The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-02-04
VOL. X.

| =" P"Pi' h"aoj Niiu1 Nhoil HCl
youth was ovor, seeing no other
way to gain u livelihood, and hav-
ing no parents, she applied and
secured position which gavo her
q home and sum Of money that
would have been far from adequate
to clothe her in tho plainest way,
had sho not had tho aptness and
Skill of q Fronchwoman with her
needle.
Her life was droary indeed. -
Day after day, and year after year,
she had to go through tho dull
drudgery Of hor calling, in barron
rooms, teaching coarse and thank.
loss scholars, and treated almost as
a monial by thom. as we'll rs by
the principal; and no romance had
over como into her lifo to lend it
some light, and to transform, as ro-
nance can, hor dull experience and
its scenes. She mover had, rs 9TH
crs, any ono to tclhhcr Of love and
ofdcvotion. Her plain appearance
and awkward ways had caused her
to be slighted, whom at an age that
to others had been joyous days !;
and she had seen her companions
60 off to ST. Cloud or Enshoim in
merry parties with their beaus,
leaving her to wonder if she, too,
would mover have such admirers.
And when she was in the school,
sho saw her pupils depart, whom
she had found to be SO unlovely, to
enjoy the bliss Of tho sentiment
and romance of love-making; and
then sho heard Of their passing in
to the golden land Of botrothal and
marriage. But sho was still left a.
lone, with a hoart longing for some
ono to respond toits yoarnings,
but never knowing the sweet cx-
porienco of whispered VOWS and
tonder alteration. .>
Thus had years passed. away,
and she was still at her weary work
in her choerloss abode, without
any light or sentiment in her com
mon-placo and lonely life.
She IS now, as wo see her, about
thirty-ive years old, and, on face
that nature had not lavishly on
dowed,..h settled an expression Of
fatigue and Of sadness, while her
tall, thin stature, and the long limp
curls that foil beside her pale
choelSs, gavo her an air which tho
pupils described by calling 'hcr
"thc English woman" She was
exceedingly unintorosting, one
must admit, and yot a glance into
hor eyes, deep and blue, soon show
ed that she could havo made some
one Of tho mon that overlooked
her for her fairor companions, hap
pier than they could, and that her
company could have made burdens
lighter and homo ploasanter.
Such was Mademoisello when,
September of this year Of grace
1873 arrived, in which month an
experience was waiting her Of
which she little dreamed.
III.-THE PLOT.
Near to tho school Of VIII ich wo
have boen speaking, was store
such as ono often socs in Paris,
with gay windo VS., that contained
| noarly all the stock, in fact, and
glaring advertisements that were
ingenious specimens Of that art
in which Parisians excel, unvcraci-
| ty. Hither Mademoiselle used to
come for the little purchases that
sho bad to mako. Occasionally it
was q ribbon that she wanted;
sometimes some other slight thing;
while to tny pair Of gloves was
an ovent, and, whom sho sought a
dress, it was an affair Of months Of
deliberation and Of trembling
achievement.
Those various crrands had mado
hor appearance familiar to tho
clerks in tho store, and thcy used
to often amuso themselves at her
expense, and comment upon hor
diflident and tlmid air. Among
those clerks was ono, whom wo
will call Charles, who was tho en-.
Wy and paragon Of tho othcrs, be-
cause of his, in thoir eyes, elegant
manners and dress. Ho was q fop
rim very small way. IIo wore
brilliant patent leather boots, that
y ,tpst ten francs q pair at loast, and
D. ypreastpin that looked very much
Sk % gold, from tho Palais Royal,
Is ,thile ho curlod his hair and wax
Eaf his moustache as it he lived on
fTe Boulovards. Whom he used
II%%sA sauntor out on Sunday after
HhNons, his companions thought
B tiat Paris must be at his foot, for