Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-26
STAR.
COR ALLIE;
OR Owe AND xgAR

Severe'S PensiOnnat for young ladies' tall
white, imposing building, a BELTS its char
acter and purpose. AlmUSt rUIrventual dise-
pline is observed at Malame Severe's the
young ladies are supposed to know nothing OF
tho gay doibgs in their neighbOrhood But rs
they pace round and round the monotonous
garden, their youthful lima SiBations @ wan
dering to an extent little dreamed of by their
revered dircctress or their reverend confesSOr
Love, lovers, and weddings are, sad 10 say,
the staple of the conversation of that nearly
grown up pair OF friends, yhisperirg e as they
walk. They are in fact, discussing their pretty
under acher.
$50 away, my dear" says Miss Sixteen to
Miss Twelve, who comes Bounding up to her
''Bat what are you two whispering about ?''
asks little Curiosity
Never mind, my dear, says Miss Import
ance, unconseieusly initiating her OWN nam
ma s way of sending herself out Of the room ON
the arrival of a confidential friend. $50 and
play at Les Graces with Louise. -
"And So as l was saying" continues the
Oldest girl OF the school, Madame called her
down to give her the letter; and you can [
think how awfully she blushed. l am sure
she knew the hand" 4" --. '.-s-
And now the confdante wonders if Made
noiSelie can be really eng gcd, aud who To !
None OF the masterS, that's certain for she
never speaks to any of them, not even t
Mons Ernest, the drawing master who has
more than once limited what a capital study
NJ ldemoisele Fischer's head would make
The two girls think great deal IF this Mons
Ernest. Schoolgirls generally do place
glory reand the head If one or other of the
gentlemen who have the honor Of teaching
hem. pretty young creature once ownca
herself to be desperately in love, as she called
| II; with her harp-nIaster, little elderly man
IN Yellow slippers who thoroughly despIsed
| Ter T. r her want Of musical talent
COralie WAS tall, and had a commanding
carriage; her large eyes were black, a velrct
black, soft net sparkling, with clear depth
nto which 1t was pleasant t. gaze: her COLI
p!eXIon, OF rich brown; AID h,r wel.-shaped
head, perfect marvel Of glossy braids au1
plaits. An elegant and accomplished girl
she was nevertheless filling the situation f
! under-teachcr in Madame Seyere's school,
| with sal3ry Of three hundred fsacs, ort tgelye
pounds year, for which she eng ged t.
teach grammar. history, &c grapby, writing.
| cyphcriLg, and neeile-work VI every dcscrip.
uon, to about twenty pupils, whom she was
expected never to lo,e sight Of during the day
| mot even IN their play hours and, merove T,
being required every morning 10 brush the
aair ,ot this score # o0>tr, perCus school girl
The half Of Sunday, once a fortnight was th ,
only holiday CGraife was allowed during tn.
hail year ---..
Gated girl Cf twenty-five. However, Jralie
| had endured it unaIrchir gly for four years,
and looked plump and rosy still. Coral.e was
wal lrg with all the faith Of a pure heart
for the return Of her afianced husband
year more and he would be back; and as
that Thought rises, how she bows her biushing 2
face, and lays her hand over her heart, as il
the strong beats must be seen by some of
the tiIeSome mothers chcrubs round her
chair '-'.-f -.
-C2ralie was an orphan Her father, e med
| zeal man, had died when tAc cAolyra Was rag
ing in Paris He had been respected by hl !,
Professional brethren, ant as q matter of
| course, beloved by his clientele. What doctor
! Is not! the family doctor, We mean.
Poor DR., Fischer died. Just as his prosperous
days had set in, leaving Il widow and a little
girl TO the tender mercies Of the world Aad
the Wild was tempered to these shOrn lambs :;
some Cf the many kind hearts Of DR.. Fischer 5
patients obtaining for the widow tho right t.
sell tobacco and snuff. which ena bled that
poor lady To support herseli, and have her
COralle educated.
When Coralie was seventeen Eugene pcroud
one day came to pay his respects to Madame
Fischer. lie called himself CJIalie unoie,
being the son OF Or. Elscher's step-motheT by
her marriage. Madame Fischer therefore
called him mon fters, ard MadC moiselle Cora
he at the beginning said, mon OKcle, very re-
spectfully.
This state of things lasted but a very short
time. Though there was abundance Of reason
Tor questioning the relationship, there was
none at al for dOuOtng that NJ Peroud was
very handsome and only twenty-SeVen. The
assumed urcleship allowed Of unusual inti-
macy, ana Coralie'S heart was irrstrievai u
gone betbre she knew she had heart To lose.
Eugene lett Uf pettins her, and distressed her
greatly by calling her MademO;seile. Was
be angry with herr
After various hesitatiOns, whether ''-t0 put
1t to the touch, to win, or lose all, E1gene
made the mamma acquainted with the cSndt-
tion of his affections A cabinet council Of
the confess II and one or two distant relations
ot the Fischer far.ily was held, aud then ii
was graciCuSly announced to tie anxious lover
that his cause was won. Then ii came out how
very stupidity every one had acted in N aking
huSeHe into an uncle for though IL WAS Il
lowed on all hands that be was Il mere pre-
tence Of an uncle, still the pretence was sub
stantIat enough for the confessor 70 declare
that a diSpensation in form must be 0btained
before the marriage could be seIemn nized.
The lovers were vexed and provoked; but it
must be owned, that as they met daily 70 talk
ever their plans and pFovecatiens, time did
MT hang ieHg over their heads. X.
As lt always happens, no, sooner is mar
ri3gc decided on, than host Of difficulties
snow their hydra heTds IN the paths TO its re
al4zatien- Ihe sfdtituat rnstefna al affection of
the church of Rome, produced number. one
and the temporal maternal affection of Mad
anne Fischer, number two; and the bride
groom : love of bis. profession, numbsr three
Bat Crralio was a sir. IN a Il. h.usdai, without
any selfshness in her. love, at least, if there
were slight dash Of it, 1t was d Seifshnes; n
'deH.r Tue. case was this; Eager Peroud
though ot a good bourgeois family, was, al
the time we are writing Of only a sergeant in
-onecf the regiments Of the line Its a eJrn-
mon practice In France, for young men very
respectfully connected, to enter the army as
prlyates, and To work their Way up t. Z COM
mission. Now Eugene, besides having every
reason totexpeet his promotion within a rra-
eonable time, had his life rent OF a thousand
fra4es,a year about fOrty pounds Of English
money, ami, 50 Coia'ie considered she, was
making 50 rich a IN frriage, for girf without
a SOU OF aowry, that she light be suspected Vi
i95etested pIouKes. Like many other mampas
MadPme Flsgter was # a precisely opposite
opinion t > her dfugater. SSAe thought thai
Gsralie was throwing Lerseif away & ...-r'