years. No mortal had ever
breathed who was more deserving: of crener
al regard than defunct Croquette. He was
the 'best of men, best of husbands, would
have been the best of fathers, had Provi
dence only so willed at. He now reposed
himself sweetly (doueemeut) tst a shady
corner of Mounsicur lo Care's ?ravTair9
! . ' : O J
with tho wost charming headstone in the
world oyer him. i ne iaeed tiauofcerchief
m mm.-. . mm - a - mm
one of the little eyes, and the subject was
uvi? niuuvi vu ca iiitiu vcm tug vuiu(
changed.
1 can only say,' (it wat the lawyer's
lady who was ; now speaking in a harsh,
tone, that seemed to come though a comb.)
'I can only say thit when I and Monsieur
Tourlou were residing in Pariswhich we
arc accostomed to do for at foast a?ee weeks
in each year such a thing was undream pt
of. In faot, Madame, tbe wife of the dis
tnct procureur, who is our very tatiaaate
friend, has told me as much.'
Here she looked round on the company
and snorted. Madame whispered mo:
'En garde! See -they cross swords
Listen, and you will be diverted!''
' Tho husbands were indifferent, and were
not put oft hat mood yet. But the nota
ry s wifo was not slack. She seemed to
bristle over with little points.
'Bah! what can sleeping provincials know
of that 8wct city; who are taken up by
complaisant husbands, like school girls on
a holiday? ! I was born there, Dieu merci
and hope to end my days there. I know
every turn in the dear city.'
'Like enough,' said her enemy, now
pufiing' and flaming; no one will dispute
Madame's knowledge of the streets !'
This was an awkward allusion to grisette
eiement irifthe social station of the notary's
ladj; who j well nigh bounced from her
ehair. Her arm became instinctively a
kimbo, poissarde fashion, but her husband
jogged her! and they dropped at once.
Ah she said in a shrill tone, 'what
does that ipeech mean?' I would gladly
know it, and have it made' known to this
oomfany.'
'Not half so -fine a prospect,' taid the
lawyer, -still on the. walk, 'as I had seen
in Languedoc' f.'
I will not take the trouble,' retorted
Madame Tourlou, still through the comb;
v 'Certainly,' replied the little round wo
man, 'wo should always wash our linen at
home ah 1 Madame?'
By which was conveyed a dexterous al
lusion to Madame's origin, dimly associa
ted with the laundress profession.
'I will not !- said the lady, roundly, and
forgettisg all restraint, 'I will not take
such talk from any low quill-driver's wife!'
'Nor I,' said Madame Faquinet, a kim
bo once more, 'from any Parvenu Robin's
Wife pah
'Mes files ' mes files ! murmered the
Cure, wiping his lips, 'a little modera
tion, I implore of you, such a littlo rough
ness during the season devoted to nutrition
may seriously disarrange the digestive
functions. Be patient, my children 1'
Yes, Monsieur le Cure,' Madame Cro
quette said, a little fretfully, 'the whole
thing is not worth a straw.' ;
On which;, there came a truce, for that
hour at least; and Monsieur le Cure gave
us some reminiscence of how he first began
to grow wrong interiorly? of how his ail
ment came upon htm like a thief in the
night, and seized upon him insidiously; of
what his first feelings were at the discove
ry surprise mingled with consternation,
hesitation, astonishment, perplexity-with
other highly curious and interesting par
ticulars. Theso caried us well through the
desert and after dinner wine. The hostile
ladies still glared fiercely at one another,
arid returned with menacing rustle from
their gowus; . ..
- 5 V Iff.
All through that cool evening theT 4 WSJ
a bivonse, all round the house : out on the
green sward : under the shady trees : in
the pleasant garden, and even in the court
under the gallery. Tho ladies fetched
work and bestowed themselves on little
green charts all saving and except Tourlou,
who was reported to he ateep; and snaring
even up stairs."- -. ;
' She is a nightmare, a goblis, a trouble
to our sweet life here, said Madame ib trie
under the perch, ' Your sober English com
mon sense must take ker in hand.'
