Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-06
NUMBER 6.

f.. "Hew dare you stay here talkingp ex-
claimed q voice that made both jump, for
both had been so absorbed as not to per-
Iceive NJ. de Blancard standing behind his
servant. l'H ' ~ H'iitliE -'a Tti,gJ
u 'Oh! dear me /! why, Iideclare, how you
frightened us" exclaimed Mile. Dalyille, ID,
secretly exulting in the success of, her
scheme. 70 '' H''1'i'''i''n 1hj 9Hri
"You know my conditions, sirrah, ;, said
M. de Blancard. "You never re-enter my
house" .,.,.,.i .,i,..., - -,..... ..
Z 81 know" said the servant. % ''
81 came here TO Vile dAvray especially %
to find peace and solitude, flying from there
world to plunge into study, and now. this f.
man brings me in contact with the most
destructive element Of sOciety-womafi." y
:, At this!moment Nine. de Portable ap- h'
peared at the open window coming from p
the inner room. .t...y,,, f.,. M. ,f...,
Il What is the matter, sir?" said she; 'rI ,
hope no one here has annoyed you." '4'' u
~ madame, beg pardon-allow me to-
comelin for few moments, and will ex- /.
plain" "t.t,... "a
j "Sir, although it is against my rule to ad-,'
NIT any visitors" NJ 1870 org II mon
''How singular that is precisely my y
rules but YOU see there is no rule without Of
exception. SO, if you will allow me A..
"Pray come in, sir, If you have anything -
special to say" .'t .-. y 'di nj b.G|'aydl 81
Monsieur de Blancard stepped across the 9a
window sill, and was soon seated opposite u,
ito Nine. de Pontalbe, in a charming httio n,
,drawing-room full Of flowers, and strewed"
with those Thousand nothings that indicate
the presence of woman. AE oi 80 EH 90
y Looking around him for minute or two,
IN. dc Blancard appeared to have forgotten
rhis explanation, for all at once he exclaim-
ed: .iI 'N.'4N9 i' INV q ia'g 'H
"Whata delightful room!' M od J..--o1J
IL s, tl,, fl.a untr I'm fyIyn
villas are precisely alike. looked at them
both before decided OIL this one." .''3'''
'Singular, so did i; chose the other be-
cause i Thought the trees were thicker, and 4
so insure more profound solitnde.",cd ,tad
r you seek solitude, just as l do. All!
when misfortune overtakes us, sOlitudc1s
great consolation; in these days of hazard
GUS speculations, men are often plunged
into sudden calamity" ...,..,.,.. ,.,i,
o "Not at all. Inever speculate. am too
a rich to trouble myself about money! 900 i'i'
r, Then disappointed ambition; perhaps Y
some election which you ought to have
gained, but lost?" 49,. .....,..f.,...
9 "Precisely; wanted two votes, and got
but one that was my own. i was aspir-
ing to the hand of lovely widow, but
had rivalP ,- n .. 30. .nE,t.f trrYf
D "a rival ?"
d ssYes, rival. Ny widow was enamored of
i u
her head to remain faithful to the shade of
her husband. But she never knew of my
love and admiration, so cannot blame her;
still am resolved to be as faithful to my
f. fancy as she is to hers, so L came to this
profound Solitude" o. '-al III Lrqs tO
six miles from Paris. You had better, +
tried to love some young girl, whose heart
was free from bitter memories" '' ''"'
r, "Madame am bound to a solemn prom q
ian Tn INV dead unplp from whom / inherit
my, fortune, to love and to marry widow" Il
II "Ah! he had peculiar taste for widows,
=, then? I't' EiuilTt'@ ej;t 40 ...' .'N
p, 'Yes, madame, he had been married $40
twice, and twice had repented OF his mar
riage, The third time he married awidow,
and died happy.
II "Widowhuod said my uncle, is the
perfection of development in woman.
A widow is a professor in the art
of love-, andy also of domestic felici-'
ty-a The man who marries a, widow
escapes all those experiments, those, strug- 4,
giles for power, that young girls are SO fond
of. A widow knows exactly how far her
authority goes She knows how to assert itn
without asperityl (she has tried it on her
first husband, and you get the benefit of her
eXperience); in fact a widow knows how to
manage a. husband, and knows that by
making him happy she suresherown fe- 9
$50 you determined after this to marry 2
widow" '''. i-'.'' 'i'' JIM ~
Z ''Of course, but the misfortune was that
b in all Paris | could find but one widOw.n79'.
J. What, in all Paris-Paris, renowned for
its widows?n' .,.,.,.,,...,,- s,,c
Eyes, / Know, but found but one" "a, ~ D'''
sand where did you find this phehix?'. . =
+ TAT ball in the Rue d'Anjous9 But them
she was a widow who could be nothing but,
q xutHnyU M w0rthV tn he her
husband.i I watched her all the evening,
listened to her conversation, which was as I
brilliant as her eyes and when ! lost sighto
Of her then Paris became q desert to- me, o
and sought this If 5b solitude s tO Be A alone g with
+ sThen how are youto fulfill the promise
|, There's the difficulty; y9r see, madame
sary tohave the e6nseKtG'oaI sh'i i'd rdosi'
eOf the widow?'t doG9 20 saIs1loJ HrIotn
|, 'sNo, of her husband; If ever you should
be widow, you will understand what wwhhsatthlo
Il am widow; did you not know 1t enItno
I "Really / beg pardon bnB " AlGaano Isl
/ tsYou have said nothing to offend me- snl
/ 'sWell, my widow, Is afraid ot her hus- "a
ahce at this one ball, she rushed like me to
F a desert, six miles from Paris
L 81 was at the ball you are talking about.
/ II took place on the 18th of April" 9di ~
p Precisely, and on the 18th you bought n
this villa. You are Nine. de Portable, the
queen OF the BAN Of the Rue d'Anjou. You
chnnot forget meg because you never
thought Of me, never nkneWel1B But ihayc +
I given ,y9pl my whole soul, my heart, my
forlove gives all and feels poor when it has !
y ,,o to 0iu nrtt aaRrifinaIV pttiW eff i