The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND,

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
About sixty years ago, | was in Paris
tor the first time in my life. Bonaparte
still fingered at st. Helena, and the ad-
venturers, good, bad and indifferent in
character, who had servedin his armies
had not yet lost all nope Of the return of
| their idol, and consequently had not yet
| thought it worth while TO settle down
into thorough peace and quietness.
Young Paul Ferrand, whom L tre-
quently met at the cafe, and who had
served as captain at Waterloo, was
sure that the Little Corporal would
come back soon again.
'GOu have not yet beaten him." he
would tell me, laughing. "You sent him
10 ElOa, but he returned; you have sent
him 10 ST. Helena, and he will return
again. We shall see"
Ferr0nd was an eXccedir gly nice fell
low, and although he probes sel to cher
ish an unQuencnaDle hatred for Eng
land and everything English, he nAu, by
some means or other, become attached
10 Alice Rae, young English lady of
| my acquaintance, anu VINO lad been
| living with her mother since the con-
clu Ion of peace at Paris, not far from
| Lhe abode OF the ex.captain. And he
! was always very friendly with me. too,
| He would, it Is true, abuse my country
men MoeC uuiheIC CliuIly, put ne was
always paElicu ariy gooG-natured, and
whenever he tVuna himself saying lit
tie TOO much. lie would arrest himself
ana apologlZe 80 Aeaftlly That never
| could be angry Wlth him.
L was alone III Vife ffehch capital, and
had lew lriehds tAere except Mrs. Rae,
| no l,lll al 1 :
happened InaJ passed good deal OF
my Time IN lne society OF these three.
The mother, woman stlll in the PRIME
Of life, ana the WIDOW Of kings mes
senger, was connection OF mine by
| marriage, and tuaI lacG We me good
excuse lOr oHering my services as es.
Cort whenever she ana ner pretty daugh-
ter thought TIT TO 90 to the Lh9ater or op-
era. AT sUen times Paul Always had a
seat i'll the stalls; and between the acts
he would come up to my box, to the de.
light OF Alice, VINO was III love with him,
and to the no small satisfaction OF Mrs
Rae, VINO herself mad qulle maternal
all ctlOh tor the young Iiehthman, and
did not IL tle least discourage his at
tentlons to her daughter. Ii there was
no formal engagement betw the two,
it was AT least perfectly understood by
all parties that as soon as Paul should
get All appointment, for which at the
| time he was candidate, he was TO mar.
ry Alice; ana /, though only few years
ner senior, was to give her away.
One nigAt the opera-hOuse was crowd
ed more than usual. A great singer was
10 appear, and new work by a re.
nowned composer was to be performed,
But Paul Ferrand, sitting il the stalls.
seemed scarcely to listen to the music
. l,n
often were his eyes turned in the direc.
tiOn of my box tnan in that of the stage.
Alice and her mother were with me, and
as the curtain tell at the conclusion OF
the first act Paul came up t. us. He
was IN high spirits, Tor lie had heard thai
the minister mad decided to give MIN the
coveted post, and he expected TO near in
ID few days that his appointment had
been signed by the king. We congratu-
lated him, ana as he IelJ us to return to
his seat l whispered to nm:
You'll be happy man in month or
two now, Paul"
He,smlled and Shut the door.
We watched him s he threaded his
way to his place. 1t was in The center
of the second row from the orchestra,
and he hau left MS opera glasses on The
cnalf, III order to preserve mis- right to
|
tar! looking man had appropriated II,
and had cooiiy put the gases on one
side. f"ul approached the stranger
Win the Utmost pollteneSa, and sup
pose, lor natutally coUid not hear, re-
questeo MN 70 move. Inc lnterloper
u'u not oel2l W answer out utshceringIy
looked up az ellanu' as thougn 10 ask
| nam WAa' ne meant ny MS Intrusion.
IauI pointer " tne opera glasses; buI
the sttaHset d nGitno, iepl'eu nor moved,
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