I would Jo julything, I said, to aid Mad
ame ; perhaps would have added something
more pointed, but farinose era penal ntods-
taches, which I found, had drawn rrcar;
were saying something to bar very sweetly,
at they fancied and mittcingly. He was
cul shorti however -very short. Madame
bad plainly no relish for such an intruder
and so, with a slow shrug, he twistbd him
self abdiit On his heel, and sauntered off.
Atane I took the road through the woods
spoken of by 1 the . harmonious husbands,
and thought
of Madame Croquette. I
leansd against k U. XU trtJ charmiiig
r-tren to those little ere v boots vn to
'ike tittle rolltr bareVa tin ele half inch in
oreua. Ana that little toy household of
hwaand the Dastotal inn. Why. Icon-
inned, reflectively, a man might de worse. '
iar worse, than unstrap his wallet for good,
uu Bun uu usva oere, aacpaeru tiae. oil
at tho head of his own table d'hote, and en
tertain his strangers.' Queer destiny 1 Tett
a man,' wind buffeted and travel-sore, mittrt
cheerfully accept it, espeeiallT, : if Ihete
' A i. Z . T A t .
wuie vug ov Qifariutog w. mweomu uie 10I1S
of direction. Ah, walla dayi When lit
tle grey boots and narrow collars in their
way into a man's b&d. it is all ud with
blm. Attoahowine fisrht. it sa-ut of the
question. 1 .
l he Briton s sterling aplomb and sound
aense spoken of so handsomely by Madame,
oo&Unued to make itself felt in other quar-
ters. its appreciation was turther strength
ened after a fw day's stay. Out on the
farm before breakfast one day, Madame
faquieat unfolded to sat the whole story
of her grievances at the hands of5 that
ogresse Tourlou, getting quite ery and
excited as she proceeded.
'It must end ' It must end V she said,
turning to her poissarde'a attitude. .'I
will not endure her insolence. Now I put
it to you, Monsieur was it to be feoraef
But I stopped her voice of Peficaine.lt.'
'Madame did somestenecfttally,' I said,
concurring as of eourse.
'She will uot offer to engsge with me a
gain Madame continued.
s 'She will not' I said, 'if she be wise.'
The pig f Madame exclaimed- with
strong disgust. 'She should be ashamed
to show te the world that huge person of
aers.'
Towards mid day, came upon Monsieur
lo Care, sitting on camp stool under a
broad tree, and reading hit breviary. The
good man looked as though he would be
inclined tar a little pleasant digestive can
venation ; but I could not bring myself
to break in apes Jus pious task, so I passed
him with profound salute.
I shall tarry here, 1 1 said, at teaetene
month. There is a hundred ' ways of pas
sing the time, f irstly and chief swee
llm Madame herself ; who, to say the
trath, has shewn a wish very plainly
make der house and self as agreeable
might be to the stranger. .
to
as
But traveller beware I Perhaps this
charming Utile widow may have been o
Delilah quality. She may have been fa
miliar with drags and unhallowed potions
How would that decease el Croquette.! bus
Dana; Dear looking into ; Had the good
man been, so to speak, Lafarged : worked
off by the process known to that daring
widow : 1 should like to hold inquest on
remains of deceased Croquette, to have him
exhumed, and the contents of stomach pu
in a jar and analysed by Professor Taylor
These fair Froach souls were cvertdanger
ous. Had we not read of thera in tfce no
vels? 'Ail those smiles . and winning ways
were but traps and pitfalls. So, stranger
I say again, beware 2
I The bare notion made me turn pale.
had not thought of tho subject in that view
before. Youth is ever careless, and here
was I on the verge of a precipice. These
notions filled me. with distrust and uneasi
ncss, and I returned' home rather moodily
and a littlo ashamed of myself. In future
caution should mark my guarded way, as
ihf tter' old song has, it: designing wo
men, as all the world hat known this long
time, abound in France. These said sweet
dainty creatures are only so many mer
maids. ' ..
