The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-10
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and tear of innocence-and he would have been
worthy of good place in heaven for the same, il
he had been wholly dsinterested and without ulti-
mate purpose or design. But--he had picked up
in his reading that good action deserved re-
ward and he had voted himself an agency in car
wing out the designs of Providence toward this
Asatic slave for whom European husband was
manifestly ordained. He would marry her.
Realizing all the promise of her lovely childhood,
profiting wonderfully by all the care and expense
lavshed upon her, the young Albanese passed six
years in the convent Of St and at the end Of
that time, was an accomplished Partisan, and little
or no mistake. Her talents alone equaed her re-
markable beauty. During the same period, the in
dustrious scholar had equally progressed, having
attained the object of his ambition, distinguished
name in science, and the means to live luxuriously.
He was decorated with orders, made " Hon.
Men," of various academies of scieEce and was,
in other similar respects. prepared TO give himself
to wife as gifishat was completed Alas that
there is one dish othaPpiness, husband, that wo-
man prefers underdone
"The spectator will OBSERVE" (for it is drama.
tic affair we recording, that there was certain
reasona bleDess in the good scholars expectations
Two hundred sequins " down. six years of pa
tience and expensive education, personal care and
correspondence, other matrimonial opportunities
foregone, dligent culture of his condition in life
meantme-all this, added to the name, house, car
riage, support for life, and connuhial devotion
which he proposed to give her-consttuted alto
gether what the Latins denomnated quid pro quo.
Many as young girl married an older man for
less But, unfortunately, all his honors and dis.
tnctions had left his ine1orable birthday Just as
far behind as usual, and there was-(gap awful,
over which love builds no bridge except Bridge
of Sighs)-forty years difference in their cruel ages
The moment arrived. The Lady Abbess of the
Convent gave up her charge, and she was informed
Of her happy lot" She received the news with
downcast eyes, and suffused complexion, as a
young lady well brought no is bound to do, and her
reply, was such as gratitude and modest knowledge
should properly inspire. The enamored scholar
was at the penitude of his bliss, and decided
(obligingly for boh) that the consummaiion of
their respective bessedness should take place at
certain early date.
As the world is constituted, the happy man
could not take home with him, of course, the un-
married lady he had bought, educated and en-.
gagged to espOuse. He was compelled strange to
say, to en'rust her to one of her sex, in whose
company she would see many men-rather than
retain her under his own charge, where she would
safely be confined TO one, and that one her be.
spoken proprietor. 1t is truly contradictory state
of civilization in which we pride ouraeves
Things standing thus-the Orientalist received
a commission from the Government to go upon
scientific errand of immediate consequence, and he
felt imperativey called upon to go. The absence
from Paris be but for six weeks a little less
than the time of betrothal. Making all sure by
leaving his measure for wedding garments with the
tailor and haberdasher he committed his fair fancee
to his intimate friend, the Countess who
was Just departing to entertain fashionable COM
pany OF friends her Chaueau on the banks of the
LOIRE and started on his mission with most of his
thoughts sticking fast to his painful Adieu.
The remainder of the story is of the ordinary
succession of events. The lovely Zoe became
instantly the rage amid the troop OF dandey who
had followed the Countess from Paris. Handsome
young men awakened in her mind no natural aver
SION. She danced, with or another, and was
lrresstibly happy-poor child. Time flew as it
had never before intmated that it could fly.
Letters announced that the distinguished scholar
was expected.
The telegraph brought the news of his coming.
with regret that he could not come on the same
wire. Rail-cars did their best and brought him.
He rushed to the Countesss, and - found her in
utter CONSERVATION Zoe was missing!
Had been gone twenty -four hours. + No
trace. n Conduct hitherto irreproachable X II
hadn't LETT sign of an explanatory letter.
Pressure of her form in the bed precisely as she
left it. Shoe string found at the garden
gate. y Temporary alteration of the intel
lect, perhaps. Time alone. 4, \ Trust
meekly in Heaven.
At the return of the fair fugitive few days
after, married to the Viscount E. de la c., her
could So well do a; Ct o eve e had s ssobhn he
w neither he did or no, has not yet come to the
knowledge of the gossips Of Paris. But one result
has been made public, since the law has no secrets
that the aggreved scholar has brought a suit
against the happy Viscount for her original
price and cost of education His own interior
damage, prevention of other marriage, etc., etc
are not nominated in the complaint but the plead
ings OF The case are likely to test certain rights and
privileges often analyzed in the judicial courts
Meantime, the incompar arably beautiful Viscountess
making her victorious entree to Parisian society
the belle OF the season. Home Journal