The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-17
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aUtS 0 3eeti1fss snU caa9sascttrHE. vtFtWes saa vtees. Sha wss wife wlshout usaFFtaee, a ffutass taas sud CstSeiie. klag's unstsrss wfshoat oves queen without titie, bora M pFisen. alss ds- sceaded from throne to dte n eoRveat. Frances d'Aahigae wss her muiecn nasnel Shs wSs born la the prison Of Nleaet. whemes she VI early carried to MaTsiRiqae where bptA her psrenta died, sud she vas Iess poor Hsguenos esPaAa ta inc haaos of Gsshcise eeats
 On the very steps of tse lAsl where she ~ss hesas her psiAe aud anibleisn were aroossd. 'sYea arr Aot Eich euonEh to have sefvca cf plaas Ike aan said tho jsiiuF's daughter, "Tvae," replied tho tTrsle a.A abigne. # bat 1 and lady. and yea sss | aes."
 Afssr her rssurn to Fssare. from Marslpsqae. sAe graw ap iu ssaEtade Her rciga, Hiss ased te say. commsacs5 h the GaFm-ysrd, Mhes~. with her alFaw hst en her hsed, rod ta her hand, and hasAse en her arm. she wss sent to watch the taFk-ys wssh psahihis5pn agriast teuchinx her eskst ti AAs ha& hy hraft four veFsss of PibsNc.
 1 Ere leng tho fltsie tAtksy.teFd was hsoaght te Parss ana introduced se Scarea. ia usaklaE her debut ausong the wits ef wsadsn 3ssFssa was sbs eensrss siss slea sessk Ear dFsns wsn snas shast. Stz fsit hunshtea de disniky of her tost SAFeM wiped away lh4 tsafs of Its pretty Wese tu54Ns - hsealled tsS ittic Aublshe. Eud isastisa AsF Tfe comie poet was thea qsists sectase fte lived eA l hts sofa. never s.esPiag, always iaaghisg WitR him physical saasfmg wss tarasd ints joke l When Maalie d' d'AahieAe. thea but esp0ntesa vas asked whY she married this living eerpse, ihss laughing machiae, shs replied, "i preferred maFs rage to Q coUveHt.
 ft was, in fact merely the appearance ef mafFiags that the lady had ia view, a cloak for grsa,sf liberty In society.
 The fortune wh,eh Scarroa settled upon hls wifs wss described by the marriage ee@eiae, be toas louis in the funds. two isFge rcgaish sysa, 6ae chest . heuatffut pair Of hands. sud considerable wit TBe bustaHd lived or his pc~syy, an trtss- naittent pension sad snAii iivtng in abbey other Nevertheiuss, Madame Hcsfr0a Ksse dinnsss to the highest nobility ef the resln The dashss oftsa ssilcd bat the wit made up the detieteecy. Ga such occasions the domestic wnaid whispar te sisc mistress, "Aaester ssosy madusae taeFs is ncs much roast meat to-day" That witty ags ceuid dine ea th-e@ courses with anecdotes
 I, thus by the side of the perpetuai dsass-6oa of the most sinister wit that Madame ds Maiaieaou developed these powers of understanding and eoR- versation, and that useful knowisdge. which led ss her high destiny. In this short ReIiod she formed ell sorts of scquantsnces from that of the Marshal d'AIbsrt to Ninoa de l'Eacios. From the eelsbsa- ted cours1un she learned the art of plessiaR which she refused tS practice. NlDon thought thls .
 weakness. But Madame de Malnisnon was not only yirtuoas hy temperament but hy system aad ambitson.
 Lovely. beloved witty. always serious. even in her pleasantly. yielding the perfume hut ths flower she only studied to seduce ihe affections. The sms always hoated on the surface. inc depth remained frozen. ft ths severity this interior melancholy. covered with a tie graces os cohvsnG- tion which gave it's character to the facs of Madams de Mainte1oH, aad distinguished from all the women of her sge, made her the strohg woa,an of the court.
 Scarron died es as he himself said ia his eptaph, took his first nights sleep. His widow Eesnsincd poor proud. aRd independent amidst hts friends. She administered with such ability upon ths made fata resources of his eatAe inst she disclosed tn one the slightest ves.ige of property. Shs always found tse neaas ot being grnteeily elsdoi barnif nothing but wax candies. and making the ends oF q fhe year meet She piunyed intc devotion bat did I not ehfrr . eouveni. Ste chnse ihS most Aussser confessor in Paris. Bat in kneelieg she Iei her robes fall tn such graceful and hafDohious lslds that hes confessor thoaghi t his duty tO reprovs heT. | A less keen-sighted and ambitious woman might have been discouraged while waiting ieT Jottuae ot pursuing the blind goddess in lDis way. Madame l de Maintenon was he uf ialtefing and gOiRg ln the train o the duchess De Nemeurs to Portugal. when the beautiful ,narehioness de Montespaa, tho high and caprfeoas favofise who divided her leisure 1 between two amours, and coaFsiBg in her spaHs | ments hiagree chariot hafnessed 10 foar mice. eon6ded to her the escsilon ol h-i children. This | education brought the widow of Scatron into tho l presence ol Louis XIV Chance achieved the con- | nection
 I One day the king made present ,o the governess 1 of the farm oi MainteBon, aad by inadvertency another day. in the midst Of bis eouftezans, he called her Madame de Maintenon. Tho eoartezsns took aP the slip of ,be tongue and cslied hes n their 1 tntn Madame de Msiafeaant--ihat Is. ths PTesspt
 Madsms- -ihe English reader loses the pun. Main tsaoa and Matatsaoai being pfeB uEced exseiiy ! alike in French and the latter meaning Roso the time which is held in-ihs hand.
 The king after, getting tired Of his u.iiiy perhaps, was secretly married io Madame de Aain. l tenoh by the Bishop oi Chartres, who charged ihs 1 mysterious qneen to be Sarah and .fbyaAam. | | The Grisete-You will ind her in every shop 1f Paris (except those of the exehage brokers, where are fat miidie- aged ladies, who would aa0rH ,hs | snf .fl3 | he vxlfh has