Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-01

know But sir said the officer-.I tell YOU
that she is ain acquaintance of mine,' re-
peated the young stranger. Then turning
to the girl, whom he took for an old and
feeble woman, he continued, Come along
my good dame, and permit me to see you
safely to the end Of the street. Giving his
arm to the unfortunate girl he then led her
away, saying Here is piece of hundred
sous. 1t is all have---take it, poor wo-
man.
The crown of hundred sous passed
from your hand to mine,' continued the la
dy; and, as you walked along, supporting
my steps, then, through my veil, distinctly
saw your face and fgure'--
My fgure said Frederick, in amazement.
yes, my friend, your figure returned his
wife: it was to me that you gave aims on
that night! 1t was my life-my honor, per-
haps-that you then savedP
You mendicant-you so young, SO
beautiful, and now SO richp cried Frederick.
Yes, my dearest husband replied, the
lady, 4 have in my life received alms-once
only-and from you; and those aims have
decided my fate for life. On the day fol-
lowing that miserable night, an old woman,
in whom had inspired some sentiments of
pity, enabled me to enter as sempstress
into respectable house. Cheerfulness re-
turned to me with labor | had the good
fortune to become favorite with the mis-
! tress whom served, and indeed did nay
best, by unwearied diligence and care, to
merit her favor. She was often visited by
people in highlife. One day, Sir James Mel
ton, an English gentleman of great proper
fxy f,,t ba IL
party of ladies. He noticed me. He re-
turned again. He spoke with my mistress,
and learnt that was of good famiy-in
short, learnt my whole history. The result
was, that he sat down by my side one day
and asked me plainly if would marry him.
Marry you r cried l, in surprise.
Sir James Melton was man of sixty,
tall, pale, and feeble looking In answer to
my exclamation of establishment, he said,
Yes ask you if you will be my wife7
am rich, but have no comfort--no happi-
ness My relatives seem to yearn to see
me in my grave. | have ailments which re-
quire degree of kindly care that is not to
be bought from servants. l have heard
your story, and believe you to be one who
will support prosperity as well as you have
done adversely. | made my proposal sin
cerely, and hope that you will agree to it,
AT that time, Frederick continued the
lady, loved you. l had seen you but once,
but that occasion was too memorable for
me ever to forget it, and something al
ways insinuated to me that we were des-
tined to pass through life together. AT the
bottom of my soul, / believed this. Yet ev-
cry one around me pressed me to accept the
offer made to me, and the thought struck
me that | might one day make you wealthy.
At length my main objection to Sir James
Meton's proposal lay in Discrimination to
make myself the instrument of vengeance
in Sir James hands against relatives whom
he might dislike without good grounds
The objection when stated, only increased
his anxiety for my consent, and finally, I'M
der the impression that it would be, after
all, carrying romance the length of folly to
reject the advantageous settlement offered
to me, consented to Sir James proposal
This part of my story, Frederick, is real
ly like fairy tale. l., poor orphan, pen
niless and friendless, became the wife of one
of the richest baronets of England. Dress
ed in silks and sparkling with Jewels, lcould
now pass in my carriage through the streets
where, few months before, had stood in
the rain and darkness mendicantp
Happy Sir James, cried M. de la Tour
at this part of the story; 'he could prove hi:
love by enriching youP
) He was happy resumed the lady. 'Our
marriage, so strangely assorted, proved
much more conducive, it is probable, to
his comfort, than if he had welded one
with whom all the parade of settlements
!, and pin-money would have been necessary
: Never, | believe, did he for an instant repen
e of our union. |, onmy part, conceived my
e self bound to do my best for the solace o
Q his declining years, and he, on his part
D thought it incumbent on him to provide 70
t my future welfare. He died, leaving me
! large part of his substance--as much indee
n as could prevail upon myself to accept.
= Il was now widow, and from the hou
1 in which became. so, vowed never agai
D to give my hand to man, except to hiI
d who had succoured me in my hour of di
? tress, and whose remembrance had eve
n been preserved in the recesses of my hear
= But how to discover that manl-Ah, III
l. conscious migrate! to make no endeavor
= come in the way of one who sought to low
ID to enrich you. knew not your name
In vain looked for you at balls, assemble
10 and theatres. You went not there. A
ID how l longed to meet your AS the lac
is spoke, she took from her neck rband,
d, which was attached piece of hundrt
re sous. 1T is the same-the very same whi'
1t you gave me- said she, presenting it to Ere
Mt erick; by pledging it, / got credit for !
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