New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-05
SISTER ROSE.
From Household Words.

CHAPTER /.
"Wen Monsieur Gullaume, what is the news tins
tveningl" ....
"None that | know of Monsieur Justin, except that
rsoemoiselle Rose Is TO be married tomorrow.
"Much obliged, my respectable old friend for so
Interesting and unexpected a reply 10 my question.
ron,iderng thar am the valet Of Monsieur Danville
Who plays the distinguished part OF bridegroom IN the
little wedding comedy to which you refer, thnk
may assure you, without ofiense, ina, your news
10 far as concerned, of the stalest possible KIND
Take pinch Of snuff, Monsieur Guilaume, and e1-
cuse me If inform you that my question referred 10
public news and NOT TO the private affairs OF the Two
fsmilies whose household interests We ha'e 'e p0""
uJe Of promoting ,
~ don't upderstand what you mean by such
nhrasa as nromotpg household interests, Monsieur
Justin am the servant Of Monsieur Louis ir SIT.
dame who lives here with his sister Msdemoiselle
Rose You are the servant of Monsieur DanVile,
whose excellent mother has made up the ma,on loI
him with my young lady. AS servants Doth oil US tIe
niesssntest news we can have any concern with Is
news inst is connected with the happiness OF our mas
ters have nothing to do with public Affairs auu.
hs;no one of the old school, make 1t my main opecl
In life TO mird my own business ii ou nonleiy "
ne.tic politics have interest for you, ao" me 70
express my regret and TO wish you very gooo
Paldon me, my dear Sir; have not the slightest
respect for the old school or the lest synyathy win
people who only mind their own business. However,
fsccent your expressions Of regret; l reeprocate
,onr Good evening; and trust to 6nd you improved
n temper. dress manners and appearance the next
sieur Guillaume ana Nive Ia Daga'ehe
rbsse scraps of dialogue were interchanged on
,ov.Iv summer evening, in the year seventeen nun
Sr.d ard eghty-niDe before the back door OF smal
bonse which stood on the banks OF the Seine. ABOUT
three miles westward of the city of Rouen. The one
sneaker was lean, old grabbed ana soveyi te other
was plunp Young, oly.mannered, and dre'sea IN the
most gorgeous livery costume OF tne poL1n.
DAYS of e1uine dandy ism were then rapidly approach
-; ali aver the civilized world; and Monsieur justin
Us in his own way dressed TO perfection, living
illustration Of the expiring glories OF his epooh'
After the old servant had left him, ne occupied
t;,nsef for a few minutes in contemplating super
r;onslv encuph the back view OF the litle mouse pc
fore which he stood Judging by the WINDOWS I Nv
moi contain more than six or eight rooms III al. III
sssd of stables and OuihOuses, there wss cohserNa
80. .t.sch.d IN the building on one side and low,
LONG room built Cf wood gaiy panied on lhe Otle5'
One OF lie windows Of this room was ei' une
ard through il could be eeen, on sor' OF oIeSsal u
49, hottles filed with strangely colofed hqu,,us
stsred ueusils If brass and copper, one emu Oh
slarle furpsce and other objects, which plalay pro
clair Cd that he apartment was usea a. oueIi''
laboratory. -, ..,,,. h;,nsalf in
such place ss t.as with cooking drugs s.9cepAns,
mutt.red Monsieur Justin, peeping in'o Tue IVoH ~.
am the lsGsc particular man IN the UNIVERSE ou
must say Wish we're not gong 70 nc pIt
BY marriage with an amateur spotDec1y' %"
car smell the place through The Sindof. ,,.t.,L
With these words Monsieur Justin turned BE Gs IN
the laboratory in disgust and saunered 10" u '"'
cDrs OverbaDgDR the fiVer. -, .o.o Ia
Leaving the garden attached TO the house; no
sscendes some genty.rsing ground by wllo, ,bs
path. Arrived al the summit, the whole viz" oi 'nS
Seine with its lovely green islands its banks irlngea
with trees lite gliding boats and little scattered wafer
ace cottages, opened before him. Westward, Wn.te
NE level country appeared beyond the iurtnei al. I'm
Of the river, the landscape was all aglow win tue
crimson Of the setting sun. Eastward, the long
shadows and mellow intervening lights, the red glory
NAT quyeIed on the ripping water the steady Iuoy
hre glowing on cottage windows that reflected the
level sunlight led the eye onward and onward, aong
ne vi0oings Of the Seine, until il rested upon the
spires towers and broadly -uaseed houses of Rouen
viii the wooded bile rising beyond them for back