Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-05-28
Prom the Young Peoples Illuminated Magazine.
Three Times a Day.
della. nv darling Adela I,

'Adela, my darling Adela =
She has gone out, grandpa
Gone out with whom Has she left me here
alone with you, Julietta =
Little Mary is here, grandpa, playing with the
dog; and Marianne is in the kitchen, getting
dinner ready
This conversation was held between a little
girl about nine years old, and the Baron st.
Andres, an old man ofeighty He was knight
of the order of ST. Louis, and had received his
knighthood and insignia from the hands of Louis
the Sixteenth. King of France. He was now,
however. quite blind, and consequently almost
helpless. Little Mary, child of six years of
age, made the third one of the party.
'Juliettai' resumed the old man, after a short
silence, did your sister say anything to you
when she went out y
Yes, grandpa replied Julietta she said to
me--Take care that little Mary doesn't trouble
grandpa and if he wishes to go into the garden
give him your hand. and take care not TO let him
stumble over any thing, because he can't see,
poor grandpa and God has given him to us, his
lchildren, to take care of MIN, and to obey him,
and make him as happy as we can. Oh, know
it all by heart grandpa, because Adela tells it to
me three times day; every time before she
goes out
How every time before she goes cut Does
she often 60 out y asked the old man, whose
venerable brow seemed rutled by some painful
thought
Three times every day. answered Julietta
in some surprise; three times every day; once
in the morning, before you come down, from
to O'Clock another from ii till /; and the third
three times day. Did you think could not
reckon q
what o'clock is il now = asked the Baron,
rather sharply doubtless with the hope of finding
some discrepancy in Juhetta's reckonig.
1T struck one, just now Julietta answered.
And here comes Adela; hear the garden gate
opening and she is speaking to Mary and the
| dog. They have gone TO meet her.
| In a few moments Adea entered She was a
young and lovely girl; so young, she seemed as
| if she had scarcely emerged from childhood, and
| yet, so serious and so thoughtful was the ex-
preston of her countenance, that the premature
cares of life had, as it were, blighted the flower
| of youth
'Adela said the old man in tone so sad and
serious that it brought the quick color to the
young girls face, whence come you = and
stretching forth his hand he seized that of Adela
which she had extended towards him, took it
between both his own, gently stroked it, and at
last said, in mournful manner You are agifa-
ted, my child you are troubled you tremble
Whence come you z
The young girl did not reply.
Obtaining no answer, the Baron st. Andres
continued, and the slow, solemn accent with
which he uttered each word showed the sad feel
ings of his heart In 1914 ] was a widower
Adela, and, of all my numerous family, only one
was left me, my sainted daughter, Henrietta
Your father fell at Waterloo
you were then only twelve. Adea Adela
what can l say BY all my past miseries-by
my unceasing grief-by my gray hairs-I en-
treat you, tell me whence come you! Whittier
go you three times every day 2
My father, said Adela, Il am only seventeen
years old, it is true, and yet,young as am, sor
row and care have already left their impression
on my brow. Three years ago my mother died yet
the sad scene is still ever present to my mind,
as vividly as if it had been but yesterday. /
still, hear the weak voice, regaining momentary
strength, address me Adela, she said, Il leave
you two daughters ; be mother to them. And
my poor father-I intrust him to you. Guide
the two first in their course through life; show
them its thorns and its dangers. Hide from the
second everything that would pain him" Such
were her words and have tried to obey them.
go out three times day, and that troubles youi
but VOC do not consider that am mistress Of
familv-the housekeeper-and yet more, l have
TO take care of you all. Are not these duties
enough to call me out three times day. Have
confidence in your Adela, my dear grandfather
trust in her"
That is all desire; it is all my heart wishes
my daughter Well, well! you have been out
to-day-you will not go out again Am right
You do not answer, Adelan
Adela, as if she had not heard his last words,
turned to Juietta, and questioned her concern
ing the studies which she had to recite to her in
the evening, and thus adroitly changed the con-
versaton. She then remained for some time with
the little party on the piazza until Marianne
summoned them to the dinner table. Notwlth- !
standing her efforts to please and entertain her
grandfather she observed with pain that his
mind was still troubled, and feering that he
would resume his attempts to dissuade her from
again venturing out, she controlled her own feel
ings and chatted necessarily with the little ones
ali the time however, carefully ministering to |
the old mans wants. AS soon as the meal was
finished, she directed Julieta to lead her grand |
father back to his seat on the piazza, while she !
herself remained, as if to attend to her household
duties At the end of half an hour, Juietta saw
her with her bonnet on her head and her gloves |
on her hand, walk quickly through the garden !
and pass out of the gate. which she closed behind
her, with the least possible noise. The old mans
fine sense of hearing, however, had instantly de-
tected, and, if we may so speak, had followed
all the movements of his grand daughter, and
when the gate closed behind her he said, with a |
deep sigh, and if speaking to himself. She has
gone out again |!
Then, probably to divert the solitude which
was torinenting him, he directed Julietta to go
and tell the servant girl TO take little Mary out
for a walk, and added, Bring with you, when
you come back, the newspaper that you will find
on the table in the saloon, and come and read
to me the article upon the public rejolcings of
last week That will amuse both you and me.
Julietta obeyed. A short time afterwards
Marianne and Mary went out for their walk and
Julietta returned, and seating herself upon a
stool near her grandfather feet, began to read
the article which he had mentioned. 1t was
very long one, and as she had to stop now and
ten, TO spell some of the longer and morediffi-
cllt words, she had not quite finished it. when
.veral knocks on the garden gate was heard
70 Ir,of sod 81 Il
title Cir, in;errupting her reading.
you must go then said the Baron.
The garden gate was not far enough from the
piazza to prevent the old man from hearing the
following dialogue which took place between his
niece and lady-a stranger;
Does not young 'ady, teacher of the piano,
live here 2 asked the latter.
No, madam Julietta replied.
1T must be here, certainly, my dear l had
the exact direction to this house given me- She
may be boarder, whom you do not know, my
little one
In the whole house there is no one but nv
grandpa who is blind, answered Julietta. in |
the impatient tone of a little girl who liked not
her word to be doubted and Adela my older sis
ter, and Marianne, the coos, and her husband
the gardener, and my little sister Mary, and the
dog, and and no one else But sometimes a |
young lady comes here who teaches the piano
and perhaps she is the one you want to see
i wish 10 see Miss Adela ST. Andres, who
teaches the piano in the family Of
i never tell fbs, ma ami said Juhetta, i'm
patiently interruping her; my sister Adela isl
not teacher OF the piano. Don't you think
ought TO know
Does the Baron St Andres live here = asked
a young man, stopping also at the half open
gate.
Yes, sir.
Then, certainly, the young lady for whom you
are inquiring, lives here, madam be said to the
lady who was questioning Juetta and doubt. |
less, the Baron ST. Andres, whom l seek, is her
grandfather And to the intense surprise and |
even anger, of Julietta, who still insisted that
her sister was not a teacher of music the young |