The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-05-18
M INSTANTANEOUS
From Tom Burke Of Ours"
A STORY OF NAPOLEON
BY DR.. LEVER.

Burke, that my flmily were most of
hem royalislS Such as were engaged
IN trade followed the fortunes Of the day
,ud cried " pive Ia Repu6Hgue," like
heir neighbors. Some, deemed it bet
Ter 10 emigrate, and wal, in foreign
land, TOR the happy hour OF returning 10
heir own--a circumstance, by the way
which must have tried their patience
IRE this; and a few, trusting 10 their OBJ
'cure position, living in out of the way
emote spots, supposed, that in the
general uproar, they might escape un-
detected, and with, one or two excep-
ions, they were right. Among these
latter was an unmarried brother Of my
mother, who having held military com.
mand for great many years in the lie
lie Bourbon, retired to spend the re.
nainder Of his days in small but beau.
Ilrul chateau, on the sea side, about three
leagues from Marseilles The old Wis
count, 1--WE continued 10 call him so a.
nong ourselves, though the Use of title:
was prescribed lous before) had me
with some disappointment in love, il
Iearly life, which had prevented his ever
marrying, and turned all his affections
owards the children Of his brothers and
sisters, who invariably passed couple
Of months Of each summer with him, ar
4, irving from different parts Of France fo
the purpose, and truly ii was strange
sight TO see The mixture OF look, ,expres
: >ion, accent and costume, that came Il
The rendezvous--the long featured boy
with blue eyes and pointed chin, cold
wary, ard uspiciou,-brave, but eau
lous, that came from Normandy; lh'
thighspilited, reckless, youIh from BTe
lagny :; lie dark-eyed girl OF Provence
The quick tempered, wsrmhearted Gas
con; and, stranger than all, from his COZ
rast to the rest-lhe little Partisan will
his airs Of The capital, and his contemp
Cor his rustic brethern, nothing daunted
that in their 6oyish exercises, he foun'
himself SO much their inferior. Our des
uncle loved nothing so well az 10 hav
US around him, and even The lillle ones
e Of FIVE or six wears old. when not lv
E ng TOO FAR of, were brought 10 thes
- ye-unionS," which were TO US tn
n great events Of our lives.
Il was in June Of the year l79t-
,haIl not easily forget the dale-lhat w
were all assembled as usual at l.
Luc.' Our party was reinforced b.
some three or four new visitors, anon
= whom was little girl of about twelv
.Iyears old, Annette de Nosiles, tn
DIetlies, creature ever beheld. Ever,
land had its own trait Of birth distinct,
J. mar ked. don't know whether yo
: have observed that the brow and lh
3 fore ehead are more indicative OF class il
) Frenchmen, than any other portion o
he face-hers was perfect, and thougN
! Ia mere child, conveyed an impression
of tempered decision and mildness, tha
was most fascinating The character o
her features was thoughtful, and were |
not for a certain vivacity in the eyes
u would have been sad. Forgive me, if
lwell-when | need not on these traits
n she is no more. Her father carried he
q with him in his exile. and your lourinl
= .kies and gloomy air soon laid her low
Annelte was the child of royalist pa
rents. Both her father and mother hac
y occnpieG places in the royal household
= md she was accustomed from her earIi
: 4st Infancy TO hear the praise Of the Bou
d bons, from lips which trembleC
when they spoke. Poor child! how
J.. veil do | remember her little prayer 70
he martyred saint, for so they s,yler
he murdered king, which she neve
missed saying each morning, when th'
mass was over al The chateau. II Is
? furious fact, that the girls of family
> were frequently attached to The fortunes
yloP The Bourbons. while the boys declar
t ed for revolution, and these difference
into The very core, and sap
p ped the happiness of many, whose afiec
lion had stood the test Of every misfor
lune, save the uprooting torrent of an
lrchy that poured 10 with The revolu
E lion. These party differences entered
n into all the lille quarres of The school
o room and the nursery and the taCntini
epthets Of either side was used in angr!