The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-02-12

ioSest above Thy station; IL thou hast wi
courage. and discretion, ! can secure 1
thee the realization of thy ssnganc hopes
and the sole condition ! ask in return |,
that thou shalt be steadfast in thine ow
ends. | shall demand from thee solem
oath 10 marry her whom thou lowest; 4
bear her to thine own home on her weddin,
night.
~ am serious--if thou wouldst lear,
more, lose no, n moment, but follow tn
bearer OF the letter, to thy friend and IN
iron, Charles Bg.usrANr'
With his whole soul made chaos by IN,
d'sd"in OF Pauline, Claude Melnotte foun,
himself ready tool for tho revenge of hi.
tenp,ers. Pauline had tramplcd upon :
worm-ss worm he nov turned to sting
ner lie 0cepted the bargain offered b,
beanseant; and in DUE time was introdu.
ced to the pompous mother and scornfu
daughter, AS His IIighness, the Prince oil
Como II was all over with them--he
came--he saw--he conquered; and not
many days after his arrival. he was already
promised the hand of Pauline.
In the family there was cousin Of Mas
dame Deschappelc's, Colonel Dumas, a
"'''' %, p'"'e III ACTON as ne was !" speech
One day in conversation with Pauline,
Claude heard that she was proud of her
connection with this relative, howbei,, that
D"''"s was soldier OF 'oftune-one who
OWED ms position TO merit not b'rth-one
VINO hsu risen Nand IN two years. from the
ranks to his present grade. Taking ad'
vantage of the opportunity, Claude was
endeavoring to ins'l into the mind OF Pau.
line the old aud classical sentiment that
virtue Is nobility, when she observed to
hum iondly;
cannot iorego pride when look on
thee and think that thon lowest me. Swce.
Prince, tell me again OF thy palace, near
the lake OF Como-it isso pleasant to hear
OF thy splendonr, since thou didst swear to
me that they would be desolate without
Pauline; and, when thon describcst them,
il is with n hooking lip, and a noble scorn.
as If custom had made thee disdaiu great.
ness"
Evading the request Of Pauline, Claude
proceeded to describe home which he did
1
Nv, ,"Y "' Fos' es'e' -,
Nay, dearcA, nay said he, " if thoe
"o"''s' nav, m'e pant ''' no",e 70 winch,
coa.u 'oVe,uin' US prayers 'n's ha"o wou'u
'eao 'nee' listen useP 'aie' s"u' OUT ny
the Alpine hills, from the rude world near
lake, margined by fruit OF gold, and
Whispering "'yfues' s,ass'ns so'' sore s"','
a. e'ouu'ss , s,p T , ,a'' a"" '"''
NJ. QUO, rLoma - ,,n,n,u,rJ Pan.
,;,e w
a nalaee continued Claude. "liiine
to eternal summer il. marble walk, from
ou, n glossy bower of coolies, foliage mu.
steal with birds, whose songs should syla.
bic thy name. At noon we d sit beneath
the archpg vines and wonder why earth
should no, be happy, while the heavens still
left Us youth and love. We d have no
friends that were not lovers no ambition
save to excel them all in love-we d read
no books ,ha, were not tales Of love; that
we might smile to think how poorly elo'
qucnce of words translate the poetry of
hearts like ours. And when night came,
.miAs, the brcathlcss heavens, we d guess
what star would be cur home when love
becomes immor,al while m perumed
lish, stole through mis,s Of alabas'er lamps,
every air was heavy with the signs OF or
anue grove, and music from sweet lu'es,
and murmurs of low fountains that eusb
forth in the mids, Of roses Love; dos1
'hon IKE the P,e'a'e' p..,,a. .oolv Gas