Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-14

1 eqpeared. Madel0n ITopeE, thar afsfrn0ou, pei
aA3 interesting, envelopsd il white eashrasr
| shawl, rode cut ia her carriage, With Dacsntel
beside her, and secured the charming little vii
at Passy.
This while None. Dueautslle Aad her daugh
taTa were suffering from cold sDd all the hUndFe'
| other pTivahons Of poverty. Bat Mona. Da
caRlee mad no Tsmorse; he had besn inoeuls
ted With the gold fever, y hich PssTihss all emo
/ tisn and foshng-Which lives ia hn atmosphere
of its o7gn-wh hieh destroys all memories Of tb
past II Ducautelle had been all his lie hea'
| clerk IN the ofics Of broker, azd fer years IA,
! plo3ded Oh eoutantsily with his salary Of hv,
| thousand flames. He bsd grown moEose ant
/ dogged under the conviction that it was imPos
sibie ter hin il any way to pao7ide for hi
| daughters beyond their yearly expenses. Ill
esteemed his vTits he levsd bis children, and hii
bsd temper vas assumed to hide t6s deeper feel
/ ings of dresd aud solroW that struggled in hii
heart All at once 3 change seemed 20 dawn
4 new clerk came into the Ofice-R msn o.
great sbility, quick, reckless, daring, deter
mined from the outset not 30 ysgetate. Ho mad
opportunities, or he made them, of knowing toe
Iight time TO speculate. He had but feT
thousands; with these he tried bis fortune
trpled bis capital, and, in the hight Of his de-
light, condded bis luck 70 DaeanieHe.
DUcausells, who had never bssn dszzlsd by
the millions of bis employer which made him
millions, was perfectly fascinated by tho fortune
achieved with so little capital. He bad a few
thousands-net over thres-iaid BY sou BY sou;
these be intrusted to bis friend; he Won thrice the
aRount Fer sn instant Ducantslle thought OF
coiog no further of taking his money home, 81
throwing il into kls wiie'A lap, Of embracing MS
chiliSeB and telling tbss1 they were rich; bus ais
adviser stoned him, mine thousand francsi
nsnssnse, jast enough to keep on band. No, BE
must wait. Tell bis family when ne hSd really
a fortune, and keep bis little capital 10 specu
late" Ducantele obeysd. Again veDhFsd
sgain won-till gradually be lost sight Of ths
sIigiual motive for which he had desired riches,
and lived out in the excitement Of speculation.
In few months be realized enc Of those i'm
menss fortunes for which the Paris Bsurse is
celebrated, and found himself surrounded By q
hest of fattsTsrs, ever ready to do hsmaga 10
ore ef the greatest capitalists ef Paris Thess
associations took him naturally into world en-
tirely new to him. he had no idea Of the para
disc Of enjoyment gold would open 70 hin. The
cold s1Y1id, m1nOioHous existence he had led he
new locked back 20 as q eTiminsl does to prison
iifs &c hsted bis home, and, as he compared
his wife and daughters to the brilliant women
around him, he was ashamed of them, and re-
solved to leave them in their Obscurity. The
coz guest he achieved of the beautiful and eele-
bTatsd Msdel0n TTopez entirely estrsnged him
from MS family. He did NOS desert them, but
his days were spent from home, and only late a.
light, sometimes not until esTly dawn, did he
cross bis own threshold The stipend he bad a.
ways given was not increased; be feared lest the
lssst Ebsralily Should excite suspicion; thought
Mne Ducan:ells lived so far cut of the Wsrld,
especially 81 his world, thar It was utterly i'm
10. s.bIe a rumor could reach them.
SoLFo years went by. Nine. Ducantsllo Is
nov almost in6zmi her daughters, yoUhg IS
t5sy are, are fading gradually; the jOyousness
Cf youth has pas - away from them before
lher years have numbered twenty. DgeGntelle
is still prosperous. BE has invented distant
journeys TO excuse his absence from hcmo, and
lives now in an elegant bachelors apartment,
in Rue fAiDgut except eTrare occasions, WhsR
he JhiEks it necessary to make a short stay ss
his old home. To say thst Duc2ntelle was preg-
porous WAC 70 say that Madsion wss fsilhfu;
That is, tAai she loved him. He overwhelmed
hsr with mLgniGceAcei money SO easily gained
ioses IS value, ind it fell 10 showers nom Da-
cant=li5's hands over this Dsnse,
Bat specuIstI0Rs have two Sides gs yet DH-
canieiis had seen but One, tie prosperous side.
