Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-04-25
A BILE MISTAKE E,
4 VERY FRENCH STORY.

A very amusing hsioriei,e is told Of count
NJ, gentleman Of fortune, his wife, and a
young man who may be designated as Mr.. A.
The latter, simple clerk in one of the railroad
Offices, and the count are cousins The count
ess, very beautiful and rather conceted wo-
man, lived unhappily with her husband. For
eaA ea ,a A. vsas @as past sh@ has ess@ nd - '@
Every look the gentleman cast upon her when
they met, every pressure of the hand, every
new vest, every fresh growth Of mousiaches-
was interpreted as an evidence of ardent though
pen,-up love. One night quite late, Mr.. A.
heard ring at his door. Upon opening it, 10
his great amazement he beheld, in his Nocturnal
visitor, the fair countess, attired in travelling
dress. and carrying in her hand her jewel case.
Henry" said she, throwing, her arms yound
his neck, 81 have come to reqnite your long and
and faithful attachment" "Hhdt attachment!
| don't understand you!'' 'Your attachment
to me have read it in your every look, for
months past, You love me My husband is
a monster. Let US fly 10 some distant land. A"
Nonsense ma m ! love you never dream
ed Of such a thing You must have been
dreaming. AS to flying to some distant land
you know very well that am an employe, de-
pendent for bread upon modest salary. How
the deuce are we TO live in your distant land, !
should like to knowl' "Here are my Jewels.
, Our wants will be rifng-." "Pooh Pooh
you don't want me to live upon other people S
diamonds, do you! lie. me beg of you 10 re-
turn Immediately home" The lady sobbed
and ough, to have been tempting. 81 cannot y
she said. "lt is too late. seized the occasion
when the count went 10 the opera this evening
to write letter avowing all-my love for
your passion for me-my fight with you. BY
this time the letter is in his hand, and if &C
back he will murder me-" "Zounds." ejacu
lated the gentleman. "You mean he will mnr
der me" Here was pretty business, TO bt
sure The lady wept and the gentleman burs
into cold Precipitation. llwas now two o 'clocl
in the morning. Presently sharp ring was
heard at the door. Poor A. turned pale, no
doubling that his enraged cousin had come TO
Satisfaction" Nerving himself to the effort
, he hid the countess in closet, and went TO th'
door. ltrds the count who had pulled the bell
but, instead Of being in violent rage, he onl.
looked anxious. Henry said he, 81 wan
YOU" 81 am ready !" was the stoical reply
"That's right, OLD hoy knew ] could de
pend on you. The facts are these | went Il
r the opera, this evening, and ought to have bee
home at eleven o'clock but as | was leavini
the theater, some friends met me, insisted up
f on my supping with them, and have kept III
, until this moment. You know what jealou
I fury my wife is. You must go and make peac
1 with her." "Then you have not been home
"No." What load was off poor A. IS hear,
' "Ill do my BEST" said he. go and wait 70
q me at the Tortoni. / will rejoin you in a
n hour" OF went the husband, and as soon a
he was safely at distance, A. quickly conduc
/. ed the countess to her residence, returned I
his friend, and gaily slapping him on the shoulc
!. er, assured him that "it was all right" Th
!, unconscious count went home happy man
>. and so ended the adventure hut il may be SUI
J. posed that the lady now enterlains anything b'
q tender sentiment towards her husbands cousil
1t Paris Correspondence.