The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-15

house when the marquis arrived, and soon
| thereafter, yielding to a natural curiosity,
the young lady ascertained from an obedient
Abigail the precise whereabouts at a given
odd coincidence, some minutes later Lord
Wellesley, who happened to be
In the library intent upon a
newspaper, was considerably per-
around his neck, two velvet lips upon his
cheek, and his ears saluted in delicious &C
cents by the words, "My dear, dear grand
father" Now, as matter of fact, his own
courtly features bore small resemblance to
the wrinkled visage Of the master of Car
rolton, moreover, the title of grandsire is
not savory to unmarried men of a certain
age; but the marquis was too lofty and gen.
erous for such considerations; besides he
had no time, for the piteous confusion into
which the dsmsel fell on detecting her error
and which, indeed, seemed likely TO deprive
her of her reason, must have melted a heart
of stone. When, with much pains and
tender solicitude, he had succeeded in
calming her agitation, and she,
still bathed in bushes, tripped lightly
from the room, the pulses of the gallant
veteran beat a reveille to which his blood
had been long a stranger. Here, certes, was
the one maid in all wide Britain, whose art
less innocence and simple faith might be
trusted to love him tor himself. i was car
ried rather out OF my course by that last
anecdote, for / meant to confine myself TO
more recent adventures in the matrimonial
field. One in particular, illustrates quite
faithfully the normal history of these ambi-
tious unions, begun in trickery and folly, to
be- continued in mutual loathing and scorn
You must excuse me from giving more than
the initials here for the tale is not altoget Their
wholesome. The death of her father, a
shrewd and respected merchant, left Miss r.
the city ever since. 81 never would have
an only child, to
THE CARE OF A FOOLISH MOTHER
and placed Der fortunes round million
in the hands of two relatives, men in high
position and of scrupulous integrity, who
were named trustees under the will. The
rents and profits of the prop
cry, which consisted mainly OF
real estate on Manhattan Island, accu-
mulsted during long minority, and when
the young lady, not yet Is, was taken to
Europe by her man ma, with the avewed OBJ
iect of marrying title, little doubt was en-
tertained by people accustomed to angle in
Continental waters that bait so tempting
would draw a very great fish. In fact, moth
Ing but an unparalleled mixture
OF native stupidity and wilful blind
Gao /: explain the wofui miscarriage
OF her silly scheme. She was not taken on
the wing, for she remained some time in
Paris. She could not lack counsel, if she
would ask it, having brought strong letters
to persons the most compe-
tent to direct her movements, and fix with
absolute precision the status of any sspirant
for her daughters hand. For that matter
a single novel of BalZac or Edmund About
should have revealed to her the difference |
broad enough, Heaven knowsi between the !
9 anuine and the pseudo noblesse. But
easily gulled by flattery and smooth pre- /
t6nceG mi
TO await inquiry or heed warning, this ia |
dlcious parent astonished her friends on I
this side of the Atlantic by suddenly an
that the Baron de G.. had been ac-
cepted as her future son-in-law. And no
doubt that brilliant noble would have |
published the bans, but for an
awkward clause in the old merchants will,
the fair inheritance lapsed in toto
20 collateral relatives if kis daughter mar
led without the consent of her trustees.
Now, these gentlemen desire to look upon
he groon's features before they gave away
he bride-which was we'll enough, though
confidential note to some intelligent
Frenchman would have been a more saga.
ious ana fruitful measure. In due time
hrs. X. and daughter reached New York,
attended by the obsequious baron, and sol
mn presentation taking place, the worthy
nd conscientious trustee (who, perhaps,
lid not possess the discernment of the Eau
'ourg st. Germany pronounced their new
cquaintance a most affable and polished
Gentleman. Ap early day having been set
or the wedding, and the arriere ban ofkins {
ok ,
CoNvoKED BY SOUND OF TRUMPET,
short time before the ceremony the dows-
er baroness arrived in person, and with {
er superb evidence of ancestral dignity
he magnificent family jewels, in charge of
quiet but keen looking individual, who
7as presented by Madame de G. as her only {
rother. Very gracious and yet imposing {
vas that right high and puissant dame, and
oautifui the assiduOus devotion of that
schelor uncle, particularly when the costly
ems grazing the fair neck OF his neice
eemed to recall to his fond remembrance |
he historical splendors of his house. The
marriage knot securely tied, and the large
he brilliant alliance, the happy pair {
Nth the bridegroom's relatives, returned
D la belle France, accompanied by the I
triumphant Mrs. r., VINO be- J
ED the dream of her life fulfilled J
Twas a poor, foolish, wicked little dream,
nd the awakening was abrupt and bitter. E
ne polished baron had no more the right of [
ntree to the Fauburg st. German than the L
alet who cleaned his boots. His boosted '
atent of nobility dated no further back c
nan the empire and was probably spurious
{ that. Moreover, he was sot, and c
harper, u6DauCD0u anu TOIJou w Iuo COic. =
lis venerable mother, when her mask was
ung aside, betrayed the coarseness and in- Z
Dlence of the average midwife, while those q
smi.y jewels turned out to have been hired u
,r the OCCASION, and the assiduous uncle v
, be the willy goldsmith's confidential r
Jerk, who cheerfully surrendered his 9
vuncular role for the more congenial Il
ounter. So far the story reads like Z
farce, but the next chapter, if 1 dared to a
Ill it otherwise than vaguely, would show y
tinye ofmelo-drama. IL seems our honest o
entIeman had pocketed but halt the spoils, o
ter all, and like most craftsmen of ais .
idney, believed himself to have been L
rossly defrauded. Another clause u that \
estilent will bequesthed only thel Ife in q
,me of the estate to his wife, and gave the .
e, IL she had no children, to the next heir. U
ow, the baron was husband, but not yet c
father. nor likely to become one. 1t is