All at oBce fortune began 20 change, sad Ike 8
bzi oacs urged from the top of hili, Dacsn-
.si.e's lHak and prosperity fell in one grand
cTssh. B was a ruined man. he proclaimed
il himself yltl tra s and Eobs 70 Eelelon, sBd
Msdelon laughed 81 himy and said be had de-
csiYed her-sa,d hs was q wicked man, sad bid
hin 20 bsck 70 bis old and viTtuo0s wits. Du-
Cantel.e, palalyzsd with despair and agony, me
chauicsly tack tho wsy back 50 his cid home
But, a. the ilst appearance Of its bare Wsls, is
sOTiid furniture, is s0iled aooIs, q shudder Of
disgust went taIough his frame BE shui him
sell up il tie little room called his, and there,
81 arrsnh ka-A IN
performed bis service Of National guard, he
pIsced it 70 his temples, and shot himself dead.
Hastily summoned, Max SabstisT leans over
The window; thsy showed him Ducsnlelle, but
he turned IN disS;9st from the msngied corpse,
to whom uoW ell human aid was vain.
"Our peoE mother, said Suzanne, " viii she
recover Q"
/" Better she should die, said L2ure, her lip
auivsFjHg, 90 than come back 70 ; life OF poverty
and misery"
Max ssbaisT looked, and, as he gszed On
LauTe, tbe hard, ssTdOBio expression peculiar to
Bis face fadsd awsy, sweeping with it, IS il were,
years. Il seemed as il -As heart beat moIs free
ly-ss II yeuth, hope, tTast and happiness were
c5miRg back again.
" Mademoisslle," said he, in 8 low gentle
yoies, "YoUr mother will not diei and ysu,
bid you hope and wait my return"
A iow minutes later the doctors carriage
stopped az ihe door of AsdsloR's villa st P&ssy.
Spite of tie deDial of tbs servant, be passed au
into the drewing-To0m, where hs knew he should
hud the mistress Of the house.
" Mzdemeselle," said hs, are We alone
Can no one hesT Us 2"
"N0 enc"
Then listen to ne. Madeleine Dupont, call
ing yourself Msdolon TropeE, know you"
8 What do you you mean-i"
Msdelaiue Dupont, you are thief"
How dare yOa u
ssIIadsleiae Dupont, condemned to five year
| hard labor At Montpelier, ct the end of the sec
| ond yoa coBsrived TO escape. Madeleine Do
pgnt ycu robbed an EuglishmsR Of his wstcl
| and pocket-b0ok, after saducing bin int you
| air. Your crimes are M "a numerous team ycu
years. Whsn yOU were IN prison you isigGe'
| sickness, and we're sent 10 the hospital; ther
| I saw YOU. You were then golden haired you
beauty struck No thsni I have never forgo.tei
/ it. To disguise yourself Y0u have dyed you
| hair and eyebrows, and changed yeIT nam
| nom Madeleine DuPont 10 Msdelon ITopez.'
All this is 3 lie - exclaimed MAdelon.
Il have ali the pr0efs. Your beauty and d
evil passions marked on it interested ne, l too
note cf your name, sud followed your eaEeei
Here is the extract fFom fhs prison register; 20
Rsd disguised yourself, but, tTom the moment
saw vcu here, 1 remembered the l&ceS Ih5n
sesresod my journal, referred to my Dotss, poE
dered over the whols, aOd I know low sl
right Madeleiue EupOnt, do yea understand
oh do not 5stESy De," sobbed Maasiol
falling A. bis feet.
Il will not, On one condition
HadslJn looked up and smiled. She remoE
bered tse doctor had spoken Of her beauty 81
| thOuzht che knew the condition.
.sWaal IS it :" she mnTmured 10 3 low Teie
Money Z"
Money 2" exclaimed the l7rstts, starting a
s'Yes, know yen have hoard ct goid ner
l have heard ysU say 50. want hnndT'
5 thousand francs"
t "Do your worst" said she, turning avs
+ "Yei stay, viii give you twenty thousand"
"a hundred Thousand p
9 "Fiay thousand; have the sum here"
| "a hundred thousandl"
= AZ. sAu mQTs,"
!. "rhen you 60 back to MonfpeiiieT--Ih
years imprisonment, hard labor, hard iaTe, 20
I'D eb,vad and ths prisOn uniform; vi