The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-04-21
oNlERsET, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 81, 1880.

Il add to the wealth Of my father,n
said Madeleine, proudly. 1--WE are
poor. 1onr--smail cousin-Iives at
home with you, you said? She must
paint well, monsieur
"Oh, yes" | replied, Finely. L
rave a portfolio of Der sketches.
which 1t would please me to show
youn
Thanks. monsieur. do not care
for such things"
What had put her cut? Was it
the "smell cousin ?r suppose
ought TO have said tha. the mother,
an invalid, was with me, too; and
that both were soon going, through
the cousins marriage, to another
home.
Il beg your pardon" she said. IL
would not seem ungracious If you
will bring the sketches, ny father
and | will be pleased 10 see them
The general then entered. After
salutaiions and brief Conversation,
| Invited them both to accept seats
at the opera with me that night.
Fuey modestlg accepted The invita-
tion.
Ii was AZ old opera, doubtless ia
ml s to b)th he luther end daughte
III Tue ~ gone days Of their Own laud.
Her face riopled with smiles, aud |
saw the o3d general himself winking
and blinking hard, thar no one might
fancy be had a tear 10 bis eye.
"Oh !" she cried, as we separated
that night, "how happy you have
made me. 1t was like reading a
sweet old story over again. | was
returning from exile--it was being
back in France ~
We grew TO be familiar friends
corried her, from time 10 time, fruits !
ana 1Iwers she was freakish lit |
lie thing, with ell her pretty moods
to-day fulI of thanks, tomorrow
scarcely Foochsafing syllable.
began TO fancy that she had some uu-
pleasant suspicion concerning ne
One morning incidently mention
ed TO the general that should that
evening De at the house of Madame
Fentensc, who gave grand ball in
hoaor ot her s0n's marriage.
we have the cards, slso," said the
general But mny iitile witch there
refa ,es to meet those grand ladies
who wear her haHoiwork, and will
no 60"
Pardon me. genera; that deprives
you both Of q pleasure The enter
tainment is to be as herluing as fai
ry-land My small cousiL at home !
can talk of nothing else. mademoi- |
selle."
"She will go, then ~
Yes; If she had to adopt the
slrategem of Cinderella to srri .Ve
there
II am not Of her world," eaid Mad-l
eleine, with something Ike sigh, i
aud working out a thorn upon her
vine, W which was not 10 the pattern.
was TO be stupid evening, not
sithstanding the novxlsy aud gor-
5eous splendJr OF the scene.
Madame Fontensc's house seemed
% have been turned iato vast grot-
%, or garden of flowers, and music
foatec down. now and
.hen bursting out in sweet. be@il-
1ering cadence of harp Strings, thai
.ook the breath away with pleasure
the breath whose air was only lIv-
ng fragrance. | missed one face and
,ne voice, aud the revel, for me, losi
Is meaning.
The baud for the dancing commence
ID | engaged 10 waltz with my
,susin, when, happening TO raise my
,ye5 10 the doorway, a sight there
sent them spinnIug. There stood
General D'Ai6ret, with his daughter
IN his arm q magnificent flower
.pirit, with The blossoms of the door
gsY's arch around ber head. A
sra,h hiul htIle spirit, though, DC 1t
siG, Us she surveyed me
Be you very sure that seated my
mall cousin quickly, and mad Made
cine Oh my arm. We had q divine
waltz felt h-r breath. her heart
We swayed to the same music we
we're 10 another world. aud am sure
die not want TO come back to this
me.
Suddenly, with an inperiog5 move
nenJ, she stood still
Thanks, monsieur, | will trouble
Iou no more
Before bad time to recover my
,s ,swildeTed vexation, Madeleine and
Ter father were both gone
When | next saw her, it was at
Ter own house Size barely raised
Ter eyes az nv entrance she did not
peak; she sat there drawing Der {
Ieedle in and out, a pattern of proprie
y.
4 score Of these little scenes occur
ed, these oscillations aud vibrations {
To-day q sunbeam, aud tomorrow {
IN icicle.
One afternooo, at the conclusion of
brief conversation, the general wss &
ummoned to the door below
tood. looking from the wiad0w when !
all at once heard Msdeleine singing
0 herself, IS if there were Dot anotn- {
= sCul in the room.
II was an air from the opera we
sd heard together turned. and I
pprosching her embroidery frame,
aid: 7
"Tell me, mademoiselle, what is il {
have doue 10 offend your"
She looked up for moment, in
ending TO be digniied But soon {
er lips pursed up and qaivered,
nd then came ap odd peal of laugh
err c
"The small cousin msrries next 4
,onth," / whispered. 2
At last determined 10 put nv C
ate 10 the test 0oe day the general ?
ad gone out, and | came in She
reeted me with an inclination of the c
cad, simple sentence, and then ST. t
sDce. c
stood up before her, and broke J
1rth IL
How long do you imagine | shall J
~ up with this, Madeleine ? Do you I
uppOse can live under sky so vs- 4
liable this hour June-the next Jan.