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

moment recognized the Marie was the very I
Image Of my piano-forte-tuner. Ihese sol ls
/ bit my lip till the blood came In order not /
tn burst out laughing. Monsieur le Marie.
after having bowed to US as man In Whlte I
Cravat and without his nat ordihaElly BOWS, I
that il 10 say Silly, blew his nose, evidently /
to the satisfaction Of his two arms, which up T
10 this moment Re had not known whet to do T
with, and then went quickly through tne |
little ceremony First OF all, he feeltea pre- |
cipitately several passages from the CODE, In |
dicatiDg as he went ON the numbers Oh the t
particular paragraphs, from which vaguely |
understood that | WIS threatened WIN Ino
gendarmes If did not bllndly submit 70 the
orders fancles, whms and eapr ceS on my |
husband. and II did not follow him every
where he chose to take me, even II IL were up
q sixth story In the Rue MOuffetafd. Wehty
times / was on the point u interruptlng, anu
saying: But permit me, Monsieur le Fiaiis,
to observe thatt those words are scarcely polite
toward me; besides which, you must your,
self know there isn't common sense in them,
But | restrained myself, feeling that IL Woutu
be an improper proceeding ON my part 10 III
tImIdata n fuHgfstrate iii the performance o.
what was only his duty, and who seemeal
moreover, In hurry to conclude. Besldest
thought Of my appointment, and the n,snc
ting corsage Of my wedding dress. Inc MalIe
considered Ii necessary to add some opSef va
tions on the duties Of husband and wlie,
society, love Of offspring, and similar topics;
but all these fine things, which would have
made me cry under other circumstances,
seemed grotesque to listen to from the lips OF
q little retired dealer In patent spring mat
| tresses, uttered too In kind OF thlrd-class
waiting room, with all the various tnscr1p-
| tions on the doors Of the adjoining apart
meuts present to my mind, and | had the
greatest difficulty In restraining myself from
| laughing out loud.
| "At last the Marie leaned forward and said ::
| "'M le Comte GOntran de Visux-C astel
| you swear TO take for wife Mademoiselle Clio
| tide LeblancY
| HGontrap bowed and answered yes with
| perfect nonchalance; and yet he has since adj
United to me that he never experienced more
lively emotion than he did when pronouneing
that little word.
'Mademolsele Clotilde Leblanc added
the magistrate, turning toward me, you
swear to take for husband M. 10 C0nte Con
tran de VieuE-CasteY
| " smiled and bowed, saying to myself,
Certainly | do for 1t Is for that express puf-
pose that came here
"Ihis Was ALL | was now married, III up
pears. Papa and mamma clasped each other
hands like people who had not seen one an
other for twenty years, and could hardly re-
fraln from crying. | don't know how 1t was
did not share their emotion; but 1t may have
been because | was SO hungry that l was
obliged to stop the carriage at the pastry
cooks before going to the dress-maker $. u
was my last girls tart.
J THE MORNING or THE SACRIFICE.
Clotildes narrative thus proceeds:
, "The next day was the great day, and wher
/, I woke it was hardly light. opened the doc
leading into the soton. and found my wed
ding dress spread out on the sofa, with TIN
70 ded veil beside 1t, and my head-dress In
9 white box. Nothing was wanting. was re
] ypTish excited, uneasy, happy, trembling
] like soldier must feel on the morning OF
+ BATTLE when he is almost certain oil be1nl
5 decorated. ] thought neither OF my past no
3 Of my future, but was entirely absorbed b
| | the idea Of the approaching ceremony, G
9 this sacrament, the most solemn 81 oil In gu
z church; Of the sacred oath which wa
Z about to take; and also by the thought OF tn
9 crowd Of people who would come dressed on
Y to the church In order to catch sight oil 10
IN Pcs Posing 1esp ,osted varv earlv NV father bs
g on his boots, his dress trousers, white crave
D and dressing-gown. Ny mother was also ha
9 dressed. 1t seemed to me that the servant
h served me with more than their habitual al
q tention, and treated me- with much greate
Y respect / even recollect that Marie said :
q me, Madame remembers the hair dresser
q waiting Il 'Madamef Excellent girl; hay
Il not forgotten tt.
2, II found 1t impossible TO eat anything M
J. throat was parched, and felt shoulders {
II impatienCe al over me-somethinQ like tn
W snfisatiOn one experiences when one Is yer
st thirsty. and Is waiting for the sugar in tn
- ealt SURE to melt. The marriage OF the GIG
n mentine fitted through my mind; the SCUM
4 Of the organ pealed on my ears all the tim
h ! was being dressed The hair-dresser, VII
D also called me Madame executed q c0iffur
so happily that remember saying to mysel
re- This augurs well; this coifure Is goo
III omen | checked Marie, who wanted to lac
o. my stays tighter than usual. | was aWar
7 that white makes one look stOuter, and tbs
b. Marie was not wrong; still, ! was afraid
v its driving the blood to the head, and hay
RI nj WAYS he'd horror OF brides looking as
n, they had just risen from the table. Relgiot
r | emotions should be too profound to betra
a themselves otherwise than by pallor. Ii
II stupid to blush under PARTICULAR G1rcun
a | stances.
u when was dressed passed into the sato
II | so as to have more room to walk my SKI
~ about little. Papa and Gontran were alread
v there conversing respecting the correct attll
3, for marriage ceremony, and GOntran frank
" declared that he preferred the English frOcl
~ coat to our evening dress though he dared n
IL be the first 10 inaugurate such q revolution
F. fashion. 1t would appear that the newspape
n had quite long controversy on the subject
a short time back. AS entered, papa reLnarke
ii that he hoped the carriage would soon arriv
lt "'Oh, they will be here very shortly repllt
K GOntran; i drove round in my brougham'
ce "'What about the "Sautaris"- you chars
b. yourself with everything and the Ptece
IN nnridgeI
to "I have the ring all right; but, good graciou
ze whatever have done with my bittet DE conte
IN sjon" etc.
in "They both spoke very fast, gesticulatir
e. like people who are up TO their eyes IN Du!
he ness. Gontran, on perceiving me, advanc
de- and kissed m hand and while the femntes
k chnmbre, squatted on the ground around n
re were smoothing my skirt, and the hair-dresa
80 was shortening thestntte of my veil, he said
be me, gin hoarse voice:
lie "'You look charming, chere ami.
III "He cid not at all think of what he W
ut ing, and | answered equally mechanically
an "'Do you think 80? Don't make the veil t
le- short, Monsieur Sylvarin; and, Marie, do 4
Is, forget the bow Of the eorsage.'
I'm when one has to see to everything on
to occasion like this, one needs more than
Oh ones usual presence of mind.
In. II remembered Gontran's hoarseness, a
to said to myself:
nj Surely be must have a cold; 1t Is evide
ne he has had his hair cut too short
m AT this moment papa spoke to him on
,er SUBJECT, and he admitted everything, and wi
g. q slightly embarrassed smile asked papa
be lend him an extra pocket handkerchi I.
se. cit was very silly of me, but ] felt vext
ut and remember on descending the stairca
~ with the skirt Of my dress held up behind q