The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-13
The Emotions-A French Novel i'm Five
Skips.
SKIP I.-GRnF.

SNIP
Ii j. Alphonse; elegant form exquisite
manners: ditto mustaches, both OF which
are waxed. He haunts places: Bots de
Boulogne-Les Trois Freres-Bal Mabile /:
dances like an angela French one. and he
has-ha : " mile francs de reHte." Ii j.
riches to that cher Alphonse. But lac Is
not happy; his tender heart is Bla-e-it
beats no longer. His last .grunde passion"
-eternal-waS consumed in three DAYS :
What shall he do. the desolate Alphonse!
He sips = eau sucre on the Boulevard DIES
ltaliennes. His slender and emotional legs
recline on three chairs. \ starving woman
approaches bread for herself. for her
child. The heart of Alpholse is moved.
Tie has bought yioletS for five sous. He
presses the bouquet into her hand. and i
gone. All. monsieur, she exclaims. she
appreciates the noble and sublime charity.
IL is a ray Of sunshine from the past the
emblem of modesty has fallen upon her
soul. She j. redeemed through the ca
resses Of these modest flowers. She falls
insensible upon the pavement. and her
last sigh. mingled with the fragrance
OF vlolets- ascends 10 heaven. Noble Al
phonse,
SKIP 10y.
Ii i Mathilde, Eighteen hair: eye
brows: waist and things-the idol Of her
parents. Desolate parents, They have
parted with her-to him. How shall she
forget their first meeting: 1t was at the
altar the w~edding-day. Oh. elsi! He i
not the ideal, He j. stout /: he l. fifty. and
his hair-alas. she has never seen il she
can only caress the curls of his wig. but
she j. the Countess de Sang Froid. Her
heart has not yet beat il expects 10. She
will meet him, that adored ideal. i'm the
whirl OF fashion-at the ball. on. cief
Oh. rapture perhaps his arm will clasp
her waist; he viii have eyes: he will look.
:" on. mon ~enfGnt! on. mon ii0ttrss adors.r
| can listen 10 him j. il not my right: /
am married-I am free.
SKIP m.-RAPTURE.
He has come, who but AlphOnse. He
loves her-oh JOY, He adores her her
heart beats. oh. mon Alph0nss tres adore.
He j. on his knees al her feet: he presses
her hand she is his angel-Parisian angel :
never will he rise until-he comes-who?
The Count-he apologies for intruding :
well-bred Countess; she forgives him
presents monsieur monsieur i delighted |
Count enchanted both embrace: eternal
friendship; touching: madame weeps-
emotional. To ner husband: An mon
ami, how tenderly | must love you.
MP
Madame Is unhappy. The Count per-
ceives IL. he begs her-implores her for
the cause: but in vain. Ha, he sees it at
last; It's Alphonse. They love each 9th
er and he-he the husband. Is the fatal
obstacle. One tender kiss one embrace;
he PUSHES from her presence: yes, she
shall b. happy: pan Of charcoal the no
bic heart i forever still. Anguish Of the
Countess; she will weep for him. All,
her good friend; her husband martyr to
friendship. V will she cease 10 lament
him. Detested Alphonse. Her heart beats
no longer. it j. a mausoleum that incloses
the image Of the Count. All, how she
loved him-her lost idoi-her treasure.
SKI y.-REMoRsE.
Despair OF AlphonSe. She will not see
him. that adored Mathilde. She will not
permit him to mix their tears: no.. their
tears shall never mingle: vainly does he
write /: in vain he paints the misery of his
bleeding heart. lie ia frantic -
- he j. resigned, lis another Illusion
Perdue- SANITY martyr TO love and friend
ship. he will respect her sorrow he will
importune her no more. What shall he
do 10 bring peace to his own lacerated
hearth He flies TO the Bal Mabille: he
dances frantically It's the dance Of a bro
ken heart ts the dance OF death mad
he swings his partner: he upsets their
ris-a-vts. a quarrel; T" blows TO a French
citizen a challenge; they fight: he
falls his tomb j. in Pere In Chais.. Who
bends over II in agony and GRIEF That
vcilcd woman--'tis shc-the u, solate Ma
thilde; she calls him from the tomb. and
Alphonse replies not. Probably because
he Is dead. She falls, and her sweeping
skirts cover the touching and noble elegy
chiseled on the cold stone; It's this: Al
phonse->ehastian-vic -Tout-C dur-V We
tim ne FhoHney.
MOrai-Dry your tears-it may not be
understandable Cou~rier-yongnat.