Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-23
AParisiam story.

er we believed the tale, we should say,
seriously "not word oft" But it is still
well worth reading as specimen ofwha,
the French teuiiletonistes can manufacture.
when they set their wits to work. Here 1t
is:
During the first three years Of the reign
Of Louis Philippe, man inhabited a
magnificent hotel in Faubourg St Honore,
not far from the place 5eauveau. His for
tune was immense, his disposition satur-
nine. He saw no one, and occupied a
small apartment on the ground floor, which
apartment was decidedly the most unhos-
pitable in Paris. As for the other rooms
in the hotel, they were always empty and
closed. This strange parsonage went out
every day at midday, and returned at A
O'Clock in the afternoon; the rest of the
time he was invisible. His only relatives
lived at Pcrigord. with the exception of a
nephew whom he had brought to Partisan
sent to college, handsome boy, active
and bold, and fair as a Saxon. The uncle
and nephew dined together every Sunday,
and after dinner the old man said to the
young one, slipping louis dor into his
hand, You will be my heir, and the in
herltance consisted of seven or eight mil
lions at least Every Sunday and Thurs
day morning the proprietor of the place
Beauveau received a visit from beautiful
and elegantly dressed woman. She al
ways came in carriage, entered the gar.
den; and returned at noon on Sunday, and
on Thursday at midnight. On no other
day was she seen at the hotel. This state
of things lasted for some years. The
scholar was growing into young man;
the single louis had been replaced by a
double one, land still the old man said, You
shall be my heirl' 10 which the nephew
sometimes replied, Heir or not have time
to wait
The truth is, that the millionaire was as
dry as rattan, green as abunch Of holly,
and strong as an oak. One Wednesday
they found him dead in his bed. A char.
coal fire, half consumed, burnt on the
hearth; there had been asphyxia, Or con
gestion of the brain. Justice came and
sealed up everything. The relatives duly
notified come, aud before witnesses pro
ccedcd to the opening Of the desk where
the papers otthe dcfunct We're kept. A
viii, written in the testators own hand ,lcfi
as sole lcgatee, the lady who had paid the
Sunday and Thursday visits to the hote
of the Place Bcauveau, and with the single
charge Of an annuity of two thousand four
hundred francs 10 the nephew of the de.
ceased. The family tried to set aside the
will. A thousand rumors as to the cause
ofthe sudden death prevailed; but spite OF
r,imors and law proceedings the lady was
maintained by the tribunals in possession ol
the goods and chattles which constitute the
wealth of the millionaire. The nephew,
who should have had an income of three
or four thousand francs, had only an an
nuity of one hundred louis. Rich, he
would have been asportsman: poor, he be-
came sailor.
Eight or ten years rolled on. The sal
iur; in cruising around the world, had doub.
led his small fortune. Chance led him to
Paris, and having at the moment no voy-
age to make to Vera Cruz or Calcutta, he
paradcd the Boulevard believing that a
IlldH W HO Hdu Ilhc vi siA tHousdUu HNits
has a good right to bask in the sun.
One day, while crossing the Tuillcries,
he met young girl he thought the most
beautiful he had ever seen. He followed
her, without thinking any harm, to her re-
sidence in the Rue de Bac. The next day,
and without any settled purpose, the sail
or was again traversing the garden of the
Tuilcrics. The same woman and young
girl were walking ,.ere again. He caught
the young girls eye, and she blushcd 'cc-
estial rosy red The same thing took
place for several successive days; but on
Sunday. instead of going to the Tuileries,
he betook himself to St Thomas d'Aquin,
where, at the first glance, he caught sight
of a little white bonnet and a little brown
head, from which he could not turn his
eyes. Although bold and resolute as a
rover, the sailor was, by nature, sentimen-
tai and romantic. One day the young girl
dropped bouquet of violets, which he
pounced upon ard wore next TO his heart
as ialisman
Ma lai,' said he to himself ono morning.
Il should like to have that little girl for my
wife. Imust set about making inquiries
on the subject
The result Of which was that he learned
that the young girl was Immensely rich,
and with sigh he said:
Bon ifshe had been poor night have
married her; but rich as a fairy, it is i'm
possible
Thercupon he bit lis mustachc and
went home to pack up his travelling traps.
His trunk packed, he went TO bed, and be-
fore sleep had visited his cyclids he deter
mined 10 put continent between his be-
witchcr and himself The next morning
a hurried note was handed him, requesting
him to call ut the office of certain notary
without moments delay.
1T is probably an engagement TO take
some ship out to China said the sailor as
he went to the notary's.
Monsieur said the notary, who wore a
white crd3at ard gold spcciacles, like the
noiaries Of the Gymnasc, you go frequent
ly to the Tuilerics, and to St. Thomas d.
AquinP
i do replied the sailor, slightly trou-
bled by this exordium.
You have often met there young girl,
accompanied by mlddlc-aged wouan!' 2
Always
The young girl seemed TO please your
Immensely
In short, you love her.
Yes, SIR
And yor would Ike to marry herr.
L
We'll, sir, the matter can be arranged
DO you ihink!'
Certainly. My business is to think.
But she has seven or eight millions
Ten SIR
And have nothing
You exaggcrate; you have an income
of four thousand eight hundred hrres.'
"A mere drop in the ocean,