Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-17
WHICH Was MiD!

hssss OF long year. and al accustomed 70 nse'
ssey evening.
nsithsr Ane dc 81. AEns nor her friends
sAswsvsr, we're old: and although she vas widow.
Ma. de 81. Arus sss NOS q day over % and
I'D made Up Der mind 70 remain widow al Der
life.
She vas rich aud posssssed Of syery stsrsetion
% Insure Der . brilliant position In society, but
sko vas. ss far a. q woman can be, utterly devoid
Of vanity. She preferred 20 be loved. TO be re-
sPscisd By those sroesd her. vko thoroughly
understood and appreciated her, rather than be
admired By thousand people ineapabIso Of under
%, ndng hsr, sna vho would have forgotten her
a. soon % she bad ceased TO anuss them
The greater part Of the year she lived a. 81.
Cloud-thrss months was all she gave TO Paris
Year after year the NE circle Of friends drsv
round her, spending week afler week beneath her
roof. Bat the circle vas often eslivsned BY
vi6:ors from Paris. fftsen minutes Of railway
being ell that divides the capital from ST. Closd
This evening Nine de 81. Agne was expecting
suest from Paris, and all we're just saying.
Monsieur Dc Montmsdy viii not come, when II.
Dc Montnscy vas announced
DO net ask me Why am late. but rather
wonder uhy am here AZ all
why. what has hAppersdf'
Il have been knocked down.
"Knoeksd down."
'Yss. aid BY woman"
"A womanf
yes. . woman. Who fell from q third story
window hrss on my head aud then on the pave
nsns, where the manglsd body lay very still, all
crushed and bleeding"
GOOD hsavensl An accident or q suiede?"
81 know not. ell know is that when rose
was 50 ovsrpowered with horror that I vas OBJ
hgcd TO lean for support on the two people near
est me, and that nothing but q glass Of stiff
brandy restored me TO my senses Then j be
held another sight that almost turned my
blood"
''wbss could be more horrible than what you
have scent"
'sWhsn what have told you occurred, / was
with friend Of mine, one Of the handsomest and
most fascinating men | ever knew. | looked
rosnd for him and beheld him with the bleeding.
dishgured corpse in his arms, carrying it TO the
nearest druggists; he laid il on the counter
cared at il for an instant. then. having washed
HE hands. be turned 10 the looking glass 10 see
that there wee 10 stains on him. and taking my
srm went calmly with the conversation thIs
accident bad interrupted. he was not even
nhade paler than before"
II, who am a surgeon" said one Mime. dc St.
Anges guest, could uot have done this !"
And / }" exclaimed Gen. Smonet, who have
seen men on the battlefield lying dead by the
hundreds, could not have looked on such q sight
a. this ubmoyed"
81 wouldn't have seen such a thing for ten
thousand francs, said NJ. canillac, who, being
millionaire, valued every emotion in specie.
Il should like TO see your friend" said Mme.
de St, Ange. TRANQUILITY, for to tell yoa the truth
/ think he is a clever humbug."
"Not at ALL there was no acting no ostenta-
ton
els ho youagi"
Twenty three"
els b. rleh?"
very"
Ladies and gentlemen, said NJ. de Mont
medy. laughing, "all your questions will soon be
answered. for i have asked the Count dc 81
yloy, taking advantage of q general permission
given me by Nine. Ia Baronne, to come here this
evening"
"Derghtfull'' exclaimed tho Baroune, I'VE
Sill put biz insensibilily to tie test"
And We will conquer il. will wager any
thing"
81 think not" said N. de Montmedy: al this
moment the servant. opening the door snn0uncs ed
N. Is Comte de ST. Floy.
Under the shadow Of this name a tall, hand
some and most disting uishs Cd locking nan ad-
vanced into the room With the easy grace oil
man OF the world, bot without either conceit or
presumption Ia hi.manDer.
All were pre- possessed in his favor, but all
we're anxious To put 10 the proof the Indifference
Of which they had been told.
Mme. de St Ange soon found an opportunity
Of referring TO il.
Il an sorry TOR the terrible accident you and
N. de Mostmedy Witnessed to-day"
= Are you, msdamef'
YES; did IL not make you shudderf
"why should i'll | do no, know the woman
All could do Was What did to get her out OF
the vsy Of public curiosity; / don't zee any
cause tor lameutation; since this woman threw
herself out of the window. she was unhappy: she
10 dead now, and therefore happy and not TO be
pitled As for feeling horror aI the sight OF blood
aud broken bones, that is q vulgar emotion; peo-
pie shrink from physical horror who have not
one tear TO give to a lacsrated heart or IN agony
Of the mind that is raoking the brain to madness.
This look on as folly"
You have extraordinary strength Of mind"
mo, but feel only as my reason dictates.
"ls not that what the world would call selfish
nessf''
mo doubt; but selfshnsss is ,he most harm
less Of all vices"
Not 90. for IL Injuries all those whom other
wise We might snecor console"
"lf IL were pleasure to console or TO succor
should do il, for in doing | SHOULD satisfy
myself. Alb. madame. We talk . great deal
about devotion and disinterestedness; there 10 no
such thing; even the strongest passion OF our
nature, love, IL the most selfish. Love requires
entire possession. Say 10 man Of the most gen.
crows nature, yoar friend cannot recover from
bis illness unless you give him NJ the woman
you love, and the generous man would let his
friend die. Say to a woman. your lover cannot
exist unless you give him up to another woman
with whom he Is IN love. and she would answer
l would rather see him dead than anothsr's."
Then you do not believe in lever"
II believe 10 no emotions; believe in lnssn-
sibility.'
"And you are happy"
Perfectly"
Monsieur de ST. FlOy va. so agreeable q CON-
psnion, accomplished. witty and so exceedingly
good tempered, that IL Vas imposs BILE TO ever get
angry with him. Nevertheless, this very anna
bilty and apathy added to the strange principles
be had professed, bad produced Q sort of irrta-
ton against him. aud a plot had been formed
and sagsrs laid ss 10 Who shssld fret rouse him
from bis inseDsibility.
Nine. de Ange, twas agreed should first
try the power be had acknowledged TO be the
greatest, the power OF love. and for thi. she
used every art which a Parisieune possesses in
stinctivsly. but which uutl now. N me ST Ange
had disdained She Was prepared even to 10 be
yond the bounds of soquetry. she was
IN The protection of all around her
She succeeded az last IN drawing the count
into what might have been considered a frtat on.
lt was svening-they were on tie terrace-the
count. " not tendef. bad al least grown poetcal
and gradually Nine de ST Ange allowed her
love 20 he evident, till both sunk ITO that silence