The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-14
The Lovers s Signal.


emigration posts Of honor and emoumenta the French
court; loyalty, republican soil, remained trad
tional virtue in the family it was therefore, with much
grief that St Aubin heard Of the of Louis
and the queenly Marie Anoinette, the dispersion Of
their brilliant court, the wreck of all held so
dear-the ancient regime. If the event had happened
| earlier, whilst he younger man, he would
doubtedly have taken up arms and joined the emigrant
army but he mad already fallen into the sere and yellow
leaf = had to whom he might entrus the family
honor and sword-Zeal restricted to generous SYM
pahy for the Bourbons, thorough detestaton Of the
regicidal authorities. He widower, with an only
daughter Bertha, lately returned, account of the
troubles, from long soloUrn with relatives at Paris
Fonness for ancestral recolectOns induced privaton
of his daughters society he anxious she should for
while dwell midst the splendor of court, of whose
earlier history he had thousand anecdotes to relate
bequeathed by sire and grandsire During herabence
feeling his state lonely unsoca he took under his roof
a brothers orphan daughters Meanie and Euphrasia St.
Aubin.
1t was about six months after the of Bertha
that the sisters Melaie and Euphrasia after
noon sitting on the terracew walk, which commanded
view of the lake The suite of rooms occupied by the
family opened on smooth esselaed promenade shaded
at each end by lofty foliage beneath which stood payil
ions Of uniform design Euphrasia the young sister,
girl of sixteen summers with some prctensons beauty
and undeniabe claim to good temper and kindly dispo
Sition, sitting al resc0 in front Of the hafopened
doors Of the saoon engaged sketcng portion Of the
varied landscape whilst Melanie walked and fro some
times palsng to mark her sisters progress sometimes
staying before the door, considering whether she should
take pencil in hand, resume the unfinished embroidery
or evoke the latent melody which dWeIt in the strings
of the suspended guitar. Taller than Euphrasia she
had the advantage disadvantage of being six years
odcr--a gay, handsome archooking belle of two and
twenty with eyes in which urked mischief as well as
beauty. 1t happened now, as usual, that Melanie it
matters not whether stung by emulation, goaded by
enui was bent employment, but then she could not
make up hermnd what to do. Whilst eycing the guitar
suspended by broad blue rbbon the sound Of carriage
wheels the road in the OF the chateau distracted
her attention, caused her to look for the passing
equipage-or when fully bent on taking upthe cmbro-
derry, sloop, perhaps pnnace, with its white sails
appeared making for the landing in the park beneath
disappearance was generally deceptive the vessel merely
standing in to gain the breeze in fresh tack which
would carry her round the headand-butit it suiced to
make the lady forget her purpose.
'Here comes our good unce-and hope with plenty
of newsn exclaimed the idle beauty, enthusiastically.
His arrival was hailed great relief by both ladies'
by the one inasmGcll he brought from Geneva the
latest news which might prove Interesting, or afford
matter for spccuatiou-by the other she could
pursue her pictorial studies freed from the nquetude
which the restcsncss Of sister failed not to inct
on the other.
''Where is Bertha:" asked St. Aubin looking round,
after he had satisfied the many eager inquiries of eane.
! "Nay-I know not uncle replied the ,ace, coldy;
'she is too fine lady to remain with humbIy bred
provincias-pe2haps we might fad hc1 on the shore
gathering pebbles, the rocks picking up quartz or
,,' I7,,, ;, we '0
"Youare too severe, Mcane, remarked the oldgen-
teman approaching his young niece; Bertha is much
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As monsieur approached Euphrasa, the latter antici-
pated his wish by presenting her drawing. He bowed
in receiving it with the graceulncss of la yec cour.
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q sisters again"
s.ScrI whore SHE comrs'" c,iod Frnhras;o no,tino
0 towards the beach :
Whilst Bertha alone wound I'M The rather toll some
ascent from the lake for are excused even the Gallant
BREEDING of st. Auhin WE will pndeavor to clear the
mystery from the hints and nueuy0es thrown out in the
, above conversation
Tn 10 the Deri0d of denartnrp for Paris the friend
shin of Bertha and Melanc was proveraln the neigh
borho0d since the return Of the hpiress of chateau St
Aulin after an absence of two wears the intimacy
although the parties now welt under the same roof
assumed cold cstranged and formal character sadly
cnliyened bv traits of pioue and rynlrvthe aimosty
If must he confessed chiefly on the side of Ncanc The
little world around that side Of lake smaleyo
lcntIy disposed as elsewhere took summary view OF
the quarrel and It was accordingly an upchallenged
axiom of cossp that Bertha was enraged to find her
own station in her fathers house usuTDct-authorty
dIccotod to tbe niece instead Of tc douror and flat
Nalnia nnholdrroa hv wild v,i)fI snirt was haut
on retaining the having during Bertla's
absence acnuircd an 1scendancv over her easy rood
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