Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-29

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!. h@& Asa@I ASa&&M Id BA&fs 98ksa&A GA&1AN&
! when tha bridegroom escaped from b
i friends, snd found hid away 10 . priyai
I staircase where ASconHdenfial maid
] waited ais uosning iss scossaaor near u
! daoF Khiah was 10 open for Aiaa aaan,
! +" Go in," said UoEine in a low whiG
2 per, fsag lady is waiting for yoa. -
The husband Of an hDus tapped ~ th
door, opened Is, and aAgsw himsslf i
stle feet # ybuRg aad beautiful wu
man. She vas seatsd hsf0rs . ehserfu
. hre, in an elegant andress. sI beg 20
will Eise, " said she, giving him her band
Sand b&siah youT fears, yesterday / wA
LhS sosdoap al, Lord AallYiIle; to-day d
am Madame de La Tour, gotsF leifs.n -
Frederick do La Tour, during the las
snonth, either by aceiasnr, chance d
destiny an insxplie&bIs sueoeas hal
bssn made Eieh and happy Jbayona hi
most sapguiRs wishes, Ia waa young
not more than twenty Ave, alone Ia ia
Il world, and living with the noss self de
4 aging snd rigid seonomys when ons day
rs be was walkag in the saTseE Of 50
HonoFe, splendid eouippage was su9
denly drawn up opposite to him, love
| ly woman leaning out Of the coach win
dos, @ad seemingly masa agitasea, cal
led ogt 20 him, s. Mr. Ma = lie stop
ped. The fooEmsn descended fram hii
station, opened The door, let down III
steps, and with piumed has in hand, rss,
peotfally invited the asGsnIs shsd RredeF.
lex 20 sntsr the carriage. he did SO
and beheld himself seated beside . wo.
man, both young and beautiful, and
dressed WITH great elegance and riGh,
ness, He had hardly time 30 look q.
round him befors the horses we're agaiE
at full speed. "My dear sir," isaId Ehe
lady, who was thus running away with
him, and with the sweetest tens of voice
| Imaginable al havsrsesivsd your note,
bat notwithstanding jour refusal, / hope
| shall see yoa again at my littls aotTee
70 morrow evening-" "Mel Madame, y
said Frederick. Eyes, you, sir ;-oh
beg o thousand Hpardonsy ! hope yuu
gill forgive ms she mistake | hare
made," With su appearance af much sgr-
| prise Shut you resemble so perfectly
dus OF my NEST intimate friends, that
mistoek you fer him. Oh excuse,
ne, siF; what mns& you think Of ms:
bus the Likeness is SO striking-it would
have deceived any peIson." By the
time this explanation vas at an end, the
tbe sqaipage entered the courtyard OF
q splendid mansion, aBd Esderiek could
do less than hand lady Melville from her
carriage.
Now, my Lady Melville, as we have
said before was a beautiful French wu-
man her lustEaqs black hair CQaEras-
ted yell 9Th her brilliant 0ompIeHiaB,
and heE coral lips, IS she smiled sweet
iy, permitted occasional glimpse Of her
white teeth.
Frederick de La Tour, daEzlsd as well
as be might BE-, by so many charms, had
no difficulty ip bslieFing Lady AlelV,lla
had mistaken him for some less lppy
mortal, and he thanked his stars for iE,
as the error enabled him 30 become fa-
vorably known TO ny lady whose obli-
ging and very aattaFiug invitation be
eagerly aocepted-and strange to tell,
soon became not only favortte, but q
molg teT most constant and WeieoHs
guests. The rich widow wsa surround
/ ed by suitors for the honor of her band,
who were dismissed one by oae, and it
F5ts M 49eh8B sfs sfl 81 % aSQagga Esg si 5hSg
clerk had an interviews by her Ladyahips
own Notwithstanding was pro-
posed 81 her, and Of course accepted By
/ hiln, in deiirium Of aztQnishmeRt.
