The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-01-04

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A young French actress. Mademoiselle
Delorme, with all the attributes Of her ma.
ture, wit, baautv, and talent in her art, en-.
tered her apartment i'm tho Rue de Rich.
ellen and carefully threw her shawl on The
ottoman, She seemed to drop in grief
AMI why? She had no rival to dread at
her theatre; mt hair Of her silkent tressns
hal chanrei its hue: not vow Of profess
tation less hal crowned her last success.
Whv.. t'ian. was sha sal. Ut .l' TITT
''A'as T. she al1ressa1 her only true
friend. h"r confidential ladv,s mrid-t'al-
az! am the mnst miserable of earthly
things. NV whole heart is absorbed on
one subject; my existence is a bane with
ont it." "H arff..r.rf,p srrfrvrry,s 30
|. "And what is tSrt iiepov object 80 y
"Oh, Josenhite! I have fonllv gazea.
too fondlv fixel NV af,rtion =: and then
as she infused tn Observation-Disclosures can lind
tw, thousand franes?" -~",'n.. rr .fn IA
II was of an nr,annlIef drnssine-casa she
spoke. She had saan It IA she carie home:
hail asked the price Int, alas two thou
sand francs. And she sighed heavily.
The door-bell rang--the maid went and
came. ~ " aEpi .tror"~.r ~ r,r.grr o..
/ "ft is tho Fn~,ish T,ord. nlalan,n." rs
/ "Let him come in,'' shei sullenly re-
Piled. ," ..'.iT"T y l1~~t.E ...r:7.rnn
Lord Honiton entered; he came tn offer
the homage ct his adieu The cntree tn
the societv ofsuch beauty and such talent
he would preserve for his futnrn Wis it's to
Paris; and hh ran-sarketl his brain to find
some souvenir to present in token of his
admiration. az ran ONLY he sure of pleas
ing IL know what will find favor in your
eves'' .-.r..a'.r e.. ....
The provaiTinr rassion for tho cnamelled
dressing-cese still being her only thought,
she nxclaimntr:' - .,s e..
Eyes, sir; there is in the Rue de In Paix
what would make me the happest crea-
ture in the world. 1t ia an enamelled
dressing-case.- rr,.--fg r..Frrer,
Before an hour can pass, Won shall be
the happy being you deserve to be-
One-two-three hours passed on, and
no dressing case appeared The impatient
beauty could. bear IL ~ ,,ngeri, She, CALLED
a cab, and drove to the Rue de In Paix.
The dressing case was still on the conn-
rr'rr=z T-,ira were you not offered
sale, for it," - ..t,r.fr, -. ,
"Yes, madana an FnGishman did adj
miro it much /; he off,red fifteen hundred
francs, which we refused. AMI he left the
shop, saying that if we renented we might
ca,,I IL r., III, Jo+nl
"And why did Won not send it?'
Because we would not take the fraction
or a fa..hins less than two thousand
francs"
'Hark ye," the eager beauty replied, "I
will tvow secret. 1t was for me he off
cred to purchase it. will make up the
difference: five hundred francs are an
easy sacrifice; two thousand francs could
not give senl it to him forthwith. Here
are the five hundred; and she parted with
her last hank note. H ,...... r.
The packet was carefully arranged, and
quickly too on its destined way. Our
heroine returned home,r thinking of the
awakening on the morrow which would
see the object of her fancy before her-she
fell asleep-she awoke-it was already
day-She rang her bell. 81. .r.........
r"Well - she exclaimed to her attendant
r''wall - ............ t....r. ..............
"It has not vet arrived. madame"
''She break fasted-7an angel could not
he more patient; the clock struck ten,
eleven. twelve-she could bear it no long
er; a cab was called-Hotel Meurice was
its destination. She called waiter:
"Did II person bring dressing case here
last EVENING" ....
f"Oh, yes. madame. q beautiful one it
was. 1t was for Lord Honiton. You
should have seen his delight when he re-
eaived it,. He talked to himself:
81 did not know it was such prize. 1t
is not dear at ail--iftaan hundred francs
whv it is nothing for it." And then he
aided, smiling, Rymv troth. VI lille. De-
lorme must do without it. John, pack il
up." F-..I ..,t.-..-t...,.
| "Grar;'us heavens. an | whore is he?"
son the road to Boulogna. madame.
whore he is hv this time nearly arrived
having left at tan o'clock last evening,
with four horses and a courier" r..-..
f .''.tFl asr -.e.