Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-10
r. o q GE EFT NOIR;
Or, Red and BLACK.
From the French of NJ. About !

D., a..
Waller, 1886, retired in IS41; medal of ST.
Helena Such is the way he described him
sell; but NJ. About's portrait of the inner man.
though not hattering, is far more Photographic:
He possessed q most loyal frank, and delicate
character, which at the same time, was the
most bitter, Jealous, and ill-tempered in the
world. As for his external qualities he wore
noustache which no cosmetic in the world
would render hssom, and which, black as Jet
on Sunday morning, grew gradually gray by
Thursday while his bair, thanks to the per-
Tuquiers skill, ever maintained its raven gioss;
al thai betrayed his age we're the small tufts
Of gray hair that peeped out Of his ears
Yet Captain Bitterlin ought to have had no
reason to be continaally GROSS, for he did not,
apparently, suffer from Indigestion As a boy,
be had been the happiest drummer in the
French army at Leipzig, and never slept with
out dreaming OF the traditional marshars ba-
ton. he earned his first epaulette in Waterloo,
though he did not get it till nine years later in
SPAIN During that interval, he had often
felt inclined to retire, and plant his native
cabbsges; but, he had never plotted. Gaining
his captaincy by seniority, at the age of thirty
SIX he proceeded to Africa, and came back
with dysentery: he was sent to patch himself
up at Braincorn, where he married a restau-
rateur's daughter, pleasant mode of pass
ing the time. No sooner married than he was
ordered to join the depot at Strasburg, his wife
followed IN the baggage train. In 1889 he be-
hundred and tenth and three hundredth and
eleventh milestones on the Strasburg road Ur-
fortunately, his wife was young and coquettish,
and allowed herself to be made love to with
out meaning any harm. After passing through
the agonies Of jealousy, and killing a comrade
who annoyed him with his jokes, the captain
determined on retiring when he was forty nine
he setup his Lares in the Marais, on an income
of about 5000 francs year and the solitude
settled madame In four years; as NJ. About
profoundly remarks, 1.-The angels themselves
would have grown weary Of tending the cap
The captain was inconsolabIe at the loss Of
the only domestic animal he had to bully: but
the pangs wore of whoa the last war aroused
his martial instincts- The greatest blow the
gallant captain ever received was, that Seba.-
topool should be taken without him for he had
been anxiously expecting that the minister OF
war would send for him, as the only man capa-
bic Of finishing the campaign properly Hence,
when the capture Of the Malakof took place
be was 80 agitated by il, that fat Agathe, his
maid ali-Work, compassiOnatsiy asked hiin
Whether the government had deprived him Of
portion Of his property, and if il would not
be advisable to put down one dish at breakfast
In consequence. At times the captain would
certainly remember that he was father; but
it only ended BY exSperating him, for he
could not make up his mind whether his wife
had been unfaithful to her vows Besides
when he went to see the little Emma al st.
Dennis, he found her 80 ugly that he fel. no
interest in her. And yet, strange to say, usen
she suddenly burst forth into lovely girl, this
annoyed the captain the more, for so great was
the trouble the care Of her would entail upon
him, that. he declared her beauty was rarely
indecent. @ ..
Such treasure as this the suspicious csrtsin
nqst keep from mortal eye; hence, he broke eff
all Emms's school acquaintanees, and only
allowed her to 90 out with AgIthe to church
ia A A. he s4I:
way to lose his daughter. One morning, as
she was returning from church, she was in
suited by parcel Of schoolboys, whom sud len
Iy very handsome yonng man came to her
rescue, and bore her away to his lodgings In
fainting state.
He was young italian. of good family. Bar
tolomeo Narni, x-Count do Miranda, who had
fought bravely during the siege of Rome: and.
after mortgaglng his estate and title, he had
retired to Paris, his whole fortune consisting
his family portrait gallery, which he could
not bear to part with. Up to the present time
he had earned his livelihood ss reader to an
Italian printer, but now that love took fuil
possession of his senses, like a true italian, he
could not do anything but think Of his love
VI course, Emma, who never saw any young
men, gave her heart TO her campanion and for
her para dreamed pleasantly about the future,
though not word was dropped to tho captain.
who would probably have gone mad at the
thought Their only chance ofmeeting was at
the church, where, as IL. About remarks, ssthe
mas they heard was not placed 70 THAR credit
ia the ledger of par ,dise" Still thew were
happy, and Moe invented a mode of com muni-
cation which, for its originality, deserves ex-
tract: ..s-- 4
There are theatre bills in the arcade con-
Meeting the Rue des YOsges with the Place
ROyale. Every morning. between eleven and
twelve, the italian went there, and underlined
with pencil tho letters which formed a SEN
tence addressed 70 bmma It was a R.,9e of
patience, but Moe had employed 1t bef e In
corresponding with his friends at Bologna, by
means OF an old number Of the Dobats Emma
went on. with her father, and stopped. like +,
child, before the play bills. How could the
captain refuse her such an innocent aun..
nlen,e The 6rs. bill would run thus: -
:. C0HIedte Frcncaiss
.--'-- s-a "Jeudi, Is Msi, 1858. q
- LIS co1Isgt61S, 0Tdtu1ITeS de 4 Emps-snr
---- doHHeToR 'G05rieHe -" -
Enms easily deciphered Bfa JoIis. and car.
ned oa the same game till she reached the
Theatre Beau;Garchais -
The captain had reasons for liking this soon-
page; for hs, too, would east glance ON The
hiIs, Whl,h enabled hin TO give Emma hne
moral lecture. He showed her that author.
atsobiged to invent and aous q ties in 10
attract the public to tho theatre, and pre,ched
to her utter contempt Of plays G'Yo- are
very lucky" he would say. sat only knoUiny
me, ihsse extrayagances by name; Look here; lie
nHg, Snd( j. seandaI0uSf eIe
Erait Deadu--th ~ imrno raI: LA Jo;a fa;,
Peur+- that Is ridiculous; ..Les Lionnes
Psuyres-what can that be but q history with.
out head or tail, and probably indecent in the |
bargaio! The scamPs who write piays can,
s~rn a living. and serve 'em, right. ~ Emma
nsrely replied By marking the corner of the |
last bill with, the dusty end of her paraso. as
slgn 70 her lover that she had deciphered the |
bt'iet, and thus was the poor captain tricked |
hone stA his very nose -H,.. a. srs |
Al length, Enma's passion became 80 in tense |
tnat she could not conceal il from her father. 4
AMI so sue confessed her great secret, and |
though the captain laid il down rs a rule that 4
children should only be msnaged by Kindness, |
On sais OCCASION bis wrath was superior to his
theory- The poor girl received a couple Of |
trenendons bores on the ear, and was locked |
up IN her room, while Agathe was bundled out |
neek ana crop under -thepssursl suspicion Of
. oShg an accom- pnes As for Emma, the cap
tain swOTe that she should remain uader ar,est
Tsef she made q full confession of her crime,!
nl' she declared With equal frmaess that, 50