The Litchfield County post., 1828-09-11

love, for she was, indeed, that beau ideal
Ofthe human creation--an innocent and
virtuous mind enshrined in The lovely per-
son ola beautiful girl.
After this preface to my Story ,there are
few.of my far readers who will not be able
To give Shrewd guess at what is TO come
next. Nor will it signify if they succeed.
Wherefore should | conceal that an acct
dent which has happeHed IA thousand times
before, and has been as frequently record
ed boh in prose and verse, should have
befallen Jacqueline de VAlencav.
The General, having remarked some
symptoms of talent in he son OF one of his
dependents, had, with his usual coed na-
ture, e;!ucated him at his own expenSe.-
The youth grew up into mln, or III her
was approaching TO manhood, when the
General made HIM his secretary-s post
which, as VaIencay kept up l:;ie cores
pOndence, was almost d Sinecure. lie was
.bou, five years older than JacqueIine, land
that difference made htm,in her childhood,
in some degree her instructor. Guided by
hun. and under his eye, she imbibed The
beauties of Italian lore. The polished ell
egance of Petrarci-,Ile dark subIlml of
Dante-thc chivaIrous beauty of Tasso-
the food of poetry bursting from the heart
cheering stanzas of Ariosto-the glories
and graces ofthat satin tongue were impair
ted to her by the lips of Louis Regnault.
Hours devoted to study; and such study,
when the tutor is twenty aud The lady-pu-
pill fifteen, speedily become hours devoted
to something else. She soon was to han
did not freeze his love in icy sonnetS, clear
and bright and sparkling, but cold and I'M
substantial. 1t burst from his lips At last
1t was after long s,ruggle-t burst
from his lips at las, with all the warmth of
the Southland ii was heard. Need say
more! There were glowing cheeks, and
wet eyes, and quivering hands. There
was mourning over obstacles that appear
ed insurmountable bat then there was
hope-brilliant, buoyant, soul-exhllirating
hope-which whispered that nothing was
il surmountable. In short, he loved her,
and she loved him. Could either antci-
pate unhappiness
The keen eye of the General soon dis
covered their passion; but he was too
shrewd to attempt to thwart it abruptly
He contrived to keep the lovers asunder as
much as possible without appearing to
have noticed their mutual affection. He
had his measures already concerted in his
own mind and in the course of fort
night, the Chateau Valencay was honored
by visit from Monsieur le Marquis de
Valrviere.
Like most French Marquises of his
time, Valriviere was fine, good-humored,
gay, brave, dissipated, and infinitely vain
fellow. He was already, though but eight
and-twenty, decided leader of the FASH
ions at Paris. His word or example reg
ulated the exact angle of the bow-the
precise tie of,he embroidered neckcloth--
the most authentic nee-buckle-lhe most
ntallible rutlle-lhe most praise worthy
jewel for ring This was no light fame.
No man under thirty had accomplished a.
ny thing like it for the last century. His
word, of course, was equally potential IN
literature: for criticism and toppery IN
those days were sworn brethren. A new
epic poem and new sword knot were dis
posed of at the same tribunal and the
heartsof the abstruse philosopher, weaving
new systems of ethlcs,as well as the l'rim0
DJnna of the Opera
Would bound,
Dreading the deep damnaton of his Bah
His ia her had been one Of the Gener-
ais earliest frends-they had campaigned
together; and De Valencay had continued
the affection to the son. 1t had beer, long
ago, agreed between the parents, that their
children should be affianced to each other,
and the Marquis had always looked upon it
as a settled affair. lie had never seen the
young lady, bu he took it for granted that
all young ladies were the same; and that
if he was to marry, he might as well mar
ny one as another. AS for love, &C.
Pshaw
7 he General wrote to him to come
down to Chateau Valencay, as he had
something of Importance to communicate
to him. He apologised for bringing him
from Paris into the barbarous retirement
oflhe country at such time of the year
limited loosely at the grief which would
overwhelm the Duchess de B, the
Confess de c., Madame D,
and fifty opera dancers, in consequence of
this movement into the interior: and pro-