The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-02

OF tntTu party-tnere therc are man
occasions of uniting these two stars, des-
tined to shine in the same Grmament.-
Once in the presence Of the object, the
rest is the gentleman's own business; he
must put his talent to play. If the fish
bites, it is gain Of time tor the agent to
step in, and through the ageusy of the
notary, make for the pretendant the Off
cial demand, as is the custom in France,
for the hand of the lady. And thus the
agent accompishes without the knowledge
Of the world, or of one-half of the parties
concerned, a high social mission, since it
is that of rendering people happy, aud
propagating the species. ,.s... 49,.
Here is an example of the manner in
which these marriages are brought about
The affair occurred in the Department of
the Nord
At Lille there lived, three months ago,
handsome young girl, who had a for
tune of six hundred thousand francs t.
bestow GU the husband of her choice
All the young men of that country had
made efforts to reach the heart of the
heiress in vain. She believed that, not.
withstanding her beauty, her admirers
sighed more for her francs than for her
person. She wished to beloved (the old
story y for herself-a log cabin and her
heart.
In her quality of rich heiress the name
Of the young girl was, naturally, found in
scribed in the books of the aforesaid mat
rimonial agent. Her name stood high up
in the list of the first category-cne of
the rarest flowers of the matrimonial hou.
quet. At that period our agent protected
handsome young fellow, who desired
nothing better than such match as this.
The agent pointed to the young Llloise
Eeto2e au Nora He wrote at the same
moment to bis correspondent, put him in
to the secret of the affair, and sent him
three thousand francs to enable him to
give ball, to which was to be invited all
the flower of the town.
The morning of the ball the young man
fell, as if by accident, at the correspond
ent's house, like friend who makes visit
unheralded, appeared at the ball and
danced with the young girl, letting off in
her honor a whole voley of compliments,
aad dwelling especially upon his quality
as stranger He knew no one 10 the
city !; be was completely ignorant Of the
name Of the lady with whom lie had the
happiness to dance but he had never
been dazzled with such bright eyes, he
had never seen or admired such hair, he
had never seen such patsiciun hands such
u flexible waist, such pretty feet, such
perfect grace, &c.
After the first contra-dauce, he solicited
the favor Of waltz, then a mazourka,
then schottsche. He showed himself
during the whole evening SO completely
devoted to the young girl, that the latter,
rejecting that the good,looking stranger
had only arrived in the morning, and con-
sequently could not know the figure of
her marriage portion, believed that at last
she had found the ideal of her dreams, the
enthusiastic Werther, the St. Preux of
platonic love.
A few days afterward, the young man
obtained, through the kind Offices of his
friend, the correspondent, an invitation to
the sGirces of the parents Of the young
girl, AMI the Paris agent has just received
letter from his correspondent at Lille,
which reads as follows:
My DEAR SIR: The game is bagged.
Yesterday conducted the shepherdess to
the altar, and to-day pocketed my six
thousand francs.
And that is one way in which young
girls are bought and sold in France, with
GU. their knowing it.