Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-02-03
TALES AND SKETCHES.
A isAsHnONABLE WIDOW.
FROM THE FRENCH.

| toilet table. Mile. Dulvlle, half maid, half
companion, was standing behind Der, ar
ranging Madan,s magnificent golden hair.
Apparently there was something magnetic
| in the operation. for as the maid looked at
the beautiful face in the glass. she precejyed
that the eyes were closed, and that in fact
| the lady was aseep.
"Wcil.n said Mile. Dalville. 81 am clad
to sec that the country has the saine effect
| on her as il has on me. but then 1 suppose
we shan I stay long" ~. reg .''. .. '.
Madame opened her eyes. .
''Yes madame and no wonder. for think
the country. on the contrary, charming; why
we have only been three weeks in a most
beautiful villa, and you already. regret
Paris"
"I do actually rerreti Paris, even the three
weeks from the very first moment we came
herpn .,t .5l '.a..'.t. . ..-l -
i"That's pity, for mean to stay here; /
want to finish my widowhood with bccom-
ing dignity. You know from the first mo-
ment changed my mourning, putting on
gray and purple instead of black, | was
overwhelmed with invitations. visits, and
DECLARATIONS :'how nice ~ FsL 'h-a
But very indccorous., ut least the two
years of grief had expired, and. after all. the
country is not SO tlrcsome. am fond of
u
long. and then one sleeps So well Mt nipbt
in the country there are no rumors rolling
about to disturb you.n ...s ..r...
"No, | wish there were"
"And so it WAS my determination to re-
! main let me see, how long is it since that
dreadful event q" @
what dreadful event ~ ..r ..
"Why, since lost"
"Oh since YOU lost that cross old man
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vo h.rn' 'me aupp'se !, ''' nav ' NAV
W" ..Wo H"," r,Iiah nIisST Mt. a.p,n,.,ho ..,.
t,rnaT on.pr vp'et ,r,'n, Nil. maIv;I,e ~. shn
u,' sa;n,is am"s ,,Un ,,,' m,'' Da'''''o - '"'
'.TS,u ;rst onm. hGr,. r-.. .....-......
d. Mi,r 6aiv,,I, drew Wmo pont,db. IN /,
side sindow and thcrc she bcbrld from he
hind the rampant of her muslin curtain the
neighbor Mile. Dalville had spoken of. rI
He was a young man. that is somewhere
between thirty and thirty five. Dressed
with the utmost care, he sat in front of II
small table with large book open brfor"
him u" "'"" "rr"',nuy perlectiy "osolp
ea, ana seemeo eerlaiiily ho' 10 pc a"nic
that mere was ahothcr human pe'ng IN 'ne
"or.u o.siae Himself. 1r,,, 5
,r,, Is h,s 60, i, ,Lo. same attitude nil
d,y and every dov since we have been
Lern "
lie scarcely Looks hike - hook worm. Dali
Vile. docs he, and vet how strangely atten-
! tive lie is to that book. Poor young man,
perhaps he, too. has some great sorrow.
really think he is exemplary perhaps he is
a widowcr.'
! 'Or perhaps he. has ied from some terma-
| giant of Wife
well, see YOU arc amusing yourself with
YOUR own imagination, | will lust take turn
| in the cartlen.'
will you have your gray hat or your pur,
ple one2
What does it mattcr-the world and
| fashion are nothing to mci LOOK upon
this villa. as a tomb iE ML;xn have buried
myself at least fcr tree months
Nine ;ic ,,npt,lbc oravely proceeded ia
the Garden irving to yet up sentimental
! iook wIirb She fit ought to be her habitual
expression. But what Mlla. Dalvillc had
said was true. Mons. de Montalbe had
been the choice of her parents; the three
years shs had been with him had been years
of misery, and it, was difficult to create q
romance where the hero was a cross, cruel
gouty old man of sixty.
lie had however. left his widow an i'm
mense fortnne and for ,hat reason Nine. Il,
% Pon,.,,e felt shs ought honor his memory
- Vn' ~. hv ,ears a, l.est by decent mourpin,
,d i,ocon';nT nJonricty - '---'I
n,'en ., - aovo,,a 20 h..
honafactrn.s and mistress did not. however
sIare Nor consc;rntious scruples AS soon
sna.aeoro a NM do pnntalhc disanne,red
! tiei Ilea;n Is Iann nt the csr,o;ns She lance,
unaEE"S ',,'.. 81 v;ndnv viii n greo
op.n '"I Do, .n" aII ,,,;,han, efrcct The onno
poise' pu, ali ~,."oss a,;J ,a,,or sue1 Xxi,
si,e ne,gnoo' ,;' ao'er ,a, N,,,o0 na,y;lIes on
Gu up 'aum ,;n,, n,s nvon, hocan'a heroic :