The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-26
JEANS TEMPIArION.
From The Freach Of blanche de Ger.dOrG,

S~A- - ~ -
lord. Ills father was a tailor, and Jean
soils ambition WAS 10 succeed him in hi
trade. IF.
Jean had been fortunate; they had mad
An educated man Of him.
The lord Of the village, who was a broth
er Of the Chancellor OF the Empire, hat
III his service u %housekeeper, Jean Way
ner's cousin. This woman 80 persisteutiI
praised jeans fine %chirography that thu
lord her master recommended tho younp
man to his brother for the position Of
copyist to his secretary.
The Chancellor, having come on n visit
70 the loId,s mansion, took Jean Wagner
back with him to Vienna.
This event gave the Wagner family grea,
pleasure. AS to the, housekeeper, she &C.
quired much consideration because Of the
wonderful IL lllence she had exercised over
the head Of the affairs Of the empire.
No one shed tears on Jean Waguer's de.
parture but Esther, tho blacksmith's
pretty daughter, and Jean promised no.
body to return Havo Esther. He told her
he wanted 10 SAVE up four hundred lorips
IN order to marry her-that was all, Then
he would settle down in the village as a
tailor, for, while writing WIS looked at by
gentlemen with big spectscles, handsome
clothes were admired by the pretty village
girls.
One day Jean Wagner was writing in
one OF the offices Of the Chancellor's palace,
when q violent ringing of the bell an.
nounced that his Excellency had orders
to give. Alter such ringing ono invariably
heard doors open, doors close, and foot.
steps hnrrying along. On that particular
occasion Jean Wagner felt a slight culver
passing through all his Limbs; be hada pre-.
sentiment that the ringing OF that bell con.
cerned him.
perhaps it is his Excellency's intention
to raise my aalary five ilorint!!' thought he.
How happy it would make poor Jean,
Tor i would enable him to return TO his
dearly beloved Esther sooner than he had
dared 10 hope!
lie had already put aside 100 forms, but
at that rate It would take him three more
years to smass the sum requisite 10 enable
him TO 80 back to the village und wed the
ldolot his heart, the blacksmith's pretty
daughter.
Aseryant interrupted the course of his
meditations by suddenly opening the door
anu saying IN q surly voice that his Excel
lency awaited him.
wagner was go delighted at this that he
forgot even to remove his false sleeves, and
entered bis Ex~cellcnCy's apartment in his
old office coat.
Your maine, il you please? ~ demanded
the Chancellor, coldly.
II call myself Jean Wagner" replied
the cmploye. ~
Tie Chancellor strobe back and forth
several tlmes across the ealon, the while
staring llxcdly at Wagner.
"Are you married % he asked suddenly.
mo, Your Highness," answered Jean, in
a low voice.
Attsese words the manner Of the Chan.
ce!lor Instantly changed. With his "
hands he pushed q fauteuil toward Jean,
add begged him to ait down.
Jean seated himself, but he was afraid to
occupy more than a little corner OF the
gilded chair.
"Wou!d you like 10 become great lord?"
abruptly demanded the Chancellor,
Can Your uighness doubt i,2' replied
the employo.
Then you shall be one,"
Jean closed his eyes to arriye at a bette,
comPfehehsion OF this fairy tale.
perhaps His Excellency will make me
a notary in my village" thought he.
You will have llorins by the Thousand,
you Will be n man almost az rich as l am,
you will have magnillicently furnished
apartments, palaces, eQuipages, and more
still than all that-a young and pretty
wife,"
"And when will I have all that?" de.
manded jean, Sadly, for he thought His
Excelleacy was joking at his expense.
TO morrow morning."
Tomorrow morning." Imposaible ~
exclaimed the bewildered Young man.
why should it be impossible 2" inquir.
ed the Chancellor.
"Because | am afraid" stammered Wae.
ner IN confusion, "tha! Esther cannot YET
here in time!" o.
"What Esther ?"
why The Esther whom l wish to we'd
Esther, the blscksmith's daughter i"
ut seems 10 me that you a~re-psrdon
me the expressiou-a triile stupid!d
Wagner dare not utter another word.
"Le. us talk frankly, my friend" re-.
sumed the Chancellor. Il assure that this
thing is not TO be done for the sparkle Of
your bright eyes. Listen 10 me stten,iyely:
An Eugiish banker would like to under.
take in Austria an immense, a colossal at.
fair, an affair in which millions are 10 be
gained. But, in order that this affair NAV
DO concluded, it is imperative that he be
an Austrian suhjec The eflsr must be
presented Tomorrow at noon; but the
banker cannot present it, not being n sub.
ject OF Austria. Ills daughter ia to present
the .otler in his place, but she is not an
Austrian subject either. Well, to succeed,
to obtain the concession OF this important
affair, she must become one. And She will
become one TO- morrow morning by marry.
ing you. Do you understand nowY You
can esteem yourself fortunate in being an
Austrian and above all in being unmarried
for two days past l have been seeking a.
man like you, young, well-made, inteIli
gent and Tree. Time presses. have YOU
at hand and l take you. 1t is all under.
stood. Your vile will arrive in the railway
train tomorrow morning"
Wagner stood as il pelri6ed. He could
not haye uttered q word for all the treasures
Of the earth,
The Chancellor examined him once agaln
Gxedly and added:
"Iou must have been born with a caul
to have such unexpected good iortunew
Then, approaching Jean, he gave him a
little tap on the shoulder.
"Be here tomorrow at 7 o'clock in the
morning." continued he. "My tailor will
bring You all the necessary garments"
Alter having pronounced these words,
the Chancellor made the amazed young
man q s'gu which signited: snow you
con retire."
Wagner quilted the salon, his head
buzzlng with the recital he had Just heard.
: hand Of iron was pressing upon his
heart, ami so strongly tina. it almost broke
it, the poor heat oil the poor employe.
All that night jean could not sleep. He
saw necessarily not the rich heiress OIL
whom tho Chancellor had spoken to him,
with her YES. fortune, her grand equipageE