Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-25
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MOTHER AND WIFE.

MOTHER AND WIFE.
eyes" replied the bride, standing befor
the mayor of the first ACCOMPLISHMENTS, an
she dropped her hand into that of the bride
groom, and became his wife, only, however
| in the eyes of the law, as the Catholi
church recognizes not the law but th
| church, where the marriage becomes sac
rament. An hour afterward, by churcl
and state, Eliane de Vergy was Baronne d
Mauroy, and her husband, holding both he
hands in his, gaZed at her with a look o
devotion and delight that deepened tn
bushes in her cheek, and made the littl,
hands tremble.
Most brides in every country blush, ant
in France, where love match is rare
many tremble; but from fear, not love
Eliane and Tristan were an exception {,
the Partisan rank: theirs was love match
both were young, both rich, suitable in al
respects; conventionality would have suit
ed them without even the slight consider
alton of love, but it had so happened tha
these two beings, designed to be united by
their parents and guardians, had most un.
romantically fallen romantically in love
with each other. This, under most circum-
stances, would but have added to the pleas
ure of those who surrounded them; but
among all the crowd of elegant and fash
ionable people, there was but one relation
of either, and that was the mother of the
bridegroom.
She had been everything to her son, and
he was all In all to her. Left widow al
twenty years of age, Nine. de Mauroy had
retired with her son from all that could
make her forget her loss, or the duties which
that loss had imposed on her. she was
rich, and had no cares save the manage
ment of her large estates, which, having
been always well managed, gave no trouble
but to receive splendid income from their
produce.
So Nine. de Mauroy had set about making
her son the idol which every womans heart
creates in the fullness of tslove, and to him
had dedicated her life, her youth and her
beauty, passing away year after year un-
regretted, for she had merged herlife utterly
in her boy.
So the Baron Tristan grew to manhood.
His mother, fortunately for him, was a wo-
man of Judgment, and had not tried to
make him effeminate. She had given him
tutors that had cultivated his miud, whilst
the freedom and the exercises of his country
life had endowed him with activity, cour-
age, and all the masculine qualities of his
sex. When he attained the age of twenty
three, M. Robinel, the joint guardian with
his mother, had come down to the chateau
Mauroy to look, for the first time, after his
ward. Until this moment he had consider
ed that by taking care of his interests and
looking after his fortune, he was perform
ing the portion of his trust the late baron,
meant he should fulfill As for the boy, he
settled in his own mind his mother must be
the one best fitted to educate him and to
guide him.
On Tristan's twenty-third birthday M.
Robinel had, however, appeared at Malroy.
and Nine. Mauroy had, with a flush of
pride and exultation, presented her son to
him. ..........
"Well," said she, as soon as Tristan had
left them, "how do you think | have ac-
complished my task?"
"Admirably, my dear madame; we have
brought the boy and his estates magnif-
Gently through his years of minority, and
now what are you going to do?"
"To'do ?-nothing but enjoy happy years
with this boy, who is the very idol OF my
being"
And what is he going to do?"
Nothing; why what strange questions
you ask. Will not Tristan have occupation
sufficient in the management of his estates,
and pleasure sufficient in the society of the
neighborhood and in my companionship ?'
"Yes, of course, all this he will have: but
there is an element in your sons life you
seem to have forgotten"
"What is that?"
"Womanr
M. Robinel, what do you mean ~
g mean that all young men have hearts
Tristan has probably a more susceptible
and tender one than other young men, be-
ing brought up by woman, besides which,
being a man, he has passions"
swell, what then?" .
"Well, these will lead him either into
some silly scrape here, or will bring him to
Paris, where he will fall into the shares of |
some of the marble hearts that are as num-
erous as the birds in your fields. Now [ |
see you begin to comprehend me; but do |
not look so solemn. have pointed out the |
evil, but also know the remedy"
"And that is"
"Marriagem
Nine. de Mauroy gave q gasp and shiv-
er, as though she had received cold show
er BATH but, after a few moments, she turn
ed to Robinel, and spoke calmly to him.
Marriage" said she; "that entails a
wife ~
Generally" said Robinel, laughing.
81 mean that it willentail his loving some
one as well, if not better than myself"
"Not necessarily; but what does that
matter! A man can love his wife and his
mother at the same time." ~
" suppose he must marry some day."
'ald Mime. de Mauroy, dreamily, as if an
'wering her own thoughts.
"Of course, and man like Tristan, with
10 worldly cares about him, is safer when
lie marries early. have found a wife for
lim; that is the purport of my visit here"
"1s she pretty ?" -
"All young girls that are well dressed.
md well brought up, look pretty to me-"
aid the lawyer; but she has a fine fortune:
ne is ward of mine, and has not rela-
ion in the world" Nai es-3 20 s
mot relation? That is something.o
aid Nine. de Mauroy ssthere will he no Il,
econd mother; no other family to claim
lis attentions; think, perhaps, your pro-
iosal is a good one." '
know 1t Is, therefore accept it, Come
With me to Paris, and there we will manage 9
he whole affair."" SEES 1
So they had gone to Paris, and so with
he usual routine of transparent art, an in =
ervlew had been contrived between Eliane :
nd Tristan. 1854 fl,;s-s- )
Very different were the feelings of the
lother and son as they looked on the Young :
irl for the first time. :
Madame de Mauroy telt sharp pang at s
er heart and sad foreboding as she gaz-
d on her, for Eliane was beautiful, and. le
esides, her woman's instinct told her that n
ne possessed the gentle loving temper, the h
charm that would give her at il
nee influence over her husband. o
To Tristan, who had, until now, seen none
ut country girls brought up in provincial d
Dnvents, Eliane appeared revelation as I
some new being, From the first mo- a
lent he beheld her, heart and soul were N