, 1875-04-10

QHu I[lnt IL W|laL FFfPH niG. Hlu ~ Wy
company you On tiln harp"
1t.o v.,]asiIa Etrnnces ,nllHt, of cnrao. itnfnn-
tlatnly int-iguo TO find n Huitnbi1 jeuti for tho
boantlfnI fnabnI. HAo tnvitcH q ncfshn". i,'o
Marquis n !.oRtang, to yihit hcr md Atlo'npt tho
capture OF tho cl,asto, classical Haun. t1hn
Marquis 10 1.estans. my nnp!oT," fsya alo
Haroilo.H. dcacrihim; him, "fa n n,trcrh follow,
~ ToAtH old, handsome a. All ApnsIn, brAvc NJ
Areahan. as autfe shl discreet nj 'fnco t'lar1n-
tng s7lJ uwsB sio,iso III l'asln anil caatlo IL
Lanphiny.. Lett MI orphan At tho ag1 Or II
Years. lls l,as aRsosl fl,B yuuti In un,7detl h.-
cisemapts. IlIia handsome fnaIrHp. my tlear:
has had n1sny oyes md fancy he has found
none Of thrm very crflo!. llnyu inplosod hun
to ntnp. At first ha rejected tho idea hut Hooa
e Eotto melancholy seized him: and not lnl,E
ago |o wro'a inc thai, II coilltl discover wu1n-
nil who tlnl not ro.cmble any Of tlioso Mhon' he
Int kl.own he conll rcagn hisnHelt. wlilHnlt a
grnat effort, to sacrico biz liberty To her. In all
h,tion, liz wantn plenty hf princIt le; for Love-
iaecs never marry any bat dragons uf virsuo."
There tn nothing il" TIC pctliFn to revolt tho
,o,tng Eirl, or n,sEcs. 10 i!craof or father that
tho IHfc ila,I Ut tho wOffd IL III my WY unfit
10 Unlto With yirluolB lnvoly, and accom-
pafscd woman. To has HIcl,t ins ltfa III dih.i-
patiGt anl, now that al pleasures pali npo,. Ills
tatto. It IL aFaftol tha: ho ,'n5 rolt,ffc i'll hla
vile the! purity and principle wltci' io I~ricd
with III ,!A youth. Int lie In t!at.nCulelIcl III
look natl il'tner; hn lIaH cultivated tah:nF. and
fortune n.d It'll, md il. a mouth from htB
Meeting with Isabel their uiison in beat BY tho
priest.
lHabcl Ia ccsse:ic. fnr nl,c Inns giscn her hus-
band ls,:sins wonan'H nflec,io.. Tho Marquis
10 alnialla nl,u pphta-tor tho BrRce of two or
tlneo months. 1!.en nat.i,nony, ilItn all pas,
experiences, wcatics ifni in:oicrnb!y antho Ec.ka
rcllrf in rc:lewcd i'aison with uret,y widow.
discarded loye OF his bactelor!laod. 4. tina
irsA proof Of !liB intiIclity. tho wronged aud in
dtgnant wifo demands t.tal rolcaso from her
marital honda, with tho colcaason that before
the worI,l ec elsa continue to play the rolls If
Tho Mnrcbiouess do 1.es!ang. llcr dem'tl IL
cur,piici with by the Marquis witnorL word Of
rrnsuurtrancn OF c1culpaliuH, aud tho un-
fortunate pair onter upon tho din,ca!t task Of
living as1lnder and yot togother in EoEitary
cl,atenu, wlIcre tho unavoidable circumstances Of
overy dny ca,lsn tha chains of pseudo liberty
ana real slayory to gall tho feelings ,nsup-
portafly.
Undo7 cold md naughty tlomonnor Isabel
SUCCEEDS in yelling tho Tenderness nhe ,ct bcnrs
her ta.tIs!oea husband, wio ha easi]y wears q
eartle4r hnbit ever l'ih eonrsaons in'IeroHec.
msny iiei,. gcjlants win warmly profess
their aHnisa.lon fnr 1sahol;. but with
proud u nco Bhn reprls them all: tinal!y
y6uug mid insonnona tst;ote, wiio had dnternnctl
to became M inmatn Of . 1u0uaatcry Of L.
