The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-07


chapters ell intervening between the bridal and
Ia Baroi,ne de Want pre was mi orrroe !
of IN arriage Of Eugene Beandesert wit
Auilfs1 hainpfort by q long and eloquent
l let's the bridegroom rs this an in.
metiiA swef was returned, enelosiis . 4 draft
| for ten -zpsasand francs, and briefly SKATING
Madame. Beanslesert happiness In the state Of
isSStney haa chosen Tor, themselves but, as
sienr Beandesert had been timely and
* 9 Z ssarnes would be the case, Mad
me de yautpre, no longer looked lfpon that
Igentlcman as her neplieSg.0 or us one fessessi,.u
any further claim upon her. So q
1t was all in vain, as the ten thousand frames,
ana az last the costly ornaments which he had
layistieds upon xdrienne, melted amay4 that
the alarmed end anxious husband and father
two daughters Adrienne aud clarisse, were
born TO him during the first tlTee yrsrs of
welded life put in practice every expedient.
every art he, was master of to change MS
u1Itts inexornble decision Madame do Vault
pre- was llnpassible MS marble, and
as smooth and polished alse her words and
MANNER in the personal interviews which her
nephew contriyed to force upon her, whilst
clearly exPressiye OF unswerying receive,
never betrayed the slightest Irritation or anger
Thus, step By step, poverty came UPON tho
raah.eonple tho poyerty armed with serpent
stiags, that tTeads upon the heeis of reckless
sgrattcatlen, and which, but for the pension
of the brides father, d rather eonsislerails one.
fog his Ppsitipns he being an inferior pIesnbax
Of the Aeglsls % Hoaor ssa'sla eaess have hss.
ss11s' J; WY
nefsistesI 20 m eesy lS6e9 YsEisf
the ceFfamind tion of essfsR eii,,aIovms1its and
none other were obtainabIe. And did the Blind
god that had lured them to snch pass remain to
gild the ruin he had nnaiie--to light u,s with
his glowing torch theelse drear dwelling where.
sat Indulgence with his black feet upon. The
cheerIess hearth; and where Want. over at the
threshold, and waiting for the death of. that
white-headed, feeble old man to enter in,
dseepenea the thick gloom with his gaunts
Alasl how could il be sos was it possible
that the enchanting sniiiewith which Adrienne
ChampforA received the necklace we know Of
from herdelighted lcyet should cast its radiance
upon the pawn ticket of that same costly
banble which her husband, then of some sexen
sad years standing, placed in her hend with .
sour fretfui caution to put it away safely
The truth was, Mother had espoiised the
intended person. The Eugene Beaudesert which
Mademoiselle Cha1npfort idolizipgly admired
to &he splendid mansion in the FanhourG SC. |
Germain, and the magnificent Chateau diem, |
near Lyon of which she heard SO much--a |
rem of all the Jewellers shops aud saolisse -es-
Establishments taFfg, the-eRfFee IF TuiTeFfes
balls, and possessed thousand other trans
feEahle and charming ifta l-fsai ilespesf
surely a very different person from tire pale, |
careworn, hstfess man, whose stockings she
darned with delicate fingers, at the fsintest
pressure whereof, IN the old fast-fading time,
flashed with rapture And though still re-
tanning mnen OF her brilliant form pnd feature
beauty, was MADAME Beaudesert, Nan wife and
mother, eternally busted with household cares,
ana necessarily negligent OF the a!egances OF
attire impatient OF the present, regretting the
past, the fairy being pictured in the youthful |
imagination OF Eugene BeandeseFt as the /
honored and admired mistress of his inherited !
aud the grace and genius of the |
country circles inwhfch it W ould be his chiefest
pride to have raised her
Clearly not Biting bitter overwhelmingly !
and quickly repented Of IL may he ,ancf' a. /
esoaf5eJl AtIFIenne's Inns. when. ~ Hhe Svaa4
walking with her husband And children In Tie