Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-25
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and attractive man, of whose devotions we
might well be jealous. So found"
"Ah, in this recognize you indeed" said
de Marous. MY friend, will bet that for
tins jealousy you never had any reasonable
cause, and that you mistook for facts The
vagaries of your unbalanced mind :.
"You will lose, MY good fellow, by such
bet" y ''e"
y defy yout to Prove that ON itie;'
Nothing more easy"
MIR. Aubertin rose, aid struck With lis land
the parlor wall, il gave back tblloW gtj;;'ia
You know, said he, ''that there was cettaih
Dion at Syracuse, who employed similar means
by which to discover the secrets of his friends;
king oi England initiated this, and thence
these hiding places are called '.the ears of the
king! did what these two pctsonepcs had
uone before me. l, too, had lily ears"
"Yes; from the earliest DAYS of my married
life. | had this little arrangement made. of
which no one knew the existence: and bv
means OF which all that passed in the parlor
could be heard. attained it by skilfull
concealed door, and when they thought me
far oll-thcre was"
"What want of delicacy, Aubcrtin! really
dld not think you capable of such"
You are right. and do not ever seek to
Justify myself. Only remember that had a
lovely wife; that was jealous of her, and that
am relating to you the history of the pud
aing. On the other hand, assure you have
not entered this panel for more than ten wears.
and have even lost the key do not know
now long since. i couldnow follow at INV
pleasure the progress of this passion of Mr.. De
Mons and his course of devotion towards INV
wife, heard every day increased tenderness
from the lover and the lady opposing to his
entrcaties, first her love for me, then her du.
ties, her affection for her son, he of whom il ia
now proposed that he should marry the daugh-
ter OF this seducer.-Then Mr.. DE Mons urged
his love, which would be eternsl. He Offered
his fortune, the devotion of his whole life he
would carry off my wife and take her to the
worlds end. One day, at last, his passion
becoming uncomfortable, he burst into re-
proaches at her want of love for him. aud
Mdne DE Aubertin said with a voice half
clicked in sobs, that SHE would not Law bare 10
MN the secrets OF her heart; but that perhaps
ne liad not SO much reason for rcproach, and
that perhaps he was not the only unhappy one
IN the case. In word, she gave him to un-
derstand that was the only obstacle to his
happiness, and that if out of the way, she
would be ready to acknowledge such love and
such devotion?''
''lndeed," cried de Marans.
AT least SO understood Mr.. De Mons. con.
linued Mr. Aubertin. Then he exclaimed
that had been born to make him the most
wretched OF men; he declared that but for me
the current of his days would have elided han.
PLY and TRANQUILITY away; and though he did
not quite dare to express all his hatred, nor in
SO many words to utter the charitable wish to
see my vile III such convenient mourning. he
sald so much that the dame arrested his words
In recalling TO him that was nevertheless
her husband, and that there was vows and
wishes to which she could not listen. They
parted IN sorrow, and walked out OF INV
closet. What was to be done, my rival was
beloved; or on the point of becoming so; never
was any jealous wretch in such predicament
as that IN which found myself, For two
days Twas distracted by thousand plans--at
last addressed my wife"-
"And you told her,
"Not word. You will see presently what
happened. A servant knocked at my door
what Is lt-what is wanted of me? said l."
1T Is the cook, sir, who wishes to speak TO
you, answered the servant.
1.-The cook-whatdoes he want of me.-itis
not who receive his accounts"
perhaps he has some favor to ask of VOL"
him"
81 have no secrets from you," said to Ma
dame Aubertin-''above all. not among nv
1
The cook entered, pale and aeitated, and
with mysterious expression indicating an
impending catastrophe.
wv nat Is the matter, Rigaud" said my
ened.
",Ah, Madame" said Rigaud, his cotton cap
in his hand, 'if you knew" f
..Do speak, Rigaud."
Rlgaud had received a note without anv
signature, in which he found bill of n thou
sand francs, and the promise of a second SINH;
lar sum, Il ne would only put in plum pud.
ding-a dish prepared for me alone-the con.
tents oil little pbial sent with the Ietter.-It
was asserted. moreover, that it would only add
to the merits of the plum pudding. w
The honest fellow gave me the letter. and
drew from his pocket the phial of which he
spoke. lie was conscious that no right thing
llau oeeh exacted from him, since it required
mys.tiy ana mat he was so we'll paid. took
'.e Phiai, , examined its contents, and drop
Hns niue on piece OF sugar, Igave il to
was iawn,ng upon me at the time.--Hsrllv
did the poor animal touch the poisoned uorscj
than MS limbs stiflened, hiseycs rolled and me
fell dead on the carpet.
ooh Heavens! II was poisob;" exclaimed NV
wlie, and throwing herself in nv arms. She
bathed me with her tears. '"'
Inc COOK rooted to the spot with terror.
entreased me to accompany him TO the polics
man, TO make there his declaration. L. calm
ana cool, praised the fidelity of Rigaud, ac-
knowledged that owed my life TO him. and
giving him the thousand francs in the place
OF those promised him, begged him always 20
take good care in making the plum buildings,
winch expected to eat Of with still greater
relish but would not 20 TO the magistrate.
When was alone with my wife she wept--
she sobbed-she overwhelmed me with her
aiieclonate caresses. Another man--in my
situation, would have been curious TO witness
the iirst interview which Mr. De Mons would
nave win my wife. ], on the contrary,
knew her so WE'LL saw 80 evidently ali Inc
horror with which the purposed cTime had
struck her that was sure the interview would
never take nlacc l.. L-...I.