The daily gazette., 1883-07-27
Croisilles.
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while Croisilles was draining thus, CIV
.slrr lutte heed to the play, MAIDEN
I n.ae i;odcau herself appeared IN q box op
n',,s uf'a IN him. He did not once think thai
p,,ia she see him she would regard Il
suvI' aN,oe that he should be there after wha
mS" S inst occurred. On the contrary, he
mnde naa every effort TO get near her, but did
W., u,S snccprd. A dancer had come from Paril
nsv Nrrope, and the crowd was so dense
w., %tb9 h. could not stir Because he could
a"no ;"' hitter, he contented himself with gaz-
w. a, his love, and did not for an instant
,r',bdraw his eyes from her. He enoticed that
,Se 'ss seemed preoccuped, unhappy, and reluc-
,snt Ia speak to any one. Her box, as
saigb, he supposed, was surrounded by all
tbs 'e gildpd youth of the city. Each in his
,urn r na.sed before her, 1t being absolutely
,mn,.siblp to enter her box, of which her
Stber alone filled more than three quarters.
CroisilI , noticed that she did not look a.
tbe stage nor listen to the play. With elbow
resting upon the railing, her chin upon her
hand, and her looks SO far away, she seemed
IN her Gnery a statue OF Venus maEquerad-
inc AS a ma quisc. The elabOrateness other
dress AID cillure, the rouge beneath which
her paeDess was plainly visible, all the
spIendor Of her toilet made her listlessness
oDly the more conspicuous. Never had she
surearel to Croisiles so beautiful. Having
hupt way during the intermission TO es
eae from the throng, he hastened to the
door Of the box, and strangely enough,
hardly had hr reached there when Made
noisee liOdeau, who had not moved for an
hour, turned her head. She started slightly
when She 5, him, cast upon him a single
glance and then resumed her first position.
Whether this glance expressed surprise, ,anx-
itty, pleasure o. love; whether IL meant:
"What! 50 you are not dradl" or "Thank
God! YOU are still alivep do not take it
upon myself to explain; however, 1t may be,
upon that glance Croisilles vowed TO die or
~ win her love.
".
OF all the obstacles la the way of suooess
In love, wat is called bashiullness is beyond
doubt one ol the greatest. But this was BY
10 means one o! Croisillts' failings; he was
not the kiud Of man TO hover for whole
months about the woman of his love, like IL
cat about q caaed bird. Since he had given
up suicide, h. had thought only OF letting
bis dear julie know that he was living solely
for her, hut hoN could he tell herr II he
were to present himself second time at the
farmer generals house he had no doubt that
NJ. Goltau would have him shown the door.
When Julie went out to walk she was always
attended by her maid, so it was useless to
attempt to follow her. To pass the night
beneath his mistress window is a folly dear
u "a It,iI fnb q. e. A
:ase would have been more useless still,
nave .adthal Croisilles was deeply religious;
SOFT did not occur to him to seek to meet
her IN tir church. As the most direct, al.
though the most dangerous, course is to
write to those to whom you cannot speak,
on the following day he wrote His letter..
which he 1t understood, had neither plan
nor sequence, was In these words:
"Naiemoisrllr-Te me truly, | entreat
Olyou, how large fortune one must have
to be ahr 70 aspire to your hand. am
asking F0u strange question, but ] love
ycl 50 m4dy that the question must be
SRed, aud yuu are the only person in the
world to~hom can address it. 1t seemed
10 ne That you looked at me last evening at
tAe Theatre. wished to die; would to God,
tnat We're already dead II am deceiving
me- lell me II fortune can be 20 cruel as
osHo% man to be deluded IN way so
,au ana yet 80 sweet. ! believed that you
Vaue intiFe. / know that you are rich
ueaatiul' your father is arrogant and ava
t tGIous and you have right to be angry;
vu' ioHt you, and the rest Is dream. Fix
% ulOse ehafining yves upon me, think of what
my 'oNt must he, since while am suffering
suu lafe every reason 10 fear, yet feel an
,l,. ueaptes2l9ie JOY IN writing to you this wild
m'''ef which may possibly draw upon me
M suu' ahstf' But think, also, Mademoiselle
sls1 ,sa' you are yourself a little to blame for
ol,'. as lollE. why dill you leave me ethat 9ou-
gus' tut yourself, If possible, just for an
"a,a mS,aa., III ny place. | dare TO belieye that
!uu a, loFe me, aud dare to ask you to tell
wo.,' MY ~ folglye me, | implore you.
ro "Sula IN give my hearts blood to be certain of
nv, ,Dr Nntheiag you, and to see you listen to
W.! wv WIN that angelic smile of yours.
"aie "%u'esff you may do, your image will re-
rlnalf r'I ht'h me You can etiace IL only by
f,IeAtng nra out my heart. AS long as that
ro,e,s ,e suaii ilVe IN my memory, that bouquet
varI r'" tte ialnttst perfume, and there be
nv y'l, lo,I' meaning love, SO long shall keep
c.slfi A'itF having sealed his letter,
sion i''its vert TO the Godeau man
s,p"', "' anu walked up and down THE
tbo En uHtn ne saw a servant come out of
en-, lust io,' Chance, which always helps Sc
ber,, WIS whenever it can do so without
spIia t,3' eoli promised, willed that Mademoi-
dsv - ou'ie mad should decide that very
Ia " 9ul bonnet. She was ON her way
her .lt, n''ilher $, when Croisilles accosted
bea,,,ip 'i,ppeu d louis into her hand. and
srTan,1 aeu ier 10 take charge OF the letter. The
van, In 'ii' ut was soon concluded: the SER
and nra,N, 5N t'g money to pay for her bonnet,
mi, r'U'i'Sru to faithful ly execute the com
To ,Yb' his Sa, Or2isllcs, full of joy, went back
door r'V ,d must and seated himself before his
R.f /" await reply.
aword St'dklng of this reply we must ga v
ws,rn,' a, out Mademoiselle Godeau. She
bpt has wholly Tree from her fathers vanity,
Was ern-. soou nature formed remedy. She
iorca tpp'at ~ ,a cally,a spoiled child. From
ever ss,, ""ol' , she talked little, and no one
herdar. ne' hoIdlng needle. She passed
the sof, a, n'f toilet, and her evenings upon
yerss,i,,a "i'Iout utapparently listening TO con.
She Wi VII III everything relating TO dress.
face , thorough coquette, and her own
World vas ,.h without doubt, the one In all the
wrnt,'.hlch %hlch she had most studied. A
finer in her collar, an ink spot on heI
nes,n,.3 would have distressed her beyond
nOthibg c,,'I, 80 "Ien her dress pleased her,
cast ,a7 'pu'u describe the last look she
She shaa D"aIIs the mirror as she left the room
the nla,s "ea neither liking nor distaste toI
love 9u'rs S, which young girls gegerally
gave il nn ,,i, went willingly to bali, and she
out a psi,,a "''IOut regret, sometimes with
when sf,. "s, Inc theatre bored her, anC
father, wi" "ehI an she fell asleep. When hel
any presnr' aaored her, offered to give hel
hour in r.l.1 "I 9he might chose, she spent al
10 think on < up her mind, being unable
gave reco,.,,y any wish. When NJ. GodeaT
appear in ,b, ,b't'oh, or dinner, Julie did no
ing alone IL, parlor, but passed the even