Trappc. becomes enrapturcI with the clinstnE oi
tho stately Earchioneas, and 7ho III her losIel,-
ncBs ami sorrow. ptriyoH TO rec.rocato Ills fael-e
iuEA, In Tho lopo Of Home faint diversion.
The novelist knowa how to keep thu reader In
complete auapenRa while Tits drama IN III frog
rcss, aud not until tho last Heono B PLAYED suffers
It to bo snspcctod how tbs event will terminate
and more plainly that gro Tug love for Ais vito
is working total change in lin naturet yet,
warned Ly tho terrible disappointment Of thu
past, Isabel puts no trust In my evidence Of ltH
ousy Of hia wlfe'a young lover, but 10 is - mau
OF honor" %, and will, according to his
psonliYo, allow her tho liberty OF action
hc has himself ptactieed. uo surprises
sqniso accidental intsrview, tliat, however. hsa
thu appearance Of prome4itattou. md, exercising
tic coslHumrnate control over h1uaelf for which
ho iH remarkable, conyeraea In tonc Of badi-t
nAgo about tho impending catastrophe tint
threatoas destruction TO hIs own uopea and hts
"ifo's honor. lie even roates an appropriata
aneciote tu aereno tono Of ynco. ~ know
uoilIng about other peoples anars I hardly
understand my own. l'eaities, aaTo Aeon too
,nucll Of tllo world 10 blame anybody. patntor,
n NAL Of tue utmost merit, WAS told o,lo day, In
a tregio tone, the naonstious details Of ,aou-
Btrous parr!ctdo.
- Ii that not enough to mako Nature shu1-
der 2 aonc one aekc'l.
- Oil. he returned .col1ly, everything de-
Tho incaont perfectly illustrates tho character
OF II. do l4essang.
Tin Ilonnnco cntlH as ono won}d hayo H..
Isabel remains m "honest wonlnM." and lJo
LcAtanE, as thoroughly reformu! rs It ia in
big naturo to DO, III agatn accepted as her hus-
band.
Tile wl,olc htBtorY OF Frsuce is to bo read Il,
my one Of tic popular nosols belonging 10 ita
literature. TaEo Ehs; for instance, or QUO OF
tho tto,eis Of George Sand, Dumas, Do Dal*sc. it
.uattcrs uot Of what Ablo w1itar, and III tho
tlssHe of tho fiction tho Causes Of The tragic
caTeer Of that parsusbod country aro pialnly
nllRtuwed forth. It liz not necessary to point
them out. Every clear eye can diseern them.
We allnaed in tho heE,unug to thu singular
charm Of II. ChArbuliozfn ,itofAry ktyle IL au-
tif IN ftIR p1rA1r f,tro Ia
Of many tasaa1ch Of ftfeitous description that
vi was At tho Old of Juno the heat vas
burning, md the nools and i.llS nep.. Tie
middle Of tbs dAv nrtngs to oil e,atro hind ct
s,lspoution Of life, which ii tho trup sluep OF
t'an. trilura waH ,iot a bfeat! OF air: neitIlcs
branch nor blads Of gtass moved. 0nly tue 10.
cu.ts wcco hnard sounding their tImbEuls in tho
The isahEess. blocdlesy locust a1lno,tucst, tho
burning summers ut lilo south; tho a,In has
c!.oaon 1t for its hersttl. Ita cry, nunoonots as
tlio luuMng Of Il ilurdy-guttty, hut still HhsilI
bio light wl,ic', consumes md do:ou,s. Quo
aeeiA to bear tie craeL]nE Of tito burning earth
mud Air; It IL :Ac tsun su-musc; but Eoo,ucd
to recognlzo III II tue sound Of wee. tho loud.
tuunotonons vail Of my burning Griof.
IN the twiuEliuE Of an ero lilo country changed
ita asacst, tLd !isht vas gloomy, auc tres tool:
attitudes 0f SnGtri'i1."
Thore aro a'uo occasional sentences, unox-
pcctoa In tha atrlcLur0 Of a French novel, that
Mto ~ concise mud olansed wisll wtstlom as tho
npotheenia OF EMorsou. Nitnoss the follow
ing;
What wo iovo in things, father, that no put
into thcln."
~ forever rsturGcl TO this conclusion; that
Wo aro wilat VIC aro that wo depend On our char
actors asst! tlsa. tho hardest snscsy s to ioel
ouIualyca tito siafrs Ut uur liberty"
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