Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-19
StIttttb Gale.
fgEDElHE pErn7N .
oR, THE LADY THAT LOST IN PARIS.
CHATTER. |

Not long since, there lived ia the Rue Richie
leu behind one of those lofty gateways which
SEPARATE the highly decorated shops of this tho
rou-hfare, one Monsieur Perrin
Monsieur Perrin occupied one OF those Sums-
tuouS entreSolS in which the footstep is never
heard where Severes china vast mirrEs,
clocks and brouzeS stand dangerously near the
VISITORS elbow. and where or-mo.u vieS in mag
udccnce with buhl and marqueterie Imme
dately behind the door that opened upon the
general StaiccaSe of the vast hotel of which
rhiS entreSol forKsed part was a small room. de-
voted 10 Monsieur PerrinS business. Here
were no orHaRscarS whatever a small bronze
olIamp, capped with dingy green shade, be-
iaE the only article Rpcn the mantelpiece.
Three or four cane chairs xrze against the
bare walls oae coztcr of the room was par.
t.t!oned off by high wcoliea scceea, behind
the rails of which green curtains were drawn
10 veil the mysteries which Young Monsieur
tlolphe Beauyor conducted GA behalf of his
employer.
.tdolphe was the son OF wealthy Norman
family. His father-oRce q millionaire of
F-ance-had been a good friend to Monsieur
Perrin at critical seasons and in fact, had on
uore than one occasion saved him from bank
ruptcv, But at last, troubles came TO Mon
>eur BeauvoiT himself aud he was ruined in
lAr railway mania. He aed to Algeria, where
be died, the proprietor of small cafe in Con-
S:antine. -tdolphe, when his father fed. was
hi. tc tho care of Monsieur Perrin who after
having given him slight education. turned
lin to account in his office
AZ first Adolphe was little better than an
erraed boy, ard spent more than half of every
tay running 10 and from the BcurSe All his
s--,y associations were with the BOurse. there
.lTo, and with Bour>e men. He had passed
a> youth in the midst of the gamblers who fed
c.oa the industry Of the poor upon the hon
y, Investments of the small capitalists He
TAI seen dcEcuS OF companies formed under
S2eadd auspices advertised upon whole pages
K 'ae morning journals. sent up 10 extraord-
H17v premiums, 10 fall 10 anaihilating discount
lie had seen men whom he had met one day
d'sgy attire, tricked out on the morrow bv
l-aatoy, and dangling one Of Verder's mai
so,SS. he had, on the other hand, watched
T'cac men Of fortune slide from the emineuce
Hi2ahcpe drawn by pair of blood bays
- Inc cab Of 22 sous the course He had
,-S1eC past pale-faced men looking desperate
q calm ; and on the morrow he heard that
@.y ar in the M0ryue. He had watched
''s.thed women weeping in the by-Streets
~ TAI seen others dart furtivelv from the
E2te Q. their agent-du-change with . roll of
'Fe> cEtcheIi in their greedy fugers To him,
=. BocrSe was the world. He grew UP to
'15T !: a.oue as the arena where man might
= AZ Way TO wealth Like the people with
'sol 1e was in daily contact, be eTen ieSpiS-
81 ils nen whom he saw doing work for low
N aT rAr W hon lnrl-r
-A'1 n.Sbt any day make q bold pauper a
1saoaa.re: lie had heard that his father
81 07oken-hesrted man, serving out demi
@SeS 70 lazy Arabs but, sh his fathers old
'eatS 5ad told him that Monsieur Beauyoir
- a'S bead in the excitement of the railway
4iaa, aEl speculate ahSuryilv One old man
saoa Monsieur Perrin sent him very often
.5i:eT> ~ bills, or mysterious messages
= Ayoted him with painful details on his fa-
S's shortcomings as 6nsncier. These CON
-',tA'oas we're, however. offered with 50 ma
! s1cases, that AdolPhe grew 10 Ike the old
Nsf5:esr, and 70 anticipate gossip with him
~ N'ofSe affairs with pleasure
t'1f Young fellow 4! On all sides he vas
,.-s;1lc experience on all sides he sought
-''ee He had resolved at last, one moru-
EaeE there was great rise in the Rentes,
- q lad met three or four fellows who had
-27'l :'on ten 10 twenty thousand francs
10 give notice 10 Monsieur Perrin that
>-e-l leave him within amonth He would
~ % his own account for he saw how
= aeSl worked within the other in that
t1isd machine. the Bourse Besides max
: I.eea taoaSaGd francs q month he woald
borrower. his Own master.
- Of his resolution, he bent his Way 10
I e0s az the old man who had tod him so
- aho4I his fsther's affairs. Just 10 ask bis
- before giving Monsieur Perrin notice. /
81 -GE Nas fron houie. and four 0r iVe