New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-25
Receiving Present.

A voung actress Mad'lls --. with All the at
tribute. a nsr nauoD-t besuy and talent 10 her ART
entered her apartment 10 tns Rue --- and cNei'ssy
,brs her ,hss % the ottoman She seemed to droop
Ia grief: snd whyi She had no rival TO oresd IN ner
theatre nota hair OF her sken tes'es had changed It's
hue not vow or proiesi'uon less naa crowned no'
sat success Why. then. WAS she SAD
Alas and she addressed her only true friend, her
confidential femme d. chsmbre. ssai ! an the mo'l
miserable Of earthly beings My whole heart Is absorbed
on one subject my existence lea 0an9 70 me "lnousA
And who IL thathsppy 0bl-ctf
Oh Josephine have f0ndy gazed, too iondy nxed
my affections. and then, IS she mused to herself
where can md , coo fraucsf
IL of an enameled dressing-csse sne spokai she
hsd "a. Il As she home had asked The price but
alas t~o thousand francs snd she sighed heavily
The door bell rspg-the maid went In and Came
Ii Is the Englsh Lord with ibe unuIteraole name
Madam
Let MIN come IN, she silently replied. Lord -
entered be came to ofrr the homsse OF hi. sdieu
The euee TO society OF such besuy and such talent
be would preserve Tor his future visits 70 Paris ana De
rsnsackei bis brain TO rad some souvenir to pfsen, Va
token OF his admiration Il can only ba sure Of pleasing
II know what ~iil hnd favor in your eyes
The prevailing passion Of the enamried dressng'case
,,iI bsipg her only thought she exclaimed Yes, yes
there il In toe Rue Do Ia Psz What would make me the
ha5pi.st creature IN the world IL is 40 enameied
ss.iog case Morning and evening old possess H.
YOU would ever be- In thought before me
Before an hour shal PISS you shel DC the hHppy Or
ine YOU deserve 70 bs one, Two three hours passed
on aui 20 dressing case appeared. Toe impatient
Uraufg could urHr x Do lNh-"tf SUI AAi-f. A"i
h.,uy over her neck csied coach. snf drove 20 tue
Rue DO Ia paiI. The dressingcase was sHA On ins
counter. 49,.
/ What and were you not offered 4 sale for Il
sY@s Msdame, Al Eogishmaa did admire u mucn
ho offered deen hundred francs which W. refused 'no
he left, the shop saying that II ~ ropenisd va might
send IL 70 the ilotel Meudce
And Why did you not send itf
because would take the fraction ct sous irss
/ thsn tsO thousand francs
! H-rk ys' the es.er beauty replied, VIII aVo"
secret Il wal. for me- be Oh, red o. purchase H. VIII
n Ike 10 he dh-rrnce-hve hundred francs are 81 ssy
sacrifice ,Uo thousand francs could no' give senh ~
/ 10 him forthgith Here the five hundred francs
/ sud she parted with her lass billet.
/ The packet carefully arranged snd qlfAy On
/ IN, destined way Our heroine returned nome tnnh
insof tho awakening On the morfos which would see
me object Of bsr fan., before her-she ell a.eep-she
sgok.-it was already dsy-she rang her BEL Wen
abe exclaimed u her attendant Well
/ ia has not yet arrived Ma1smN
she breakfssted-sn angel could NOT De- more pateht
the clock struck ten eleven. twrlve-she coud n~H
IL no long.rs coach was ca le1-boi-l Mourcc VS. 's
! destination. She called the walter ,,
Did person bring dressing cslo here last nigntf
.Oh y@s Madam aud very beautiful ons u Vas IL
/ vas i1r Lord You should have seen NE D.
i.ht when he received L. lie talked aloud 70 himself
did not know u such prize To nor desr AZ a.,
-f.een hundred frsncs-~hy. 20 i nothing Tor u Ah1
then hs added smiling. By ny roth Malsmoi'enr' %
/ could no, h-sr her nAms) must do Without h-Jonn
pack 10 up.
On the road g. BOui0gne Madame, where ne 70 oY
this time nearly arrived having eit ~ 10 o'clock ai'
uiant wiki tour horses sud courier.