, 1872-12-29

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Of William Grandet had been paid.
The President first gave him the following let
ter:
My cousin, the President de Bonfons, has
taken it upon himself to hand you the receipt
paper BY which / acknowledge having received
them from you They have spoken to me- OF
bankruptcy; I>have thought that perhaps the son
Of bankrupt. could not marry Mademoiseue
judged veil tT' of my ny mind op and ny sya wsys; E1
doubtless have nothing OF the world about
me; know neither it's way OF calculating nor
it's customs, and could not giveyo the pleasures
Xoa w1sh to nd there Be- hapPy according to
first loves. To make your happiness complete, I
can offer you only the honor Of your father.
Farewell; you will always have faithful friend
The President smiled at the exclamation
which this ambitious man could not suppress az
he received the legal document
We will reciprocally announce our mar-
risges," + E said he to him: ;. - ...;o,
Well, am glad of it !; she is good girl. But"
continued he, suddenly struck by brilliant
thought, g is sho really richs"
.'she had" answered the President in
joking way, "nearly nineteen millions four
days ago, but she has only seventeen now"
Charles looked at the President with stupt-
fed air.
Seventeen-mit-"
Madenoiselle Grandet and I, an income, OF seven
hundred and fifty thousand lyres when We
marry"
MY dear cousin, said Charles, recoyeringa
little assurance, ''we can help one another
"Agreed," said the President. "Besides,
here is q little box which I am also to deliver
only to you" added he, putting on the table the
box containing the dressing-case.
i" Well, my dear friend" said Madame the
Marquise D'Aubrion, coming in without paying
any attention to Cruchot, DO not mind Whist
TINT poor Monsieur D'Aubrion, whose head has
you. 1Fopeat it to you, nothing shall prevent
"very vel, madame" replied Charles, ssthe
three millions my father owed were paid yes-
terday."
"In money 2" said she. .....
"In their entirety, interest and principal, and
intend to restore his memory"
"What Q piece OF folly!" exclaimed the
mother-in-law: .Who is this gentleman ?" aaid
she in ner son-in-law's ear, as sLe saw Cruchot-
"A1y agent" he replied in low voice.
Tho Marquisa bowed disdainfuuy to Monsieur
DeBonfons.
ave arc helping one another along already
said the President, taking his hat. "Good bye,
This saumur Katakona is laughing ut me.
have y great desire to give him six inches Of
steel in the stomach"
The President had gone Three days after
6aumur, announced his marriage to Eugenle-
Six months later he WAS appointed Councillor
to the Royal Court at Angers. Before leaving
Saumur, Eugenio had the gold OF the jewelry
ed down, and used it, IS well as her cousins
eight thousand francs, for making gold osten-
sorry, OF which she made present to the church
| where SHE had prayed 80 much to God for
sns Angers I and saurnur. Her husband, Who
showed devotion, st tho happening OF . certain
political event became President OF the Chamber,
and finally First President, after the lapse Of
general reelection, in order to have seat in the
Chamber. He already coveted the Peerage, and
| then
"Thon the King will be his cousin" said
Nanon, Grande Nanon, Mrs. Coruollor, wife Of
| the citizen Of Saumur, to whom her mistress
! Nevertheless, the President De Boufons, for he
| had at last done away with the paterua1 name OF
| Cruchot did not succeed in reallzing any Of bis
| ambitious ideas: He died eight days after ha
! had been elected Deputy from saumur. God.
who sees all, and never strikes azniss, doubtless
| punished him for his calculations, aud
the legal skill with which be had
drawn up accarante cruchot, his mnrriage-con-
| tract, wherein the future husband and wife gave
| one another, "in case that they shall have no
children, tho entirety OF their property, movable
and immoVable, without any exception or reser-
vation whatever, in full ownership, dispensing
even with the forrnality OF the Inventory. nor
| can the omission OF the aforesaid inventory ba
| plead against their heirs or assigns, meaning
that the aforesaid donation shall be-" etc. This
clause may explain the profound respect that
| tie President constantly had for the will and
| tho seclusion OF Madame Do Bonfons. The
| women quoted the First President III ono Of the
| most delicate OF men, pitfed him, and often
| even went 80 for as to blame the grief and pas-
| sion Of Eu3enie, but as they know how to
! blame woman, With the most cruel consider
| alton.
"Madame do Bonfons must suffer great deal
to leave her husband alone. Poor little womanl
viii she get veil eoon2 What Is the matter
not see the Doctors7 She has been getting yel-
/ low for aome time; she ought to consult the
! Paris celebrities. bow is it possible for her not
to want child? They say she loves her hus-
bsnd good deal; then nho not giveh him an heiE,
frightfnl7 and, if it is due to q whim, it would
be very blamable. Poor Presideut!"
Endowed with that suro judgment which tho
1ecluse exercises through his perpetual medi.
tations and the subtle vision with which hs
apprehenls things falling within his sphere,
Eugenie, accustomed by misfortune and he1
latest education to divine everything, knew that
the President desired her death in order to
come into possession OF that immonse fortune,
increased By the Estates OF his uncle, the notary
and his uncle the Abbe, whom God had seen
fit to cali to himself. The poor
recluso pitied the President. Providence
avenged her for the schemes and the Infamous
indifference Of 3 husband, who respected, as the
strongest Of guarantees, the hopeless passion on
| which Eugene fed. To hare had q child would
have been to kill tho hopes Of egoism, the Joys
God gave heaps Of gold to his prisoner, to whom
gold Was indifferent, and who aimed ct
| Heaven, who lived, pious and good, in holy
0oe sa ana The who sSassay nans iaa
Bonfons MAS widow atSG, with an income OF eight
hundred thousand hvres, still handsome, but