Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-22
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WHICH WAS NIADc

usual circle, all frlen0S OF IOpB years, anu all
accustomed to meet every evening! Iaf oy
Neither Nine. de St. Ange nor friends,
however, were old; and although she was
a widow, Mmei deSt. AnRe was aday over
%, and had made up her mind to remain a
widow allher life. - nllutd lluJg jad
! She was rich and possessed of every attrac-
ton to insure her a brilliant position in
society, and she was fair as q woman can be,
utterly devoid of vanity. She preferred TO
be loved, to be respected by those around
her; who thoroughly understood and ap-
preciated her, rather than be admired by a
Thousand people incapableof understanding
her, and who would have forgotten her AZ
soon as she had ceased to ,amlise them. IN
! The greater part Of the year she lived at
St. Cloud-Athree months was all she gave
to Paris. Year after year the same circle OF
friends drew around her, spending week
after week beneath the roof. But the circle
was often enlfvened by visitors from Paris,
fifteen minutes of railroad being all that
divides the capital from st. Cloud. 1.g..
This evening Nine. de st. ADge was ex7
pecting guest from Paris, and all were just
saying, Monsieur de Montmedy will. not
come, when M. de Montmedy was announ-
lced. llefJ ilut l.L wl. grigrof
"Do not ask me why am late, but rather
wonder how it is that am here at all" n.
-.|'Why, what has happened?" ..T .U.
81 have been knocked down." $40 i..
"Knocked DOWN" l.'r .,n-rg .rar
"Yes, and by woman" .-. 'g 'ma
"a woman z" d-'Ai. o. l.....'.yr.|
"Yes, a woman, who fell from third sto-
ry window first on my head and then OH
the pavement, where the mangled body lay
very still, all crushed aud bleeding"
"Good' heavens! An accident or sui
eide ?" Hj-a. ..f-... ..g.... D4,
II know not; all i know is that when |
rose was so overpowered with horror that
was obliged to lean for support on the two
peopleTnearest me, and that nothing buta
glass of stiff brandy restored me to my SEN
ses. Then beheld another sight that al
most turned my blood.n oil. I... .. g..
"What could be more horrible than what
you had seen?" .fs..r. .r 10 f..r.' lg..
"When what have told you occurred,
was with friend of mine, one of the hand
soonest and most fascinating men evel
knew. Hooked round for him and beheld
him with the bleeding, disfgured corpse in
his arms, carrying it to the nearest drug
gist's; he laid it on the counter, gazed at il
for an instant, then having washed his hands,
he turned to the looking glass to see that
there were no stains on him, and taking my
arm went on calmly with the conversation
this accident had interrupted. lie was not
even a shade paler than before.p 'll IL. t.,
@ II, who am a surgeon," said one of Nine
de st. Ange's guests, could not have done
this" = 81. ~. a.t .. ....L L..I..
~And l." exclaimed Gen. Simonet, ''who
have seen men on the battlefield lying dead
by the hundreds, could not have looked ca
such sight as this unmoved.' .l.'- "'I
~ wouldn't have seen such thing fol
ten thousand francs" said nj. Canillac, who
being millionaire, valued every emotion
in specie. .u .y .uI's ..rI =
II should like to see your friend" said
Nine. de st. Ange, TRANQUILITY, '.for to tel
you the truth | think he is clever hum
bug.nn'.u s1ar.a 1a4J :1.e'a
Not at all; there was no acting, no osten.
tation.nl '..a .rG f,IsrsH sdi i0 .....l
ais he young?" - ;a.uI uei1lI. all
"Twenty- three" .nnuFnL :lnai'N..
SIS he rich ?" Gii 4" ..alFJ ..I
"Very." fdt 10 .ur4"N ... ...l
"Is he handsome ?"ri - GyrF r..
"Ladies and gentlemen" said M. dt
will soon be answered, for have asked thu
Count de St. .Floy, taking advantage of
general permission giveE me by Nine. Ia
BarOnne. to come here this evening" ri J
"Delightfulp' exclaimed the Baronne
tive will put hisinsensibility to the test.n .
l'F"And we will conquer it, / will wage
anything uoiilsIllm1l Of .oe a.0u
II think not" said NJ. de Montmedy a
this moment the servant opening the door
announced M. le Count de ST.. Floy.
| Under the shadow of this name tai
handsome and most distinguished-loo
man advanced into the room with the easy
grace of man of the world, but withou
either cOnceit or presumption in his man
| ner. f"-' ht"'-'
b ALL were prepossessed in his favor, but al
were anxious to put to the proof the indif
ference of which they had been told. naa
Nine. de st. Ange soon found an oppor
-tunity of referring to -it.5JsYJ ;7ial7l ir'n.
% III am sorry for the terrible accident yor
and M. de Montmedy witnessed to-day
"Are you, MADAME" Ii -.W -s'J ".rlr
"Yes; did it not make you shudder ?o
"Whyshould it? do not know the wo
man. All could do was what did to ge
her out of the way of public curiosity h.
don't see any cause for lamentationi sine
this woman threw herself out of the win
dow she was unhappy; she Is dead now
therefore happy and not to be pitied. A
for feeling horror at the sight of blood an,
broken bones, that is a vulgar emotion; peo
pie shrink from aphysical horror who'll hav
not one tear to give to alacerated heart O
an agony of the mind that is racking tn
brain tOmadness. This 1 look on as folly
"You have extraordinary strength o
mind" .ra,.;..l "ii Il.ir roG
No, but l feel only as my reason die
tates." .Gr.I
,"Is not that what the world would cal
selfishness ?" ai" ,I1 ID s1H jlGI lisir
mo doubt. But selfshness is the mos
harmless of all vices."l .a'ta..H .H1siiouu
"If it were a pleasure to console or b
succor should do it, for in so doing
should satisfy myself All, madame W
talk great deal about devotion and disin
terestedness; there is no such thing; ever
the strongest passion of our nature, love, il
the most selfish. Love requires entir,
possession. Say to a man of the most gener
Gus nature, your friend cannot recover from
his Illness unless you give him up the wO-
man you love, and the generous man woul,
let his friend die. Say to woman, you
lover cannot exist unless You give him ,uI
to another woman with whom he is in love
aud she would answer would rather Sc,
him dead than another's." b9bay 20 a5
s'Then you do not believe In love ?'fugg
+ al believe in 10 emotions; Ibclieve in in
sensibilityN serai1q bH d. II .ii n1nl ot
91"And you are happy ?"a shI oj .no.,aei
ePerfectlypg 70 Trag uj hut ,u"fd.si
Monsieur de,St. Floy was so agreeable .
companion, accomplished, witty, and so ,ex-
ceedingly go0d-tempered that it was i'm
possible to ever get angry with him. New
ertheless, this very amiability and apathy
added to the strange principles he had, pro-
duced sort of irritation against him, and
plot had been formed and wagers laid as
to who should first rouse him from his in