The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-04-08

TILE FfYE GOLDEN FEATERERs.

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cisely at theo confluence Of the noble river Adour
and its tributary the Nve stands the half French
halfSpanish city Of Bayoune. Few spots exist
anywhere more picturesque than this celebrated
Seaport .west&ari, on looking toward the
ocean, the Magnificent Bayof Biscay opens Its
wide arms to the Atlantic on the south lies the
TAN, interulinable line Of the Pyrenssa rnouha
tains, and ON the North ard East, the lovely de-
scending slopes cf the Gave of 0leron spread
their srtils vineyards beneath the eye of the
,ss.ratifcd spectator. 5, #sa e hgr s.7-F4
Secluded from the rest of the earth by group
ofhfIls, rising in successive ridges behind cash
other the resident Of this delightful region is nat
siraliy led to limit and concentrate his affections
within his roof; here the husband thinks only
of his wife Z the mother Of her children, and the
aover 81 his mistress it seems the very land Of
love, where the heart fixes forever on one cho-
sen object, and life is but scene Of domestic
enjoyment.g~ t'7s3 ssve -..a sat dose
sYet'here, as in other Countries, the benefits of
Providence abound here too, unhappily, they
excite those wants they were intended to salts
fy.a Woodsof oak, and forests of the pine tree
anil fir, cover the shelving sides Of the hills, af+
fording an exhaustless material for the nasies of
France. .., x H.. Ed. ...,.
-tInthis beautiful province, and in a goodly
mansion Of the town ITSELF lived tho wealthy
merchant, Bichbta asa t19as as .i.a a 9ss.
Monsieur Bichot was one Of the most prudent
and sensible men of Bayonne, nay, in all Gasco-
ny; for, notwithstanding the romantic scenery
amid which he had established hiinselGieW rners
chants could excel himin driving bargain and
ifh thought ten per cent enormous when he
91np,rted English merchandise, he could take fiji
ty without winking on his own cargoos.
The honest merchant was as short and as
rotinl as barrel Of Bearncse wine his good
h,lnored face must have cost him pretty sum,
for It wasas rel and juicyas the vineyard could
makeit. His wife was as confely as himself
Not bit less rudy and hershape was so SINH
lar to her liege lords that they might have ex-
changed costumes at any time. r
This worthy couple had but one child boy,
-orather young man Of twenty, who took
but little after either his parents -hs had no,
color in his face, and his fingers-slefider and
1sxible--remindin you rather of the pine tree
thant oak (; indeed, that face of his was not
easy to describe. 1t was not the pale olive COM
plexion Of the Spanard nor even the clear
brown Of the southern Frenchman yet it was
d dark pallor, vcrging on the swarthy. Moth
ing could be more brilliant than his eyes soft
lybiack, full, without being prominent, and in
$lolentiy STILL like that Of the Creole in repose,
So accurately chisselled were his features, SO
perfectly regular that his faee--as such faces
geherally do-would have wanted expression
were il not that his slothful disposition gave a
lansor to his couatcnance which Is slways in
teresting to,a woman. ~. ". ID. q.
Adrian Bichot, young as he was, had been to
Paris and had completed his studies in one Of
the colleges founded by the great and good king,
Louis MI, whose excellent reign was then
drawing TO close. Whilst living in the Capri
tol, Adrian had neyer mixed in it's pleasures, yet
hs could talk about them all, having ksard his
merry schoolmates enlarge freely enough, on
their own adventures. He had spent two years
at the University without taking any pains to
acquire its perfecties, and yet he knew as much
as his college chum, who was. a, very atten-
tive book-worm; for knowledge, like fortune,
seems to come unsolicited to some people .,..
Now, our youthful Adrian was as indolert in
one. thing as another. His father wanted to
make him amerchant, but he had no taste for
business and uneEer went into the counting room
but once, and that waste complain of alot Of OK
hides below the parlor window, which offended
his delicate nose. ~ -asA - af f~A
Many fathers would have beer angsy with SC
inHexiblea youth, but Monsieur Biehot used tc
comfort himself with the reflection that Adrian
was provided for
"Why should he spend his happy youth in
toilinr to make fortuue,since kas fortune was
already made When am dead he will have
my money, my house and my vineyards. Poor
boy, must let him alone" s....
Madame Bichot was quite as easily reconciled
70 her sons distaste for business. She thought
him--,as mothers generally do, when they have
but one child quite a paragon ola man, and
EeNtF Ouco lSAttCtoNs ttht DiNhO
hadbeenas lazy in his youth as her son, wa
shen, both he and she insight haye Hyed in'
small hat where the bleak wind blew into TIN
chamber, instead Of that Snug comfortable dwell
tng house. ftf Eais ssgtg le.lsset.s X. 4a .-ga
StiIl there was one thing wlsicft puzzled TIN
good woman; and on which she had meditater
long and often. HoU scas Adrian to get nsGr
yscas nigAG ,metsHnass stss.a ssEBa0xsa
For you see, my gentle and pretty readers
even then--and that is upwards of thee han
dred years back--old ladies' who had children +
wed, used 10 plot and counter-plot for their set
Element in life. Just as they do now Get mar
siod was the great domestic law of l5l4, as It'll
f 1851. 2 et-7..
How often had it happened, while The youth
Rh Adriaaaat listIessly on his c'Imbrous chair
seadiRg thspretty verses of clenont Marot, the
poet ofthat age, and smiling at his wit and hu
,saor--hoiF ofsen had il happened that his anx.
GOus mother sat opposite 10, him. watching hi
quiet careless codnteAance, and waiting to POI
the question: yAy d'a't yeg get 2 married m.
son ~ fsTsy FssxTe .ss-@ -
81 But when she'loOked into that free and irpo
cent countenance; onwinchlcafe had never ono,
appeared, she shook her Head htls#ailbwea'th
idea. " NN .Fa .gs tatr a II 1.
N. Then she tried to stimulate him. She gay
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