The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-16
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day L am writing Oh she Hdu O0oh az 'enOoi
a few miles out OF Paris. her parents
were dead they had left no provision
for their only child. Poor souls! 1t was
a hard enough struggle to provide her
with food and clothing while they lived,
and SO there was nothing for Christine
but to get her own living. SO her aunt
said, for she had daughters just Christine
iage, who were not near so pretty or re-
fined looking. 1t was determined that
she should 60 to school in Paris for a year,
and then seek situation as goYerness or
companion Six months passed and Chris
tine was far from unhappy. She liked
her companions, the discipline was not
oppressive, and altogether the girls at
Madame Girauds pension led a pleasant
enough life. There was long rambling
garden to the school, and in the summer
twilight the girls used to steal away to
the furthest boundary WALL. prohibited
spot, only that poor old Madame Giraud
was an invalid confined in the house, and
the teachers thought it better policy not
to see too much The road ran along un
der the wall, and the young ladies who
possessed, in addition to the feline attri-
butes common to all the sex, a facility for
Iclimbing, could perch themselves on the
high wall, and reconnoitre the passers-by.
Whence it happened that the thoughtless
tyoung demolselles, always on the qu6 g50e
for mischief and excitement, had made
1.-The ACQUAINTANCE of some young students
from the Quarter Latin, who brought
them chocolate and bonbons, and, more
delightful still, little cigaretts from Paris.
Christine was shocked at first, when these
Id 10 'ro
fused to climb the wall and be introduced
to McssieuEs les Ecoliers, but she had one
of those Yivacious, excitable temperaments
that requires a constant stimulus. She
was speedily declared the Queen of Beau
ty amongst the naughty little pension
aires. One of their clandestine accquain-
tances was a handsome young Englishman
and Christine and he fell in love with
each other at once. Their courtship had
certainly great drawback in it's publici-
ty; whispering was not allowed, and the
only means he had of making tender ad-
vances to her was by little notes hidden
in bonbon boxes, or struggled into the
heart of boquet; and Christine's
only power Of answering was to tear up
the missivc she wrote, and throw it over
the wall, and he pick it up and piece it
together when suitable opportunity
offered After she had known him a
month, Christine found the following
letter inside the tin foil that covered
great cake of chocolate:
I "DEAR BEAUTIFUL CHRISTINE:
81 am so awfully in love with you can't
live without you. / would give anything If
you would tell me you care for me- it's only
| with your beautiful eyes. / shall be of age
in three weeks, and then come into lot of
money. tell you this, not, am sure, be-
u canse it would influence you bit, but be-
cause I don't want you to think Pm some
penniless adventurer who has no right to pre-
sumo TO think of any one SO beautiful and
high bred as am sure you are. don't know
{ a word about you; all know is, that Iwant
to marry you If you will have me. I have no.
body need consult. My mother has married
again, and doesn't trouble herself much about
me. If you'll let me, III go to England at
3 once, and get your fathers consent to our
marrying, that is, if you think you could care
, for me but what should do if he refused to
= listen to me should go out of my mind, ]
] think. Oh, Christine, you dear, beautiful
T to run away with me, we might get married
at once, and we should lead such a glorious
life in Paris, or travelling about, or doing
whatever you like best. Life is awfully pleas
ant when one has lot of money; and don't
think | am attempting to deceive you by say
ing | am very we'll off, Do answer me to-
MORO night. Put the note in your hand
kerchefand dropit I'll put it in my peck
ct and declare mean to keep it.
Your devoted lover,
stJoHN THELLUsoN.''
i Christine laughed at the bare idea at
first, she did not even answer him, except
by a little shake Of the head, when he
looked at her with appealing chances. But
when, almost every time they met, she
received more and more urgent entreaties
she began to wonder if there would be
any real harm, after all, in running away
with the handsome, honest-looking young
stranger. And he was beginning to lock
so hollow-eyed and miserable. One night
she got little, short note: "Good-bye,
i Christine. am going / can bear it no
longer!" And the next evening she
dropped her handkerchief and in one
"Don't go!" Then she began to consid-
er the matter seriously in her mind. She
had no father or mother who would be
i grieyed Or angry with her. She knew her
uncle cared little what became of her, so
long as she was not left upon his hands.
In all her life to come she had nothing to
look forward to but dulness and drudge
ry. Her good looking young lover must
be honorable and truthful, or he would
, never have offered to seek her parents
consent to marry her. What if she let
HIM go to England and ask her straight
, torwardly of her uncle No, that would
never do. Questions would be asked how
ne met her, and a dozen things. Then
she would have to turn traitoress to her
friends, and all the twilight meetings
would be stopped, and the school ruined.
After she babe him not go, he wrote
her passionate letters begging her to mar
ry him, telling her how he would ar
range everything for her flight, and en-.
tering into the most minute particulars Of