The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-20
THE DAuGHrER,s DOVER.

asked the hand Of Madeleine, with
whom he is in love, and who is in love
with him. So far, nothing palmer. But
III. Grandyal senior will let his son
marry only girl Of two hundred thou.
sand francs, and NJ. Desgranges will
give his daughter only one hundred
thousand. His wife presses him TO yield,
his daughter tenderly beseeches him,
but he refuses point.blank. A practical
man and hrm one is M. Desgranges,
and there is no moving him against his
will. Good Madame Desgranges be.
longs TO that tribe OF soft.natured moth.
ers who can't speak OF her child without
certain choking in her utterance. She
insists, she prays, and still finds her hus.
band inAexible. li
80 papa, papal you don't believe,
then, that I'm In love with Henrys"
"of course do"
"Henry is good and clever. You say
yourself that he has fine prospect be.
fore him as architect" .
"That's true" llI-
ellis father, NJ. dc Grandyal, is q
man.
"ot the highest honor"
DWELL, then ?"
eyes, well then 2" chimed in Madame
Desgranges.
"Well, then, let her marry him, and
with my consent, and hundred thou.
sand francs for dowry. But, as to the
two hundred thousand that NJ. do
Grandval asks-noln
sWhyi" replied Madame Des,
oranges.
"Why | That's charming. Because
I'm not rich enough to give two hun.
dred thousand francs to my daughter,
without crippling myself"
"You will have enough, all the
same"
Enoughl That's too little; my
life is full OF wants."
At this moment the young suitor
walked in. Seeing him, Madeleine runs
to meet him, and takes him by the
hand.
"oome, Henry, comet Unite with
us in our appeals to papa"
Papa only replied: hWhy, you can't
have any heart, young man ! What, to
have SO pretty girl in love with you,
so good, so well.informed, SO affection.
ate, and you're not willing to marry her
Il she has only hundred thousand
francs" |" 1.f
"But, papa"
"He is bargaining for you. Ah,
when / married your mother, she was
worth fifty thousand francs less than
you, and 1 didn't hesitate, notwitli.
standing"
"Neither do I hesitate a moment, .
replied Henry, eagerly.
at is his father who refuses, my
aYos,p said Madeleine, ait is his
father. AS for himself, he doesn't care
the least foryour fortune. He has told
me twenty times that he would take me
without any dowry that he would oven
prefer my not having any,"
"My mind is made up. Henry, no
and talk to your father, and try TO
make him renounce his pretension.
What the deuce IL is easier to abstain
from asking hundred thousand francs
than IL is 70 give them."
"But," said Madeline, "if he does
not succeed in convincing his father ?"
ut will be because he does not love
you well enough. In that case I shall
not mourn for him"
A month after the above scene, the
young people were married. A year
after, Madame Desgranges was god.
mother. Two years later, M. Des.
oranges was godfather. At the end Of
three years we find the young house.
hold and the old, the parents and the
children, installed in the pretty house
at Villeneuye.Saint. Georges.
Henry's budget was made up from
his wife's dowry md his own, which
together brought him an income that
would have been amply sufficient for q
citizen OF the olden time. But nm
artist q man WHO likes everything that
is beautiful
Our young household, then, gave
way pretty often; and II to this you
add that the husband was very much in
love with his wife, and consequently
desired that she should be charming
and well got up; bearing in mind, also,
that. in three years, they had indulged
themselves in the luxury Of little son
and q little daughter, you will easily
understand that, during the latter part
OF the quarter, they were very apt 10
be in difficulties difficulties that broke
the heart Of the excellent Madame Des.
oranges, and drew upon the head Of NJ.
Desgranges q deluge Of prayers and in
yectiyes. .
~ beseech you, my dear, to add
something to their dover"
"I shall take good care not to do IL
was the answer Of NJ. Desgranges, 81
congratulate myself too sincerely on the
course ] adopted. My system is too
good to be changed 81.
aIs IL possible that you have the
heart to sec them thus embarrassed,
and to leave them 80 ~ ss
"Are they embarrassed g'
mFrightfully, my dear
$50 much the better My son.in-law
will take all the more pains to find ern-
ployers."
1Ali the more cause for working hard
to procure them"
d.l'hey have additional burdens be-
sides their own"
WAdditional sources Of happiness,
YOU mean.n And, as Madame Des-
oranges made a gesture Of despair,
nCome, come, wife, no outburst, Let's
talk II over calmly. Supposing that
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