Whea she Wedding day aFviYed and the
/ future husband learned the e4tsRs at ata
wifs's property, his astonishmant re-
/ doubled. fIQ would have so said the
marriage contFact,) country seat IN
Burgundy, domain in Normandy, q
house ia the street St. Honora in Paris,
and nnmeroqs G:aeF gqq4s aF4 faatIle'
of which, ansil that day he had never
heard q syllable. Lady Melville had
richess across the channel, also e0ai
mines IN Wales aud grazing lands IL
| lDevousAire. IL was 10 the young maE
& golden dream from which he dreaded
90 srgaks. The mayor esd saaetiqaet
! and the pri isst had soiefaniy hiessad tasti
union, vat with The rites af the church
and the forms of Law to aid his reason
the conviction that it was splendid IN
substantial visB1n would aoE leave him
even st the feet Of his lawful wife in ID
bridal ehambsr-he pressed her hand t,
his IiDs, he grasred scnYElsfTety tie em
broidbrsd' BszhE dress, IN his feaE tha
che might suddenly vanish into che aiE
"Rise, Ny Gear Frederick" again sa.
his wife, "draw that easy chair close t
mine, and let me talk to you" Tn
Young man did 90, bus without releas
: IHg the hand of bis wife, and Madam
de La Tour thus began
"Onee upon . time-~thsre lived
Young girl 9ha asa famsly had been rich
t bat when their only daughter Gas br
e fifteen, thsy b ad no ether means Of sal
sistance thaa ths daily earniRgs OF h'
= father. They lived as Lyons, an3
know not what Vaia aaps' az hetGeriE
their condition lndasaa their genovRl
2 Paris. But some msns vhsa they On'
4 have fallen, nsvaE rise again, and II
: deed few things are found more difReu
: Oh attainment shan retrieving our falls
fo.sanss, agaia Rlling our place il 900
ety, aad moying in Eke cherished eiFc
: ws baga been obliged to raliRaniahs
ss The father Of this poor gsr sxpss
in enaad thiss 70 hlm, sGsaruaaansahla' d
{. hcalfy, toF altar struggling fear lol
ae yeara with poverty and peglses, ha ai
ol Ia hospital. Her mosherss death So
= followed, and she young girl VISA left
!. n lone In cherries gaErsss long arre
p Of rent unpaid, with ths cAilliag pes
- eucs ag kwu miasrshIe uassnanted be
n 10 increase har feelings Of grief and di
Iy lolasion. The young girl was ankno'
Il, ia Paris, withons any moneys with neil
In er friand nor protees0E 70 sustain 8
. II cherish her, and shs ASKED In yaln frl
y, Strangers thai sHaploy naas WHOA aa1al
.st the riches os TIA psoT.
se Hunger compelled hsE 10 hsg "a
- arnst al bread ahs shsoudad has b
in veil, eaee heE moahar'a sud haE I
Rw ly inheritance abe hsat her body =
a she mighs appear old and in6gm, Z
of wans down from hsr garTat into
a asreet-thers che sxseas1ed har sappli
hand. Alas khe hand was wksss !
a. deliaaAelT formad, sna ihaEa wonld
saa Edamgax in allawIng it 20 BE- sean
oF baana tho vall Tpnna - M VI 60 his
oE Iaakhsome ob3sal. She saak aeE s8s
a. near she ensTanes ef hha court. yard
sef ainsans from tas lighs 0f the ssl
70. liamnsg and when sheTs PASSED yu
O. and happy giFl, she bald aak her b
sd. ASKING tbs ! a0s-~ons seas, b. bay g
her de bread --bus ct eveaing yoang girl
else Paris are shanking &C oEhaT shimRa 4
- 4 aiwing away aesss. A she aaw aa
aa- Taan approaasae sha veaemxsa - inHp
ash his aid, bus age Is hard haarsed ana
,,nt old man wesald taFm nway ard pass
-. EE1ha sseaing aaa haea uailtys aaaa
- ke9an sa fall IL wsa gxawiag lAts
Ehe night wasahmae nafe kaiag |
.on- soaassaes whan The raang 9irL4 raad
TIli faamA sasah hmnxer a@a aaaappolnsaz