The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-11-29
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fEom the Geallsmsa's Magazine.
UNPUBLISHED PASSAGES * THE LIFE OF
ifiDOCQ, FRENCH MINISTER OF Police.
No. nI-THE sEDUcER.
PIERRE MARCEL Was Tive culuEatnr 81
a small but profitable vineyard. on The
banks Of ihe Gzronne. lee lragues from
Toulouse, where ne principal part of his
life had been passed IN the almost daily
occupation Of lending his vines. and rem
dering his li!.!- plot of ground the iairss.
for many a mile around. 10 early life
his wife, whom he had psssionaiely a.
dored. had fallen the victim Of a linger-
ing Illaess. leaving him an only child. q
daughter. whom he cherished both for lis
own and its mothers sake, with unusual
tenderness. Tie lille Louise was the
solsee Of his days. and the prallle Of her
infant sIngce sounded TO him The sweet.
esG music nature could invent; but when
her crossing years gave token Of equal.
ling her mothers beauty and Symmetry
Of fnrm, his satisfaction was unbounded
10 think that he alone, without mothers
fostering hand. had reared a flower so
lovely. Or. when working in his vine
yard, would he pause as his daughter
IripI By with fawn like step. and gaze
with true affection on his hearts deares,
object. whilst in his mind he cOnjured up
bright dreams OF the future, and tried 10
tFsce her coming years.
A short distance from Maresrs house
was the chateau Of the Marquis de ST.
n:is. Who Was usually residen, there with
his daughter. The family Of the Mar.
quis consisted only OF his daughter and
a son, an officer in light cavalry regi-
meni. A friendship more strong Than
those usually suhsisiing between persons
of different slalinns in life, had grown up
be,wixl Louise aud Emile de 81. Brie. ard
il had been one OF the chief amcsements
OF The latter 10 instruct Louise in those ac-
complishmenis she herself So much ex.
celled in. often Temsrking, tina. her pupil
was so apt that she should soon have lii.
tie lefl To teach her.
The notice taken of his daughter By
Msm'selle ST. Brie. was most gratifying
In the feelings IL Marcel. who daily saw
her gaining those accomplishments he so
much coveted for her, but which he had
feared he should be unable 10 obtain.
But few pleasures are unaIloyed, and
however great might have been the sat.
isiacton he Eel. al The notice taken oil
Louise, yet there was but little in the re
ported attentions OF Henri ST. Brie, who
was staying a, The Chateau.
! Henri was by nature formed for wo.
mans admiration. lie was OF that man.
ly dasl.ing cas-. which 80 often takes the
heart by storm, ere reason has time tn
bring his tardy succors. and show that
the advantages Of handsome person and
fascinating manners are totally eclipsed
by the blackness Of heart formed in to-
tai contrast To the rest. lie had been but
a few days at the chateau before i,ouise
was marked as the victim Of his scduc-
live arts. lie foresaw thai her simple
and contiling disposition would render
The requirement Of her affections an easy
task; bat with all her simplicity. she en-.
.ertaned such high notions Of honor, as
TO make his success rather doub,fnl; but
ls,ill he thought that one who had seen
but the flares, side Of life. could bit i'll
c'mbat against the wiles Of one versed IN
all It's deadlest WAYS.
| lie sought every opportunity of being
in her company. and BY thousand ASST.
lduous attentions won his way, impercep-
Iuhly, in her affections. lie pretended
his passions was of that ferveni kind
" hich drove every object but respect from
his imagination; and vowed, could he bu,
gain her reluctan, consent, to make her
the future Marchioness de ST. Brie.
There was but one thing he stipulated;
aud tia, was. for the marriage to be per-
formed in private. since he feared his ia.
theirs anger. unless he could, by degrees,
break the circumstance to him. There
was so much plausibility in This. that she
could not believe he spuke other than the
language of truth. The cloven foot had
in no one instance as yet shown itself
and she feli convinced his affections were
as pure, and as fervent. as her Own. She
yieleed her consent 10 private marriage
Henri protested she had made him III,
haPpiesl Of men. by her consent; but sill
theirs was one thing more, the marriage
could not be performed with that secrecy