j So, when dinner hour came that day,'
and with it yesterday's company of the Cure
lawyers, traders, lawyers wives, and Mad
ame herself in a suit of raiment exquisite
in taste and wholly different frow that of
the daj before, (even the (ittte beets were
of another hue,) I wrapped myself close in
a cold and repelling demeanor ; wanting
nothing, ccrtamly., in ;av proper respect y
but being to the fall at drj as any uip over
pared I hare n strong idea, on tiie whole,
that behaved like a brute, , -
'Did you not know thii was my fete day?'
said Madame, beaming; with tmilet. 'All
the world has presented ne with bouquets,
except you, Monsieur, Fisdone V she aad,
shaking her htd, 'how comes It ;f;
Pardieuhemnst bate mislaid it,' said
MadV Torlou, Tot I. aw; bint gathering
one, with my w yes
i There was truth in this; but it was before
coming to that wise resolution (n the garden.
I 'I have done wrong in gathering tho
flowers.' I said, with a. cold stare. 'I
must ask Madame's forgiveness. At to Its
being Madame's fete day I was as jet a
straager ta it not oao of Madame a in
times and then (shrug ) 'Garcou! some
of that Volnay I had yesterday. Mind
the same.'
The poor little woman looked wounded i
but it was the first step towards establish
ing a proper distance between jts. The
first step, too towards playing that brute
character spoken of. I felt, as I sipped
the Tolhay, critical-jr, bow the? must have
all admired the atsrdy- 3rftmi'i ?kJmb.
and way of tutting tot) thing. But Mad
ame, with tht tact of Iter country, took
me at once, as I wUned to be taken, and
dropped that confidential manner which bad
so distressed me. She became lindladV;
and I guest Was not that. ! after alii the
proper footing t and, for tho ?eat of that
dinner eereniony, I was treated witb all
ftrmalityv Whipb shonld have been most
weslewce to the Briton's heart t lor it was
aafcedeaisodjandyetf--. It waia lit
tle I pokkgl iceitably, kd bear all the
jokes and Mrivitti allUsiont which .Went
rouiii-ott me and Which ft was
now ptaio, bad becd bithertd irejressed
from respobt W Ine string Eton the
Cure became less aabjectivo, ihd. let off
jokes, Tourlou of the comb. DOuhdeiod
whale-like In merriment. I looked on a
little rueful ; bdl it was better thus. v
Breaking up, tbey whispered ; i good
deal together, and talked in knots. 'What
hour 2V Yod will come, of course, Moo
sieur le Cure.' 'Ia Maiaoie'i owfl roomT
Such a pleasani thlfli V these were words
that reached me." Presentflt eame tht Car
lame witlv mysterious manner ; 1-
JSlonsieur will attend, oi cotiie? i
At what oeremony r X asked.
Madame'a littlo frte,' ne said. '.
! bate heard nothinir of it roceilii no
invitation f : .;,. . - , ' --k i... ?
'What a deplorable miataka Itilii
rible, and should have been tboueht of
aaia tne gooa man, all in a filter: r lk
; -Bahl Monsieur- It Cure.' Tourlou nut
in whowas standing justbyj 'there is none
aeoaea. - Madame will be overjoyed to see
everyoneas a matter of course.' :
Twould be more u eele.' aafa' thr
Uure still troubled. 4Wait; C will
it io the twinkling oi an eye.'
I beg,' I said, stepping him witbggh
ty I beg that you will not take any tep
in the matter. I should mid be able t at
tend in any case. ;';- r-: v 'Mi'j:.. -.
But he had rone, and was sneakis? to
Madame at theend ef the room . Well !
igbt ledk in for a short time or bo a bare
quarter of an hour without 1 damage to
that dignity. One should conformed the
customs of the country. i - .. Vl
The good man was explaining the diffi
culty to Madame with much; earnestness.
