The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-12-11
PAS ENCORE.

that ancient French uristocrar,
who suffered so severely lurtllei
King and their Church III the ter
rihle Revolution. They were boil
children Of enligrants; and whcI
their families were restored, Will
the Bourbons, they were married t
each other by their parents desire
But, like your ewil caviliers, til,
once wealthy neJiesxr Of France ncy
er fully recovered the possessions
they had lost. We were very poor
and it was consequently viii. ;
great deal of pleasure that NY
tntIler read aletterfrum daunt
ufhis own, who was riclland child.
less, Offering to make mo her heir,
ess, il, on acquaintance, she should
like Tie. | was to be sent to ller Us
soon MS possible; and if she up.
proved ofmy manners and dispO.
sition, l was 10 reside with her, as
her adopted daughter, till her
death. lean mt say Twas at all
pleased ut the itlea 0flenving that
dear Paris, and ent0mbing myself
in IN old chateau; but-qm fairs
Ii was tie will Of my paren,S,and
l might not dispute it. | was con
sequsntly ,li$pat:l,cd with all con.
venient speed 10 my ancient rela-
Tive, and arrived safely, after rather
Il tedious journey, at her house,
having been eScurted tliLher by 4
gentleman who was her ncighbor,
On his return home. 1t was such
m old honse--built, they said, by
Vauban; and certainly there were
traces OF fortilication about it. The
tlomestics lOnked as if they had
waited on Noah, and survived the
Deluge. One Of these antiquities
usltrred ne into my aunt's pres.
enec. She was seutel ia All I'M
nense saloon, near a stoye-for it
vas cold and had, like herapart-
nent, a certain air Of faded gran.
,leur. She retained tile dress the
court.dars Of Louise Seize; her
hair w;lsidresscda b Marie Aania
4,r, and she was highly rouged.
She received me william expression
Of sensibility that rather enter.
taincdf than touched mc, sceing5sllc
had so long ignored my existence
and thatzof tllgr. r.z4z.=55 -
her embraccSand welcomes
we're ended, she turned and intro.
tluccd me 10 an old =l0dy5wlio# sat
near her, bending over zan sens
hruidery.frume. It was Madame
do Bernis, her friend and .'nmr d,
rmIpqnir. She was great deal
older than my aunt, and ilada ter
ribIc face; it haunts MY dreams
sometimes even now. lIer nose
and chin nearly met; her checks
were stnken; her hair white as
snow; she also. was highly rouge,l,
anl tic color gave a false luStre To
Il large pair Of cold faded blue eyes,
wl,ieh once seen. could never be
;,r@,ttcn,
$Mudame do nernis," said my
amt in II low yGiec, "has been my
fn;thh,l communion for over thirty
vcars If she we're not SO much
oI,Iar ,,,an myself 7 should have
ictt hrr nv fortune. hut il is quite
,,nIiEely lint She shnuld survive
MO ys, necd not look at me 50
wnndcr;nrlv. In addition to her
ma,,v imtirlnitie$, she is deaf, and
h"sr: npt n word We say,n
~ s,,,,,nr was now announced, and
,yl,en the meal was finished, nv
.,,.t astrl rncif I would not like tn
~, a IL bcI us must be tired will,
~ ~. i ;o,,r,,sy, - Nj
VI fsf hone vo,, ore moi, timil,r she
said ,s' as 'sbc i ba,le me rnmj nirl,t
Hr I;tc co,,rnre even in n younr
r;r, Irnw"vnr vo,,r rnon is se,,a.
rated r'tf, from, mine only ,by the ,,ic.
inr,..r,llrrv. nnd YOU can come Ia
,"a ma n case w vOu should became
''l"rn,sd M y -
Nnw' Lv character, 7 am very
,:n,;1l tbo;,rb At tho moment I f)id
not r like IN oyow i. and nv transit
rom f, mn my ~ limits cbnmlnr, thronrlI
= '', a"I,"ry "S staring fndrj nortroits
IA mot tcmd to encourage ,,e, The
r,,"r' ,,"' ,''I destined % for nv occ,l,mtior
wos ," Iarrc one. entirely hunf
ro',rd ~"H w;tb % mirrors, whichever
wSy ," + rrrnrd, I bcI,eld a shsdowy
nj; ,n;;,;c on thc walls, thr movement
"Innn '' which became No painful tt