Middletown transcript., 1873-08-30
Layellet,e's Wife.

One day, observes the Count Lavcl.
lc'tc. when hal accompanied Bona.
partc 10 ihr a-uIy. to exp, diic thr
sending of of the sums that wrrr required
at Taulpn tor the iisei h. ordered his
eeaehman Ia drive along the new Bnule.
Yards tllat he nigh, have ut his leisure
conversation with me i cauuo, make
major OF you. be said / must, there
fore, give y"u n wife; you shall marry
Emile Beanharnas She is very hand
some and well educated Do you know
her i have seen her twice But.
tieneral. have no fortune We are
going to Africa may be killed -wha,
will become. in such case, OF my ponl
widow Besides. | hive np great liking
for marriage Men must marry 10 lasr
ehildren-,hat is the chief aim Of llf.
Killed you may be; well. in tha. case
she will be the widow of one If my aides.
de.camp--of n defender of his country
She will have a pension. and mns marry
again advnningeously Now she is thu
daughter nf mn einigrant tbat nnbpdy will
have, my wife eannut introduce her iu,a
society. She. poor eifl, deserves bet.
lhtc4 1bnft iils HHelil'sh niurI He
quickly settled Talk this morning with
Madame Bonararie about it her mnlher
has already given her consent The we'd.
ding shall take place in eight days
will allow ,"u fortnight for your honey
moon yon mus, then come aud join us al
] Toulnn un the .a.9ih flt WIS then til.
9th J | could na, help laughing all the
while he spoke n, lat said, 4 will do
whatever yam please. Blu, will the girl
/ have me- | do not wish To forcr her in.
clinalinns Sh. Is tired Of her boarding
-choo. and she would be unhappy if she
were IN 90 10 her mothers During your
absence she shall live with her grand.
father nj faptninbleau lon will not be
killed; mud yau will find her when you
com. back Come. come. the thing is
settled Tell the cuachman to drive
home
In the evening | went to see Madame
Bonnparte. She knew what vas going
forward, aud was kind enough to show
some satisfaction. and called me her
nephew Tomorrow, she snid, We shall
go to st. German. | will introduce you
to my niece. You will be delighted with
her; she is charming girl"
Accordingly, next day, the general,
Madame Bnnnpar,e, Eugene aud wen,
in an open carriage to ST Germain. and
stopped at Madame Campan's The vi.i,
was a great event at the boarding schnol
all the young girls were at the windows,
in the parlors. or in the court. i.sard. for
they hnd obtained holiday We soon
entered the gardens. Among the forty
young ladies'. sough, anxiously her who
was Ia be my wife Her cousin Horlcnse
led her to US. that she might salute the
general. and embrace her nnnt She was
in truth III. rr.t,i Il nf them NIL Ilrr
stature was tall. anl most gracefully ele.
giant her features we're charming an,
the glow Of her beautiful complexion wn.
heightened By her cenfnsion. Her bash.
fulncss was so great the general could moi
help laughing at her. but he went nr
farther |, was decided that We should
hrcakfas, on the grass in the garden. n
tho meantime | felt extremely uneasy
Would she like me! Would she obey
without reluctance This very abrupt
marriage, and this speedy departure
grie,ed me-
| When We aftcrward got up. aud th,
circle Was broken. | begged Eugene Il