The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-31
WHICH WAS MAD,

Usual clIcls, al lIlelluS OF lOHg years, anC
all accustomed TO meet every evening. .
Neither Nine. de St. Ange nor friends,
however, were DID, and although she was d
, widow, Nine. dc. ST., Ange was not da,
over twenty-five, and had made UP her mini
to remain a widow all her life.
She was rich and possessed Of every at.
traction to insure her a brilliant position in
a society, and she was fair as won an can be
utt ely devoid of vanity. She preferred to
be loved, to be respected by. those around
!, her, who thoroughly understood and appre-
ciated her, rather than be admitted by a
thousand people incapable of understanding
her, and who would have forgotten her as
soon as she had ceased to amuse them.
The greater part of the year she lived at
> st. Cloud-three 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 cir
Gle was often enIivened by visitors from Paris,
fifteen minutes of railroad being all that
divides thercity from St. Cloud.
This evening Mime. de St. Angc was ex-
pecting guest from Paris, and all were
just saying Monsieur de Montmcdy will not
come, when NJ. dc Montmedy was announ.
ced.
'Do not ask me why an late, but rath-
:. er wonder how it is that am here at all. s"
! ''Why. what has happened?' = ~
| 81 have been knocked down"
''knoGked DOWN. f..
Yes, and by woman. " ..... i
"a wonlan?"
'Ycs a woman, who fell from third
story window first on my head and then on
the pave ment, where the manglcd body lay
| very still, crushed and bleeding"
A.E1nl b,,op,,,,.,I Az,
cider"
!. II know not oil know is that when I
rose | was so overpowered with horror that
| was obliged to lean for support on the two
peopc nearest me, and that nothing but
glass Of stiff lrandy restored mo to my sen
SEES. Then behcld another sight that al
most turned my blood. y
What could be more horrible than what
! you had seem"
when what have tod you occurred, |
was with friend Of mine, one of the hand
| Some>t and most fascinating men | ever
knew. | looked round for him and beheld
him with the bleeding, disfigured corpse in
! his arms, carrying it to the nearest drug
| gst ); he laid it on the counter, gazed at it
| for all instant, then having washed his
hands, he turned to the looking glass to sec
that there were no stains on him, and tax
lug my arm went ora calmly with the con
Nersatlon this accident had interrupted |
Tie was not even a ss,ade paler than before |
Il, who am surgeon, " S1li Vsa,e of Nine |
de s., Ahge 5 guests, could ~ot have done |
this. BIZ t ... .a
And !, exclaimed Gen Simonct, 'who
haze seen men ON the battlefield lyiag dead |
'@ The hundreds, could not have locked on |
such a sight As this unmoye,l &C.,. I
II wouldn't have seen such a thing for
ten thou and frances, said NJ. Canillac |
who, being a millionaire, valued every emo
ton in specie -H .eE-#
Il should Ike to ser yrur friend" said |,
Nine. de St. Angc, TRANQUILITY, fur to tell |
y1u the truth think he is IA clever hrnl-
bug @
tcrtation.
Is he young?"
''fwcnty-three. "
is he rich? nj ---. '. s~r ---r
Very ~.a...
SIS he handsome"
ladies and gentlcmcn," said NJ de .
will >oon be- answered, for have asked the .
general pern,ssion given me ly Mime. la
''Deliehtful!" exclaimed the Baronne,
Eve will put his insenybility TO the test"
And We will ccnmer it, [ will wager any
thing. y aaiIr a- -....f 49,. 49,.
ri think not" said NJ dc Montmody; at
this moment the servant, opening the door,
announced NJ. lie Count de st. Floy.
Under the shadoN~of this name tall
handsome and most distinguished looking
man advanced into tho room with the easy
grace of anari Of the world, but without
either conceit or presumption in his manner
All We're prepoSSessed IN his favor, but
all were anxious to put to the proof the in
Nine. de St. Ange soon found an 6ppor-
tunity of referring to it.
Il am sorry for the terrible accident you
and NJ. de Montmedy witnessed to-day
g Are you, madam
Eyes; did it not make you shudder?"
''N hy should it? | do not know the
woman. All | could do was what | did to
get her out Of the way of public curiosity
don see any cause for lamentations; since
this woman threw herself out of the win
dow she was unhappy; she is dead now,
therefore happy and not to be piticd As
for feeling horror at the sight of blood and
broken bones, that is vulgar emotion; peo.
pie shrink from physical horror who have
not one tear to give to laccrated heart or
an agony of the mind that is racking the
brain to madness. This look on as folly"
You have extraordinary strength of
mind. "
Nc, but I feel only as my reason die
tates
Is not that what the world would call
selfShness?"
mo doubt But selfshncss is the most
harml SIS of all vices +"
"lf 1t were pleasure to console or to
succor l should do it, for in 50 doing should
satlsty myself. All, madam, we talk
great deal about devotion and disinterested-
ness; there is no such thing; even the stron- ;
gest passion of our nature, love, is the most
sel6sh. Love requires entire possession-
Say to man Of the most generous nature, [
your friend cannot recover from his illness
unless you give him up the woman you
love and the generous man would let his |
friend die. Say to woman, your lover can
not exist unless you give him up to another ,
woman with whom he is in love- and she i
would answer, | would rather see him dead
than anothers.
Then you do not believe in love?" ;
u believe in no emotions; | believe in
r.7 3, .a,
Then you are happy?" %, v
"Pertectly.' \
Monsieur de St. Floy was so agreeable q
accomplished, witty, and so ex- S
ce,edinely good-tempered that it was impos. g
slblc to ever get angry with him. Never. s
theless, this very amiability and apathy "
addcd to the strange principles he had, pro-
duced a sort of irritation against him, and n "
plot had been formed and wagers laid as TO Il
who should first rouse him from his insensi.
bity. {,
Nine, de st. Ange, it was agreed. sbould