Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-02

Just so, out very Pheasant SIN, ana
have So few OF that sort left me. My dear
good appetite! Why, never notice the
coming on of dinner time without seeing
before my eyes-as it were in dream
the bill-offare, without saying to myself
Ha, ha, what delicious dish of sweets
will my wife have invented for me to-
dayY For must do you justice on that
point; you have good deal of imagina
tion in the matter of sweet dishes"
ayes, yesW answered Madame Des
oranges, in gentler tone, flattered by this
compliment 10 her housekeeping abilities
"but what happens? That you eat toe
much. You do yourself harm. You be
come all flushed. The doctor says that
this will work badly for you; while, with
simpler fare, In keeping sober"
"Sober, ehg What foolish termw
You will remain fresh--calm-thC
head clear-in Short you would be really
better"
"Yes, yes; mems sGaa IN c01,p0re san0W
"That is to say, that you have any
common.sense you ought to thank Made
leine for the dowry that you are giving
her, for you then prolong your life in thi:
world, and insure your salvation in tho
other?"
" papa, papdI'
"Come, come" continued Madame Des
oranges, imagining that her husband was
giving way, 81 know you well. You
heart, after all is in the right place. All
these little priyations will be so much
satisfaction to you. Tell me, wouldn't
you be only too happy to shed your blood
for your daughter?'
ayes, yes, / know; the pelican story
Dttf 10 4t,,e ft
AT this moment the young suitOr walk:
him, and takes him by the hand.
Come, Henry, come! Unite with us
Papa Is beginning to let himself be
touched"
"I?" said Desgran ges.
ooh, sir" commences the young man,
with emotion; but all Mt once NJ Des
oranges turns sharply upon him
"ZOundsl you come in at the right
moment You bring me back to myself
Why, you can't have any heart, young
mani What, TO have so pretty a girl in
love with you, so good, 50 well informed,
so affectiOnate, and you're not willing 10
marry her if she has only hundred thou
sand francs!"
But papa"
ole is bargaining for you. All, when
| married your mother, she was worth
fifty thousand francs less than you are ~
"Whatw exclaimed Madame Des
oranges.
81 meant to cay that she had fifty thou.
sand less than yOu-and didn't hesitate,
Notwithstanding"
"Neithcr do hesitate a moment" re.
piled Henry, eagerly.
at 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 lie would take me without any
dowry; that he would even prefer my not
having any"
"And il is true ~ cried the young man.
"Ycs-yes; one says all that-I said it,
too, myscli-but inwardly-"
"Whatm exclaimed Madame Des-
oranges, petulantly, ''it wasn't true,
them"
"What is true l., that hold the maxim
20 be an extremely stupid one, winch
says that fathers ought to sacrifice them
selves for their children"
Sacrifice yourselfi" said Madeleine.
Just rs il we would consent to that
Why, wouldn't the money remain with
you"
TIA, ia, tal money can't be in two
places at once. If give it to you, lose
it, and if l don't give it to you, keep it.
It's as clear as daylight"
Bat, papam
my views on this point are settled. A
father ought to be richer than his child
rem"
"What does il matter who is The richer?"
says Madame Desgranges. "Will not their
house be Ours?"
by no means whatever! A father never
ought to put himself into a state of de-
pendence on his children; and this for the
childrcn's own sake, to prevent t.-eir be
coming ungrateful."
80 papa" calculated Madeleine, show
can YOU dare 10 say so?'
''G our good little heart, child, reYolts at
such a word"
"Yes, indeed; you hurt my feelings
sadly"
Il believe so; believe in the sincerity
of your Indignation; 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. Did you
ever hear speak Of play called King
Lear?"
"By Shakespeare
Precisely. Well, do you know what
he is, this King Learl An old fool, who
only met with the fate he deserved. AS
for the ladies, his daughters, Shakespeare
all Shakespeare as he is-made one
grand mistake, which was in pictu ring
them wicked from the outset. What
ought to have been, was TO have shown
than, 4o1 H., tIn .l
ity OF their father, and led On to ingrat-
itude by what he did for them. That is
the truth; for, in fact, if you suppress the
benefits conferred, there is no more in
gratitude. Now, as have as much solici-
tude for your perfection as my wife has
for my improvement, | refuse, out aud
out to impoverish myself for you, lest you
should be exposed to temptation"
But"
"There are no butts. My mind Is made
up. Henry, go and talk to your father,
and try TO make him renounce his preten.
sion. What the deucel it is easier to alb
stain from hundred thousand francs than
it is to give them"
"But," said Madeleine, "if he does not
succeed in convincing his father"
az will be because he does not love you
well enough. In that case l shall net
mourn for him."
"AIonster! egoti't! materialistw cried
Madame Desgranges.
"Away with you away with youG"
"Adieu, Henrym said Madeleine.
mo, mademo.selle, dU rep0iP! Your
father is right. should not be worthy
of you if did not win you'll"
SAY, ay, young man, that's we'll said,
and replaces you in my regard. | won't
give you sou the more for it, but l like
you the better. BE o1-and come back
againw
II.
A month after the above scene, the
young people were married. A year
after, Madame Desgranges was godmoth.
er. Two years later, NJ Desgranges was
father. At the end of three years
we find the young household
and the old, the parents and the children,
installed in the pretty house at Vile
neuve-Saint Georges.
| have said that M. Henry Grandval
WAS an architect. but tn sneak of q VOunp