The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-02

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stones, how easily ~e'e WY ~
x.dape de ST. Cyr.
arbe celIaif"
How quick TIE hasa that enlightened uie "hi'A
arrived the sal,ert'
az is exanisitel An never 10 cit ct your table
bs, some new device charmsl" ] exclaimed is
81 your design, Mademoiseilei" said, turning to
Delphine.
peiphine, who had been ice to oil the B,ron's al
vances, only euried her lip. "DeS bobio,S'' che
said.
ayes indeed" cried Mime. de 81. Cyr, extending
her hand for Il. "But none the less her taste l.
It not fairy thing Acsiino! Observe this curve,
these lieesi but oae ma0 could have drawn them.
and she held IL for DOR scrutiny IL was my
hand nd arm II ivory. psrtiug the foam OF wave
aud holding golden she'll, TO which the salt SEEM
cd To have cyusted itselfas If ia some secretest
oceao.boliow. locked At the Baron moment.
his eyes we're fastened upon the sd'ieTt, and all the
color had foressken bis cheeks,-his face counted
his years The diamond was 10 that little she'll
Nm, how to ostainitl bad no novice to deal with:
nothing but delicate JsaeSsc would answer.
"Permi, me TO examine IT," | said. She passed II
to her lefi hand tor ms 10 take. The butler made
step forward.
"Mean while, Madame" said the Baron, smiling
al have no salt"
The Instinct of hospitality prevaiied:-sae wa.
about 10 return it. Might | do an awkward
thing. Tahesitatpgy Reversing my glass, |
gave my wider sweep than necessary, and,
il met her hand with violence, the satiere fell
Before it touched the a ,or / caugh. it. There
was still pinch Of salt left,-nothing more.
"a thousin psrdons' said, and restored 1t to
the Baron.
His Exceliency beheid it with dismay; it was
rare to see him bend over and scrutinZe it with
starting eyes.
In the song" asked Dephiue,-"ihs secret Of the
eea, Monsieur"
He handed it to the butler, Observing, 81 find
here no.
"Sslt, Monsieur" replied the mao, who did
not doubt but all had gone right, aud replenished
10
Had one told me in the morning tbst no intri-
cate man@uvres, but simple bIunder, wouId
effect this, might have met him in the q bis de
Bouiogne.
I've will not quarrel" said my neighbor, light
~, with reference TO the popular superstition.
.sRather propitiate the offended deities by O
crumb tossed over the shoulder" added l.
"0Ger the lef?" asked the Baron, to intimate
his knowledge of another idiom, together with a
reproof Of my gaucherie.
"a gaucbc.-que5Qac,ois cest jsstemcnt droh,"
1 replied.
";at in any pottage,' said Madame, little IN
easily, sis like surprise in an individual, it
brings out the flavor Of every ingredient. my
cook tells me."
at is preventive of palsy" / remarked, as
the slight trembling of my adyersary's finger
caught my eye.
"And have noticed that taste for i. is pecu-
liar to those who trace their blood 10 Galitzn con
tiuued Madame.
LET us, therefore, elect deputation to those
mines near Cracow," said Delpkine.
"To our cousins, the slaves there!" laughed her
mother.
81 must vote to lay your bill on the table
Mademoiselle," rejoiued
"But with a boule ttaache. Monsieur"
GAS the salt has been laid on the foor," said the
Meanwhile, as this Igh. skirmshing proceed
ed, my sleeve and Nine de ST. Cyr's dress was
slightly powdered, but ] had not seen the da
mond. The Baron, holder than !, looked under
the table, bat made no discovery. | Was on the
point of dropping my napkin to accomplish
similar movement, when my accommodating
neighbor dropped hers To restore 1t, stopped.
