Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-19
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y iasesy rtasnsi frna foreign service,
snuM remain - hons Tor ssrne mepths.
Nor. bower<s, tswas suddsnty ordTel 10 |
Aasiers. Passonsscly as Eugene desired !
ss.sisafs Distinction. M he nos saw al Co |
fssss,s tsnsesEsh devotion, be felt almost In
eiinci 70 felInqaish every ambitious hope for
her dear SAX,
ssYna rnnss %, ESssns.' abe said. when
be- cxpresse1 scsae feeling If this kind.
..Yoa must 90. we have dslayed too long for
any otlse. DECISION now. Nv brayc Eugene,
q. brave .. Bagard himself, must be Ike
him, mol only sdas peGr hu. saaa reproehe.
/ caud NOT lore Eugene rs do, mother !
,1rning 10 Madame Fi-rhrr. Who was mn.-
ma.ing SONS opposition, ST said othsr-
awoundsds sisimsi !? lid Jou sars Aa
we'll, 90 ,hs: he comes back will be has
crutsh, baton de 50 uselicsss,n and sha press
ed if.r lovers strong arm On hers, Gushing
escr brow and bnsorn With the effort to sub
due natural searnings, natural lears, Catch
ias % a terrible word whispered by the mo-
8 her. che flung her arms round his neck, cry
ing. .sNo, no, he will not die-he cannot
dis: bu,. even 90, il Is soldiers Iuty to die
for his eauntry, and Eugene will do his duty
and Corai;e will do hers. Poor heart. how
Il aa;vcrs,i, and how the tongue FILTERED, as
it smoke these brave words. No one knew
the hard victory over self Coraiie had won.
She--hcrsc.f, only realized it when the fsh.
was over. and she was left TO long days Of
alternate anxiety and hope.
Madame Fischer had prophecied more tru-
IL Of herself than she bad intended. After
what seemed mere cold, she almost sadden-
" died. The reyersion of her license had
only bern talked about, and not secured, so
Coralie. at eighteens found herself afoncgin
Paris, her whole dependence q few, very few
pounds the poor, mother had pinched herself
for years 70 Law by for her child's dot.
The brave hearted Corale went at once to
those ladies who had befricnded her mother.
She told them Of her engagement; she was
very proud of being the promised wife of
Eugene Peroud.S She knew how Willingly he
would hive given her his thousand francs a
year, but she wouti rather try and support
herself until she actual.y became his wife,
Her mothers Swings Corale wished laid
aside to be used as that dear lost one had
mean. sf44 rs i5ss Faa s.s
The ladies' applied to their nicces or daugh-
ters, at Madame Severe's. and through their
exertions Coralie was received as sous moi
trrsse. For four wears had Coralie brushed
hair, picked out mis-shaprn stitches, beard
unlearned lessons stammered through, and
| corrected incorrigible exercises. "A letter
| from Eugen, suf6ced to cover all her head
md heart weariness. What a delight, the
| first letter had been-she peered at every
| word, till she learned the trick of every let
| ter, how he ossed his t's and dotted his is
the handwriting, indeed, seemed to her
| different from all other handwritings.-
| Countless were the times the thin paper was
| unfoldsd, to make sure that he had really
nut that fond word where she thought, and
carefully was it re-folded, and not parted
| with night nor day. until another and anoth-
| er no less dear followed. Each, in turn
usurping its predecessors throne. AT last
she received the long looked for news; Eu-
gene had won his epaulet.es in open fight,
/ anil been noticed by the Prince himself
II " Coralie cried for jov and how Ma
dame Severe scoldcd her for having flushed
| cheeks. s,- L'z,s,s,
Time went steadily on, hurry ny himself for
no one. and now Eugene writes of MS return
/ in another wear as CERTAIN Ayear! Who,
after thirty, says with heartfelt confidence,
only another year, and then! This certain
ty of soon: having husbands protection
| softened to Coralle the annoyance OF ltAv.
ing Madame Severe. Not that Coralie had
4 any affection for that prim unreasonable Ia
! dy; but she would have borne almost any
thing to be permitted the shelter of re-
spectacle roof till Eugene came to claim her,
WHY Madame Severe had such an antinathy
to the handsome, healthy, smiling girl, sour.
ageous and independent in her nearly me-
NAL situation, let naturalists explain: Toe
| independent perhaps was the under-t teacher
with no, a scrap Of that twining and cling.
ing of parasite plants which, whether be vii
or no, embrace and hold fast the rugged
knotty oak until they make him subservien
to their support. '@+&"
Coralie had proved her courage by remain
ing so many years dVddse for Madame Sc.
we're, but the proud spirit could not brook
the chanca of being discharged rs anill be
haved servant, and Madame Severe had no
been sparing In hints that she must either re-
sign or be dismissed. f ST. s}E#'
So Mademoiselle Fischer left the pension
nat for young Indies, and bv the advice o
Madame Ferey, one of those who had shown
most interest in her at the time of her mo
theirs death, she resolved to try what she
could makeof adav-school for children, rath
err than run the risk Of encounterins another
Madame Severe. There was no time fo
much bordering +; the poor cannot afford th'
luxury of hesitation; so Coralie at once
hired n couple Of rooms in one of the small
streets running into the Rue st. Honere--t
neighborhood Astounding in small shops ant
populous with small children. To furnish
these rooms, sorely against her wishes, ou
young school mistress had to expend her mo
theirs savings. Coralie had no morbid sen
sibility, but she sorrowed over this infringe
meut Of her dead mothers wishes asif tina
mother could have been panied by the deed
She listened thankfully to Madame Ferey
who said the furniture would be rs good
dot as the money, and tried to look satisfied
her Judgment was convinced, but not he
heart. @ saeFH so aes ,i
Madame Ferey went with her to the up
holsterer's to choose the walnut wood furn
iture. that object of ambition to youn!
housekeepers. Madame Ferey says she shall
never forget Coralie's face on that day, wit
its variations Of sunshine and cloud; Will
the Arm, well-poised figure, the impersona
ton Of youthful sigor, contrasted so charm
ingly with the blushing, huttered manner
which betrayed to her friend how CONSTANT
the thought of the absent one entered in
the choice of one OF another article. On
chair, quite large reading chair, Cerali
would have. Should it be covered? Oh
no! She would rather work a. cover for it,
ga piece Of extravaganza said she to Ma
dame Ferey. but it will last all our lives, an,
Eugene ought to have one. Don't youthin
30 ?'' And all sorts of fairy visions wer
dancing before Coralie's eyes as she spoke
Madame Ferey had taken up Coralie's in
terests in real earnest, and had, by dint Q
severe canvassing, procured several littl
scholars. 1t was agreed that the usua
monthly charge of FIVE francs should Away
he paid in advance. IS This !considerate ar
ransements saved Coralie from running int
debt at the beginning, and before the end o
the FIRST three months she was enjoying
great gale of prosperity. Tho mothers g
her first pupils so boosted of her skill i
teaching reading and writing, but, above all
Of the wonderful stitches she taught thei
} daughters. that he. little school prospere
beyond all her cxI ectations. Coralie eve
thought she should soon need larger roor
and an assistant; but she would wait no,
for Eusenc's advice. Perhaps he might no
like her to keep u school after they were mar
ried. In his last letter he had bid her writ
no more, for the regiment was under order