Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-03-20

love Of birds and flowers, with buii'
Of which the cottage was surround
"a. | did not receive the encourage
ment | wished, bat still was len u
hope that my curiosity might some
dav be graliird, As obstacles IA
my purpose increased | became
moro determined, aud | resolved 10
change my tactics, | could not un-
ders,and the girls disinelinalion Ia
allow our acquaintance To become
in sny respect familiar, but ! kneN
thar she Gould not dare lo treat mc
rudely, aud, watching my opnorln'
nifty one Sunday afternoon, ! at
dressed her as sho STOOD al 'hss
street gate OF the cottage, and - l
admired some flowers which grow
in bed near the house, she could
not escape, politely, from the neees-
siIy Of inviting me to walk through
the yard. Accidentally We met the
mother. had an invitation 10 en-
ter the cottage. Ofc0urso ! accept
cd with pleasure, and, finding the
mother inclined to DO more commu-
nica,ivo than the daughter, ] man
aged to learn that they were French
folks, although thoy both spoke
English remarkably well. The cot
tagc parlor was furnished plainly,
but elegantly. There were upon
the walls several pictures, aud upon
tho mantle number of delicate
works of art, which | was satisfied
could not have been purchased by
the limited earnings Of an apple
girl.
Why young girl who lived in
such cottage, with so much cri.
dent taste and cultivation, should
invariably wear pink calico dress,
and sell fruit, nuts, and candies on
the streets, was TO me n pcrpleN'nS
inquiry. There was web of ro-
nance weaving around the mystic
rious apple girl, which became more
and more interesting, and every
day my resolution to unravel it be-
came stronger. There was so much
modesty in the girls bearing at her
applc.stand-she seemed so much
afraid of scandal, should any con-
verso with her longer than was
necessary to mako purchascs-tnat
there was no way left for me to
solve the mystery of her life but
by visiting the cottage. Again |
went without an invitation, and
boldly made known the curiosity
which led me to force myself upon
their acquaintance.
The daughter laughed heartily,
and said gaiIy, eve have been just
as much at fault to understand your
curiosity rs you were to reconcile
our circumstances with our employ
ment."
"Thcn we should be mutual con-
fdants," / observed, Il have been
very frank with you, and hope you
will reciprocato."
"But our relations are not SINH
lar" she archly replied. ave are
not responsible for your curiosity,
but you for ours" N-t
"Why SOP" | cried.
at was forced upon us"
Indeed, and was not mine forced
upon me, in such a manner, too, as
left me no choice but to seek out
the mystery? But truce to this
bandying Of words; you will not
take advantage of my fankness for
any other purpose than to reward
it with full explanations y
She looked ut me moment, as if
questioning my apparent honesty,
and then said pleasantly:
"Wcll, as you have been so good
patron Of my apple stand, and
you have taken such pains to know
the romance Of my history, if you
will promise secrecy, I'll tell you"
"l'll accept any condition that ]
can fulfill" | answered eagerly.
"Walk with me into the garden,
them" said the girl. '
We had pleasant scat under a
rustic arbor, when the lady re-
marked:
"Mother told you that wo once
lived in village near Paris"
"She did," l answered, son my
first visit" a ". rl...rE
"We were not rich, but we had a
pretty cottage, and an income suffi-
cient to support us. Father died
when l was little girl. | had no
brothers, but l had a playmate who
was dearer to me than brother.
AS we grew older, his parents, who
were rich, forbade him to visit our
house. We met in the fields. We
loved each other, and would not be
separated. His father learned that
we still met, and ho was very angry.
He told his son that if he visited
me he could not live at homo. Our
fathers had been bitter enemies, but
we could not understand why that
should make us enemies when we
loved each other, and Emile declared
that he would not neglect me if his
father did shut his doors against
him. One day he said to me, i am
going to run away, but not from
you-from father, and you shall
come to me, and then we shall
never be parted 1t was lard to
consent, but Emile insisted, and we
took leave of each other, and he did
run away. It was a long time be-
fore we heard from him; then we
got letter which told us he was in
America. l had changed very much
since EmiIc's absence, and mother
was afraid | would die. / coaxed
her to let me go to America. Emile
told us in his letter that he liked in
Cincinnati. When we, arrived in
Boston, We inquired for Cincinnati,
and were directed to this place.
Mother bonght this cottage, and
here we have lived expecting to
meet Fmfie