Southern telegraph., 1837-08-22
NSTscELLAN EoUs.
AFFECTING STORY.

Henry ". and the Gardcner'S Daughter.
! BY G. p. II. JAMES.
| know not, in truth, how !; happened, hut
certain i is, that great portion Of the in
h9bitants Of Pau have a very s'rong rescn.
bl0ECe to Henri Quatre. One might in.
! deed say, here, that he was the father of his
pcop!e-at least, there was a great family
likeness. However, the Dernais are both
fond and proud ofhim. Al the shop win
dows are foil of portraits Of the warn.heaYt-
cd monarch, and very oljen is added that Oh
Flcurettc, the firncr's daughter. She was
the first object of his love. lie was young,
when one of the princes of his family pas
sing through Bearn, accompanied him To the
archery ground. There were many youths
Of the noghborhood, shooting for the prize,
which was boqnet Of ilowors fastened on
The butt; and many a Bernlis girl looking
on and hoping that her Ioyer would he the
winner. Among others, were Fieurette
and her fa,hcr, the old gardener of the cha
tcan. She was lovely, simple, country
girl, and the young prince, scarcely less
simple than herself, felt strongly attracted
toward the gardeners daughter. Applrcn'-
ly, it was without any design that he fast
began to speak to her; but the charm grew
upon him: inscnsbIy his language became
more ardent, and then first began that sort
Of underlined courtship, which lls from
thence forward been called 'Conier Ficu-
retie.' He was 50 occupied, it seems lint
he did not even perceive that The rest had
missed The mark, till his cousin turned to
him saying, Shoot Henri, shoot Henri :
and gave him the bow. HIS arrow did not
miss, and at once lodged in the boquet,
which was no sooner Won than given to-
FIeurcite.
What were the use of telling a long story
about an every day matter? Henri loved,
and was loved in return; hut Fieurette
was a country girl and her lover was
prince. II is easy to imagine all the stages
of the business. She commenced by adj
miring him as her Prince; rs such, too, she
was FILTERED and pleased by his attention.
She began TO think less of the rank, and
more of her lover. She forgot the rank al
together, but he himself became moro dear.
She loved him. not as Il prince, but as
man, and Yielded MS n woman. And then,
all the golden dreams of hope and passion,
came lowering round her. She never fan
ced such thing as broken faith. She me-
yer thought that Princes could betray.
She never believed that Henri's heart would
change. He would love her, and she would
love hin, until their lives did end. His go-
ry would be her happiness.
Thus it went on from day 10 day; even
ings he stole sway from the castle TO meet
her. There was pleasure in The scenery.
though all the world knew how matters
went; and when one asked where the
Prince was gone, the reply was, 'Conier
Fieurette.'
At length il so happened that among
other guests at the chateau, was fair gill
whuse rank and beauty gave Fleurctte
some pangs The world said that Henri
was to receive her hand; am the ceasoless
tonglc of flnrc kept ringing !; in Flenretie'S
ears till her cheek began To turn pale, and
she often wondered INTO the woods to think
i in solitude. One fair day, while she was
thus employed, tho prince and her rival
PASSED before her. She could no longer
donbt, for Henri held her hand, and there
was an ardor in his ewes and tenderness IN
bis manner, which Fleuretie had wished,
aud hoped, and believed, we're never shown
10 any but herself.
The hour Of meeting came; and Henri
stole from the palace to the place Of render
vous. It was close to the spring which,
falling from TIC rock, had formed dee,