The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-30

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baths, you will join me. will await you
then in Tourraine.'
In short time Clementine was with her
mother in their lovely summer home. Be-
fore Mad. D left Paris, one of the
near relatives of M de F-called upon
her, declaring the sentiments of the young
man, and asking for him the hand of her.
lovely daughter, but she declined giving a
formal answer until she had seen the
young lady.
81 should have said yes, should | not,
and given NJ. Edmond my authority to
call upon you here?''
To the great surprise of Mad. D,
her daughter seemed embarrassed and an
swered evasiyely. At first she hesitated
to explain, but pressed by the questions of
the tenderest and most indulgent of moth
ers-who had ever been more like a sister
and friend to her--she decided to con6de
to her the secret Of her heart.
That tickle heart had changed again:
the wind Of finconstancy had blown it back
to its first love, and that in the simplest
manner imaginable. 1t takes very little
thing to call forth the caprice of woman!
During the last few days she spent at
the Pyrenees, Clementine met lady
friend of hers who spoke with enthusiasm
of her young cousin; and, after the most
insinuating eulogism, she added, care
lessly-
II did think he was going to marry you,
but rumor says he is much charmed with
Mile. de B.
No more was needed--the imagination
of the young Partisan filled up the picture
SO faithfully that it was the cousin who re-
ceived the invitation to pass few days in
Tourraine.
!. In the meanwhile Edmond wrote to
Mad. D His letter was as feeling
as respectful. He appeared to be deeply
Egrieved by the sudden coldness with which
Clementine had treated him at the time of
her leaving the baths. He begged to
know for what involuntary misdeed he
merited such punishment, and finally en-
treated to be permitted an interview with
Mad. D.
The mother, governed by her daughter,
prepared to dismiss the discarded aspirant.
She fulfilled her painful mission with all
the delicacy of good heart and with a
most charming grace. No softening cir
cumstance was spared by her compassion
ating soul.
She would not suddenly overwhelm the
unhappy young man with despair, but
prepared him by degrees for the blow
(which must strike him cruelty. By this
means correspondence was established;
several letters were exchanged which
would have made the fortune of a novel,
: for his contained prayers and tender com
: plants, acd hers ingenious evasions and
charitable consultations. AT last the final
, blow was to be struck. About this time
, Mad. D--was obliged 10 pass some
time in Paris, by the cares of law suit
She left Clementine in the country in the
| guardianship of some of her elderly rela-
: tives.
r Scarcely had she arrived in Paris, when
}, Edmond begged the favor of an audience
: Like all lovers, he would not give up al
: hope; SO Mad. D. granted the inter
: view
0 The young man lost no time. He was
r received by a young lady of the mos
!, charming appearance.
e "Pardon me! Madame said he, &c.
wish to speak to Mad. D.
n 81 am she, sir.
r ''But 1 would speak to Nal. D
: mother Of Mile. Clementine.'
r II am she, still, SIR
S If we had already gievn the portrait o
) Mad. D., one might understand Ed
d mond's astonishment.
: Married at sixteen, Mad. D wa
: scarcely double the age of her daughter
d She was thirty five, but no one woul
/ have thought her more than twenty-five
She was singularly fortunate in havinI
il preserved all the attractions of her earl
IS youth; the exquisite delicacy of her fea
Le fuses; the freshness Of her complexion; til
t. brilliancy Of her fine eyes, and the cas-
], and graceful carriage of her figure. Sh
ir was in every respecta charming woman
70 1t seemed impossible thst she could hav
lie a daughter of eighteen, and she was fre
,e quently, and without fattery, taken fc
r Clementine's sister, although there was nc
is the slightest resemblance between then
The daughter was dark; the mother fai
or Mad. D was small; Mile Clementin
ID large. The one gay, spirited and brillian
SO the other amiable quiet and ordinary
OF Gifted with somany advantages, had Mac
lie D wished to remarry, her only diff
as Guilty would have been to make choic,
y, but she did not wish it. She was n,
to fond of society, and lived in retiremen
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