Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-06-09
From the Dublin University Magazine for May.
A QUEEN FOR A DAY.

On a cold and rainy day in the month of
April, 1871, a post chaise with four horses,
was seen to travel the road between Ions
le-Saunier and Besancon. Two persons
occupied the carriage-one of them, tall,
handsome. and elegant figure, reclined alone
in the back, while in the front was seated
young woman whose dress and manner at
once bespoke the waiting-maid.
of the maid.
-Four O'Clock, madame
I'VE shall never arrive-the positions are
frightfully Slow
THE road is very bad, madame
'What a horrible delay-I was sure my
nerves would play me some disagreeable
trick; detained three daysat Lons-lo- Saul
nier, i'll and unfit to continue my route,
with such serious reasons to wish it ended !;
and to add to my misery, to 60 so slowly {;
believe at each change of horses they lave
given me the most miserable beasts possible
to PROCURE
But, madame, unfortunately we are gal
Looping the whole way, for the joIts are enough
to 'lislocate our oints it is your uneasi-
ness and Impotence prevents your feeling it.
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II am sure tina, young man who follows us
finds we 90 too fast
How! is he there still =
Yes, madame, but few PAGES from the
carriage; he has not lost an inch of ground
He is very good horseman.'
He must be most determined idlpr to
make journey of seven or eight leagues
in weather like this
Say, rather, madame, that he must be
very much in love-
He must be mad to follow a person
whom he scarcely has seen, and never spo.
ken to-
1t only proves that they have still rem.
nant Of chivalry in the provinces. should
Paris galop in that way in weather like this
and road bad enough to break ones neck
trust me they do not give themselves mucf
trouble, they are expert at talking nonsense
or in following up an easy intrigue, but mos
assuredly they would not do as this homes
provincial
'And they are perfectly right, for wha
can this young man gain but broken back
or pleurisy7'
Poor fellow!'
you pity him, Suzanne, has he bough
you over7'
You know me too well, madame, to sus
pect such thing, the chevalier-'
'Ah! it IS a chevalier y
Did not tell yum so, and moreover, be
fore you tore his letters, you read them, ant
they we're signed his name is De Maillettes
and of good family
why, this is a conquest really Aatter
ing
He saw you enter the inn at Lons-le
Saulnier, he saw you again when you wen
to the window, and he fell in love with you
You must know, madame, there are heart
in the world capable of love at first sigh
and you should neither be offended no
surprised at having inspired a sudden pas
sion.'
But hope you have been Discreet
You have not told him who amt 70
know that have good reasons for preserv
ing the ineognito in this journey; it is fo
that reason did not permit the Due d
l., the Marquis de c., nor any
my faithful 'vassals' to attend me-
Be assured he knows no more than an
one else; and II is not his fault, for he di
not spare questions. l answered him as
did every one else, that you we're Gale
Madame de Pryne, and that you travelle
for pleasure. But this did not satisfy hin
his curiosity was strong enough 10 max
him shake purse Of gold, hoping the SCUM
of it would make me more communicativ,
When he saw that his offers wounded m
delicscy, that my discretion was incorrupt
BILE, he tried conjec.ures no doubt, said h
il is person Of consequence whom Il