Daily enterprise. (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-04-03
a contented Man.

"a IL ~ 5111s ~ 4 ~ L
Y fwmch fronts the south. Along the wall is
E range OF benches commanding view of III
l Walks and avenues of the garden. Thi
genlal nook is place of great resort in tn
iatter part OF autumn and in fine davs i,
winter, as 1t seems to retain the flavor of de
parted summer. On a calm, bright morn
ing it is quite alive with nursery-maids anf
their playful little charges Hither aiso rp.
sort number of ancient ladies and eentIe.
men, who, with laudable thrift in small
pleasures and small expenses, for which tbe
French are TO be noted, come here to enjoy
sunshine and save tirewood. Here NAV
oiten be seen some cavalier of the old school
when the sunbeams have warmed his blood
into something like glow, fiutterinp abont
IKE irost-bitten moth thawed before fbe
tlre, putting forth feeble show of gaIlantrv
among the antiquated danes, and now and
then eyeing the buxom nursery-maids with
what might be mistaken for an air of liber-
tinism.
Among the habitual frequenters of this
place, had often remarked an old GENTLE
man, whose dress was decidedly anti-reyolu-
tional. He wore the three-cornered cooked
nat OF the ancien regime; his hair was frizzed
over each car into diles de pigeon. a stvIe
strongly sayoring of Bourbonism and
queue Stuck out behind, the loyalty of which
was not to be disputed. His dress, thoueb |
ancient, had an air of decayed gentiiity. and
observed that he took his snuff out Of an |
elegant though old-fashioned gold box. He
appeared to be the most popular man on the
walk. He had compliment for every old
lady, he kissed every child, and he patted
every little dog on the head; for children
and little dogs are very important members
OIL society in France. must observe. how
eyer, that he seldom kissed a child without
az the same time, pinching the nursery-maid,s
cheek frenchman of the old school never
lorgets his devoirs to the sex. 'aE' I'i7f h
=, had taken liking to this old gentleman.
lhere was an habitual expression of beneyo-
ence In his face, which have very freouent- /
remarked in these relics of politer days ofl S
!, rance The constant Interchange of those c
nousand little courtesies which impercepti- I
ny sweeten life, have a happy effect upon
ne features, and spread mellow evening t
hSTm arm over the wrinkles of old age. . Il
Where there is a favorable predisposition,
ne ~ soon forms a kind of tacit intimacy bv o
lten meeting on the same walks. Once OF h
.lcel l accommodated him with a bench. l
LL..er L.er winch we touched hats on passing each es
~ iSil5th We got SO Tar as to take n
men OF snuff together out of his box, which ! SC
equivalent to eating salt together in the a
asf as |; from that time our ACQUAINTANCE was
l now became his frequent companion in II
s morning. promenades, and derived much Fl
nuSement from his good-humored remarks m
men and manners. One morning, as we tn
ere strolling through an alley of the Tuiler- ou
J, with the autumnal breeze whirlinr tbe fir
How leaves about our path, my companion tn
! INTO a peculiarly Communicative vein bu
a gaye me several particulars of his his, SUI
". Ae had once been wealthy, and nos lev
, 3sed OF a fine estate in the country. and n rec
Die hotel in Paris; but the revolution trl
lch effected so many disastrous changes eff
ipped hun nm of everything. He was secretly sto
lounced by his own steward during sur
lguinary period of the revolution, and a sta
nber of the bloodhounds of the Conven- con
were sent to arrest him. He received con
yate 'a intelligence of their approach in time
meet his escape He landed In ENGLAND
hout money or friends but considered