Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-05-30

very well comprehended that he must
hurry up the de1lO1EeDleipt if he did not
wish his comedy to be changed to melo-
drama The genuine professor was
liable to enter at any moment
Good heavens! my dear sir, what
is the matter? Are you going to faint
aWay?" cried Nine. Arabella
'' Madame, / have confession TO
make.
" A confessionP To pc?''
" Madame, I love you"
Then Mederie talked 10 her for an
hour by the watch. He executed a
thousand variations upon that same
theme love you" And what is
surprising, his declaration was not idi-
otic, In spite of his loving sincerely.
The lady was naturally disturbed, but
she was too much of Partisan woman
to show her emotion.
eff loved yOtG, sir" she said, rails
ing her beautiful eyes to his, what
Dould become of us? | am not good
at constructing high-sounding phrases.
/ will only repeat what probably you
know now. was an orphan when
married, / had great name and
small dowrY, and my husband was very
little richer. than I. / endured our
moderate circumstances without COM
planning, but he guessed the trouble
and undertook to increase our means
by speculstions, which ended diastrous-
ly, so that when he died he owed one hun
dred thousand francs. did not hesi-
tate q second to give up my small for
tune IN order to bequeath to my daugh-
ter an unblemished name. A rich re-
lation settled an income on me on con-
ditiOn of my never marrying again.
Tell me, sir, can I deprive this little
daughter of those luxuries which are
necessities to so delicate child? l
said, and repeat, what sO0ud become
of US, if loved you, since you are de-
pendent on teaching German for your
living?" $685.. ....-,r.r r
at is in that, madame, that my
crime looms up in gigantic propor-
tons. I do not E71oao aoOrd of Ger
h1GH." sf- - .-.. .
o',What! You have not even that
resourceP'' .. ..r
= - No. said Mederic, smiling, ''but
have an income of two hundred thou
sand francs which, perhaps, will partly
make mp for it." r- ii .,
Then he confessed everything his
name, his visit to the church and his
talk with his friend except that he did
not mention his friends name, as he
wished to devise q theatricsI st'nsatiOD
for the latterl's benefit H, a 50 sub
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suasiVe, that the lady of the blue hat
consented to allow the e&tenusiing cir
cumstances in, his favor She ,iid not
Op oqM Asq4 4sql -, :,
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s44sI9d oqM spU9uJ I9YuGq !m 20 cue
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slII9UI lou psl9dUnLl pan OuM pu9!lJ
suO!aWo eq4 10 SmGiI .'ql TulMOu4
uodn, GIsnonu9Ils GlaA lS.SIIl uaA9
their ulain duty are regarded al he
r0es.'
Mederic went home intoxicated with
joy. His head was in the clouds, and he
felt like stopping now and then. lest he
should knock off star or two. And
yet hie lady had by NJ means said
yes. Still less had She said mo. p
THE FRIEND. AND COUSIN.
The Marquis found his friend Paul at
his house. ,--'i
''My dear Medcric,'' said PAU, 81
have confession to make. When l
came here, three weeks ago, | swear
by my hoary-hesded anaestarS that 1.
had the most 0disintere- desire to
see you married. had II pearl in my
hand that would have given yOd on
the spot; but it is well "a, distrust your
first thought, because that is only good
lit is second thoughts which are best.
When. / found myself .alne, / still said:
Yes. Mederic shall be happy. haven't
a better friend in the world But as l
was walking along began to reflect:
: Yes, 4 have a better fri nd. now, than
Mederie-that friend is myself l re-
turned to the beautiful widows and
begged her not to go to the Church of
Saint Roch, or, if she conldn't pos tibly
stay away, at least not to Wear the pret-
5y hat she wanted to wear for the first
time, for good luck. She laughed, she
She laughed ag4in. Then |
mustered up all my courage. said to
her, love you, my COUSIN. And she
saiA NJ" cousin, | knox Il Nnd so.
my dear Mederic, | have come to invite
Tou to the Wedding But, nDw, take
for Ihave betraJ ell friendship.
0ne word, however: l have come and
come again, several times, in hopes of
meeting you. l believed you had closed
your doors on me, and f 1t like taking
,ffenseS but fnslly eontented myself
with writing to you y ..-ar ,-L
81 did not get your letter."
81 thought you were furious at not
meeting the lady in tue blue hat
90 l did meet her, and met her to such
purpose that am en-. aged to her and
now ask yOtl to my wedding. Only it
vas white and blue hat. y ,--.e.t
q 81 did not get g0isr letter" " u a..t
g / don't understand it." cried the
,wo friends in chorus, with as much
unison as if they had been actors at the
Opera Comique. d -.
' want to own up" muttered the
Ealet, falling on his knees before his
master. There is only one culpritI
lere, and that's mel First, told
Monsieur the Marquis that Monsieur
he Yiscount was out of town; second,
closed the door on Monsieur the Wis
'ount. suppressed the letters Of both
gentlemen. To be brief, acted like q
'ascal and, what is harder to admit,
ike fool. / wanted to prevent my
master from marrying, and Ewas ass
enough to put him in. the way of it. If
{ hadn't been for my folly you two
gentlemen WOnld have met the next
lay after that fat,I SUNDAY You'd
aughed a little about it at the1club.
Monsieur the Marquis would have re-
ired from the affair as soon as he per
,eiVed the feelings of the ViscOunt to-
ward his cousin and there would have
1een an end of it. --L
"The rascal is right" cried Paul.
= He has been the neaeSsaEY obstacle
which makes these things successful"
Well, - responded Mederic, Z" II my
wife doesn't take u dislike to him, III
Leep him." a. .-.
Monsieur the Marquis does me
great honor" said The valet, but
I'm bound to leave his service. | have
worn to follow ths example OF my an
,estors, who died bachelors, every one
If them, and who never would consent
20 90 out to service with married peo-
pie. must religiously keep the prom.
sc | made to my self "
' f- CONCLUSION.
Mederic married the lady with che
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