Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-08-11
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY TOWAD BRADFORD

much or ner brilliant form ana feature-0ea0ty,
was Madame Beaudesert, wan wife and moth
er, eternally busted with household cares, neces,
sariIy negligent of the elegancies of attire, i'm
patient of the present. regrettiDg the past. the
fairy being being pictured in the youthful im-
agination of Eugene Beaudesert as the honor
ed and admired mistress of his inherited splen
dors, the grace and genius of the courtly cir
cles to which it would be his chiefest pride to
have raised her E? Clearly not. Do not sup
pose that biting, bitter words-hasty and quick
ly repented Of, it may be-such as escaped
Adriennes lips, when, as she was walking with
her husband and children in the hot, dusty
Champs Elysees, Charles Baudin, the rich
grocers son, whose hand she had refused for
that of Madame de Vautpres nephew, dashed
| past in his new cabriolet with Madame Baudn
his richly appareIled, very pretty wife by his
| side-words which ever after rankle in the
memory, did not frequently pass between Mon
sieur and hadame Beaudesert. And yet she
was not, as the world goes, an unaffectonate
wife and mother, nor he bad, unloving hus
band and father Both possessed amiable
qualities -amabe qualities, mean, of an Or
dinarY degree-and we know that none but
those supremely angelic, unfawed natures,
whose only ascertaiuable dwelling place, in my
experience, is the brains of boys girls, and
authers, can illumine the bleak wastes of life
with perennial radiance, make constant sun
shine in the shadiest places, sing ceaseless
songs of gadness upon empty stomachs, and
delightedly dsport themselves in the lowest
social quagmires, from whatever height hurled
down
To that bright band, Monsieur and Madame
Beaudesert assuredly did not belong They,
however, rubbed along disconsolately, till the
death, in 1885, of Captain Champfort when
Eugene, reused to SpasmodIc eXertion, left his
wife and youngest child Clarisse at Clichy
with the widow, and set out on foot with his
daughter, dreamy Adrienne, for the Chateau
d'Em where Madame de VAMPIRE had for
some years constantly resided, determined upon
one more effOrt-if not to regain her good
will, at least to wrest from her by importantly
the means Of modest existence. His aunt re-
! fused to see him, and returned his letters un-
| opened weared out ct length, as well as
seriously warned by the authorities, that to
persist in his annoyance of Madame la Baronne
de Vau;pre, would bring unpleasant conse-
quences upon himself he-by the advice of his
new friend, jules Delpech, at whose house,
distant about league from the chateau, he
had taken up his temporary abode-hired an
apartment in the Rue du Back, Lyon aud
chiefly in the hope of touching his aunt's heart
through her pride, advertised in the local pa
pcrs that Eugene Beaudesert, ex-captain Ct the
Garde ROyale, gave lessons in reading writing,
arithmetic, and elementary mathematics This
notable expedient failed as completely as all
previous ones Madame de Vautpre was i'm
movable by such feeble devices but a more po-
tent agent than the dsinher,ed descendant of
the BeaudesertS was at hand bringing fullest
relief to the sufferer, and rebuke, remorSe to
his obdurate, pitieSS relative Eugene Beaudp-
sert fell suddenly i'll the long fever of despair
had at length consumed the golden oil of life.
and the sGWr de charjte, whose mission of mercy
took her to that poor abode, saw that yet
few hours and the divine lamp would expire on
earth, to be relumed only in His presence whose
breath first touched it with celestial fire.
Having clearly possessed herself of the
melancholy story sister Agnes lost no time in
endeavoring to secure the good offices of the
! y bbe MorIaix, who she knew, was the con
! fcssor Of Madame de Vautpre, rcputedIy one
Of the most devout ladies of France. This
was not difficult task and the abbe, first
visiting the moribund, FASTENED at once to the
great lady'S presence. Never was the abbeS
sOnorous eloqneuce more vigorously exerted
and as he, with the authority of church of
which Madame de VAMPIRE was a fanatical
adherent entreated, menaced, commanded, her
obduracy and pride of heart, insenSible to the
| peadings of humanity, yielded to religious
| terrOrs before the interview terminated, it
was settled that all money could do 10 avert
or delay the stroke of the DESTROYER was to be
essayed and that should her nephew not re-
cover, his eldest daughter, Adrienne, was to
be received at the Chateau dem, avOwedIy
as Madame de FautpreS heiresS. Que ccndi
tiOn however, was peremptorily insisted upon
which was, that Adrieune should be separated
from her family, who would he permitted to
see her once only in each year the mother and
sister to be paid yearly pension of four tohus
and francs during Madame de VAMPIRES
! pleasure which meant so long as they aud
4 drienne vigorously complied with the con-
dition of separation from each other. This ar
rangement Eugene Beaudesert readily though
ungraciouSly acquesced in-I mean that he
neither felt nor affected gratitude for the
tardy and fear-eXtOrted conceSSon-and he
commanded his reluctant daughter to comply
Herewith when he was gone, as she valued his
blessing and her mother and sisters welfare
Of that young girl-of Adrienne Beaudesert
whom we just now saw passionately refuse to
abandon for moment the post assigned TO
her by flial love and duty have not as yet
spoken, though it is around her the interest of
this narrative will mainly gather. 1t will,
however, be only necessary in this place to pre-
mise that Adrienne Bcaudesert will he thirteen
on her next birthday that she is we'll formed
and tall of her age, and that her now death
pale complexion, eyes swollen and red with
weeping, loose INTENDED hair, obscure beauty
as exquisite as that of her mother at the same
age whilst even through that clouding veil of
tears and terror, the ibfantine candor, the
faith=hoW shall exnress myself 2-the simnle