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that it was very tiresome to see the
same place five times in succession.

the last suitor that had been refused
came to pay her friendly visit, cody
ignoring the little circumstance of hi.
proposal aud rejection. Clara accepted
his escort to the Vaudeville, and agair
lost herself in the contemplation of hel
idol. O. had taken entire poses
sion of Clara's imagination. BY dint OF
thinking of him of evenings, she had
woven romance of her own, and 70.
solved on seeing him. To accomplish,
this, she wrote him such note as only
the most virtuols or most perverted
could write-thc one perfectly uncou:
scious of what she Is doing, and the 9th.
er fully knowing the effects she will pro.
duce. 4&
Clara appointed an hour when the
great world was still in slumbers.-
In simple muslin dress and straw bon.
net, and with beating heart she walked
to the appointed place. There was
O.. She felt inclined to turn back
but calling her remembrance of modern
literature to her aid she advanced to.
ward him and addressed him.
After few words had been inter.
changed, Clara began her plan.
IL am, y said she, "a young widow
from the south of France, in very
stra!tened circumstances, and being
obliged to earn my own living, have a
desire to became an actress. l have
seen you act, and being stranger, have
! thought Of no better plan that of address
ing myself to you.
1t is needless to say that O. re-
piled by dissuading her from any such
attempt; for every actor, though he may
love his art, has Il horrorof the stage
However Clara met argument with ar
gument, and other meetings were ap-
pointed.
1t happened that O. was gem
tlcman of education, high breeding and
most noble feeling. Therefore there
was nothing to diSpel Clara's illusion,
but every thing to turn her passing fam
cy into real sincere passion.
Clara was now in the enjoyment Of
the feverish happiness she had desired.
In order to carry out her plans she had
taken into her confidence her foster Sis
ter, who was married to a respectable
tradesman, and living in a small apart
ment in the Rue Dauphin. Here she
met O., making him believe it was
her home; here she received his instruc-
tions, feisning still to he All aspirant of
tho stapa
O., with his experience, nuu a,
first imagined that the story of the
young widow was but feigned one.
and was prepared to discover an adven.
turcss in the very pretty woman who
had selected him from all the actors to
he her teachor. But Clara's modesty
her refinment, her education, and her
accomplishments, had convinced him,
strange as il may be, that she had spo-
ken truth.
O. was charmed, and before long
fell desperately in love with the beauti-
ful, modest and intelligent woman, so
totally unconscious of her superiority
over the rest of her sex, particularly
that portion which he usually saw. The
widow was poor, but he was rich in
comparison with her, and each year that
added to his name added to his for
tune.
"Why should she not be his wife:"
This was the question he asked him
seifonc morning, and which two hours
after he, repeated to Clara.
9! viii! be your wife, she said "You
are not afraid Of poor wife without a
dowry; but now, in all the happiness
that is before me, have one deep re-
gret."
"Regrct, Clara:''
"lrs, | have deceived you.'
"Dcceived me-" exclaimed O.,
scrutenizing Clara. "In what way"
Il cannot tell you now. Promise to
get into the carriage shall send for you
to night at the theatre, and obey the di-
rections ofthe servant who will accom-
pany it, and you shall know ALL"
O promised, but WAS startlcd.-
Could he have been the dupe Of some
adroit lorctte: They. he knew, were
recruited from all classes, aud were such
actresses as no stage had ever produc-
ed.
O. played very badly that night,
and would even have forgotten the
words, had it required any effort of the
memory to retain them; but having
said the same thing fora hundred and
seventy five conscctive nights, thew
were so sterotyped upon his mind that
they came to his lips mechanically.
At last the task was over; his dress re-
quired no change, the carriage was !
there, and O., trembling with impa-
tience and suspense, got into it.
The carriage of course drove to the ho-
tel lie Florace, and in the vestibule O.
was received by Il row of Iacqueys in
full livery. The r0ict dc chamber,
throwing open the door, ushered him
through a long suit of magnificent
rooms brilliantly illuminated, but un-
occupied till at length last door was
open, and in beautiful and nor