, 1872-12-22

then ho had gone. putting whole world between
her and him That love, cursed by her father,
bad almost cost Ter her motner, and had brought |
Thus, up to this time, she lad reached out
toward happiness, losing her powers, and aos
exenanging them. In moral, as veil as IN phyal-
cal Gfo there's IN inspiration aud an expiration ;
the soul has to absorb The feelings Of another
them more beautiful Without this beautiful
humcn phenomenon, there is no Life in the heart;
it is without air,--it suffers end wastes away.
Eugenia began to suffer. 70 her, wealth wes
neither power nor q consolation; she
could exist but BY love- BY religion, by her faith
in the future. Love explained eternity to her.
Her heart and the Gospel showed her two worlds
to be looked forward to. She buried herself
night and day in the bosom OF two infinite ideas,
which for her, perhaps, we're but ono. She With
drew within herself, loving, and believing her
self loved. During seven years, hor passion had
invaded everything. Her treasures vera not the
millions whose revenues wero accumulated, but
Charles dressing case; the two pictures hung
up by her bed; the iewe1ry ransomed from her
father, proudly displayed On q bed OF down in .
reau-drawer; and her aunt's thimble, which
her mother had used, aud which she put on
every day, to labor at some embroidery,-a work
| like that Of Penelope, undertaken only that she
| might put on her finger that gold replete with
| memories.
IT did not seem likely that Mademoise1le Gran
det would wish to marry during her period ct
tho crHchot FAMILY whose course was
wisely guided bY the old Able,
oontentcd itaen With hedging :
a1Tactinae1a atfan4;ona EvsrV evening her ait-
| ting-room MAS filed with company made up
| from the most devoted Cruchotins Of the neigh.
borhood, who Iabored to sound the praises OF
the mistress Of tho house on every, key. She
had physician in ordinary of the chamber, her
grand a1rnoner, her chamberlain, her first lady
Of the robes, her prime minister, and above ali
bor Ia. enarn.1 ~ he he;ress lad rTished for
i H. - a,'1d tuI hava .a 5annd her ma
~ pss lucy aon noo and sho mntt skifnily
sto ng W. - -, uol, naa1a Fiattarv nerer emanates
EvieS, s,,ccoa5 in making themsolyes
smener ea tnah % M liz ts sphe1e q tie par
son snESa around ] who" whom they V gra7itste: Fattsry
means tncLe la u, lnlelesa ~ f,rn;a tba
persons %ao came esezy esah a,dat ~ Wbo tnu
they called Mademo1sene Dc tLoln1one, secceea,
cd wonderfully well IN o. oyefWheinns ner "isn sn
praises This concert OF laudaslon, ne" 1or
Eugene, made her blush ~ hra. pns, lzaasi.
oly no matter now coarse az 81, 119 ae.nainmaa 70
nearing 81 her ri beauty e e1tolled that, L any nex-
have hurt her mgeh moro than it it would eight
years before. 20 re ended p ios1pg t e. saese se
sweet "o5os, "naco Eao see1ellJ - y. 1ue 1sos
Of her idol. therefore, she graana15 oeeame ne
accustomed to allowing herself to be treated as
soverelGn, ana 70 see 9et coaIt 1ua eSsty taS
evening Ihe ,Pfes.osnt 4e 19ntons ~; %ss ~ r sne
hero Of this LITTLE clrclol whele Ma IT, MS nus per Or
son, Lis knowledge, ano ms a.nah9si1tJ lJ were n
cessantly lauded. one IemaTheo snae o1rus ~
seven year1 he naa ue'e1 1ess vartf st Ianss nss
fortune; that 5enlons was "ol1n = leaii =;
loo9o francs year, ann vas ane1oaeu' hAs ~
the LANDS o. the GEncno1s py ln9 'sse a1 oouia =
Of the heiress. DO you know, MsaemolseIe,.
sad one 1requens 7iE1tor an1 ~ 'ae t;s
nsys en s0%G confnuad ~ pn old Grncbotln Madeo
aeile de GriheaucouIt w.. - gentleman aoa 5rom oao
Paris has lately oneren Af. Grachot 1oo'ot,o
francs for bis business: He WI aeu II IL = ne can
DO appointed 5oss1Ge o. me reaqs I naa;s 20
taking his precautlons, rephsa Madame
D. Orsoa1al; for the fres1oent "lu
become Couneellor. a41 tueo 11ee1oeus =
in the snpenoT c9nt ne LOO nsh ~
mar" said another. 10 you no1 to'nA 30
MademolEene {"
The President had tr1eu TO put Mnsen IN nat. T.
mon %31n ane PAT snts na ~ bz brown aud sous
face, dried up - aont - 1aois.11 pnyst9gan' n,,
mics are, ne got hlnasei up ~ yoaug naI ,.9.i
played With e5ne took ne nnan nt ntn +hara 49,
naoeWeiten' n wSite era1at ec and VIII shirt
whose heavily-nfted noson gave n'm aa1hd lai ~
resemblance to the turkey H1ne. 40 t.ksu l IL, y
nlhariy to the 2ehuItut neie, s1 o-ea+S, es.u ~
~ to-' 41a -,,obor IT indivdnsls. eubstitutine
whist for lotto, and suppfessng ING nsuafs sao u
Mr. and Mrs. G1anaet' ,ao @ acene va Mas ApTu ~.
the same as II was when tnls stuiy ogH1n -
PACK still pursued eugene ana m 4el tlat n.4oa ~ -
the most numerous one bayea the 9ess, aha 1ys st
tematcally enyroned lts prey Il c9at1ea 10. =.
arrived from the e1tre41es u a1o ~ sr,, -,
+ would, therefore, nave touno ua "s"lo LIS sSA1'
persons and the same interests; rz;.
Madame des drassins towards whom Eug9nit =
t abounded in courtesy and nndnese, pefslsteo 7
6 plagung the Grnchota ba9 taen az n;nq % aiu u
9 Eugenie would have been me ceotsaI Eo1as " " ~
b the scene; and, rs Of old, Charles woula nav nav
g been ths sovereign there The bouquet h one .f
/ President had become periodical ,, EyeFy even
ing he brought the rlch helfess large, masaln
4 cent bouquet, which Mrs CoInoaer ostensas1oas a
9 " put in vase, and secretly threw lnso a; COZ
Of the court SO soon ~ a. anpo ann Msd
we're gone. AZ me negn11ng y spiths, az
!, des Grassns tried to disturb tne o.
l. Of the CruchotinB by talking to Eugene OF III