The mountain Democrat., 1864-12-31

NthlhSuI law 1cI. llc nus pTONeu ulSlnCIlY
to me the person who claims one of you;
told me the whole history; bUt VOW, am
to part with either Of you?'
Which Of US, dear father, is not your
child?'
Here precisely is the puzzle; we cannot
tell but cannot give up either of you,
for love one as well as the other
we love you both as our father; we do
not want to leave you ; we can love no
father but yOu.'
'The daughter that is not mine, has
neither father nor mother; it is her moth
er's mother who claims her. But she will
give her what l cannot give-a great
name, riches, and position in society far
above the one | have placed Ter in; which
Of you is it 2 -------'
Jeanne and Marie both kissed his cheek
neither spoke. Jeanne was thinking
that the advantages he set before her
would have removed the obstacles which
separated her from Octave, but she only
sighed deeply not for an instant did she
dream that she could ever lay claim to all
this brilliant fortune; but Marie, taking
her fathers hand, calmly asked him if
there was no sign by which they thought
to recognize the rightful heir?
The heircss OF the Marquis de Val
bourg has a sign-so says letter from
her mother. | do not think it is love that
makes them so anxious to find her but
the Due dc B!osSac is heir to the proper
~, and the revenues of all the estates have
been for years accumulating until the
death Of this girl is proved, the Due dc
Blossac canpot touch penny. Jeanne,
what is the matter with you?'
Nothing, father feel faint
My darling, sit down.
We'll, you must know that by an ami
cable arrangement made years ago, when
the existence Of this daughter was sus.
pcctcd, it was decided that when she
should be found and installed in her rights
She should become the wife Of NJ. de Bios
sac, that young, handsome Duke, you
know; he has been here often to buy dia
monds; but, Marie, Marie, look at your
sister, she has tainted
Jeanne was conveyed to her room, for
She had indeed tainted. An hour after
wards Marie slowly entered the room,
where her father was anXiously pacing the
floor.
Father said Marie, Jeanne is better !;
she Wiil sleep soon, and then all will be
right. Father, have you ever had favor
ite between US?
Yes, the one who was sick when you
were children always loved best now
that Jeanne is suffering and seems unhap.
ny, why, daring, | think love her
Not better than your Marie, that can
never be. But would you be content to
see Jeanne happy
At any cost
'Tcl! me the sign by which this lady
says she can recognize her lost grand
daughter
A viz. mark imprinted in the way in
which sailors mark their arus, put over
the heart
Then said Marie, you must love me
best, father, for | am your own child, and
Jeanne is Duchess dc BloSSac.'
10 lose one Of you is terrible. my dar-
ling bat Jeanne will be great lady, DO
you think that will console her.
4 do, though she will never forget US.
That night Marie knelt by her Jeanne S
bedside; the door was locked and the sis
tiers were alone.
/ Marie exclaimed Jeanne, 4 cannot
hear of this sacrifice what right have |
to deprive you
! OF nothing, my sister You love the
Duke, | do not; if claim the inheritance
must become his wife. cannot, SO now
submit.
Still Jeanne resisted; but Marie was
firm, and drawing aside the night. dress
with firm and light hand, she prcked
the shape Of violet just over her sister S
heart. Then rubbing it with gunp9wder
She made the mark indelib'e.
Now, Jeanne said she, that is exactly
like the one have on me; the one proba-
bly, my poor mother made. But | love
! Pierre, who has been to US father |
have no taste for splendor BE happy, my
own sister, and do not forget u.s.
So Jeanne, in great state, was recog-
nized as the heiress Of Nine. dc Valbourg,
aud few days afterwards was married
with great pomp Nd ceremony to the Due
de Blossac.
For few days she had hesitated, then
she had determined not to accept her sis
ter's sacrifice; but she loved, and the
temptation was too strong; the inherit
ancc she could have renounced, not DC.
tavc so forever she buried her secret in
her bosom.
Without ore pang did Marie watch her
sister drive away in her brilliant equipage;
with a smile She looked up into her "a
ther's face, and he, wiping a tear from his
eye, pressed her TO his heart; neither then
nor ill the day Of his death ever knowing
that the child who made his home so hap
py, who loved him so faithfully, a woman
full of sense, simplicity and sensbllity,
was the heiress of the house of Nalbourg,
and should have worn ducal coronct.
How TO TREAT INJURED TREES. The
American Home Garden contains the fol-
lowing: I" If trees are severely injured or
even entirely gird!ed, they may yet be
saved by making three or four smooth,
clean cuts across the girdle, just as you
would cut to put on peach bud graft,
but broader, and fitting nicely to them
corresponding pieces cut from some other
tree, as you would cut the bud from its
scion; and it will aid you in the operation
if little wood is taken with the bark, so
that you can ever so slightly interlock
them with a short tongue, as in grating.
Having put on two of those according
to the size and necessity of the tree, bind
them carefully and firmly and cover them
completely with a grating composition
made of two parts rosin, one part bees
wax, one part talow and one part turpen'
tine, melted together and boiled for half
an hour"
PuNcn says that the other day lady
STOPPING over her sewing machine, got q
/ r L =. 1.