Madame shrugged her shoulders arid Taush-
ed. . , - ' M'-
ne is eevme to
Be it so, Monsieur le Cure Gonfusion.
I had an engagement which would nltii
mately prevent tho acceptance of that kind
invitation I was engaged to myself for
a walk for anything for nothing: in fact.
I was wrath at Madame's cool, Frcnctf treat
ment, and yet was not such a footing more
desirable t Oh, infinitely 1 i
was aoout nine o cioca when 1 return
ed from a dull stupid walk. I went up the
hill to See tho famous view ; but I had been
up the hill many times to see the famous
view before, so it had grown to be a little
stale. I went down the hill on Iftehir
side, to the littlo brook miniature wAtfall.
which was held to be about ithe prijticst
thing in thest parts. But the waterfall
fell flat, and the brook was naught, f From
these dismal eenceits suggested to trie
the spot, the unhealthy tone of mv mind
may be gathered. Returning, tbeb,s by
the back of the house, in so ycry conten-i
ted name:of mind, I passed one of the win
dows opening on the ground, whence sounds
of voices came. Here was the scene of fes4
tivity, and right merry they appeared. j, li
was Madame's own little boudoir. Theso
French folk can enjoy themselves; Hf'saidi
wun a sign, umciouf, prying, ' M-encteurT)
la Cure who might hare beeUi reading hia
breviary, 1ad apied me. One of the wait
ers came flying through the gt9S ttobr to
fetch n.e in. If tlonsieur would only ro
far hoxor them ! They would . 6 ; so eo
Iated if he did not. It ovist be so trifte
so doleful for him to be' waoderingl jabut
in that fashion. . Then came another vrith
greater instance. And so with nodeceut
excuse ready, and unable to fetch up eten
the most wretched nhift, the Briton ;wfth
all hit dignity, had to suffer himself to be
led in half resisting, half coropljing, with
more of the aspect of the British sheep then
of the British lion. j '., ' ;;-:
The prettiest little room kat 50uptbe
conceived. All .the gift towers :' minting
it like a garden. Such a j chatter i of
tongues I Such enjoyment; such pleasant
faces ; such courtly airs and postures ' wor
thy of the Louis Quatorze court. '' -Law
yers were unfrocked, and unlike lawyers.
The bouses of Toorlou and Faquinet seem
ed on easy terms. Madame, from greasy
ehair, said I did ker too much honor-: but
sho would try fcer best to entertain ; (he
stranger. Worda wery jfridgcdjy spken .
Come, 1 said tt yclf, let me rela far
this one night , there can be no hstm in
that ; for this gentle little woman meads
only. kindness.' . :' , - - : fl.l'
But slack I the wise resolution was' form
ed too late 1 I was among them, buV not
Qf them.; Had they all too rea'dilv taken
up that hint of mine let fall at dinner , ?
Those Sharp minded French fHk aeeept
such iutimarien ' readily enough.. Prodi
gious rtspect came from 51 adamtffrom
everybody. ' I Was, as it were, grand seign
eur. Nay, i seemed as thowgh" J ad
brought in with 'me a, certain chill and re
straint, which heaven knows, I tried hard
te thaw aad dissipate. Many more of Mad
ame's perfections I had to learn that night
By and by the want-over to tho piano' arid
discoursed little Freneh ballads hi the mewt
delightful fashion ; patois things ' acted, in
the most perfect, fashion; I had x never
heard anything to jpfrtty-, I said to her in'
Warmth of admiration. She said I was
very good. I. was so complaisant ; did so
much honor,. &c bo. Every one seeiKed
to delight in it, but that heavy, exqutjle
with the moustache, whom I have mention
ed before. Supercilious fellow! He lounged
on the sofa.in a laty idsoueiant mood I"- ;
Dhat night in my room-tho prettiest liV
tie room in the world, be it recolleetedptC
made a wholesome resolution namely, Jo
have a regular formal making up with Sls'd
ame; There was somethbg pleasing' in
the notion ; perhaps tears from j MadanC !
