The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-07-03

dVOIuSuI L saw your ittSOs
My facet cried Frederic
Yes, my friend, it was whose ll1e' anu Pc
maps honor, you thus saved. You gsT,e o'''
You, said F,edric. so beautiful, so youni
SO wealthy-you have begged 80
Yes, my friend, received aims ouce' az
that was from you
i The next day after this, and when - | no
reckon among the happiest days Of nay llie- ona
old woman, whom I had inspired win sun
pity, took me into the house, as seaiiist'oS0 -
My gayety returned BY labor; l became y, ~
friend OF the respectable lady with WhoLil II
ed. One day Lord Melville came into tue rc0'
where was working, and sat down oy my Siu
lie was man CT sixty-tall, spare ana Oh ~
puisive aspect.
Miss, said he, i know your history Wi
you marry me 7?
Marry you 7 cried
Yes, have immense property which | d
not wish to leave TO my nephews-and haV
the gout which do not wish to be taken car
of by my domestic. From what have bee
able to learn of you, your character is upngh
as elevated. And it is in your power to becom
Lady Melville, and to prove that you are des
tined for good fortune, since you know how
support misfortune.
i loved you, Frederic continued the youn
woman 4 had seen you but once, but it wa
impossible for me t. forget you-and somethin!
IN my heart said TO me that our lives ought t.
roll together. As looked at Lord Melville, a
saw his melancholy counteDance, and his sharI
and almost wary eye, said to myself that tn
step he was taking was nothing else than
step OF revenge, and l was loath to be the in
strument in it. If the noble lord did not re
! ceive refusal, he at least easily perceived it
from my agitation, and, like all men, who are
only rendered more ardent by rejection, he re
doubled his solicitations.
My companions Induced me to profit by the
folly of an Englishman with his millions, anC
part of whose fortune could not but soon bt
mine. AS for me, thought of you-I adogeC
you with all my Imagination could lend to my
memory aud the image of man whom l ha(
seen but for an instant, almost induced me t.
sacrifice my fortune, as well as yours, Frederic
But had passed through teo rough school fol
romantic ideas to have the better Of reason
You were rejected by the young seanstress,a nt
l became Lady Melville.
1T was fairy tale, ny friend! l. poor des
erted orphan, was the wife of one Of the riches
peers in England Seated in a carriage loaded
down with servants, was able TO pass through
the street where had begged few months
before, and clothed in glittering silk and dia
monds to mark with my eye the curb stones
wherein | sat. The sport of chance, the capri
ceS of fortune, the passions of men, my friend
are fairies of this world
Happy Lord Melville :; cried Frederic, 'ht
was able to enrich you
He was in truth very happy continued
Madam de Ia Tour, and he proved to me very
clearly that, since my inclinations were honor.
able, this marriage which looked upon as {
very foolish act, was the most reasonable thing
in ha 10 VIC RI
He could never expend his income, so that
he had no need of new possessions; and he
thought very justly that gratitude would at
tach to him woman whose fortune he would
make He never repented having married 6
French woman.
Il ntrusted myself to the noble lord for the
care of my fortune, and assisted him in his last
days. When he died, he left me all his proper
ty, and then made myself an oath never to
marry any one except the man who aided me
in the most miserable moment Of my life.
Ingraten added Madam de la Tour, giving
her hand to her husband, who yet came no
nearer to her who wished to love and enrich
him.
But, sir, do you never go into the world
Do you not attend shows and concerts? All
if l had known your name
So saying, the new bride detached from her
neck a collar of rubies, and drew from a small
bag of silk, which was attached TO it a crown,
of hundred sous, set in gold.
This is the very one, said she, putting it in
to Fredric's hand. AT the sight of this crown,
l was furnished with sufficient bread to sup
port me till the next day, and also obtained
credit for few hours The next day things
were so arranged that / was able to preserve
your crown. 1t has never left me. All, how
happy | was when l net you about month
ago. With what quickness did l stop my hor-
ses leaned over the carriage door. and to
attract your attention, seized upon the first pre-
text which presented itself to me. had but
one fear l feared that you might be married
Ii that had been the case, you would have
known nothing of this story, and poor Lady
Melville would have enriched you in secret, she
would have returned to England, whore she
would have grown old in seclusion, at Ter cas-
tie in Wales
Frederic let go his wife's hands, he let fall
from his grasp the embroidered muslin of her
night dress, and he seized the crown, the cause
OF his fortune aud his happiness.
SO you see, continued Madam de Ia Tour,
that am not fairy. On the contrary, it is
you who have me talisman.