The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-14

fsred me anything like to ask, to pick
out what bits of paper she pleased
A sudden light now beamed upon
Delannoy.
Can you tell IRE who this por'on is ?
said he.
Let me sec. think she is servant
to family who is coming to live at
Corbiel.
Is her name Mariettc p
Il think it is, sir
'And yet said Dslannoy to himself,
lit is very unlikely that Maristte should
know anything at all about the matter,
and have just cems.on purpose to fore
stall mo. However, l must crossques-
ton her.
He then again repaired to the station,
and went to Paris, and on reaching home
it was Mariette who opened the door.
'You went to Corbeil to buy bundle
Of papers of fruit woman in the Rue
Saint Spirc,' said he.
Don't attempt to deny it. I know
all about it,
Indeed, sir'-began Mariotte.
Did your mistscss send you = inter
rupted he.
Marictto cast hor fingers and only
muttered some inartculato words.
will you give me an answer = thund-
cred forth Delannoy, whose patience
was quite exhausted
Maricttc began to cry.
'Pray forgive me- said she. Il am
an honest girl for all that don't turn
me away thought it was part of my
lawful profits indeed, l did not think
there was any harm in it,
8 Is the girl stark, staring, mad = said
Delannoy, pacing up and down tho rsOu
in double quick timo.
Tho door opened, and Madam Dclan
noy entered.
Ne, sir, Marietts is net mad sait
she; and she does her duty In ow ming ;
fault which might have led to seriou,
consequences; but I hope you will for
give her at my request.
Delannoy's blood was boiling in hi
veins.-What, thought he, was ho t.
forgive Marietts for And why was b,
to forgive at the request of'a wife whe
required forgiveness to herself
Leave US alone,' said Valentine, tc
her maid.
l assure you, sir, I'll never do SC
again said Marictte, leaving the room
Here it is said Valentine, handing
aPaper to her husband.
The paper was fragment of a letter
exactly fitting the scrap already pos
sessed by Delannoy. Ha uttered an ex
clamation of joy, and fell on his Wife
neck. The address, when completed, !,
ran thus ITO Monsieur Delannoy
Post Restante, Toulouse
A few years before, Delannoy had
travelled to the south of France.
Il am truly happy said he ; but
L can't yet understand how it all came
about
This is easily explained said Val
entine. When Mariette was arrang
ing things, we sent to tho house at Cor
bell; she found quantity of old papers
and thought to turn a penny by sellin,
them. Among them were the letters
wrote to you when you were staying a
Toulouse. The poor girl has an homes
heart, 80 we must forgive her for havin.
taken so uuwarrantable liberty in th
ono instance, particularly as she cam,
and confessed what she had done, will
many tears, when she found, on over
hearing your passionate outbreak thi
morning, how much mischief she had oc
casioned. l then dispatched her at ono
to Corbeil, and you know the rest
Delannoy now expressed the hope
that his wife would overlook his trans
gressions as easily as sho seemed incline,
TO pardon Maristte's fault. OF cours
Valentine would not lose the opportuni
ty.of lecturing him little on the evil
Iof Jealousy, and so forth-would SD
have been woman if she had not =
but the end oft was, that, like all othe
women, she flushed by forgiving a ro
pentant sinner.