Demoine courier., 1856-12-04

Pic COIulnIs poor JeAuHeu0 wns " 'ss
revived ~ sosi, upright on chair. whence
ws would not suffer her 10 raise. altho'
she made many elfor,s to do 90. Sill
was he, face concealed by her ousspread
hands. and her whole form was consuls-
ed with ,hs violence Of her sobs. We
know mol what consolation 10 offer, ~
:he cause of her deep emotion was alto.
gr,her = mystery 10 ". A, length the
struggle ceased. She sal q few moments
in periec, stiffness. while We stood al
len,y around her. perp'ex q. what was
psssing before us. Ono deep slgh es-
capped her and risinc up with an evident
effort from her seat, she clasped her
hand. together in The attitude Of suppli
cation. and with eyes ben, on the ground,
stood before Us pale .nd mo,ionless as .
marble statue. Oh! madam. will tell
you all. bu, then you will despiss me and
,hsie me-
We interrupted her with assurances
,ha, ,hi. was no, possible, bu, she seem.
ed neither TO hear ner TO hearken TO our
words. sill she stood in the same pale.
.,a,ue. like rigidi,s. and With hsr eyes
fixed on tbs groand. related to US the iol
loving story
You knew my husband. ladles--how
hanIsons and good he is. We were
nsig ghbors in our childhood. wen. to the
.sms school. aud played on the ssme
Village green. Before | WAS seventeen.
| proin,.sd 10 marry him; hu' We were
SO poor mat our parents said we must
wei, . hile an,ii We had earned ft,le
money to begin housekeeping. llowes-
er. sfter lilie time nv mo,hers hear,
melted, and she pursuaded my father TO
let us marry. .Pierron' said she. ',hey
will be more likely to work hard alter
.hey are married; 80, ike good man.
rss yonr consent My father though
somewhat rough TO others. was gentle
enough 10 my mother. ana che usually
20, her own way with him. So We wss.
MARRIED. continued she. with deep sigh.
and we though, ourselves tho happies'
being. in The world. when. soon after
wares. we we're both hired in the service
f a rich Enshsh lady and gentleman,
who hac jus, arrived al Berus. Il W.,
very easy place. AZ onr master ane
mi.,re.s passed mos, Of their time in
making excnreions, and we were let.
much Ia ourselves. Our master used
.ccs sionslv. 10 carry home ffcm III.
hank large bags Of dollars, anc lay them
,pon The Jra wing room table. and often
ses saw him and The lady take out sev.
erst a, time in care!sss way, just when
hey wanted them. One day Andre said
TO me. oh. Jsanne,,e. how happy We
should be il we had only tew Of ,hOss
dollars which our mss~r seems TO care
90 li.ls about Poor Andre mesnt n,
nsrm, in cay ing this, for there is mol ,
better or more pious man in Switzerland
than he H.; and az his words reached my
ear, wicked though, crep. in along
with them. and all ina, day. even when
was hard q, work; il occurred TO me
again and again how eassy j, would be
10 take some Of the dollars out oi lhe
hsy which ley on The table. ard how nv
master won,d never know il. or feel him
self the poores for il. That nigh, ! colo
no, say prayer on going 70 bed. NJ,
mind was TOO busily engaged about o'h'
er ,h,nss. Mex, morning. ON gong in'o
The drawing room. ! saw the gray linen
nag upon The table with sning ,iet
rsrelessiy around il. l ihough, j, wat
no harm jus. 10 open il. and look q, she
money. Oh! madam. il had only ,her
,urnec away from the semp,a,ion: Il hat
only then cried ou. 10 God for help! ad
ded she. buryins her face once more il
her hands, and burs,ing ,n,o an sgony o
,ears. Af,es few moments pause. sh.
raised up her head. and continued Lel
STORY 10 ,he same low YET intense tone a
heiore.
/ approached HE table, united .hs bag
took one Of The dollars in my. hand
looked ., il. and replaced il in ,hs bag
| A voice seemed 10 warn me 10 leave IN,
spot. ] drew back for moment, bu
again my husbands words sscurred =
my mind. and ! though. how happy |
Iinls of this wealth would make ~ both
, returned to the ,abla. and hastily open
ed the bag asain. took out one dollas. ans
then another. ,iec up the beg. and wen
away. The rex, Mms ! was aions will
my husband. | told him wha, bad done
He seemed shocked. and for the 6ss
time IA hls life spoke angrily " me. ant
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