It il an old ttofy that, leaning tcirs
darrelllag Ul & sweet pleasure of .mv;
king all things straight again. , J
So, that next morning it was a fis
sunny forgiving morning I went forth, to
tfie garden where I taw Madame dat.fee;
tizries; trimming her flOweii; and here madtf
FpenUnt aeknowtedgnient of all my sins,
aid fhrnUhed myself with the choicest of
KrtnU.iPta rrortrod from neighboring hbrtie
Iulturists, and presented them humbly ma t
peace oneriag, wmcu w gawvwjr
ccptod, The old. smiles Were retufnirig,
thetold winning manar was coming back.
Wu ire fHends .new.t sho said, puttiag
bdt Her hand; 'bit we netrer wtre edemiet
or ever anall.be 1 taid; I
Who shall tell t abai(L M6ndieu;
yon lookod to wickedlj it sua jetterday
was quite frlgHlened V y . j, ,1,;.
Did I? I answered. JJuite aghast aim
own villadj . 'N, it cannot have beexil
'Indeed yoti did ' iJ''-
JTwaa not at youfc then ; It must hvo
been at old jTourloui, This was the stgna
for eommeocement of an amicable dispute, ;
Whlrth Mint Ttt ala m..L.i iL - ij W
I said : 'By the way, I have received leU
ters-businesaletUrs-.thismerning,wbich
iharerdl hurry my Warfare. 1 must
think of setting out toniqrrow. or the day t
- WM pressing need
of dispatch, lutl thbugh't 1 wouldsee hw
the took it, Yas it possible was that a
little tuge ;of color creepin g over her cheek?
. 'Mon difu! and must you 'really ?'
she said at'Uogth. Whatamisfbrtuner
I raust.iadeaaV I said, 'and, believe,
me, withlnioiteTegret-ithe happy hders
I have passed in this littla rtrai ahaU r..
Ter be forgotten by me ; neither can I for-
.'0 Iamfso desohted at this piece avf
news she interrupted. I had 6trttA a
yourttayiag with ua lengef. iDo ttdtgO
7 I '
I looked at her with a atraoga feolmg !
interest. What could she meant Da
you really wish me to remain V I said,
king her hand.
Mylfaitli yetT the awswred4ft
were W let yon into a Rerte aecret I am turn
you would4 1 Shall tfcft htm f Yetr-jioV
I cannot bring my mind to it and sht
turned awsy hf r head. Wm it to hidi "
another of those tell tale blushes t r
'Dear Madame 1 saidt 'you mWJai
me into this tittle mystery.'
'I eannot, Onsieur ! - , , ,f ! !
You must-I -I. will promise jouW
stay if you do!' She turned round. :
! Well, that makes a. difference So
must tell you my sooret. . You must .know,
then ' j .
Here came funning from the house the
soubrette Or waitiot wcrtnatr, Madame wai
wanted thelkifchen
You lhall hei'r it tirctfwr tie Ul
ame said, 'perhaps not at all. T
'Cruol one, I said, reproachfully, 'acd r
your promise?
4 ' Well, if ybn must know; come to my
lilc oudeiij it breakfast-tig lad, per-
With that isle disappeared Wnal &ll
this secret be ? Could it be, indeed that
the wanderer; hal intplred wit!i a tort of '.
regard this gentle reeloso, this cUarmmg .
provincial ill seemed teyimcoxcombrj
to let such a notion avail near ma ': and yet
one' migh t as will have shammed bUadness.
