, 1873-11-02

au ohtuao angle, afterwards au oYuilatoral anglo,
and Mt lop'Rt'i MI acute ono; my thighs md body
upon my breast, makes mo n pratty good repre-
aeutatton Of tho lettar z. have got my arms
elortonel as wcll ~ my legs, and my tngers rs
| vol ~ my arms. In word, am an abridg-
he was gay, sans souoi, and was forever iosting
upon and laughing ogos hts own eufteElngs aud
| htdoouaneRa.
This deformity fell in lovo with beautiful IT,
yeaz-old Franeoise d'AYbigne! 10 waa witty,
and offered hor his hand, aud, marvellous to re-
! late,
| a1tK ACQUITTED ri
ehe was Just 10 at The time Of hor marriage
"rho now wife," asya Snint-simon, "ploaaod all
! which, Was worry numerous and OF a!l kinds; It
waH tho fashion to 50 thexe-wits, courtiers, and
| oitizons, the highest and most distinguished
e. Of t6s hs snd S sStn, 9 Of big
| TINT lncomparablc,, gatoty, always frosh amidst
nll bis aflictlons that rarc tccundity and plcas-
! antry Of the bost taato that NO still admfro In
his g., works. att,aotod ovorybody to his house."
broken through, and riot; dobauchory,
! aud lcenttousnesa rulod suprerno. Scar
roma house in tho Maraia assembled all that
eamo Tnreano, and oondo. Bonuiort, Do Rotz,
| Coligni, Vil1arcoaux, MADAME DO sevigno, Saint
Eyrenond, Id Rochefoucaula, Busy Rnbutir
hioliero. In Fontaino, Cornolllo. Bailoau, Cha
pole, Daehaumont, tho Abbe Chaliou, oto.
Whether Madame Hcnsron
! KErr HERSELF iKaAouLArE
in tho midst Of thip nob1o, brilliant, and
! worry immoral society We havo no
rneans Of positively detorminlng. Ninon
her and tue ohoyalier do More, WHO profoasoa
himself her adoror, asserts hho was not. Mn
] dame scarron was certainly the bosom friend Of
| TINT celebrated courtesan and Of al! tho other
Laises and Aspasisa et the period, and we all
| on tho other hand, tt may ho urged that Nnon
! rEnelos and her sisters Worc tolerated
in the bcst society OF tho timo, oven
BY such women as Mndane do sovigne;
and witty Of her hushand'e coterie, md, being
such, 1t wnB Impossible for her to neg1oot thern
Yet, oven when ale became tho cold ascatio vito
| Of Louis XIV, Madame do Mnintenon mover
to hor or hor friends. Sho evidently feared hor
| Scandal compromised Madame scarron'B name
with that Of
THE AIr~coNQuEn1Na rououET,
from whom her husband reeoirca peusion, and
who had her portrait hung bcBide that OF Ia VAL
would confirm such an accusation are generally
| admitted to bo forgorieB.
But, ho that as t may, she was prudent pro-
sorved the outward forms OF dcccnoy, and was
obsorvancoB. She won great influence over hor
crratio husband. and exercised It for good from
the time Of their marriage his writings became
1eus gross and immoral, md tho conversations At
hts reunions aomowhat purer.
Nine yenrB Wna tho period Of this strange
union, and-thon Gcnrron died. 1ncorrjgible
Jester to the last, his almost parting words wore
II nover thought 1t was SO oasy a matter to
anga s the spp1Sash %ss Of e9 dSah rb, B
about tho 'fu.ura Of his young wifo, to
whom he WAS tendorly attached.
CHIN POVERTY,
which had been kept ut bay during theso nine
years OF married life, onco more pounced upon
bis victim. Bcarron possessed no moro than he
derived from tho productions Of his Pen and
tho bounty of his friends, md oil such meanB.
died with him. More scandals against poor Fran-
coiso; Fouquet again, and tho Marquis do VIII
limo Convent In tho Ruo st. Jacques, whore eho
is suddenly surprised by tho Queen renewing in
ler fayor her husbanda pension. With az addition
Of Aye hundred francs aftor which she rotirea
roproachable life iu tho exercise Of charity and
religion, 10 received ut the Hotel lAlhret hnd at
other great houses. whore her graceful, pleasing,
aud refined mannora render her universal IA
yorito.
The death Of Ammo Of Austria again deprived
her Of hes pclleion aud reduced her once moro to
| astate Of dostitution. Sho applied to tho King
for its renewal but in vain. sl'e was on Tho
Of Mademoiselle d'Anmale, who was about. to
leave franco to wed the King OF Portugal, when
! sho was advised to seek an interview with
MADAME DE MoNTEsPAN,
whom she had frequently met IN society. Tho
interview was granted, mud Madame Do a1onto;
span, deeply, moved BY the widow'a sad
story, undertook to present petition
to the King, and to uao her utmost
endeavors to get itgranted: 1t MAS impossible
that 80 small . favor should be refused to tho
favor,te slllsana;. and 80 widow scarron vas
preserved from voluntary exile.
We now como to the turning point 1n
hor career. Henceforth the bright side Of
Francoiso's character 10 turned away from us,
and wo ullall SEQ only it's dark and baso aspect.
It tho year 1869. she WIS solicited to take charge
sonE CHILDREN OF NOBLE BIRTH,
the name of whose 9 parents, however n vas not 70
confidauto, she wrote in reply, "If the children
undertake % tko charge Of Madame Do Montespan's
wthoq 0ao afsRes d s.. THUS it is tho s Hire who us
f should Id not haVo had this dolicacy 5ut slice
! thon 7 hare learned many things, which now
prescribe It to mo Us duty"
Madamo Scarron's gcruplea wero respected and
gained tor hor all that glo required. sAo was
horses, md servants wero provided for her uso.
THE MArHTEN0N ESTATE
was for sa1o; Its proximity to Versailles would
ronder it a most convenient residence for the
royal children and their guardian, and Madame
do Montospan begged tue King to purchase it
and beatow it upon Afadama 8carron, But
Louis disliked hor; abe Ind bcen mixedup with
the society Of the Frondo, Of which throughout
llis life ha entertained the greatest horror; sho
was Prccieuee, aud Louis, ill-eduoated lin1Belt,
| hated }earuod womon.
Thoro bud been too much done a1ready
for ~ that creature. he snid angrily; he
| could not understand Madame do Monte
| apan'a fancy for hor; to him she was inaupport-
ablo. Wearied at last, however, BY his mistress
opportunities, he consented to grant this favor,
| provided that ho should never again look upon
| her face.
But tinao and accidents work wonders. NJ. dn
Maine, ono Of tho cllildron, was lame. Madame
| do h1alntonon {sho 1ad now assumed that title)
took lin into Flanders in order to obtain tho
| advice Of q celebrated physician and tue benefit
| Of Certain medicinal watora. she wrota long
| graphically described the inoidonta Of her
| Journey. Thcse lotters were shown to tho
! King he Was pleased with thona his prejudicoa
| against tho widow