M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-03-14

hide none Of the bsasty,d tet figure
or face. lat the first glance, she saw
the mischiefAbHt the grief Bhieh tbe
broken cup Inspired was soon lpstin
the anger resulting from reading the
I, ,,,SCaR iEbe ,ppssibls. that any ~ one 5IS
conld. darsto Frile, me such q lettsrl
(Qf course It is for me--since | find il
here in my house!" 4,r;i.l a,1 ~,
What vexed her most in this letter
or nOts1 (eall'it what yOu will, reader
titS all oneito mo- was the limper.
tinencerof)the style. II wac, aindeed,
free and easy, confident and assuming,
to- a remarkably high degree. Written
in other language it would baveIetiec.
ted her far less. Allady of rank and
style attacked like a smart servant
girlllib sNo-such an offence could
not be passed by with indifference or
disdain.i ! Come what might, and
cost what it might, she would at once
diseOVefthelwretch CHI who-H-s19di lad
''But,N reflected Madame Blainval,
sit must lave been a neighbor!n L
The windoWwhich thebillethad come
tAr'o opened on several gardens. Di-
rsctly opposite, was a large fine house,
thelinhabitant of which had never as
yet attracted the atten.ionof Madame
BlaihvaL ii.For. the first time, the
young widow posted herself behind a
curtain, and began to review and study
her opposite neighbors. j.. ,II'la'
aFor the first time!--what a wonder
fui womanl bga .jgAIEu5 o.- .I1g
ION the ground fioorlived an English
widow; with heritwo daughters, soli-
tary and secluded. ud lFi iaaf H.H
aiOh7the second floor was an old
general who had long since renounced
war and weapons, storm andstrite. u
On the third she saw an honest
family, consisting of father, mother,
and seven childrenob aIgb j sai 1901
The fourth story was to rent. 1s..4'
The fifth WHO could live in the
fifh9 Madame Blainval had novel
thought of looking so high before!
DA!l at once one of the fifth story
widows opened, and q young mar
looked out. Madame hid herself amit
the curtains, hut the young man did
not look towards heryi For, after lean
ing his elbows,on the sill, he gazed ur
at the deep blue heaven. .aga'f 0IisG
"All dissinulation," thought the
widow, Sin few minutes he will look
in another direction | trow!"ai Is'm
sButlthe young man kept gazing on
the heavens, and quarter Of an houl
passed sthus. Madame BIainvaI
would1have regarded this absence Of
mind lessSingular, had she known thai
the gentleman was seeking for a
rhyme, for5he was poet. 20 gam ~.
Yes, poet, and nothing more; q
poor poet, named Adalbert, unknown
to every one. Madame Blainval had
abundant time to study his face, which
was wonderfully handsome, and full oI
expression and intelligence And 4hen
---either because he had caught his
rhyme, orelse despaired of finding il
in the frmamemt above, he retired
without casting a single glance at the
window where a pair ofbeautiful eyes
were studying him, as if he had been a
Saint Sebastian or an Apollo. o" .s.
l'"Stranae, very strange thought
Madame Blainval, eighty forgetting
her anger. o sal1loTl iafi sr.la ,sf'
She waited another quarter of an
hour. The spirit of inspiration was
workinglt ,g.lfaauiiainJ .L..a2.t9a.
.''And yeti" she reflected, SIT must
have been ho.q lhave no other neigh
Dor capable ofisueh-terible condnct
3Onexamibing the window and TIT
position OF the stone, madame scien
itifcally concluded thatit must have
come from anupper stery opposite. i
She wasinothe eleventh month of he,
+widowhood. Itwasa propitious time
forsomebody. q In the midst of all hel
grief and affliction ore small icornel
was still left open for consolation. -
Happythe first comeryiflhe onlyknes
how wtoayailihimselfs OF his gadVanta
geshiaU odT .roinJ adt 9ygssa1q q
Chance, which had done everything
! linstliisi business, ,nbrOught Adalbef
out Of his window at the right instant
Everything served him as q passport
fromithe impudence ofthe letter to hi,
neglect of herself--which latter failing
inspired the feeling ofisoms mystery
which the widow determined should
be solyednno!.9 yuG rsbaH s9Hd om
A common adorer,7 who came BY
the beatenItr would speedily hart
received the mitten. .iiA Asnmight hav,
proved himself a paragon ofannparal
leled perfection, as regarded amiability
! and DELICATE attentions Buta gen
tlemap who declared loveby throwins
large stones and smashing Windows
and breaking poreelain--such q love
required some reflection 10 3nealsgs.
And then thata asranothar aoratra