W4iy may I not admit, to myself only, and
in the strictest confidence; that I lean ti
that persuasion i! ! . ' -
And pray wliy not let me ask, (this I
spoke to nycelf(paeing tbe gardei,thought
fully waiting for; breakfast summons) are
not oir rrencli istcrt ouitpeaktng in such .
matters; net tUffering any t hit g in the like
of a wo-m lin; the bud to prey on tieir
olive cheek ? I Klse what tho atgnifleanco
of that little embarrassment and those
.blushes ? It was a great mystery,, audi
pleasing mjster?, too. Then I fell inti
that old upecutatien. of Inwr a worse dest
riy might nureiy befall One mn spending
the residue of bts life io this pleasant ter.
treat, far jemOved from the busy hum af
m. Proprietor ef th Utile territory,
where none of the worVla wickedness bad
as yet penetrated ; whofamghlDt liaditd
eternally that pastoral simplicity so charse
teristie of the French I rural disttidi ;
Where; at the wad "of my own tatlt, I
might learn from' passers-Vy howthe rough
world outsidV was progressing. Madame't
charms would daily heighten ; ehildren
Antoine. Marie; stelle; growing up about
us: the golden 'age at band; life toilicg Oil
like a dream., .' 1 1 ' " . ' S .
' ?Brcakmst, MbnsicuTf ! GarooD, with
fluttering napkiri announces. '
"... v. S I . ir- . -v'. "
In lie boudoir as it was called Ma4
ame was seated. . '
I have promised to tell yon tnj lecrtt;
and ahall keep uiy protniae.
: I dr. near confidently.! "Will yen M
angry MaJanifl, if I tell you that bate
half guessed it already T j
Not a soul la the house knows it but
yOTsef ami anather V 1 . ; i ;
AnotWItald. YottnaVe toUnid
another T ' . i 1 f
Ma fol. why not ? Was it iadiscrlet V
i. WmJ I said. ! , - f
Well then,' she laid, 'in three wordt
my little secret is this-, I am going: to ; ba
-married next week T ; : -
started . to my 1 leet with aj botrfff
'.Married 1 what da you meanf
"Tis intelligible ebeaaid laughing: ,
lt tt monstrous $ I said, intenselfrf
tifled; 'aud to whoni prey ; . ' . ' ,
It was to that insbleat. iiiSofleTabwifi
ding exquUite; of the pointed snou$iii",H;
He was so-elegant, Madame aaldrill
grace in bis besririgl his sir tadistingtijl
ed. Had he not struck Monsieur m that
view? Adolphe, that was bb natsa -s
Dear Adolphe had indeed offered bit band.
Noble person Such qualities, encu own
ers, and even torresthat is -to say, tome
tort of estates. - Ho was tdtogethtr cttar
mant. i: j ' 1
A four-horsd diligence W6nt by In ati
hours time. I Would depart by tht . four
horso diltgenee. That Wmest of siflaj
had now become so pressing,- that it would
Dot almit a moaietftTf delay, I said.'tiak
tng my portmanteau ywieatly t:trV
Aa fwJIadanie Crouetu. tha .eosshi
sien I eame to when xaUlv ctged in the eon
mo of the diligeoce l wat that the wai
Sorougk Freimh--Well. not to bj nn
eharauble. that httitfafiia otainti8
jitter too imtny: ; r '
h A challenge to skate waa given bjlftaf
. of Saleia, a Dl Yemoii younff t&f t
who uauuUy iiU otft that if any of Ciisi
gender oduhl ettll kar, aha would fotf?U si
kiss. The Boston Herald mvs that sa ri
fetio negro, hearing of tho challenge, git d
chaae, iad anon ait arm encircled hef iUIitf
Her brother, howeTer, avtrtad tha
ing amuck by presently Iho.fellOW wJiVi
bUl, telling hit 'aKde. Jtfn i
can started mr - a 'bondat with . the ftads .
remarkxng andibly tuna bo woslaft g:t
b toV nbyhtte alUbhrg' '
I ntern Peak gold is aaid-tf ba 0h
an onuee. Kansaj naners are fa)l ',' u
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