The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-11-14
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his having enforced it, when he sawthe eff
feet which his intelligence produced upon
Francois.
Tor some moments the power Of speech,
was denied the unhappy youth, bat the Ii
VIC paieness which oyerspread his features
and the strong CONFUSION which shook his
frame, provedthe conflict within. DE Mon
tcey, with an air of commisseration. held
out his hand, but Francois scornfully refr1-
sed it. - You have, then, unnatural III.
Their, cried he, with vehemence, tides
ftroyed the happiness of your child, syon
have inundated US both at the shrine Of
your prejudice: but tremble to think, that
the hour of retribution is not far distant
| Tremble to think that the man whose heart
you SO cruelty stabbed, may one day be- a.
venged'' ss.,g.
| AS he spoke, he rushed out of tine room.
leaving on the mind of the marquis vague
sensation of terror, which he yainly endea-
vored to shake of. IS ~
! St. Armand, who was extre me1y sanguine.
had persuaded de Money that the reyolu-l.
ton would be speedily crushed; but ON the
contrary, every day augmented Its power.
Indignant at the insults of the king, the
| two young de Moneys used some unguar-
ded expressions, for which they were ar
rested and throwIa into prison the unfer-
tunate marquis had private information civ
en- him that their death was resolved on,
and that flight was the only means to pre-
serve himself and the rest of his family from
similar fate. i See Is
After encountering many dangers, the
marquis and marduise arrived in England.
| In thu ofh ic hah ol "a
but a small sum; this circumstance, how
ever, did not make him very unhappy, for.
ne still cherished the hope that his royal
1 masters authority would soon be re-estab-
lished, and that in a short time he should
be able to return to Paris. b s
St. Armand was less confident he fear-
ed, and justly, that the step he had taken
in leaving the country, though one Of abso-
lutte necessity, would be used to their de- (
struction. His fears were too soon reali-
zed /; the property of both was seized in
the name Of the nation. That Of st. A.
mand was purchased by near relation Of
his own, who had taken part with the re-
publican faction from the beginning; and
the estates of de Money were bought by
Francois Restaud. who was now, by the
death of his father, become one of the rich-
est mon in France.
| This news was literally death blow to
st. Armand, he never held up his head aft
rewards. Passionately attached to his
| wife, his conscience reproached him with
having been the means of plunging her in
to poverty and sorrow. De Money could
not refrain from expressing his grief
and indignation at the infamous conduct Of
Francois and St. Amand's knowledge
that he was himself the cause of young
Restaud's becoming possessor of de Mon
Icey's property, was constant thorn to his
heart. n ss
| A few months after his arrival in Eng-
land, st. Armand breathed his last, and his
death was soon followed by that of the mar
quise, who had drnoped from the moment
she quilted France. a tsfN %$ss
Bitter were the tears shed by de Nom
cey and his unhappy Pauline over the
grave of the unfortunate marquise !; but
Madame St. Armand had little time for the
indulgence of sorrow. The money which
her father brought with him was now ex-is
hausted, and but for her incessant efforts
to- obtain a livelihood with her needle, they
must have wanted bread. st,a ,s.
This unhappiness Of de Money wasin-
creased by learning that Restaud had tried
every means to discover where he was,
and as the threat Of vengeance which Fran
co.'s had uttered was never forgotten by de
Money, he conceived that Restaud had
laid some plan for his destruction and he
changed his lodgings for one still more OBJ
scure, and assumed another name. s fta
The unhappy marquis seemed destined
to drain the cup of sorrow to the very
dregs. Nearly five years had passed, and
hope, the last comfort of the wretched. was
| almost extinct in his breast. One day
while Pauline went out on business, he
heard voice which he thought he recol-
lected, inquire for Monsieur de Vaux, (the
| name he had assumed, } in few moments
his door was opened and Francois stood
before hint Though much altered de
Money recOllected him instantly. Franz
co.'s glanced his eyes round the apartment,
and his lips quivered as he surveyed the
wretched dwelling of his still beloved Pau
line. ~
"For what purpose, monseur," said do
Money, haughtily, IS do you thus presume
to intrude upon me I"
For purpose, marquis. which l g.