Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-08-18

! 10 Wnere Sne had lett the valet" IN mind the
vereSt child ! The amiable UrsiIines NAV
prepare their pupils very well for heaven, but
| certainly they do not succeed in fitting them to
deal with this wicked world. After all, Pau
will make her an excellent husband and if
which is quite possible, we have deceived our.
selves as to the young lady's partiality for him,
or at least that it is so decided as to induce
her to Stoop to union with him from the
height whereon a very few days, or | err great
ly, will see her placed, it will require the iron
link which | have so successfully begun to
forge, to coerce and bind her prideful will
And yet, at all events, | can say beau jeu, bien
10ue; and, best of ALL should our audacious
project, as it may be truly called, fail, neither
Paul nor | shall be seriously compromised, as
L will manage but it will not, cannot fail"
Madame Beaudesert and her daughter Car-
iSse had passed the stipulated number of hours
at the Chateau dem, and were seated at
breakfast with Madame de Vautpre, NJ Nor
laix, AID Adrienne which repast concluded,
the two visitors would be conveyed in a car
riage already in waiting, to the Hsssageries
R0yaleS, Lyon, en- route for Clichy NJ Nor
laix could not help remarking that Adrienne
was very much more restless, perturbed, i'll at
CdSe, lIdu Ou tue HhG lOItUtI OCCdSlOUS. II uu
why were the burning eyes of the pale, agita-
ted girl turned with such intense, sudden scru-
tiny upon Madame de Vautpre's countenance
when Madame and Clarisse BeaudeSert hand
ed chocolate to tina: lady? Was it that Ad-
renne's solicitude was awakened by the signs
of recent and severe suffering visible there, for
Madame de Nautpre had passed much worse
night than usual aud at her own request had
received the sacrament soon after rising.
The able would fain have believed so, but
could not, knowing whathe did 1t was rath-
er, he greatly feared, that that young, and, as
he once thought, guileless, unwordIy heart,
was agitated by criminal hopes, which those
signs of probably mortal disease had quicken
/ ed and inaamed.
! A harsh but perhaps not unnatural iudg-
ment Poor Adrienne'S criminal hopes, were,
in Sooth, limited to the magical effect produced
by the poudre rose. Certainly, Madame de
/ VAMPIRES demeanor was more gracious towards
her mother and sister than on former occa-
SiOns and, unhoped-for condescenson suffer
ing and feeble as she was, Madame la Baronne
would accompany them down the grand stairs
to the entrance-hall ; had shaken hands with
Madame Beaudesert, and was about apparent
/ ly to embrace ClarlSSe, when she suddenly
staggered, caught wildly at vacancy, aud fell
heavily upon the teSselated pavement, before
q hand could be stretched forth to save her
A medical gentleman, who had resided for sew
era weeks at the chateau was quickly on the
/ spot, and opened vein a few drops of dark
/ blood flowed, and at the end of few breath
less minutes, the man of science announced, in
a grave whisper, that Madame de Nautpre
ua IaaH IaoI Of
"ApOpeXy you are certain of apOpleXy y
said the abbe, addressing the surgeon, but with
his stern glance fixed upon Adrenne's chang
ing countenance, till She overcome by rush
of contendlng emotion, lost her senses, and
sank with low, moaning cry into her mothers
arms.
Towards evening on the same day, and
whilst Adrienue was still iu a manner stunned
by the suddenneSS and magnitude of the event
which had changed the aspect Of her life she
received a message from the Able Morax,
requesting to sec her Immediately, and alone
She Obeyed the summons, and OWNED its mean
ing the moment she was in the abbe'S presence
He wore his priests stole and a velvet cuSh-
ion had been placed beside his chair Il have
sent for you, Adrieaue Beaudesert," said he,
" on this day in which He, in whose hands are
the issues of life aud death, has visited this
house with such sudden judgment, in the hope
the confidence that at such a solemn moment
YOU will not refuse or delay to lay bare your
whole heart to God
The abbe's words and tone wounded the
susceptibility of the young girl, who, with the
haHteur llSpIred by CONSCIOUS purity and innO-
cence, answered that she had no present iuten-
ton of placing herself under Monsieur l'Abbe
MorlaiX's spiritual superintendence The abbe
was enraged beyond all bounds by such re-
ply, and in the first movement of his anger,
gave partial vent to the dreadful suspicious
that had arisen in his mind MademoiselIe
Beaudesert only appeared to comprehend in
his angry, menacng language and reproach,
that she rejoiced at the death Of Madame de
Nautpre and even that was too much for her
shaken strength and again losing conscious
ness, as in the morning she wond have fallen
on the floor but for the dismayed aud bewiIdered
abbe. Directly assistance came, N. Morlaix
left the room, and soon afterwards the chateau,
TO seek counsel as to what course, under the
circumstances. he was bound 10 pursue.
Whatever that counsel may have been, re-
maned unknown TO those whom it must have
chiefly concerned, since it was not, visiby at
least, developed i'll action. The routine of the
chateau went on as usual and on the appoint
ed day, the corpse of Madame la Baronne de
Eautpre was borne in state to the vaults of
the Church of Assumption, to be laid by the
side of that of her nephew. The funeral dis
play was vet more spcndid-the catafalque
more gorgeously emblematic of the dignity
that lay rottng beneath its imposing uphol-
stery the crowd more dense, the Grafton more
effective than on the former occasion albeit
the essentials of the show were identically the
same iu both cases the same catafalque, only
more spendidly bedizened ; the same crowd
in larger numbers the same oration from the