Thers 80 iay large and glowing. the Sea Of Spleen.
dor, the Moon of Milk. the Torment of my Life,
on the carpet. WITHIN half an inch of lady's
slipper. Msdemosee st. Cyrs foot had prevent
ed the Baron from seeing 1t, now it moved
and unconsciously covered il. All was as |
wished. ] hastily restored the napkin, and locke ed
steadily at Deiphine-eo steadily, that she per-
ceived some meaning, as she had already suspects
ed game. By my sign she understood NE,
pressed her foot upon the stone aud drew il
er. In France do not remain at table until
unit Tor a lady's society,-we rise with them
Delphins needed TO drop neither napkin nor hand
kerchief abe conposedly stopped and picked up
the stone, SO quickly that one saw what il
"And the diamond" said the Baron to the but
Ter, rapidly, AZ he passed.
at in the S1tierc :" whispered the astonish-
ed creature.
Ia the drawing room ! sought the Marquis.
To-day | was to surrender yen your proper
ty," said; ait is here"
DO you know Ia replied, 81 thought | must
have been mistaken"
ANY of our volatile friends here might have
been," resumed "fJr US it is impossible. Con-
corning this, when you return to France, will
relate the incideuts at present there those
who will not hesitate to take life to obtain its
possession. The diligence leaves in twenty minutes
aud If owned the DIAMOND, it should not leave
me behind Moreover, who knows what day may
bring forth; Tomorrow there may be an eleUtC.
Let me restore the thing as you withdraw
The Marquis, who is not after all, the Lion of
England, pau-ing a moment to transmit my words
from his to his brain, did not afterwards delay
TO make Inquiries or aiieux but went to seek Nine.
de St. Cyr and wish her good night, on his depar-
ture from Paris As awaited his return, which
knew would not be immediate, Delphine eft the
Baron and Joined ne.
"You betkoned me ~ che asked.
sNo, did not"
"Nevertheless, ] come by your desire, am
sure"
"Msdemoise!le." l said, az am not In the custom
of doing favors; have forsworn them. But before
you return me my jewels, risk my head and reu.
der oDe last one aud TO you"
"Do not, Monsieur, at such price, she responded
with a slight mockiDg motion of DER hand
"Delphinel those resolves, last night, in the
cellar, were daring they were noble, yet they
were useless"
She had not started, but O. slight tremor ran
over her person and vanished while spoke.
"They will be allowed to proceed no farther
the axe 10 sharpened; lot the last man who ad nit.
ed his mask was spy,-was the Secretary of the
Secret Service"
Delphne could not have grown paler than was
usual with her OF late. She flashed her eye upon
me.
ale was, it may be, Monsieur, himself" she
said
81 do not claim the honor of that post"
'But you were there, nevertheless-a spy"
"Hush, Deiphine! It would be absurd to quar-
rel l was there for the recovery of this stone,
having heard that it was in celar,-whch, stu
pidly enough, l had insisted should be a wines
cellar"
at was, them
I'm a salt.cellar,-a blunder which, as You do
not speak English, you cannot comprehend.
never mix with treason, and did not wish 10 assist
at your pastimes. l speak now, that you may
escape"
AT Monsieur betrays his friends, the police WHY
should expect kinder fate l''
when i use the police, they are nay SER
wants, not my friends / simply warn you, that
before sunrise, you will be safer travelling than
sleeping, safer next week in Vienna than in
Paris"
Thank you And the intelligence ia the price
OF the diamond If had not CHANGED to pick il
mp, my throat" and she ciasped il with her fl n.
gers, had been no senderer than the others ,"
"Delphine will you remember, should Won have
occasion to do 30 In Vienna, that 1t is lust poss
PIE ior an Eoglishman to have affections, and sen.
timents, aud 10 fact, sensations? that with hin,
friendship can be involate, and to betray il an
impossibiiity! And even we're il not l. Made-
moisele have not the pleasure to be ciassed by Won
ae q friend" ''
You err esteem Monsieur highly"
! was impressed by her coolness
"Let me see If you comprehend thu ma,t.r
demanded
"Ferfectly. The arrest will be used to.niph,
the gulotine tomorrow"
"You will take immediate measures for fight p,
"No,--I do not see that life has value. / shall
DO the debtor of him who takes it"
"A large debt DelPhine, exact promise OF
yoa. do not care to have endangered myself for
nothing Ii is not worth while to make yonr
mother unhappy. Life Is not yoars to throw
away. | appeal 10 your maguanlmity."
Affections, sentiments sensations she quoted.
"Your own danger for the snection.-it SAT affair