The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-13
YELLOW ROSES.
"A Beautiful Resurrection Of Youth
full Love.

"A 6cduClIul fSeSurIoCClOu O1 4OuGu.
full Love.
This yellow rose tree brings story
to my mind.
One evening two years ago I went to
spend few hours with an old lady,
amiable, witty, and kind, who lives near
me. Sheis passionately fond of flowers.
and YOU could not conceive the delight
1 take in making beautiful bouquets for
her. or how happy am in her surprise
when l take her flower that she does
not know or which is not common in the
country.
Yesterday when went in found an
old gentleman with her who came into
our neighborhood a year ago to take
possession of large estate which was
left him by distant relative on condi-
ton that he should take with the prop
.erty the name of its former owner. He
is called. accordingly. NJ. Descoudraies.
He sought an introduction to my old
friend. and | soon had reason to he jeal-
Gus of his attentions to her; they formed
a friendship for each other, and spent
almost all their earnings together play
ing trictrac.
| saluted them quietly in order not to
interrupt their game. and then, when
it was ended. offered Nine. Lorgerel a
bouquet of yellow roses which l had
bought.
My roses were very beautiful, al
81, Il
had caused the yellow roses to bloom
imperfectly; mine, sheltered by the pro-
lection of a roof, were perhaps tho only
perfectly expanded ones in the neigh
borhood. Nine. Lorgerel uttered ex-
CARNATIONS of delight over the beautiful
bouquet.
NJ. Des~oudraies said nothing. but APP
peared preoccupied. l remarked this
with surprise. not understanding the
mysterious influence of my veHow roses,
but Nine. Lorgerel soon spoke of some
thing else, and l thought 1 must have
been mistaken.
As for NJ. Descoudraies, he began to
laugh. and said:
has recalled, as by an operation of mag
lie, a whole epoch of my youth?
During the last five minutes have
been but twenty years old: within five
minutes have fallen in love anew with
a woman who must row be sixty years
old, if she is still living. 1 must tell
you this story; it concerned circum-
stance that has hal great influence
over my whole life, and whose memory,
even o-day, when my blood has only
Just warmth enough TO continue life and
play trictrac, does not tail to move me
in an extraordinary manner.
81 was twenty years old a little more
than forty years ago. l had only just
come from college, where young men
spent more time then than in these DAYS.
After having ripely considered for me
and without my aid the choice of vo-
cation. my father announced to me one
morning that he had obtained for me a
Lieutenancy in the regiment of --.
quartered in a city of Auvergne, and
babe me hold myself in readiness to SET
out on the third day.
Il was somewhat disturbed for sew.
-eral reasons. In the first place 1 did
not like military life, but that would
have been an objection easily overcome;
the sight of a itch uniform, few am
bilious phrases. little music would
easily have made of me an Achilles OF
a Caesar.
"But was in love.
Il would not for anything in the
world have ventured to mention this to
my father. His sole response to such q
confidence would have been an order
to depart that very night. But had
an uncle. Such an uncle!
He was man then of nv present
age; but he had remained young, moi
toward himself, indeed, for never did IN
old man renounce with better grace.
Satan, his pomps and his deeds. but to.
ward others. He loved young people;
he understoodsthem without being jeal.
GUS of them. He did not believe that
his infirmities were progress nor his old
age necessarily wisdom. Through his
Kindness of heart and his reason he lived
in the happiness of others. 1 went to
him and said to him: 'Uncle, am
very unhappy
wager twenty louis that you are
not said he.
".Ah! uncle, do not joke. Besides,
you would lose.
III 1 lose I will pay; perhaps that
will help to comfort you
mo, uncle; money has nothing to
do with my trouble.
Tell me about it.
MY father has just announced to me
that I am Lieutenant in the regiment
OF -.
"a splendid misfortune! The hand.
soonest uniform possible, and the officers
are all gentlemen
'..But, uncle, l do not wish to be q
soldier
What, You do not wish to be sol.
der? Can it be that You are not brave?
81 do not know yet; but you are the
only one in the world whom allow to
ask ME such question
"'Well, then, Cid, my dear fellow,
why do you not want to be 3 soldier?
'Well, uncle it is because want to
marry
"Oh.
There is no oh in the matter, uncle
I am in love-
as that what you call unhappiness,
you migrate? l only wish were in love
myself. And who is the object of your
tender flame?'
".Ah. uncle. she is an angel
"'Yes, know, it is always an angel