The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-15

Oldest sister, and Mariana, the cook, and her
husband, the gardener, and my little sister Ma
ry, and the dog, and !; and no one else. But
sometimes young lady comes here who teach
es the piano, and perhaps she is the one you
want to see."
Il wish to see Miss Adela St. Andres, who
teaches the piano in the family Of
4 never tell fbs, ma 'am!' said Julietta i'm
patiently interrupting her; my sister Adela is
not teacher of the piano. Don't you think
that ought to know?"
.'Does the baron st. Andres live here?" ask
ed young, man stopping also at the half
open gate?
Eyes SIR
.'Then, certainly, the young lady for whom
you are enquiring lives here, madam" he said
to the lady, who was questioning Julietta, ''and
doubtless, the baron st. Andres, whom seek
is her grandfather" And 10 the intense sur
prise and even anger, of Julietta, who still in
sisted that her sister was not teacher of mus
ic, the young man made his way to the piazza,
approached the blind father, and, after having
assured himself that he was addressing the ba-
ron St. Andres, said--'Baron! have the pleas
ure of announcing to you that your pension is
restored -
sSir, sir, you must have taken me for some
one else,'' the baron answered, his surprise al
most as great as that ofJulietta, .'for my pen
sion has never been taken from me. How then
can you say, sit is restored"
The young man resumed, and it was evident
that he was also greatly astonished:
care you not baron St. Andres, who serv-
ed in the reign of Louis XIV, and Louis XVI,
in the Vendean wars; who lost five sons in the
wars of the empire?"
eyes, sir" the baron answered.
"Your grand daughter young lady
Adela St. Andres, does she not give lessons on
the piano in the house of the minister of war
in fact to my sisters.
"Explain yourself, ir!explain YOURSELF" the
old man exclaimed: my pension lost! Adela!
Three times day! Oh! entreat you, explain!'
1T is a very simple matter, the young man
said "but how can you be ignorant Of all
this? tits fact, that have two sisters, and
about a year ago when they were seeking a
teacher of music, your grand daughter, the
young lady, Adela, offered her services; she
was recommended by the countess de Bricourt
whose daughters she was also teaching. AT
ter some months had passed. knowing that l
was in the war office and that [ am the minis
ters nephew, she told me that your pension
had been discontinued for two years, and that
no cause had been assigned for it, and she ad-
ded: "Neither blind old man, nor young
girl like me, can take the necessary steps to
learn the reason" ''Make your mind easy up
on that point" said to her, II will take charge
of the NATTER have fulfilled my promise,
and now have the pleasure communicating
to you the pleasing intelligence that orders have
been given, not only for the restoration of your
pension, but also for the payment of all ar
rears."
"Oh, Adela noble and worthy girl !' ex7
claimed the old man raising his sightless eyes
to heaven, 'sOh my daughter! SO unjustly ac-
cused-you have concealed all this from me
all-even the labor which your tlial love indu-
ced you to undertake. Oh! where is she? why
does she not come? Go, go and seek hsrs,
Julietta went out, as if for that purpose, and
the baron, gradually overcoming his emotion
related to the young man and to the stranger
lady, all that had passed that morning-his
fears and his anxieties for his grand daughter
The praise and the blessings which the old mar
lavished upon the absent Adela met full sym
pathy from at least one of his Hearers.
"Oh, baron! my dear sir!' the young man
said, ''you" do not know me yet, am a stran-
ger to you, but will give you ample satisfac.
ton concerning my family. have long loved
your grand daughter; she does not reject me
give her to me, Iimplore you, for my wife!'
At this moment, cry of JOY from Julietta
announced the return of Adela. When the
latter saw the two persons who were standing
near her grandfather, she blushed deeply, and
hesitated in her approach, but the old man call
ed her to him, and fond|y embraced her, said
Everything is discovered, you darling! you
little rogue! and here is one who claims the
right to be your husband and to separate you
from me- -
He who claims that right" the still blush
ing girl answered, with strange mingling Of
timidity and of frmness, ''must also take up
on him the charge of an old man and two lit
tie ones. for whose welfare and happiness am
responsible to the eyes Of God"
''All, all, whom you love, shall be most
dearly welcomed, dearest lady"
Adelia educated her two sisters, and saw
them happily married-as happily as herself,
and none could wish happier lot. The blind
old baron lived to an extreme old age, and al
length died in her arms, bequeathing her his
last fond blessing.
In alluding to some of the ''heroes Of peace, -
as he called them, and which he stated to be
''not Of one sex alone" after naming Howard,
the philanthropist, and Dr. Kane, Mr.. Everett,
in bis address on the character of Washing
ton, as delivered at Boston, last week, paid
the following eloquent and touching tribute to
the heroes of the other sex:
Witness that heroic, aye that angelic vestal,
Florence Nightingale, who, beneath the eyes
of the admiring Europe and admiring Asia,
walked with serene unconcern, for more than
a twelve month the pestiential wards of a hos
pital; witness our notless heroic countrywoman
Mary Patten, whose name is hardly known to
the public, the wife Of merchant shipmaster,
who, far off on the lonely Pacific, with no eye
to witness and no,yoice to cheer her, when her
husband was taken down by illness, now ten
ded him in his cabin, as none but devoted
wife can tend stricken husband, now took his
place on the quarter of his forlorn vessel
took her observation every day with the sex
tant, laid down the ships course on the chart,
cheered and encouraged the desponding crew,
arrested the mutinous chief mate, who on the