The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-23
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A ROMANTIC SKETCH

ROMANTIC SKETCH.
One cold foggy day in the month of Novem
Der, 1897, the Fayorite " an omnibus run
ming between the Chapelle-St- Denis and tn,
Barriere d'Enfer, was slowly ascending til,
steep hill of the Rue de la Harpe, when an ole
woman stopped the stage and took seal
: within. The new conner carried in her arm
an infant, which she ever and anon regarded
with looks of mingled inquietude and terror
Among the other passengers was young wo
man, of about twenty-one years of age, whose
appearance indicated that she belonged to The
working class and whose physiognomy would
have been beautiful had it not been for large
wine -colored mark upon the lower part of hel
face which destroyed the harmony of her fea
lures. As the stage proceeded on its way, after
ascending the hin, the conductor, who usua
named the various streets and other localities
upon the route, announced the Place de = o.
serUat0ire the B0ulevGrd Moz7tpornasse and the
lfdternite. At this last name the old woman
hastily called upon the conductor to stop the
coach, and rose to descend. soo71 a
| Madame" exclaimed the young working
girl who had remarked the looks which thetold
woman had cast upon the infant in her arms,
and to whom the word "lfaternite'' furnished
a key to the others conduct-"Madame YOU
are surely not going to leave that sweet child
| at"
"Yes lam though interrupted the other,
''at the naais0l des EnfanS-tsolsves, (Founding
Hospital) - Zsa...J 1.a
0 mon Dieu the poor little innocent !
Give her to me, l beseech you. will prom
! ise to take excellen: care of her. -
'Oh take her, with all my heart, :" replied
the old woman and without furthe ado she
placed the infant upon the young ouuriereS
knees, and getting out of the stage soon dis
appeared in the crowd.
"That is a very generous act of yours, F"
said a gentleman passenger in the stage adj
dressing the young woman; the more praise
worty as, to judge from appearances, you de-
pend upon the labor of your hands for your
own bread. If hereafter, you should find
yourself in want of assistance, let me know
it, and shall be happy to join in your kind
work. f." And so saying, he placed his card
in the young girls hand. She, however, paid
but little attention to his words, being entire
| ly absorbed with caresses of the infant, which
she embraced with oVerfiowing tenderness. sa
To those who live on the sixth story, Paris
presents an aspect to which those who never
mount higher than the aristocratic rez de cltaus-
See are utter strangers. The former escape
the noise, the mud the dust, and the turmoil
! of the street The latter on the contrary
have no intercourse with the azure skies, the
warm rays of the sun, the sweet-scented flow
ers Of the roof, and the gay carelessness of the
poor creatures who inhabit the garrets. One
! Mr. Hippolyte B, landscape painter, and
son of a wealthy citizen, was, or seemed to
i BE-, perfectly aware of these discrepancies, for
instead Of living in a splendid apartment OF
his fathers mansion, he had become the ten
ant of a little room just under the tiles of a
tall house in the Latin Quarter, where he
might enjoy plenty of sunshine and fresh air.
But sunshine and fresh air are not the only
necessities of life; especially when one is
young. One must have somebody or some
thing to talk to. Now in the same house with
1 young Hippolyte, and on the same foor-viz:
the first from the roof-lived two females,
mother and daughter, whose position was ex-
tIemely interesting. The mother, though still
young had lost her sight within the preceding
twelvemonth, and was now entirely depen-
dant upon the daughter, very pretty girl of
| 18, who pursued the calling OF dressmaker
Hippolyte heard there no joyous songs, no
foolish gaity; but he found beauty, virtue and
filial devotion. 1t was all poetry.
The young painter, being a near neighbor,
had found ready means ofmaking acquaintance
with the blind woman and her daughter; ta-
king great care, however, to conceal the mil
lionaires son under the palette of the artist.
He made love to the young girl won her af-
| fection, and like an honest fellow asked her to
marry him. Thus far every thing prospered
with our garret amateur; but to have obtained
the consent of his etere annie was the least of
his difficulties, for, among poor folks, one is
not obliged to take sixteen roads in love. The
grand obstacle, as Hippolyte well knew was
to bring his own family over to his way of
thinking. Indeed, on venturing to make
known his projects to his parents, there was a
| tremendous uproar; the young man was called
a maniac and threatened with straight jack
ct; the bride elect was spoken of in terms no
young lady possessed of moral of selfrespect
would have liked to hear, and the praises Hip
polyte bestowed upon the beauty and virtue
of his Pauline, and the marvellous stories he
told of her devotion to her mother, We're lis
tened to with impatience and answered with
loud laughter, at what was termed the young
gentleman's verdancy. @
| But Hippolyte did love the poor girl, and
took the best means of proving the fact, by
idefying the parents and having published the
| banns of his marriage. In the course of tie
legal proceedings which ensued, Pauline dis
covered the real state Of affairs, and too proud
to accept husband under such circumstances
renounced all her dreams of happiness and
dismissed her lover 71 taaa ss
When Hippolyte's father heard of this, he
was greatly surprised, and thought it curious
way for girl other supposed character to act;
so he determined to go and see Pauline, and
thank her for her disnterestedness.
'Surely, | cannot be mistaken" exclaimed
Monsieur B., on entering the little apartment
occupied by mother and daughter, and obServ
ing upon the still good features OF the former
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