Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-25
THE LArEsr BIZ or PaRIs.AN GossIp

! THE LATEST BIZ OF PARIssAs GossIP
IA marriage took place, recently a
| the church Of the Madeleine, in Paris
(which excited the curiosity of a portion
tof the population. of that gay. city 70
The long period of at sleast'tEenty-fou
lhours,, The, bride was pretty. ant
piquant, with a robe, from the best 0
Partisan dress makers, and8 blaze o
diamonds. Z The husband lbsd three
fold her years, and awore awig, which
concealed imperfectly enough the raya-
ges of long and loose life, S9he ankle
ty Of the lookers;o4 was 6pr2f relieved
by some injudicious acquaintance o.
the parties, who surrendered to them
the following funny particulars; ~ 9l
Mademoiselle Viola was pretty as
we said, and .piqusnt. She was well
connected, but was not blessed with a
rich parentage, and could have little
hope Of a heavy dover. But her face
and grace brought admirers; among
them a certain Monsieur Telfaire,
young, hopeful, and weak enough, as
the story goes, to form serious attach
ment for pretty woman Of one-and-
twenty, who had neither fortune nor
expectations. Mademoiselle Viola, who
was the subject of this attachment, had
grown blndly and injudiciously into a
reciprocation Of this feeling; and be-
tween themselves, their engagement
was counted secured. Neither could
boast of fortune; but both had youth;
and rational affection seemed to ce-
ment the tie. But the love, or the
what-not, kept him and kept her. long
while, to their plighted faith. At
length, on an evil day he counted
them very gleeful, the lover learned
that an old batchelor uncle of his own,
who had long lived quietly in the me-
tropolis, in very humble quarters, had
suddenly become possessed, by his ven-
lures at the Bourse, (the great stock
Exchange of Paris) of q vast fortune.
He was his only heir; and, from the
kindly way in which he had been al
ways met by the new-made millionaire,
could have no doubt that his inheritence
was secured SIMON .,-r..e- --..- ,a..
This security made him ponder sage
ly-a fortune in Paris opens brilliant ex-
pectations, both matrimonial and other
wise. The pretty girl he had loved
could boast no eoronet in her name;--
by young man of amiable feeling and
coronets were matters Of purchase, espe.
cially filll purse. In Short, quietly
and gradually the young Monsieur Tel
faire discontinued hisvisits; he purchas-
ed dashing equipage; he was seen in
the beau monde; he wrote an exculpato-
ry line to his betrothed-concealing in
deed, the change in his moneyed pros
pects-lamenting that they were both
without resources; fearing their mar
riage might prove sad one to her; pro-
posing, in gentle, terms, the common
REIMBURSEMENT of their promises until
better times should dawn.
Mademoiselie Viola, with something
of woman's softness perhaps, had a
French tfneSse, and felt very yYengefully,
as French woman will, her wounded
pride. Her reply was collected even
to gaiety;. she recognized fully the JUS
tice of his conclusions, admired the can
dor of his action, and released him from
his promise.
Never was Mademoiselle Viola more
gay and lively than the summer past;--
never was her dress so chaste; never
her smiles more abundant Most of
all, her attraction of manner was
layished upon an old gentleman of six
ty years, who wore wig that but lily
concealed the burrows in his face. A
bachelor, and newly admitted into the
coveted regions Of the Chassee d'Antin.
he was bewitched by the grace and the
beauty of the pretty Mademoiselle Vi
ola, who honored him with such marked
regard In short, she won her way to
the heart Of old the millionaire, and in
such triumphal way that she made her
own terms Of eonquest--secured the
settlement of his whole fortune in case
Of his death upon herself; and. in this
way, had the satisfaction of taking a
womanly vengeance upon her former
over, who, by her marriage in the
had become the penniless
dependent upon his uncle--her hus-
band. tf- a fr- a-r,.e.
The story is unquestionably true,
'ince the parties are said to be living
,n the second floor of the house which
stands at the corner of the Rue de Ia
Chassee d'Atin and the Boulevard,
where they can be seen any day in the
week by those who know them.
EF The London Weekly Times /
peaking Of President Pierce's last an
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