Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

oranges, in gentler tone, flattercd by tbii
compliment to her housekeeping abilities
"but what happens That you eat toe
much. You become all flushed. The doc
tor says that this will work badly for you
while, with simpler fare, in keeping sober -
"Sober, eh2 What foolish term !"
You will remain calm-the
head elcar--iu short, you would be really
better"
Yes, yes mcnsSana IN corpore Sano -
THAT is to say that if you have any com.
nonsense, you ought to thank Madeleine
for the dowry that you are giving her, for
you then proloug life in this world, and in.
sure your salvation in the other2"
90 papa, papa ("
Come come, continued Madame Des.
oranges imagining that her husband was
giving way, e" know you we'll. Your heart,
after Oh, is 10 the right place. All these
little privations will he so much satisfac-
tion to you. Tell me, wouldn't you be only
too happy TO shed your blood for your
daughter ~
"Hcs, yes know the pelican story But
it seems that it isn't true"
At this moment the young suitor walks
10. Seeing him, Madeleine runs up to him,
aud takes him by the hand.
Come, Henry, come Unite with us.
Papa is beginning to lethimselfbe touched "
"l2 2' said Desgranges.
"Oh, sir' commences the young man,
with emotion but all at once NJ Desgranges
turns sharply upon him:
"Alunds you come in at the right mo-
ment. You bring me back to myself
Why, you can't have any heart, young
man! What, to have SO pretty a girl in
love with you, so good, so well informed, so
ufectionate, and you're not willing to marry
her If She has only a hundred thousand
francs
But, para!'
" lie is bargaining for you. Ab, when
| married your mother, she was worth fifty
thousand francs less than you are ~
What :" exclaimed Madame Desgranges.
| mean to say that she had fifty thou.
sand francs less than you-and didn't
hesitate, Notwithstanding
Neither do | hesitate moment" re-
piled Henry eagerly.
&" IL is his father who refuses, my dear -
Yes, says Madeleine, it is his father.
As for himself he doesn't care the least for
your fortune. He has told me twenty times
that he would take me without any dowry
and that he would even prefer my not hav.
ing any"
And it is true" cried the young man.
Ycs--yes one says all that said it,
too, myseg-but inwardly-"
"What :" exclaimed Madame Desgranges,
petulantly, ait wasn't true, then ?"
What is true is, that hold the maxim
to be au extremely stupid one, which says
that fathers ought to sacrifice themselves
for their children"
" Sacrifice yourself!" said Madeleine.
" just as if we would consent to that {!
Why, wouldntthe money remain with you?'
Ia, Ia, ia money can't be in two places
at once. If | give it to you, lose it and
liz | don't give it to you, keep it. It's as
clear as daylight
But, papa"
My views on this point are settled A
flther ought to be richer thanh children" b."
What does it matter who is the richer2"
says Madame Desgrarges. "Will not their
house be ours2n
BY 10 means whatever A father
never ought to put himself into a state Of
dependence on his children; and this for
the chldren's own sake, to prevent their
becoming ungrateful.'
90 papa" calculated Madeleine, " how
can you dare to say so 2"
Your good little heart, child, revolts at
such a word"
"Yes, indeed you hurt my feelings sadlyr'
II believe in the sincerity of your indg-
nation but"
For whom can you take US, sir ?" asked
Henry.
For young persons Of good heart and
right feeling and it is for that very reason
that | am unwilling to spoil you"
But"
There are no butts. My mind is made
up. Henry, 60 and talk to your father, and
try to make him renounce his pretension
What the deuce it is easier 10 abstain
from asking hundred thousand francs than
it is to give them"
Bat" said Madeleine, "if he does not
succeed in convincing his father ?"
1t will be because he does not love you
well enough In that case will not mourn
for him.
"Monster! egotist materialist p cried
Madame Desgranges.
Away with you away with you'
"Adeu, Henry" said Madeleine.
"No, mademoiselle, an rer0ir' Your
father is right. should not be worthy of
you if did not win you ~
"Ay, ay, young man, that's well said
and replaces you in my regard. won't
give you a sou the more for it, but like you
the better Be off--and come back again =
CHATTER II.
4 month after the above scene, the
young people we're married. A year after
Madame Desgranges was godmother. Two
years later, NJ. Desgranges was godfather
At the end Of three years We find the
young household and the old, the parents
Of the children, installed at Vileneuve.
Saint Georges.
| have said that NJ. Henry Grandval
was an architect; but to speak Of young
architect is, too often, alas to suggest an
architect in partibus" or all artists
the most unfortunate are the architects
Let poet be ever so poor, he can always
find pen wherewith to scribble his verses
a musician, a sheet of ruled paper, on which
to transcribe his notes painter, brush
aud scrap of canvass, whereon he can jot
down his pictorial imaginations; while one
has not under ones hand, and cannot COM
mand at will, quarried and shaped stone and
plots of ground suitable for building Nc
one builds house for the sake Of the arch.
iteet and what is intrusted, in this line, Ia
a young one He is master of an art, and
he has no materials for exercising IT, His
profession is to construct, and he has moth
ing to construct. | imagine beaver wait
ing for employment His only clients are
small proprietors, who, having a crevce to
be filed up, or window to be pierced, OF
a wall to be propped, send for an architect
in small way, just as, in cases of indispo-
siton, one sends for humble practitioner
Of medicine, with the view of getting ad,
vice more cheaply. Such was the condi.
tion of Henry Grandval.
BY way Of compensating himself for
these wretched little jobs, which he called