Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-20
STAUNTON, VA,a TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1880. -

girl, for whom husband and title an
fortune were waiting in sunny France
was earning sorrowful living as a lac
/ maker EiIGd ait 1tsCl ha.a ,.1 Z
Such are some of the strange reverse
Of real life, more wonderful than an!
| fiction. - -.
Sothe Marquis waited for an answe
in vain. Then pride rose up in arms
12o ''She scorns me. y he thought. .tShe
e poor PEASANTS child l am punishe'
for my folly" --- = - =
! Andh he resolved to drive her from hi
heart. But after many months his let
ter to Adele was returnedto him, cross
ed and recrOssed with strange addres
ses. i-.-7" -9 sle'a ,-i,l 0-.9A- - g.
| It was messenger of hope to him
She had not slighted, she had rot scorn
ed him perhaps she had not ceased t
love. Before another day and nigh
had passed the Marquis was on his
journey to London. 1ss to'l o'F1 F'9 8
I NeediI tell of his welcome there
When did wealth aud title fail o'find 1
warm soDe?; Or of the friends of former
years who focked to claim aequain.
tanceP Has mot prosperity lafway.
hosts of friends p But none could tell
him of Adele, beyond the history of bel
bitter sorrows. She. being poor, had
fallen from their bright world.
And after three months search he had
failed to find her. He had money, in-
f1uence, deepest heart interest to aid bis
search, and yet, in spite of all, he fail
ed. " - = A'"7-.1- '-'
f. ''She isdead,,i, he thought, with an
guish.g II have come too late-it is In
the grave that shalI find my darling:
III It be 80. and I prove it 80 indeed, |
will live and die single for her sake !"
T But that was his hearts resolve, un
suspected by any one; many a gay bell
le and brilliant beauty had spread her
nets to secure the slendid prize of a title
husband. -4s.ih oe 9i ~ -Iii . sE3
Foremost among the many, Rosalind
Hale. She was the fairest and the
wealthiest of them all, and her golden
hair was not unlike Adele's. It was
this that had attracted him toward her
more than the others-the memory of
an olden love. adI1
She never suspected that. however;
her vanity made sure that he was in her
tolls: she arranged charades, tableaux,
piays-in which he should sustain a
part with her. Itnever occurred to her
that he was at once too good natured
and too Indifferent to refuse.
+ The tableaux were suggestive enough.
One, upon which Miss Hale had quite
set her her heart, was that of a bridal
need 1t be said that Louis was the bride
groom, herself the bride?
7s HE will speak now. SURELY" she
thought, as she blushed and trembled
beside him, while the curtain came
slowly down. ,orsa.-e
But, no; he only bowed az be led her
from the platform, and then one of the
buttons of his coat caught in her bridal
vail. ll-5 fss -
{ 1t has been said that ''trifles make up
the sum of human happiness"
I 1t seemed so now. AS the Marquis
stopped to diseng the lace, he uttered a
ct. atlingcry.
It was Aaele's bridal vail!
II borrowed it of lace maker" Miss
Hale said, in reply to his anxious ques-
tioning. II had ordered one like it;
but hear health is bad, and she failed to
have it finished In time 80 then I
made her lend me this. She was quite
unwilling, too" she added, pouting,
"iust-becausesitw was her motfIer. .swoFk.
Such fancies for poor person ~ iBTsy
4 "A youEg girl" e4oris7 50 vlat.
"Oh, no very thin and worn, and
said; with fine eyes but too dull and
pale to be called pretty. But an exqui-
site lace maker. shall be glad to give
you her address if you have any work
for her"
Yes, he had work for her-work
that they would share together; the
blessed work of binding up an almost
broken heart, of restoring love and hap
piness 10 both their lives
Miss Hale never received her vail
the Marquis claimed it.. = = ~ 7 ~ z
In its stead he sent her complete set
of iaces that made her--in that regard
at least-the envy of society; and Lou
is married Adele.
Pale and thin, and somewhat care.
worn still, was the bride Of the Marquis
on her wedding day /; but to the eyes
the eyes of faithful love-itwas still the
sweetest face in the world that smiled
and wept beneath Eiise's bridal vail.
And he kissed the old lace and bless
ed it, because through it he had found
her again. az. 80. -..,-,...., ...r. i.
II love it now" said he. "I prize it
next to yourself, dearest. It shall be
kept as treasure always" -sd s
And so it was. Many fair and high
born bride wore "the bridal vail of Ri
vierie" in the years to come. 1t and
Its story passed through many genera
tions of proude:and happy wearers. But
among them all none were more truly
blessed than she who "through much
suffering had attained to JOY"
The poor lacemaker, whose mother
was peasant girl, but who, for true
loves sake. aud for love alone, was cho-
sen from all other women to be Madame
la Marquise de la Riviere. TVa 10 ssJ.r0