The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-23


however, one OWNED the true pride OF race
that his chateau Of Fort Vieux, Which - |
historical monument Of S0logne, az Mohsleur
70 Cure has told me, has only the tour VETS
standing But added he, 'Un the race Oh tine |
stone which crowns the ruins OF the entrance |
gate IS carved the esCutcheon OF my !ahiiy; |
and that stone, ] am proud to say, IS inoaGe. |
He said this with such ease p upp yvas
as red as III he had just risen from the ulhnef
| table and ! shared his emotion. Gan you
| imagine this manor In ruins, these tai shat-
tered towers this MASSIVE to, ,
| the master Of all these poetical things cafess.
| ing bis boot only two PAGES away rom YOU
| Z Monsieur le Connie said my father, rs
ing. the stone Of which you speak i5 alone
worth i've hundred Thousand francs for me,
at least. beg you to believe II. =
(" II was embarrassing for papa, you under
stand r,
blsne.' replied Gontran, smiling, with his
| And he did well to answer thus; In his
| place should have ftffe The same though
| that has nothing to do with It. II was noble,
1--WE win build up The towers or Fort
Vieux again. said papa, as he kissed me that
| evening.
lie is good. poor papa, and mamma as
| we'll but, as Gontran says sometimes, with
| the Air of not wishing to touch upon II, there
| IL In our park o slight smell OF coal smoke,
which is no doubt perfectly true, as the fac
/ tory Ia only Just outside. / was, however,
accustomed to this smell, and no longer no
4 ticed IT, Now should prefer receiving slap
| to hearing that coal-smoke spoken o. When
| ever Monsieur lie Cure breakfasts here with
| Gontran, he puts on new bands, ana says
grace out loud, which 80 surprised Pierre the
| first time he heard him that he let fall the
plate he held In bis hand. Mamma was In
such rage ste was ready to have discharged
him on the spot This Is what comes OF turn
| "a MT IN
"But I must conclude, mn belle mtgnOnne.
Hurry every one. Call Mt Erard's about tte
grand piano: and, above all, see that they
| put the litble coronet over the cipher. with
regard 10 the iveries, we shall resume those
of the family; but / have an idea that one
could reiuvenate these little while still re-
spectng ancient traditions For instance, !
should preserve the orange bfeeches anu
walstcoat, and transform the rusty brown
coat, which, must confess, does not partlcu-
"Do not call me my dear Countesse' any
more In your letters What great child you
arei Your watch is fortnight too fast, ma
belle chcrie.
I "Adieu; a thousand kisses. Your
"CBOTILDE
~. 81 think he loves me great deal"
Everything being satisfactorily arranged
from the "peurl separating the scailop from
the embroidery" to the 'fcoronet over the in
, terlacing cipher" the marriage contract is
duly signed, and the repas 90 contrat par
fls
. dergo the ordeal Of the civil marriage at the
q marie 81 one or the principal reimbursement
OF Paris.
Q AT THE MARIE.
In France what is called the civil marriage
9 Ia looked upon by most young ladies' as ~
. | extremely disanreeabe fOrmality, which
a | might very we'll be dispensed with In the
particular cases, They conceive that persons
! moving In good society, who can afford th'
g expense Of vocal music ut their weddings ant
n.
: | church steps. might surely be excused DANCING
U attendance the day before ut the anythin,
Q but clean and sitting mairtes. Even II Tn
It civil marriage Ia at all necessary, which the.
!, by no means admit, they consider the Mayo
= might attend by appointment at the parties
own residences, exacting, II necessary, q fe
d for so doing, instead o. requiring them
q appear before him simply to sign their name
;, in a book and listen while he rattles thrOug
u certain extracts from the Code, which are
% positive insult to their sex, concluding b.
= boring them with string OF moral trnisln,
:. respecting the duties Of husband and viii
~ to each other which, II unobjectiOnable an
y even proper in the case OF common people
g. are utterly wasted upon persons OF position
!, Madernoiselle Clotilde Lebanes account {
what TRANSFERRED in her own case shows no
" irving all this must be to persons Of the leas
v. Refinement and English girls have reason
4 be grateful to the constitution under whic
r. they live that they have not TO undergo sin
In liar humiliation to that which their trene
n
q. nit. This young lady remarks:
O. ut Is no doubt undenable that the marrial
lie at the marie has certain Importance, sti
z. 1t is absolutely impossible for delieat
minded person to regard IT Mt all seriously.
n, have myself passed through 1t. she Ol
er serves II have undergone, like others Of nj
sex. this painful, Formally, and cannot reve
Mt to it without feeling OF humlliatlo
/ Scarcely descended from the carriage, pc
@, ceived to the right n muddy staircase, II
nt al which
placards Of all sizes. My first Thought we
Id that had done well In not putting On Il
of robe fr0ncee q IN Uierge which Ptngat had SCI
g. home that very morning. We mounted tt
es staircase, and entered a long, dirty, badl.
lighted corridor with number OF glass door
mt on which ] read 'POmpes funebres, lourn'
ar le bouton,' appropriations, 'Deces. Fra
/ pezfort,' 'Recarnations,' 'Naissances,' Sal
to bfite' etc, and at length Marriages, lou
nez sill vous plat. 1T was there that we 81
en- tered in company with child carrying
bottle of ink. The atmosphere was hot Al
sitting, and almost turned me sick; b.
ls happily O servant In blue livery came to g
of cuse himself for not having shown US at on
d !; into the salon Of NJ. 10 Marie, which it al
in pears serves as first-class waiting room
or these occasions. ! precfpttafed myself IN
he it, as one precipitates ones self into carrial
d. when caught In shower OF rain. This sdh
az OF NJ lie Marie had middle-class official q
~ about 1t that greatly amused me. The tim
in piece was one Of those which one gains at Il
TX, lotteries Oh Inc iSOgleby Dl foJ. NluCeUb
ri Paul. / noticed, ALSO o barometer and boo
a case, which seemed to have been placed whe
a. it was to hide a door; and above the bookca
SIX q bust of the Republic In plaster. In {
n centre of the apartment was q long tai
an covered with green cloth spotted with Ink
/ several places. 1magane the salon q q dent
adj who has been q notary, and you will have
20 idea what the room was like. Almost INN
lit diately after we entered, two individual
en- looking as like q pair Of cashiers at Magas
q de Nouveautes as 1t was possible for them
Il. do, brought in couple OF registers, viii
on they opened and commenced writing
cd Every now and then they kept leaving OIL
ask our names, ages, Christian names, etc, q
he then continued writing, saying in low to
, To one another 'Semi-colon between the q
Did Joints fresh line for parents capital lett
as for occupation day of the month In word
nit When they had finished, one read what =
he other had written out aloud through his no
err | understood absolutely nothing Of it exec
in that my name and that my coyotnt were &C