New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-02-16


viii follow me directly up. shall show you the
lady shall say to her, Here is your long lost
child and then you must rush forward to her. Do
i you comprehend {, sa.sss,sssF
" And will you do it n he asked me. ,tr i
/ promised him that would; and then we started
a ID ss gsy e. &c
heard him say to the servant, This s the boy was
TO bring !" and then we ascended flight Of marble
steps; | was almost blind now with the wild enc
ton that seized me; but stopped not Ere long we
4 came to door covered with tapestry; and my guide
| turned to me and Mfd
Here we are. Beyond this door i your mothsr-
! Then be opened the door, and followed him into
the boudoir I saw sunptuously Furnished apart
ment and blaze Of gaudy dresses; but nstinctiyey
the head Of the room. She was beauaful; and / saw
1 the look Of alarm upon her fair face. I could see
that there general wonder among The visitors
Madame, have done wen for you. Here is your
long lost child, the offspring Of your OWN blood, re-
turned to you! have found him-and be is yours.D
For single instant there was feeling Of shame
hoped-and the hope was not yet dead. felt the bot
| tears flowing down my cheeks, and then bounded
forward with the words Ny mother upon my !
/ lips.
| She uttered 1owcry u fear and alarm and sank
back into the arms Of her attendants.
| heard Aventin say something. else; it was about
my being Confines own son; and then he and Philip
When fairly recovered from the wild tumult into
which had been thrown. l found myself in q small
| room with two women and one Of them asked me
who was. told them i wished to see Corinne
Montferon-that to her, and her alone, would tell
my story. They conversed awhile apart, and then
left me. ~
remained alone nearly half an hour; and then the
door opened, and the beautiful lady stood before
me. She gazed into my face full minute and then
sank I into chair i, and in moment more she asked
1 moved forward and took one Of her hands in both
| my own, and in low, choking tone commenced.
l had resolved to tell her the whole truth, and did
| SO.
Pardon me oh, pardon, p murmured. at lisa
foul plot that has led this the part Of those who
brought me here; but twas wild hope that took pos
session of me which led me TO follow them"
And then went on and told her about my earliest
days as uear as could rernember-how my first re
collection was Of old Barbe and how had lived with
her until she died, And then told her Of the rat
4 catcher, Gordien, who had taken me, and who had
also taken what property old Barbe left And after
this closed by relating the circumstance connected
/ with my meeting and arrangement with Aventin,
only keeping back the conversation had overheard
between him and Philip Lafont
After had closed, the beautiful lady gazed into
my face for some moments, and finally she asked me
If would ride down to where GoFdien lived.
No harm shall befal You, z she said. !" will see
that the old man does not beat you. It is for pur-
pose of my own that ask this a&
i; told her / would go and then she babe me obey
the person she should send to take care of me until
. she wanted me. She then left me, and was sure
Shortly afterwards young man, in the galb Of a
valet, entered, and told me to follow him. He con-
Quoted me to bath where he caused me to strip CT
my clothes, and then commenced such washing
process had never undergone before. The water
, was warm and soft, and highly perfumed. 1 spent
J half an hour in the bath, and when came out
found white linen ready for me- which put on.
Then was presented with new clothes, such as had
dreamed Of wearing and as soon as was dressed
!. in these, my new eieerone went at work upon my
hair, and when this was done he told me to look in
= he I
+ surprised than was myself. t.'
" WELL muttered the valet, if you are not her
% child, you were at least made for exact copy.
Just her head, and her nose, aud her eyes, and her
hair. Parduel you are madam's own self.n
n ''Do you think look like herr 1 tremblingly
10 asked .. ... :,
1T If Exactly" -.
AZ AZ In a moment more female entered and babe me
I follow her. found madam in her riding dress, and
all ready to start. She started up entered and
re quick tremor shook her frame. gazed into her face
steadily now. and loved her from that moment
II Oh she was very beautiful. $685..
# Flavien," she said-and could that she was
no working very hard to conceal her real emotions
will be ready to set out soon. We shall find Gordien
,rta at home at DARK -. ''@.
III told her yes, and she then left me- 1t was very
dusk, and just the gloom of twilight deep
bo enng she came back and took me by the hand Shs
A. said nothing only to ask me ready, and ther
or to bid me follow. had already told her where the
or old atcatcher lived. We entered the carriage which
stood at the gate and by the time reached the
d de la Popiniere was quite dark led the way te
to the room had occupied so long, and there found
IN Gordien. He did not know me at first, but when he
ID did discover who was he checked his establishment
a and pretended to be angry. But madam very soor
d put stop to that.
N have taken charge of Favien for the present,
d she said, and wish you to understand that you viii
advance your interests by doing just what wish
you to do. And now first, what were the papers yor
At found among old Barbes things?"
The old man hesitated awhile, but finally, when he
made to understand that the papers would be pad
for if they were wanted he went and got them and
j. gave them to madam. There only three them
IA very dirty and erumbled, but quickly that they
'. amounted to something for as madam moved up to
the candle and looked them over could see that she
m trembled violently Soon she turned to Gordien and
to spoke
" dyod ever hear Barbe say anything about this
at boy2n she asked. II
IN Yes" he answered.
M and what did he say?' "a
tv "Why, it amounted to this she was somewhere il
re- Upper Maine, and woman brought her an infant and
ne babe her keep it. and also gave her sum of gold t.
ar: pay for her trouble"
in At this juncture madam motoned for me to leave
at the room, and did So She remained alone witt
i'd the old man half hour and then she came out ani
led me down to the carriage. When we reached hel
re- dwelling, she had me conducted to sleeping room
to and there was told to make myself at home. Not
IRE yet had said one word touching the one grea
nd theme
res On the following morning called to breakfast
ali but it was not until noon that saw madam again
not She to me, and saw that she had been weep
nd ing. She simply said ..F.v
Come have company-some people whom
all have sent for :
er followed her to the largest boudoir and there
nd found the people who had been with her on tn
nd days before and with them were General Aventi
me and Philip Lafont. The two last mentioned indivd
@ ais confounded at thus seeing me dressed up
wSn but ere they could make any remark madam spok
vas Gentlemen" she said, addressing Aventin an
he Philip Lafont, you cannot imagine how deep is th
obligation under which you have placed me. But
ind will explain what | have never before thought
worth while to tell you. was born in Bournmont
NJ and though my parents were not wealthy, yet the
= gave me thorough education. At the age of sevel
is teen married the Count Pierre Montferon. He love
ery me well, and loved him. During the first year
W my married life both my parents died. Shortly aft,
ed this bereavement l gave birth to son. When ths
tn son was three months old my husband died leavn
nre me the whole of his vast wealth and on the ver
no. day of the funeral while was following the remain
no of my lost partner to the tomb my child stole
IAN from me. Tcaused every means of search to
an used, but without effect. For years I con
rad pany and during that time cared little for life.
es Seven years passed away, and at the end of tina
led time received call to visit the bedside of dyin
her woman. found her to be one whom had seen
company with the count several times before ha
ron married him. She said she had loved the count an
tbat,- No 70 Sfa had