St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-12-29
A HUNDRED THOUSAND
CROWNS IN RAILROAD
STOCK.
FROM TIE FRENCH OF MARIE AYCARD
FOB THE plTTsBUKG SATURDAY vIsiTER,
BY CHARLES P. sHlRAs.
CONCLUDED.


CONCLUDED.
Lyons Railroad Stock" repeated lie.
Lyous Railroad Stock in the place of
specie! no! no. .,:,..: .:.:..,::t
The notary, when he saw this brutal
act, let the glass Of champagne fall from
his hand, and threw himself into af arm
chair, crying: :'.,. -. -, >:.-. ~.
"Monsieur Laclos! MONSIEUR Laclos !"
"lou have deceived me, Monsieur"
said NJ. Laclos, addressing the n"ta,y.-
I" Lyons Railroad Stock! Ii is not worth
all obofxs. Now, house worth tortv
thousand francs, less ten, and an estate
worth sixty Thousand. l..ss ,cn-thirt;
and forty five make sevcnt, five. Mad
AM is only worth seventy five Thousand
francs 4his is 'lothsn ny;-the affair CAN
not he continued" j, II. :: ,...'..
And y l.ac!os, whose lite had CON-
menced with an, .cloguc, limped from his
chair, and stizcd his cane to depart: Mrs.
Butler rose from her chair and sprang
before him. n,;;, sa4 -: H..
Paul! laulv' cried she, :" you have
Mt recognized me: l am your Virginia |!
Yes. my dear Paul, Virginia, q your first.
and, ] see plainly, your only loye Alas {!
it. Was tor me that you exp"sed. your lifa,
for Inc tha; you j%,pped out of: tie third.
story window! O heaven! tor tl.ir:y
years you have net ''.een able to tax a
single step without hatvv'i1n;ge: &: brought b:ck
to your mind our youthful" and onl; 1--we
our: father deceived you. my dear Paul :;
your Virginia did not marry =, Dutchman.
she did not die, but was married against
ner will to an English, officer, and has
never ceased to love YOU. ''':'' @'':Ii>"h /
This woman would draw tears sfrom a
stone" said the Notary wiping his eyes
with tlne India silk handkerchief: ::
NJ. hac:o' heart must certainly have
oeen harder than diamond. for he sho: .
cd no signs Of weeping but On the contr :
~, seemed constrained and! embarrassed.
1t was evident that the eclogue of the ric:,
capitalist had nisheq long before, and
tnat he did not wish to, renew;t. ltsuited
his :dc"s much lcttc4 tia: lis first love
had been married at Har'cm, and had died
afterwards, than to have her before him
in the shape: Of Mrs. Butler, with the
worthless Railroad stock, In abandoning
the pastoral style, NJ Lac!os had become
most frightfully uatter-of fact in his ideas.
He had before him a woman painting from
passion and love. who deyoured him with
eager slances; and only waited for word
or sign to throw herself into his arms vet
he merely saw in Virginia Bernard, SO mi
raculously found. a woman whose impru-
dence had ruined her fortune, and who
only represented seventy five thousand
francs. in estates most ditfi' ult to sell III,
short, the worst possible speculation. Dis
daining cen to answer the poor woman,
he cast an irritated look uron the notary,
and said to him in tone scarcely polite
"You will oblige me, Monsieur if you
will give me moments interview in your
Office"
{" At your SERVICE" said the notary,
following his wealthy client ias q: =.
. "Eoanemain,"' said, ilaclus ,;wheu thov
were alone. lyon have caught ME in this
trap; you knIW all.
~ give you MY word Of honor" ans s
wered bon"emain. in an angry tome, ''tl,at
waslas ignorant in the ln;.tter rs Yourself.
! have not yet received the pape:s Of Mrs.
i5ptier, tor she Was not required to send
them until Tomorrow. lad no means
OF knowing that h>r maiden name was
Bernard; and us tor the hundred thousand
crowns, the proof Of my iaith may: be
found in The fact that i. sent my head
clerk (who has not yet returnedj to the
Rothschilds Banking house tor the money"
Well! Bvnnema'n, ysu must manage
to rid me of this woman'".ne ,~#r;<;:s
.. :" How! your 6rst love !! the Amaryllis
Of your, eclrgue! The Lyons Rail: o4d
stock may rise, Monsieur Lacltos '''':'St ~
''Fiddlesticks! never!, I,would not be
able to make fifteen hundred fradcs. out uf
the hundred Thousand crowns. Once more,
as you brought me into this ;scrape, you
must manage to get me out Of it,.
But your Virginia, NJ. Laclos! what
has passed SINCE =" Lg=.-. =.
"Ihirty years have passed, Monsieur
'"Monsieur Laclos," i" said the notary in
grave tone, "you have disengaged yourself:
you have torn the contract to pieccs.' i:
"if that is the case, it is all right" re-.
spondcd NJ. Laclos, as he bowed acoldly3
to the notary, and started off, leaning. on
= his Sc cane. and lonking Ike mau escaping.
from robbers den. @''"S ,5iif ss:'s>=.st %
The first care Of NJ. Bonncmnain, when
his client had gone: was to run to the
dining room. Mrs. Butler had gone into
the drawing room, where he found her il
a swoon. upon the sofa. He ran to. her
assistance. loosed her stays, threw L water
in her face, &c., until she recovered. -
New the" position Of the notary was 3