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

into their respective. envelopes. replaced them
on tho letter-pile and had barely reRatned Ine
tSs 81 nDs~s
minutes, N. FontHnes sumh0ned . pcrser,
gave him number of letters, soma ZOE the
S0si, stsss aSs SiI.sf r ~ s
ing, as he paseed through the countan9,noGse,
that he should mot return till the following
morning.
Eagenie Bougainville, ~ she alishted at the
notary's door, IN company with her father ana
FRANCHISE her halfsisses, looked cha.minFly,
Esl had s.
respectfully kind and understanding manner
seemed, after time, TO soothe and calm nee
,Rs h aSS sS the ii.
courteaies, was an earnest that it the marriage
should turn out unhappily, it would noe %
the fault of the wife, however reinStaISlyR sne
tin was apparently about to commence read
ing the marriage-contract, when an unseGm.y
aud Distressing interxuption took place. aen.l
Of clerk, forced his way, in state OF Wild
excitement, into the Office, and fOrehwith
burst into torrent of invective and entfeaty'
to which passion and despair lent fre and clio,
quence. Uselossly sol Eugenie was indeed
terribly agitated by his frenzied violence, but
she was the FIRST, Though with white Quiyering
lips. to requeseT thet tho business which had
brong ht them there mi 4ht he pxoceoded with:
.ss v ne to
expelled by force, but At . gesture from the
notary, who had been silently observant OF
what was passing, he dssisted, drew near me
Bougainville, whilst Henri Jomard, throwing
himself into chair, wept aloud in the bitter
nes; Of ulnmsya!iing 91isf a9d re. .sgsS Fo,t.pe.
who, spite of himself, covered beneath tho
the the, notary, - he slowly unroIsd the oontraot.
as quickly as possible" n ia.
II doubt, Monsieur Fontapes, whether l
shall proceed at all. It seems TO mo that the
grossly Uasis', ene.siSsd and parsisi@
Monsieur Bertin," interrupted NJ. Fontanes
with dignity, and greatly relieved, snns Is
my affair, not yours. The balance OF oohgss
side added the young merchant, with re-
sPectfu1 bow to Eugenie. ,
That is precisely my opinion ALSO" rejoinSd
the imperturbable notary, Mademoiselle
Ron oa;nviIie being at the present moment,
| A bo,nb-shelI falling in the midst could not
| have produced moro starting eject sa .sa
| auditors, Henri Jomard included, to start 70
their feet in various attitudes Of astonishment
and CONSERVATION.
| Preached me only about two hours since. and,
strangely enough, Monsieur Fontanes, from
you. A letter, certainly in your hand writing'
| and addressed to me on the cover, but the con-
| tents of which were intended for Messrs
Smith &c Green of New Orleans-'
Maledictionm screamed NJ. Fontanes
Can it be Iossible-that i-that ~ 1900.
"That you misdirected the letters" suggest
ed NJ Berth; no doubt of it. It appears
Mademoiselle Bougainville," he added, that
by your uncle's will, the contents of which
| the last American mail made known to yonl
very disinterested suitor that you are the ao
solute mistress of about seven hundred thous
and francs! If, under these circumstances, yor
Henri-dear Henri", gasped Eugene
turning with outstretched arms towards ne
lately despairing lover. "Henri-beiieve--,
But have no words for the description OF TIT
scene which followed the readers magma
ton can alone realize its tumults OF rapture
bewilderment, and despair
4 Henri Jomard must, in his hurry and confu
sion, have changed the envelopes of the TIVE
letters; that addressed to Smith g. Greer
being consequently delivered to the notary
I have only, IN conclusion, to state, that ron
tanes was arrested at Havre.de-Grace, OF
board of an American liner, and Is now under
going the punishment of a fraudulent bank
, rupt; that Eugene is Madame Jomard, and
happy wife and mother; that the Sieur Bou
gafnYille still inhabits Plaisance with his wv
daughters, and to this day remains firmly o
opinion, that the nisdirection of the lette
. was due to the actual interposition OF Euge
=, f,,l IN