The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-10

ssai 6. .xena!ss hum or bright bse'
THE MERCHANT OF ST. MALO.
The great Feast of the Assumption on the
18th of August happening to fall on Sunday,
and the weather being 1ne
of unusual joyance and bril!isncy. me clear
chininr of the cathedral and church bells, the
animated strains Of several military Sa1 n sns
numerous PROFESSIONS of young girls, dressed
in white rarlanded with flowers, and bearing
to sap make their First through
buxzing crowds of adniring spectators, large
nuaabee of whom shone in the glory Of regi.
mentels, either of the Line OF Naelonai Gaar 20
feet; and one would have supposed that some
sparkles of pleasurable emotion must have
Of the exuitant oarllon Of the streets. Not SO,
however. The fierce disquietude OF NJ Paul
Fontanes the prosperous and rising. il not as
yet decidedly eminent merchant OF the hne e
soothed, as he nervously tore open end glanced
through heap of correspondence brought him
that morning by the american NAL nsse
as q more than usually joyous burst of military
music mingled with and seemed to sharpen the
serpent-accents of a letter he had just opened.
at is impossible to comprehend what one
reads" An exaggeration, at the very least, NJ.
Paul Fontanes Say the undulations Of the
music do assist in zigzagging the lines
to your throbbing eyeballs-plain and fright
fulSas ruin! bankruptcy-jraadulent bank
ruptcy. which, according to definition OF the
beyond your means; and the punishment
which may be awarded for that offence.ob, it
is easy to see you hear that also distinctly
enough through all the din and hustle OF the
The history of NJ Paul Fontanes up to- this
period of his life-be was in his thirty-second
10. iaAv oHa rhad Ia wa
the only eluch-indnlged son of q cautious,
painstaking father, to whose property and bust
he had, few years Previously sucees a e6c
francs, in cash and reases, and the business was
q profitable connection with the Mauritius, in
consigpments of colonial products, for sale In
France Fontanes ills had not, unfortunately
been long his own master. when his sanguint
temperament, and anxiety to become speedily
rich, induced him not only to enlarge greatly
his sphere of commercial action, but to change
entirely its character, by shipping Large
quantities of French goods to the American
markets. for speculative sale, ut ms own rlsk
but fortune had of late proved adverse and ii
the letters now before him, he read the disas
irons results of his last and boldest speculation
in silks and brandies, upon which an immens
loss had been sustained; and he knew himsel
to be irretrievably insoi vent, to the extent {
at least 100, 600 francs. In about six weeks
he murmured, after feversh glance at hi
private bill-book, and tearing open anoths
letter, "the mass of my acceptances for thos
more than half cover, fall due, and shall
Ha! what is this 7" The blood rushed swift
back to NJ. Paul Fontanes pallid features as |
ran over, in a hurried trembling sort of con
DENTAL whisper to himself the lines which ms
suddenly caught his attention: Z" With refe
ence to ySns of Tonisiana. we have to infoI
YOU that that gentleman died suddenly on t
18th ult., at New Orleans, of fever, aft
having taken his passage for Europe per
Columbia packet-ship, bound for Havre-t
Grace. By the next mail we shall be able
forward an attested copy of the deceased's w
by which the bulk of his property-o,
Swenty-seven thousand pounds realized a
Temporarily lodged by deceased in the St. Lo
bank, where it of course still repalnsEis :,
eidest daughter of Sieur Edouard Bouga
yiIIe. formerly captain in the 18th Carabinis
for whom you tar are hnndreS year to the s :
E4onard Bougainville, with remainder to
danOhters by u second marriage. we shaii
@isd to act for the aforesaid legatee and
1rn;shed with properly attested powers,
naioiai proof of identity, there wiz be no 9
cnlty in the way OF the lmmeoia'e Iaansi
eion of the money, tnEooS" sue"
NAV be advised.
Your obedient servants,
SMITH g. GREEN, New Orleans
NJ Fontanes read this letter over ; 1nu l.;
M aaci, ti,ns with increasing paipitatlo
Ia before he seemed to nave tnoiou,
lone, its meaning. Twenty seven .
sand pounds ste samdgsed 9 thousand francs !
- he nossible. And to Eugenie BougainV
the daughter of beggar or tnere" tSon,
debted to me something ing, a nen b~ m od
t 1a;hisis of iustalmeuts, always in arreaT
the devil, now, would only help mo to the
tne RI this Well2"
session " In..rd n frank iutelligeat-loo
Henri ,',n" in holiday attire, after tap
0a &%S 9 sas f iaSd sol fSs
probapiS 4, E,i,tnuts for permission to d
tones 90 "i An, W. rvntieinan's principal clerk.
Of sf Id ns9s5 o oad
respec'',. :. ~, II ~ - Z" PA1Sls0, monsieur,
anG,H i.,.ll. BouglIuville---" "