The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-13
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
DISeFTLANEODS.

WlSEF y LAu EVDS.
ByaParis Corrsspondsn, Of N. NswYosk Expr-ss
APPEAEANCEs ARE DEcEITFUL.
In one of the narrowest and Dirt.
est streets Of Paris, on the groun
Aoor Of 4 crumbling old house, is the
shop Of Monsieur Thomas, q rag ner.
chant. In the back part OF this shop
iss sort Of glass Office, in which an
exceedingly ,retty girl not long since
transacted the business Of the estab-
lishmest. This younggirl was Made.
moiselle Julie, old Thomas dsugh'er
Not = great while ago, an s.egant
looking young gentleman, clancing
to pass through this dirty street, ob.
served the pretty bird in the glass
cage, aud involuntarily haulted L, ad.
mire her. The next day he came q.
gaia, but ii was not chance which
brought him this time; for, after pans.
ing in the street, as before he, entered
the shop, uu ler the pretence of asking
bis way; but in reality To approach
nearer the object Of his sudlen admi-
ration. A very few words suficed
to confirm and fas'en some impression
and he was about to 30 away, IL q
very disconsolate frame Of mind, when
amongst the old junk which the shop
contained, he observed pile ofs2c.
ond hand books. Selling upon this
excuse to pro)ong his stay, the young
man turned over the tattered refuse,
and purchased several of the looks,
promising the saleswoman that he
would from time o time replenish his
library at her establishment. He
must have been very studious that
day, for, early the next morning he re-
turned and obtained another supply.
So, too, the next and the next-until
at last, troubling himself no longer g.
bout the old books, he cam, and pas.
sed much OF his time in soft convsrsa-
ton, at the window of the glass cage,
and finally wound up by asking u.
Thomas TO give him his doughter in
marriage. As the old fellow, with
out being seen, had witnessed all that
had transpired, and liked the youths
appearance, he ut once granted his
PRAYER, on condition that the demand
should bs made officially, BY the GAL
lants father. Here was The Difficult.
". The father ofthe lover, NJ. Geor.
ees, was q dry goods merchant, hav.
ing q handsome store in one of the
most brilliant quarters Of the cry, and
looked for something better Tor his
son than rag merchants daughter.
However, as there was nothing else
for it, the young man broached the
subject to his parents. At first he
was laughed at; but, as he frequently
returned TO the charge, the father and
and mother, 10 the hope Of divertlng
him hy other means FROM his mad pro
jet, finally invited old Thomas and
lis daughter to a family dinner, in or
der to talk the matter over. 1t YVES
hoped that the ridiculous figure the
old man would cut, and his inability
= give his daughter q respectable
marriage portion, would put an end
70 the affair. The invitation was &C.
cep,ol, and the parties came. At the
dessert, thu merchant eudeavored to
lest with old Thomas and turn him in
10 ridicule. That didn't seem to
work particularly well, and nothing
remained but to try the financial ques
ton. This was Madame Georges
part, ard she commenced by asking
Thomas wha, amount he intended to
give his dan ,hter, on the day Of her
marriage.
oh, pray, mother cried young
G ,orges, WHO saw the trap, don't talk
about that. Another time
No, at all, young man, interposed
N, Thomas. Let us ta K OF il at once
since your mother wishes it. A lit
tie res " money does newly mar
led pair no harm, certainly. Ii Ma
dame will state how much i is pro.
posed to give her son, ! will try to
furnish . like sum
sWe intend observed madame
Georges, with a superb air, to oive
our son fifty thousand francs, sir!'
well, well,' sail old Thomas, with
. shrug. 4 must say expected bet
ter than that for my little girls hus-
baud: but, a. the young people like
each other, l will throw no obstacle
in the way. Julie is my only child,
and, on the day OF her marriage, !
shall give her four hundred thousand
francs money down.
1t may readily be imagined shss the
Georges changed their gate'n a hurry
about this tims. But now came an
other difficulty. Expecting to right
en- old Thomas of. Madame Georges
had rather stretched the truth, in
naming fifty thousand fian;s, as hel
sons wedding present, and both she
and her husband were now very anx
ious to see their son 90 richly mar
ried. S,,crifces were made and loans
negoti ,ted, in order to get together
tho sum mentioned. Things went or
in this way tor some time, and th'
day ofthe ceremony had been severa
times postponed, Shen, one morning
the merchant received a package, con
tanning fifty bank notes tor a thons
and francs each, and these few words
4 see where the shoe pinches, ana
for q triAe, I won't have things draE
on any longer. ! send you the neea
ful. Another Time, I've more candi'
with your friends, and don't put o. o
any more ais with poor people. "
the 18th of next month the wedding
You remember one Of Shakespeare e
most celebrated apothegms: :--'All
not gold that glitters'-might It Q
we'll to add-and the pure gold doe
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