Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-02-05

cleW fails-I am baff1ed.'' -
She gave a little impatient stamp.
Thou shalt not be baffiedi We. viii /
find it out somehow"
{ g We ~ he echoed, laughing, once
more conscious OF his auditor.
HYes, We, my Lucien; why should
not help thee 1t is true am a lit
tie EN- pty-pate, but we women have our
Inspirations sometimes. I viii make a
neuvaie to st. Genevie7e, and who
knows ~ Ea
'sThou art the dearest and most re-
diculous of little women; he said,
laughing heartily. f'Do thou make THY
neuvaines, and Will make my calcu-
1ations. Va done, let us have no more
of this farcical talk, but go and sing me
Jenny POuVriere, oftFile, file. ," She
arose and Obeyed, but she had the air
of p little sybiI condescending to some
frivOlity for his benefit.
During the next few days Monsieur
was more shut up in his little sanctum
than ever, and Madame divided her
time between going to church and por-
ing over learned books. Both of them
seemed quite absorbed, neither had any
attention to spare for Afarther and her
excellent cookery. ffE ~
SIT appears to me- said that worthy
domestic, as she bustled round the par
lor one day, Hthat Madame has taken
to having ideas to. Ma fol! they are
trou ublesome things, these ideas 1
thank the saints have none OF them,
In -.--.s.- .-t-
Toinette, who was sitting with her ell
bows on her knees, and her hands
pushed through her dark cloud Of hair,
looked up and smiled. fIt is precisely
because have not al idea that 1 am
so absent she said. "VoyeZ Vouz,
MaFthe, am searching for one I cam
not find; and how am TO get it E? One
cannot advertise for ideas or, at any
rate, they do not come in answer to ad-
vertisements." H@z
srYou might ask Monsieur votre
Pere, said Marthe, who had been much
impressed by the Professors spectacles
and general air ofwisdom, -fI ft-
81 might, but that would not do,even
if he could help me-"
MADAME has not been to see blind
Simon lately ~
''No; but I think it would be vain to
go to him for Ideas" and Toinette
laughed merrily..
''sChut," said AIarthe, impatiently,
''the world is not made of ideas. It
seems to me that some people die of
hunger, while others are taken up with
their books and notions"
Toinette by no means resented this
retort, which from an English servant
would have sounded strange, not to soy
impertinent.
1.-THE poor Simon, perhaps he is hun
CRY now" she said, with conjunction /;
81 will go and see him at once. You
can spare messon1e of the bOuili to take
to him, Marthe." ~ a.-f18 r
AS Toinette went along, she, caught
sight of blind Simon, sitting just with
in the porch of ST. Etienne dC Mont,
aud dismally rattting a SMALL money
box, to attract the attention. of those
who passed in and out. g. sE'a7 ti3at
She went up the steps and accosted
him. 74 fazsas.s. eSs s+ aa1~a-
II thought TO- have found you at
home, simon; this is your dinner-hour,
is it not?''
T''Truly, it is, /" said BE-, in a grunibling
voice shut when one has no dinner to
60 to, one is not particular about the
| A deep, self-repFoachfnl pang pierced
the girls heart. She glanced through
the open door up the aisle, at the beau
tiful shrine of st. GenevieYe. gorgeous
with carving and gliding, and to her
self she said, "Ah no wonder that my
neuYaine avails nothing 4 am. not
/ worthy to be allowed to help zLucien.
