Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-11-10
.ailg empire.
THE MOTHERS MANEUvER.
,[CoNTINUED.

denly exclaimed
"Ah, have it. Horaes will never marry
because, of course, there is y woman in the
oase, one of those enthralliDg Partisan intri-
pues but that OF course, can be easily bro.
ken Who is il, woman unworthy of him ?
No. Horace tastes are too refined for that
uiatried woman. Madame de Veliu pro.
nounced these words almost in whisper, and
with a blush on her cheek, for she had been |
all ber life pure and virtuous wife, aud
though, with worlds morality, she threw the
blame of all intrigues upon the woman, still
she felt both shame and remorse that her son
should be like other men, when she had
kthou pht him 80 much above them all 2 h'1'
Still Madame de Velin did not for an in. |
stant give up her project, With Leonie for
an unconscious allv, she must conquer. She !
determined now sedulously to conceal from
Horace her intentions with regard TO his cou-
ain; such knowledge would throw arestraint in
his manner, and put him on his guard. No,
Leone should make her impression, while
she, his mother, would watch, and, discover
ling the source of the evil, use all her powers
Of intellect and heart to couuteract it.
Leonie arrived So charming, so gay, so
overHowiug with love and high spirit, it
scarcely wanted her extraordinary beauty to
make her attractive.
After she had been week in the house,
Horace, looking after Leonie as she left the
room, exclaimed;
"Mother, you have your hands full now
such lovely creature as Leonie is rarely
seen in our Parsian hemisphere and with
Isuch fortune, don't envy you,
az am going to show NV treasure to Paris
tonight, at the operas viii you 60 with usY'
II shall be only too proud OF taking such
| IN tho WhV all the
1 men will envy me-every glass in the house
will be leveled at us.' ~ NHh .aHlli .a"' 81
Horace was right Leoaie's bright beauty,
with her elouds OF golden hair, where it is the
fashion to be fair, attracted the Immediate at,
y itention of the house. Madame de Velin, de-
LIGHTED, looked back at her son, who was
Istanding behind her chair, to call his atten-
II. to Leooies Rgapt expression, when the
nh.la or her face and the words on her lips,
we're arrested by the peculiar action and looks
of her son.
He was gazing intently at a box across
the house, aud at the same time taking from
his button-bols bunch Of yiolsts he had,
) worn. "a Al " N-r
The lady opposite had boquet of violets
in her hand, and at the same moment that
y Horace pressed this lips ia. the y'olets, she
leaned her face over hers, slia -sf.a.5 G..
| "a
. murmured apology, Horace left his mothers
box ..gg3a l.Ta...1 arH a
Three minutes later Madame de Velin saw
hin, on,er the hox which she had been intent.
n'u o,aS;nr
"Tbat is the obstacle, said she TO herself
and ste put up her glass and began to study
' lthe Eneaments of that face sad try to read
its character She was pale, her features reg
J. nIar n. a statue, with sad expression and
g g uia' -" 80 M,na do Vain bv cbapce encount.
90 ,Sa tnll maancboly appealipo look of
49, Leu W. ~, IL a1os she mt aown her glass with n
10 III. contest she felt was not 40 easv
sIsho had tbongbt. victory might vet be uu>
certain. 10Y ~ Lft.I }
cetSrS .WS :. hat l.dv in white v;tb a boouet of
D.,
''Vr,s 'un, vor Loow aha i. one of opr vraat
c ,.ps;,;s:' ~ M AZ Norval
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= sL ~ "a 40, son san baauiiCnl. sbe ;s
I.s,sn,' "a .;,ss 40 ,bs, ,he .incsrs there
ON the stage ought to feel ashamed of singing
Hn bpr spr STesenee" T " q
q us is she she widow WIDOW Ny dear madam, have
Won never heard Of NJ, de Norval, the great
loaonher the great metaphyscian 2"
PnnESoPTMv, "i%ap MoOssay @ de de- Norvs Of coarse but
ID ho ia an old man ?"
re as 'S" an O
da ia be lives. I think always in Berlin r.
c. BE hnds thers 'o"ss"'"' '"''U'
5ut n,s ,oo srhlnnarv n tbino for
\, N,"i ~ 70 ,h;nL Of. he gives her
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