St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-12-15
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next day. The repast; h ID been exquisite, the
dishes prepared byfa eor1ons blsu, who had
even surpassed himself, the wine chosen bY
BonAenain, who was an Q xcellent Judge. The
moment had arrived which Horace calls secu,4-
das .'ensds;s the cntermets had disapp and
the dessert had been Brought on. II was at
this moment that n. Laclos commenced his
story in an impassioned tonc. 3 5ft 1s2 ,Tosi
My youth was an ecloguc - Sa + aa
But before We allow. him 70 continue, i is
necessary 10 say 8 word about, Mrs Duller.-. '
She was : charming woma oman, viii. q sweet and
winning face. She was not higty-fve,, IS
Bonnemain had said, but forty-fye. However;
her color was SO. fne, her eyes 80 bright, her
hair so dark, aud her form so fresh aud plump.
that tho notary. had not beenEtoo* gallant ID
cutting her age down<ten years:.he might
have taken Ave more without Aattery.s -,
Married ~ avery early age, and against
her wilfsst an English navaI officer, she had
lived at Chelsea; 'wheretthe best years of her.
life were past in signing. for her nstive land,
and in endeayoring.to Get rid Of TIE. reccollsc.s
tons Of disappointed love: The death Of her
husband did not more than half iherate her,
for she was obliged : 70 overcome . host Of obs
slacles before she could secure her, fortune..
and sell her English estate for the hundred
thousand crowns; deposited with sRothschild,
which hadtmndc, :s,ich aii suppression upon the
mind Off Ahsi Laclos: AZ Having returned to
France. she breathed the air ether native
land with delight, and 9vheha IN = Bonnemain
smoke RI her n aacnv,r. end
named N. Laclos, Sue raised no other objection
than the fear Of d refusal, which the. gallant
notary declared was an impossibility. =, 8.
Seated at the table alongsidc Of her grey
headed intended, She ga:ed " on him with an
interest which she did not seek to dissimulate,
and listened to him with an encouraging and
afectionate attention. She thought abe coxld
discover in the character Of NJ. Laclos, Ill
those qualities Of which she had dreamed, sud
that bis conversation displayed all that was
pure, good and generous The notary had
painted the r.oh capitalist to. her, In most
bewitching colors and thus fur she had found
the portrait . true one One thing, which
would have displeased another. woman, deeply
interested Mrs: Butler-the laneness of NJ!
Laclos. He was, as We nave said before, tall
and we'll formed, and had no physicist defect
save that Of which wespeak Tie widow felt
single defornlity, must cause her gallant lover,
and she inNardly vowed that abe would 10 ali
in her poHsr tes ,soeth him TO o. fofgelfulness
Of his misfortune. mi At ,js lSat2oas IL 81 -.
My youth was an ee.ogpe, madame" said
| Laclos, IAN eclogne. which am about to re-
commence withsyS0h but Etllis time, T am Ger
t Ssfor. ~ ~, . aes harRy 'ssqe than
Tho notary obssr1;ed pastoral tohbe which
his client had assumed, rubbeds his hands.
poured out tlss champa l gnio aid called fora
bumper al round ss.t;:. i, ,sss .osI, Is
| Ism Eurgundiap,,'ns continued {Laclo,.,
IL was born il Auxerre'' = sjj,EtttS sSSYzl e5a
a fine city, :, :! said. BpAnemain. 4jast j,
| Especially along the Quay ;desl,, Yonne, "
added Laclos. THE river runs gracefully
before it, and opposite, there is little island
| covered with windmills, and shaded BY trees
which are grouped in Tie nlos. picturesque
~ viii wager that, you lived upon thi.
Quay, said Bonnemain .ssa 3tT 81 a ~ t'2>f
VS." ; Ard that YOU: sat every day, ct youl
TllfaW, gazing 81 the mills and lie trees" 4
Not exsss 81 IS s.! Il, gazc upo,
Maasmo.se 5Els Virginia bernard. who liYetttfil
nelSsiborriing house, and who. ala Ecertai
hour, Appeared tls Ct her window easily fol
got the gives and the island covered with tree
and windniiils, in the happiness / feltf Will
) admlring this young girl, who i de- excseedinnpT
beautiful, II believe, Alademoiselfe te# Vii pini
though, no more Of the trees than dia. and
!! doubtv very much if she could have told whetl
er they were oaksor birch. il However, she al
peared every day a.. her window. 1t was ne
necessary for US 70 LOOK at each other ver
! long. without coming to an tlndcrsf and;n0.