/ am monster of selfishness and cru
city" Then she turned 10 Simon
/ again. @Ihave some dinner here ssWiil
/ YOU. come home and eat it 2sI a-r esi
''I have no one to lead me,f' he re-
/ piled, ungraciOusly. ~ -z-rf.~-5sz
| longing to atone for her past neglect; and
| accordingly they threaded together one Ol
| two streets till they came to Stmon's house
| Fortunately they met no one who was like
| Iy. to be scandalized at the sight OF fTotnettel
humble companion; and probably, ever
| had she been troubled with Etares, she
| would have accepted them as penanc'
meet. I1
| ing been forgotten by Madame for so Ions
6abOut a week. 81 told NJ. le Cure that
WAS II TaRf sdse sqa hs 9d ne l 5llea se 9
| YOU Would that she did, them said !. =
have not seen her this long time. Sns ha
been to the church, perhaps, but she ha
gonein at the other door, and has no
thought of poor Simon,' - - Es.tE 5l-.e.f-
Tofnette's face was covered with blushes
which the old man could not see. She hun
her head, as if beneath a rebuEe from Nj. j
Cure himself z1+ rE tlsatae 7a9E
eft shall not happen again." she said pen
itently, and in her heart she was thinking
,tLucien, LHcien, what q hatefulD Wtcke
little wife you have got.1'.--,,,..-s
They found no one at Sinon's house
aud he intimated that HIS graud-daugh
ter, who lived with him, had probabI,
gone out for the day, and that if he wa
to get back to the church it must b
with Madame's aid. So Antoinebt
waited rather e04ttre gre, and as Simoi
gave his mind to his dinner so entireI,
) while it lasted, as evidently not to wis
for any conve ersatiOn, she fell into a rev
erie, and presen fly began to nuse ono
, more over the theory. @ Is-
Suddenly her face lit up with agleat
I u O.
She cried. & Alb, 1tln worthy me that
! should have come upon il now, ia;
. when least deserve It, CongratuIal
I me, my good friend: I have thought
, something which viii be Of use to IN
husband, which will make us both hat
.'i'' madame is fortunate,' p said tH
! b'ggar, lethargically some peopl
: are so. have heard that the first ide
: of chocolate ices came upon the inven
: or like an inspiration" RI raH0i a5H
Toinette laughed merrily, irresis
ably. - - p - 81"
t " Mais que vops etres dro1e!'' 81
said. 81 shall. always love your Iitt
room, my good Simon, it has been
q fortunate place to me-"
i "Then perhaps I shall see Madam
there oftener for the future" replie
= the implacable old man.
i She bit her pretty lips, but said nOtl
ing. It was little hard, but what be
> ter had she deserved !? thought she,
/. The old beggar walked very siowl
/ and she had to restrain her impatienc
while she conducted him back to S
: Etienne's, but when she had once par
q ed from him she almost few, and dasl
ed into Lueien's den like q mounts:
J. breeze. 1E M
!. ''I have got it, m on ami, :" she sal
Il breathlvssly. 81 have found the i'd
10 we have been waiting for. All
me get breath and will tell it thee. .
} ''Child, thou art quite spent, !" he sal
IF reproachfaIly, hast thou been RanniE
or what77 Is il thus that Madame Me
!, vigbey should go about the streets -
= % No, no, p she said, penitently : b
,e indeed / did not quite run, and In ge
I ieral when / walk alone, go so sloi
)e 1 aIn dune sagesse incroyable only I
n day my mind was so full. Figure
Is thyself that 1 have found the key
our difficulties, that thy theory is no
r eompIete." s1a
=. 1 a Pauvre pelteI" he said with smile al
- eurYe Of the lip; Its only happy lit
D. delustOn for thee E5t i-r ts-
1t F" Pardon, it's no deluston; win demo
r. strate it. All, 1 suffocate!" and untying b
IA bonnet and dinging IL from her, she beg
= to explain in quick, broken sentences
p chain of reasoning by which she had aFri
IL ed at her conclustons 1855 1 r
ia He heard 1t all very incfedulously, tn
n said, in a guarded way, "if thou WoulC
I write it down coherently m lght be able
"a Judge of 1t better; thUre may be somethi
II in IL, but fear not much"
Her eager happy face became very blal
T indeed. /" dare say have blundered, !" S
murmured land yet II seemed to me
D. complete. / will write 1t down and tn
lg shalt judge" $50 ~
= Sne went to the stttlng-room and wro
n When she had made It all rs clear Is s
( COUlh she hrnnuht the oar ar tpf MI