Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-03-27


Il will tell her Tomorrow lie promis
es himself. Yes, will tell her to-mor
row--she ought to know at once
But when tomorrow came Bun wa
out when he was in. Out driving, sir
Madamoiselie Aline, her French maid
informed him.
Out driving This wasn't pleasan
to bear, for John Baylie had ancen
ideas of honor, aud it violated sense O
Propriety that his daughter should b,
'out driving on the fir day that hi
name was ringing with its new title o
bankrupt. Much he regretted bis COW
ardly putting off the night before.
You will tell Miss Baylie,' he said tc
Miss Aline, that | wish to lee her wher
she returns on no account to 60 out til
l see her.
1t was late when the young lady re.
turned. Her father would not be home
till evening, the butler told her,
But no one told her of his message
for only Miss Aline was entrusted with
it, and out of that giddy French head
the message went in l5 minutes after it
was communicated.
So in her ignorance, Miss Baylie COM
menced her toilet for another party, un-
der the supervision of the faithless Aline.
1t would seem that some untoward fate
must have presided at that toilet for
never bad Mademoiselle Aline contriyed
to render her mistress so brilliant-nay.
almost gorgeous, in adornings as on this
special evening. A dress of sheeny
rose, literally sown with pearls, whose
rare, pale lustre cleaned with a fiery
whiteness that seemed to absorb all light.
and warmth, and color. Pearls, too, in |
her bair-splendid Persian pearls-sndl
droopaI Hhe moon spray on her neck
and arms, where, through mists of costly
Flemish lace, they sent out their subtle
sparkle.
Mademoiselle Aline, who was not
given to ecstasies, clasped her hands in
A true French ardor of admiration. "a
'he regarded her.
Ah, ctei, you will kill somebody to-
1ight, Mademoisele = she exclaimed ::
and Mademoiselle laughed, looked no.
wise unwilling to fulfill the sanguinary
wished papa was there to
zee her, and so ran down to the carriage,
'inging as she went, the opening bars of
Era stella del matino.'-
Beaming like the star indeed, and as she
an, all the hundred little stars, set in ;
noonbeam spray upon her dress, danced
'ut like fire flies.
1t was lashionably early, instead of
ate, and the rooms were filled as she en- {
cred with her chaperon--Mrs. Yer /
layse, who had rushed back from the
Willows all the way by steam, not to
Mss this grand affair and Rosamond /
3aylie SO she was as ignorant of any 1
ther affair, either of balls or business,
S Bun herself.
Perhaps it was natural that men and {
Tomen should not only open wide eyes
t such brilliant apparition heralding /
be fall of great house, but vent their 9
urprise, their CONSERVATION, in sundry Z
mall sneers and sharp satires against S
be innocent object, whom they thought q
0 guilty. Poor, ignorant, little Bunl S
Perhaps it was natural for human ma
are to SO vent itself in cold words, and |
older conduct; but if it was, then human 2
ature is in very shameful condition, S
nd one might as well accept at once the a
octrine of total depravity.
II was terrible failure indeed-notl |;
ny mere suspension, but great crash 8
"a fall that shook half the business a
ouses in New York, and made its thun- n
ers felt across the seas. u
8 Who knows but he has some reserve
md, and is better off than you think ? 81
:. it may be, Miss Baylie is an heiress 81
erself. This looks like it, suggested, ''
sedlessly, that clumsy Keyes' to young e.
eyne, the very Seyne of the Paris firm u
whom Lawyer Waring this morning :.
'mmunicaled the evil tidings of the q
agile bankruptcy. "
Seyne, sore under his recent losses,
ing out some sharp sentences, which 81
ere taken up and blown hither and 81
ither. le
Two or three nights ago, Henri Seyne ''
ID been deUoue to Rosamond Baylie, "
most committing himself by various =
dent speeches, ard carrying off in tri- =
rph the roses that had decked her hair.
ow the roses lay witnered, and Rosa -
ond Baylie wondered at bis neglect.
A little while and the chill air that !.