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

half companion, was standing behind her
arranging Madame de Pontalbe's magnifi-
cehC golden hair. Apparently there was
something magnetic In the operation, for
as Mile. Delville looked at the beautiful
face, in the glass, she perceived that the
Fontalbe was asleep. Do. . u .'T9di ~. e.
"Well,n said Mile. Dalville,l halt aloud,
"I'm glad to see that the country has the
same effect on her as it has on me, for then
/ suppose we shall not stay long" H''''''
Probably Mile. Dalville gave an extra
| twitch to the long tresses In her hand, for
with start Nine. de Portable opened her
| eyes. ...,...,. -.
ayes madame, and no wonder, for think
the country is uncomfortable, and only just
| fit to send people to sleepn nn.....3g a.e a-.
~ think the country on the contrary,
| charming; why, we have only been three
weeks IN one Of the most beautiful villas OF
VilleJdAvray, and you already appear to
| s.Not only appear, but do actually regret
| Paris, even the three weeks--from the very
| first moment we decided on coming here"
l''That's pity, for mean to stay here; i
want to finish my widowhood with becom-,
ing dignity. Why, Mile. .Dalyille, you
know that from the very moment changed
my niotifning, putting oil gray and purple
instead of black, was overwhelmed with
| invitations, with visits, and" ..,.ot--I .gt
"With declarations; how NICE"
"But very fhdecorous, at least before the
| two years Of grief had expired, and lafter
all the; country is not SO Itiresome. II am
fond of flowers, of fine scenery, Of reading;
the days will not be SO very long, ana tneh h.
| i'm the country there arc no rumors rolling
abouttoC disturb YOU" mir. rb ngiiulu.
| "No, Lwish there were." .-o..l b.e .,
| sand so it was my determination to re-
main; let me see, how long is 1T since that
dreadful eVent?"H' .".uJ .'...,"W E'
"What dreadful event?"n "no,,. te1.y.t:i I,
| "Why, since l lost" ,..-. ...,.. -y-,.,,,,
"Oh! since you lost that cross old man
whom you hated the day you married him,
and whojustified your hateiby making you
miserable all the time you were his wife;
| luckily he did not live long; well, madame,
| if you call his death the shocking event,
that took place exactly year and nine
| months ago!" ''1r. l.. .t.H o' to.11
$50 that there are only, three months
more to give to propriety-l mean TO grief.
| Well, shall pass them here in solitude, and
| in utter forgetfuTnessO Of the world. Wasn't
| lucky to get this villa, quite detached?'
"Yes, with six feet of solitude around IT..
There's another hermitage just like this
one adjoining our solitude; have you re-
| marked that, madame?" '' l'G 1.
"Why, of course; / am not blind"
swell, then, suppose you have seen that
we have neighbor?"
"No," replied Nine. Portable; but she
turned away from Mile. iDalville as she
family uttered the word. 'a ... ~!
| "Then just come here, IL D.. ....... ID
| Mile. Dalville drew Nine. Pentalhe to n
1t l. ...s,.H H1,, ot,1
/ hind the rampant of her muslin curtain the
neighbor Mile. Dalville had spoken of. ,r5
| He was young man, that is somewhere
between thirty and 'thirty-five. Dressed
With the utmost care lie sat in front OF a
small table with large book open before
him.. He was. apparently perfectly absorb
! ed, and seemed certainly not to be aware
| that there was another human beingin the
world beside hinlself!99l9 % To. Igru.1 q
| snow, is he not proyokingp Why, mad
anne, he has sat in that same attitude all
day, and every day since snis" I'VE fa nave peen been
| aHe scarcely looks like book-worm,
4 DalviHe, does he, and yet how strangely at
ltentjye he is to that book, Poor young
man perhaps he, too, has some great SC sor-
| rows .n7@'ip lE'I 'i' 'u..' III, '.i'I 't.i. '.
! EIlke you, eh, madam? Let US suppose
Z =
i lust open the window" ....,......,.,
4 'Not for the world why he might think
we had noticed hims' w '>..-' - '"lI
| $50 he might, to eiBe-sure. Well don't
think neighbors haye,a right to annoy you,
| and it really, is annoying to see a man, sit
| ting day after day in the Same attitude por-
| IND over the same book!m tul 'i''lI" tl"i
| SIeahnot see how it is annoying, VIA
| "WhH it eXcites ,one,s curiosity, and
keeps me at least in continual al state OF Ii r.
ritation." '''''''. '.' ~ !.'''- ."
I @Weil, now, i think this gentleman is
quite interesting, so unlike every one else.
Trying to learn Al. the, very. age when, SO
many are doing all they can TO forget:
lCalni, serene, disdaining the attractions OF
the world, really think this young is
| exemplary. perhaps he isa widower,neG g
Qr i perhaps P3sy hf has fled tfr9amH aH s0ms terma-
| tWell, as / See you are amusing yourself
| with your own imagination,I j will justtake
turn in the garden.'0 8dj ot .hgbn,tx9 a
i will yOya, ~, have your gray hat hate 00F your
| SWhat does it matter-the world and
fashion are nothing to me? l I9looki upon
this villa as a tomb in which 4 have buried
myself at least for three months" -; -,
l. Mine. de PontalBe gravely proceeded to
the garden, trying to get up sentimental
! look, which she felt ought to be her habit
ual expression. But what Mile. Dalville
lhad said was true. Mons. de Portable had
!, been the choice of her parents; the three
years she had passed with him had been
years of misery, and 1t was difficult TO ere
!. late a romance when the hero was q cross,
l,crhel, EQUITY old man Of sixty, ~ li''' .l1
,I He had, Rowever, left his widow an Inn
mense fortune, ana for that reason Nine. De
Portable. felt She ought TO honor his mem
ory, If not, by tears, at least BY decent
, mourning and becoming propriety. "h
q, Mule, Dalyille, who was, devoted to her
Ebehe efactress and mistress, did not, howev-
ller,s Share her conscientious scruples. = As
soon, therefore, as Nine, de Pontalbe had
disappeared, dragging back the curtains,
she banged open the M Mshntters ana a winaow
Iwitb,a great noise: But an without tbS erect s
The opposite tieighbor never stirred, never ,
'leven looked up from his book. Mile pai- sl-
!, Iville,s curiosity and yexatiop now became
theroic, She determined e, bet pc taken notice c
J, lof,o die in the attempt.I iSnatching ar
her knitting, which lay near her, IN q tew
, minutes she contriyed TO throw over over ING into
4, the next garden large ball Of worsted! !,
III Still without effect eg6ntleInahnev
!. or moved d,Ibut still, with provoking calm
!, lness, continued to read,,oi ,aJlo yac ngdt
II Mile, Dalyille's maneuyer, however, was was
not entirely without ELECT, Tor through
small eide-door evit6htlyi yiieadmgIfroM the
Kitchen there came forth. a. serysntI insa
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