Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-09-20
QQOrfrster Daily Spg.
From the Home journal.
The Cream-Cheese,

wretch wh0 had ruined his happiness How
could he discover that name which Valentine
refused to disclose. He would give half his
fortune to know it. Should he apply to Mad
anne N0genlet! Perhaps she was ignorant of
the existence OF the letter bnt then, how did
! come INTO her possession. His excited inn
SdSihatlon soon invented fable to account for
THIS Madame Nogenlet was pretty, and a
widow, WITH no doubt, many admirers-her
CHOICE had fallen upon some Lovelace-a lost
letter had revealed TO her his infidelity-there
had oeen quarrel, then reconciliation, on
condition of the sacrifice ofthe correspondence.
Other letters were, undoubtedly, in the hands
of the widow.
So convinced does he at length become of
the reality OF his tancies that he determines to
go directly to Madame Nogenlet. The bas ket
will furnish an excnse for visit. He already
knows the street of her residence
Ills determination Is Immediately carried IN
to effect. After few enquiries the house is
found, and he is soon ushered into a drawing.
room where Madame Nogenet receives him
with the warmest expressions of gratitude.
How very kind of you, sir, to take so much
trouble to repair the effects of my inexcusabe
carelessnesS My poor aunt will be delighted.
You cannot imagine the pleasure which the
return of this baskets gives me-"
~ am very happy if it is so, as trust it will
lead you to some indulgence in my favor"
He then related simply that he had not been
able to resist the temptation of peep at the
cheese, and the result had been the discovery
OF piece OF paper, on which were written the
lines-"I shall never forget" etc, etc.
"Irdeed said Madame Nogenlet, laughing
"Was this on the envelope of my cheese A
love-letter 1t is charming! What pity that
there is only the end of it."
"The commencement cannot be far off,
'Do you think so? z"
Madame, the imprudent person who wrote
those lines-who should never have written
them-belongs to a respectable family with
whose friendship l am honored. You will
easily understand that the entire letter must
be OF still more compromising character, es-
pecially if the writer is-a married woman %
Il can Imagine that such passage would
not sound very pleasantly in the ears of a
husband"
Glow the letter came into your hands-with
others, perhaps-I have certainly no right to
ask; but permit me to represent to you the
grief which this secret, if divulged, would ex-
cite in respectable family. Let me suppl
cate you, madame, to make the generous sac
rltce OF this letter-or rather OF letters-it is
to be presumed that there are Others"
1t would give me the greatest pleasure"
she said, 80 oblige you, il it were in my
power the kindness | have received from
yOu 10 doSuICulJ worth Il lew scraps OF paper
but, fortunately the one you have shown me
is the only one that has been in my possession
and that was without my knowledge"
"Ihen was mistaken i'll my conjectures,
cried Delannoy, in a tone of vexation"
"And does this trouble you much?"
"Assuredly. What can L do, now To
whom can L apply !"
"To the grocer who sold me the cheese, at
bell, Rue st. Spirit"
IL. ~ 4
there Immediately. A thousand pardons, ma
dame, for having given you trouble"
The Impotence of Delaney had yet to suf-
fer one trial. When he arrived at the railroad
station the train for Corbell had JUS. left and
he was obliged to wait two hours. While he
was waiting, a train arrived from COrbel and
one OF the first persons who stepped out of the
cars was Marietta.
''Where have you been 2" he asked.
"To Corbeil."
"Who sent you 2"
madame"
"What for?"
''To get some articles that had been sent on
there which she wanted"
The answer was Sd simple and probable that
Delannoy did not enquire further
"You can go, he said.
Marietta did not wait to be told twice, and
the haste which she showed in departing,
awoke some suspicious in the mind of her
master, who remembered now, or tancied that
she looked embarrassed and that her face
flushed when she saw him. But the train
was about to start, and he had no time to iol
low her. He stepped into car, and in an
hour was at the grocers, in the Rue ST.
Spire."
Madame" he SAID to the woman who stood
behind the counter, "you have a stock of old
papers in which you wrap up your goods. How
much are they worth %
"rhe woman looked across her spectacles
with surprise at the individual who asked this
unusual question.
"You do not understand me 2"
Perfectly, sir; but it would be difficult to
tell the value without weighing them"
IF l should offer you twenty francs would
you be satisfied 2"
"Sr?"
"Hold, here are forty if you will give them
all to me Immediately, without excepting the
smallest scrap"
The best days in the grocery never brought
her in half of this; and Delannoy soon found
his arms full of papers, she assured him. were
all she possessed. He FASTENED to his house.
turns over carefully bills, college themes, bust
ness letters, ETC., ect., by the dozens not one
escapes him, aud he arrives at the last, tatigued
and exhausted, but without any result. He
returned to the grocery.
Madame, you have deceived me p
81, sir?"
'Yo have other papers besides these"
"Look for yourself, sir-under the counter
in the drawers-I defy you to find one"
at is very strange that among all the papers
you have given me there is not one OF those
which wish TO find.
Perhaps the person took them that was
here before you"
WHAT person z"
"Some person came an hour or two ago,
and paid me to let her look over them, and
take what she wanted"
This revelation struck Delannoy with sur
prise.
" Can you tell me who this person was 2" lie
asked.
The servant of family who have recently
come to Corbel."
" Mariette 2"
Il believe thatwas her name 3"
Marietta 1t was very strange How could
Marietta have anticipated him in his search
when he had not uttered word which could
reveal his intention Z" | will interrogate
her" he exclaimed. This mystery must be
cleared up"
Having passed over, for the third time, the
road between Corbeil and Paris, he arrived at
his house. Marriette opens the door.
" You have been to the grocers in Corbe
10 get some papers. Do not attempt to deny
it-you see l know ALL"
"Sir-"
"Did madame order you TO do this 2"
Marriete looks d0wn-twists her apron in
her tingers-and utters some unintelligible
words. Delannoy hitherto restrained himself.
but the increasing embarrassment of Marriette
enraged him beyond all bounds
Will you speak 2" he shouted, in a voice
loud enough to shake every window in the