St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-15

was not thought Of by either the captain or
his wife. Eiiane demanded to know whether
she was the Marchioness de herpry or not
TIE impetu0us Benoit. who had just ex-
hausted his patience, struck her II was to
this circumstance that Nine. Benoit al
luded when she spoke of a few disagreeable
moments long since forgotten
When the case of Kerpry vs.. Kerpry was
called, the Sieur Benoit mainly attempted
10 prove that he had always been recognized
as the MARQUIS de Kerprv. He was sentenced
to sign his name plain Benoit and to pay the
cost Of prosecution. When this intelligence
was made known to him he wrote an insult
ing letter to the count, signing it Benoit, and
the following Sunday he came home on
4 streteher with ten centimeters of steel in
his body He had fought With the count,
whose sword had snapped in the wound
Elane reached his side in time to receive his
apologies and farewell.
If this event had not created scandal, the
rural districts would not be rural districts.
The rustic gentry Of the vicinity displayed an
exasperatiou truly amusing. They would
gladly have recalled from the false marchion-
ess the visits they had male her The widow
knew nothing Of the noise going on around
her; she was mourning. Not that she was
lamenting the loss Of Mons. Benoit whose
faults had never cured her of marriage; but
she mourned over her misplaced confidence,
her vanished hopes. her ciTcumscrioed hCri-
zOu. her unsatistipd ambition. Would you
form an idea OF her condition, Imagine
faouir who was told that be would never see
Fishu. From rptrest she cast upon the Fau
Lourg Saint German the same longing
glances with which Eve regarded Paradise
sitter being driven from it.
Dra r1grrfuc- in 1874 ga She KCas lament
fng-overa bud OF clemstis-her daughter
ran b \. She caught the chid's dress and
kissed her. repruaching herself for haying
thought less of her daughter than Of her sor-
rows. When hardly more than four years OF
age little Lucille gave promise Of beauty
and aristocratic bearing Her features
were charming; her hands and feet exquisite.
E.iane could not recall one child she had
ever seen playing at the Tuilleries with so
disringue an air. She imprinted another kiss
on the forehead Of the little girl, who ran of
10 her play. She wiped her eyes, and from
that time wept no more.
''What was I dreaming aboUtn' she mur-
INJURED, as she resumed her happy smile.
All is not lost yet; everything can be dr.
ranged; It's ali right; it's for the best; will
gain my point; it VIII require patience, but
those proud doors shall vet open 10 receive
! Il
5een married enough. | won't be caught
again As for the marchioness, why there she
is payiug among the straw berries. / will
choose q real marquis for her, my experience
ought 10 be worth something 10 me. /
shall become the mother Of a real mar
chioness! She viii be received everywhere, and
so will [; feted everywhere and so will /;
She Will dance with dukes, and will
match her as she dances, unless these gentle
men Of 1880 make a law 10 leave all nam
mas in the dressing rooms
From this hour her only thought was that
Of preparing her daughter for the position of
= marchioness She dressed her like doll.
Taught her countless grimaccs that go 20
make up grand manners, and showed her
now 10 make courtesics, while her governcss
taught her the a, B. C's. Unfortunately
little Lucille was not born in the Rue de Bac.
The songs Of birds awOile her; not the roll
ing Of carriages, and she saw more villagers
in blouscs than footmeu in livery. She
needed her mothers lessons in aristocrscy
about as much as that relative did the dia-
tribes Of her father, VI. Lopinot, against
lnarquises The tastes of children are
formed by their surroundings; their ears are
open to q hundred teachers al the same time;
country sounds and city sounds speak 10
them in louder tones than those Of peda-
Eugucs OF parents Nine. BenOt preached
n vain; the earliest pleasures oi the young
marchiuuess were lighting with little girls OF
!hr village, 10 rolling in the SAND in her
clean dresses stealing eggs from hens nests
and making an old Scotch terrier pull her
lround'whie she clung 10 his tail. To see
her playing in the garden a close observer
could not fail 10 discover the blood OF the
good man Morel and of old LOpiuOt. Her
mother was in despair at seeing that her
daughter did not possess the slightest particle
oi pride or vanity nor the faiutest trace oi
soquelrv. She longrd with feverish impa-
irucc for the day when Lucille would treat
somebody with contempt, but Lucille opened
her heart aud her little arms To all the good
people around her, from Margot, the milk
maid. to the bluckest OF workmen Il at the forge.
As she grew up her tastes changed, but not
IN the direction desired by her mother. She
took an interest in the garden, the orchard,
the herd the chicken yard, the work shops,
in house keeping, aud (why shall We not say
NJ in tue kitchen. Sue had an eve 10
fruits she learned the art Of putting up pre-
serves. and displayed talent for pastry.
The people of tue house, instead Of becoming
impatient with her surveillance, took il with
all the kindness ia the world They under
stood. far better than Mime B,noit did, how
beautiful and how important a thing It
IS for a woman to initiate herself at
an early period into all the mysteries
Of order carcfulness aud a wise aud gener-
ous "a nomv, and those lesser talents that
constitute the charm Of homr and the JOY Of
guests TO whom its doors are opened.
Nine. Beuoit's lessons brought forth
strange fruits. They ". re not all lost, how
ever. The instructrrss was severe out of love
- ...rs - 1..~sa 8,
the marquisate, and basty in temperament
She lost patience so often that Lucille began
TO bee afraid Of her mother. The poor child
was So often salutcd with: "YOu don't know
anything about anything; YOU don't under
stand anything, aud you are very fortunate
in having me" that size very iuuocently got
e. believing that she was most fortunate in
having Nine. BenuL She really believed
herself TO be stupid, and, giving up all at
tcmpts 10 be otherwise, she grltided her de-
Sr.s Welded to her prOreusiurs, wss happy,
beloved aud charGiiug
Nine Benoit was 50 impatient 20 enjoy the
Hfa OF the Faabourg that she wou!G have
married Oh her daughter al fifteen. il she had
been abl, to do so. But Lucille was oulY Il
liitt girl a frteeu. Country children sre less
rrccOcious than city children; probably for the
reason that the Geld flowers bloom more
slowly than tbos" IN gardens. At sixteen
Lucille began 20 ih out She WAS yet a lit
tlc thin. a little rcd and a little awkward. but
her uwkuarducsS her tbiuneSs and her color
Nere not such as 10 frighten love away. She
wss ike those cbaste statues That German
sculpiors OF the middle ages cut 10 the
stone Of cathedrals, but no fanatic in Gre
ciau art wonld have declined playing the
part of pyCma.iou be her side.
One tne morning. her mother, after pack
ing five or SIX trunks, said 10 her: Il am
going 20 Paris 10 fnd y0u marquis FOR a
husband"
Yes. mamms,' she replied without The
slightest objection She hsd known for