The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-30
From the Model American Courier.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER;
TIL EtINCoN STAN T.

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Among the crowd of gay and beautiful
creatures who thronged the fashionable
summer resort. the baths of the Pyren-
lees, during the last unusually brilliant
season, one could not fail to notice young
and. lovely Partisan, Mile, D, who
had come there with her uncle and aunt,
evidently more in search of amusement
than for her health.
Her beautifully rounded figure and
blooming complexion showed that she
could not need the healing benefits of the
waters. Mile. Clementine D., who
had attained the charming age of eigh-
teen, had, the previous winter, been intro
duced into society in the drawing rooms
of some of the most distinguished resi-
dents Of Paris, and in this school had her
education been completed.
- In Paris, young girls quickly learn the
ways Of the world, and specially to those
to whose naturally apt dispositions and
shrewd perceptions are added an elevated
position, and the all-powerful quality of a
: rich heiress which gives address and con-
fidence to the most retiring. One winter
is sufficient to give them judgment, taste,
tact and charm Of conversation and de;
pertinent, making them most accomplish
2 ed women. Mile. D-possessed con-
siderable inheritance from her father who
had been dead some years, and, should hel
mother, who was as wealthy as herself
not remarry, her fortune bid fair to be
!, doubled, one day.
Almost adored, humored, indulged il
every caprice, it was only necessary fol
Clementine to hint her desire to accompa
nv her aunt to the baths to obtain he
mothers consent, although she herself wa
prevented from joining them. In this de
lightful resort the young Partisan found
the scenes of the previous winter repeat
ed-a numerous and select company en-
lvened by fetes, concerts and balls; anc
herself surrounded, fattered and ad
mired.
/. Among the young men who paid thei
court to her and offered themselves a
competitors for her hand, M. Edmond d
F--received the most encouragement
He wasa young man of good family, rich
handsome and intelligent. Feeling thei
responsibility, the uncle and aun. wrote
Mad. Do of the affairs. Clementin
also, in her letters to her mother, spok
much of M. de F, and declared hel
self very much inclined to accept him a
s. her husband a3q
saaj This news surprised Mad. D., fc
~ she knew that her daughter had accepte
the addresses of one of her cousins, ais
ea a very fine young man; but she did nc
know that a cloud had overshadowed th
ta old love, and that while her cousin We
travellingi in Switzerland, the young LADY
released from her engagement, was free I
was panied by this new proof of the ligh
!. ness and Inconsistency of her daughter
character; but as she ever left her mistre
Do of herself, and free to dispose of her oH
hand, she contented herself with mar
gentle remonstrances. These producer
- no effect, she hastened to make the nece
sary inquiries concerning M. de F
which, in every case resulted very credi
ably to the young man. All praised hir
g" He united every quality mother cou
desire in the husband of herchild. Ma
p found nothing to object to.
off the season were not SO far adva
cad," wrote she, ~ would meet you
the Pyrenees; but the time draws ne