The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

goh W Oietinont ~ 10 Decause tne colonel
Of your regiment is friend of his, and
has daughter, aud this daughter is
destined for you, because it will be a
good and rich marriage. But don't an
swer me; / know all this is nothing
when We love. 'Tis very stupid thing
to think thus, and love disinterestedly
but 1 should be sorry not to have been
guilty of so doing. Only men of biased
minds are incapable of the like. know
the old call these delusions but who
knows whether il is not they who are
self-deceivedP The glass which dimin-
ishes objects is not more true than the
one which enlarges them. II she loves
you, you should sacrifice everything for
her. 1t will be very foolish to do SO,
but quite right; 4s6 YOU must do it !;
but first find out whether she loves you
and you have an excellent opportunity
for doing so. They wish to make her
marry, nephew-you turn pale at this
idea You would to have your odious
rival at swords length. Well, then try
and gain little of this noble courage in
the presence of your fair Noemi. They
want her to marry you are richer than
she, but the man they propose to give
her to is richer than yourself, besides
being titled and quite ready, (the we'd
ding-clothes and presents are also);
whereas they would be obliged to wait
for you. Now so and seek Noemi tell
her you love her-she knows it, but it
is, nevertheless, thing always told.
Ask her if she returns your affection !;
and tell her-for she must love you, l
am sure-you are young, handsome, and
witty. Ask her to promise solemnly to
wait three years for you, but to write to
me, and I will keep the letter. will
then break off your marriage with the
colonel's daughter. I will get your ex-
change; and despite your father, in
three years you shall marry NoemiT
I" Uncle, 1 have an idea.'
"Let's hear it.
"I'l write to her.
"'Just as you please, my boy; only
act at once.'
"I quilted my uncle, and went to
write my epistle. This was not the most
most difficult task. 1 had written fifty
letters to her before, though I had never
forwarded them. The most embarrass-
ing circumstance was to send or give it.
Nevertheless, as there was no time to
be lost, made up my mind, and pur-
chasing boquet of yellow roses, placed
the note in the center of them. 1t is
very silly, but seem even now to live
over the time in memory. After tie
avowal Of my love, besought her to
love me, make me happy, and wait three
years for me. / implored her, if she
consented, that evening to welr only
one of the yellow roses in her bosom
1 shall then dare to speak to you, /
said, and tell you what you must do to
secure my happiness-I dare not say
ours I"
"And you put the note in the bou-
quet ?" asked Madame De Lorgerel.
eyes, madam"
"And them"
"Well, then, in the evening Noemi
had no rose in her bosom ! l wanted to
kill myself, but my uncle carried me off
to Clermont, He remained two months
with me, mixed with the young officers.
and ended by calming my sorrow and
disappointment, by proving to me chat
Noemi had never loved Inc. But
uncle, said, she was-she appeared
to be happy when l arrived, and re-
preached me gently for coming late.
"Women continued Monsieur Des-
coudraies, Glove the devotion of all
the world ; but there are those they
never love. In short, | ended by almost
forgetting her. Thei 1 married the
colonels daughter, who died eight years
after our marriage and now I am quite
alone, for my uncle has been dead a
long time-would You believe L often
think of Noemi and-that which is
more serious and absurd-I always see
her in imagination as young girl Of
seventeen, with her dark brown hair;
and, as my uncle said, with her eyes like
black velvet Whereas, if living, she
must be now an old woman"
"You don't know what has become of
her? p asked Madame De Lorgerel.
"No."
"Your name, then, is not Descoud-
raise ?" she hastily inquired.
"No; that is the name of the property
left me by my uncle. My name is Ed
mond d. Altheim.
$50 it is I"
elbow do you know ?"
81 will tell you," she added, without
replying to the question, "what has be-
come of Noemi."
scan you?"
"Yes; she loved you p
"But the yellow rose?"
"She did not see the note. Youl
hasty departure caused her many tears
then, afterward, she married Monsieur
De Lorgerel."
"Monsieur De Lorgerel ?"
eyes, Monsieur De Lorgerel, whose
widow I am to-day"
What you-you Noemi Amelot 2
"Alas yes, as truly as you are, and
are not like, Edmond d'Altheim |"
"Good gracious Who would ever
have thought that day could arrive il
which we should not recognize eacl