St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-15
A PARISIAN MARRIAGE,
~ OR
THE MARCHIONESS' MOTHER.
B1 EDMOND ABoCT.


student in the government scaoo, having
ten years experience in mining, casting,
forging, ana tle telling and cutting of trees,
desires to find honorable employment in his
Speciality. Address Mons L. D. O., POste
Restante, Paris
Nine. B.noit, proprietress Of the splendid
FORCES of Arlangr, was in PLris, at this time,
81 her cosy little house in the rue Saint
D ,minique; but she neverread newspapers.
Way should she2 She was not looking for
any one to run her forges; she wanted hus-
band for her daughter.
Nine. B.noit's disposition and appearance
have changed since first knew her, but she
was at That time 4 most amiable person. Sac
was in fu.! enjoyment OF that seconi youth
fulness. that nature does not bes.Ow on
every woman. and that extends from the
fortieth to the fftieta year. Her slightly
majestic embon point gave her the appear
ance OF a full-blown flower, but there
was no suggestion Of fading. Her small eyes
sparEied with tue fire Of twenty years before;
her hair retained its color; Jer teeth did not
project; her chin and checks denoted vigor
and freshness, being smooth and devoil
Of that down that. in French women, GistiD-
gIishes second youthfulness from the first.
Her rs9cG and arms would hav. done credit
% many young woman. Her foot had fat
tened little under weight Of lG0 pounds,
but Der small. ROSY, diDp.ed hand gistened
with rings and bracelets. Tle mental quail
ties Of 50 accomplished person were in har-
mony with her appearance. Nine. B.nui's
mind was as quick as her eyes. Her figure
was not more developed than her character
Smiles played about tHat pretty mouth; her
pretty hands were always open TO give To oth-
ers. Her soul seemed to have been made Of
good nature ani kindness. To thos. who
expressed surprise at Il gLyety so sustained,
an1 at such constant goo nature, Nine. Be-
mott would say; Glow can do otherwisef I
was born happy. Ny life WAS never marred
by anything disagreeable, except perhaps Of
few hours durItion The present is ik:
a coudless sky. l ain sure Of the future; l
hold it in nv han Is. l must be mad indeed
10 grumble at fate"
Nothing is perfect in this world, and Nine.
B mott had one fault, but it WIS an innocent
one that injured only herssK. She was,
though am oition seems privilege OF the
sterncr sex, terribly am oitious. | regret not
tO have found another word % express her
only detccl. for Mm.. motifs am 5tion had
nothing in common with that o. nan. Sac
aimed at neither forLun. nor honors. Tae
FORCES at Arrange brou rht her an income OF
30, D00 francs, and b.sijes, Nine. B ;noit was
not woman to accept anything from the
government Of 1916. Wlat then, did she
aspire tof Very little. s. little thit You will
b. IN lDlc to understand 1t until / shall have
given You an in sight iutD the early life OF
Nine. Bsnolt, nee L1pinot.
Gabrielle Augu,te E.ianc L1pinot was born
in the Faubourg Saint Gam ain, on the banks
OF that fDrtuuae. stream Of the rue dc B &c,
that Nine dc Stael preferred TO all the rivers
in Europe. Her parents, who belonged to
the middle class, hal notion store under
the sign Of "B u Sint Lpuis, - and they ac-
cumuateda large fortune in quiet wly.
Tner principles were wei known, their de-
Votion to the monarchy AMI respect for the
nobility seemed for them the custom OF
the whole neirab)rhooi. VI. Lopi-
not. like well-brei shopIeeper. never sent a
bin until 1t was asked for He was never
known 20 sue a rtcIcitraut .btor Many
descendant OF the crusaders brlke himself at
The Bon Siint Louis" hut those who did
pay made arm IA Is for those who lid not.
This enterpr.s,ng merchant surrounded by
nustrious persons, some of whom cheated
him. while he cheated others. grew, in time,
70 desp.se his customers. IL app AIRED hum
ble aud respectful in his shop, bat he was
up with a spring wlrn they crossed his door.
He astonisAeI his wiic and daughter b. the
freedom Of his opinions and the audIcity OF
his savings Nine. L1pinot could scarcely re-
fraiu from crossing herself devoutly when he
said, on one occls!Jl, after dinner: Il am
fond Of mlrquisss, they seem TO be good
p,ople, but un Ter no consideration would
want one for a sou-iu-hw''
Gabrielle Auguste Elane had different
Iotons. sac would have been delighted with
a marquis, aui. since each of Us has a part to
PLAY in The drama Of llfr, she would gladly
have tered the role Of marchioness. T1is
daughter, who was as familiar with
calaslcs as country chiilrca are
with swallows. had lived in a perpetual
scene OF solenll Awake, like other
girls. to admiration. she admired the
objects that surrounded her; dne buildings.
horses, toilets uul livery. WIrn sac vas
twelve years Of age great name eterted i
fascination over her; at hiteen she was in-
fatuated with the F5uhourg STINT Germain,
that Is for that arist5csIcy that IN
AGNES itself superior to all mankind hv
right or birth. O. reaching marriag .dble
age. au idea cam, intb her head, thtt II, by
some streak OF fortune, she could gaiu sd
mission into those stately mansions. whose
or,aI carriage wIys she admired from her
oWu dopr. sle N EIt eventually take her
place amoux thps' brilliant ladies' 10 wlom
she hardly dared rails, her eyes. auI also
tax, part In those couysrsla ms that were,
douOticsS. more iut.Hcctuu than books
after all 80 she would sav 10 herself. lit re-
Qutres no miracle to surtRouut this barrier
My fan sud my d2wrs oisat to sudies to
make conquest u duke or marquis. "
S1c bal an especial yeAr1ju- Tor a mar
qg'satr and vita reason. rIere ar~ dukes
aui coua's OF recent creation, who are not
received il n, FtgoourE, while tue mar
3uises. witl7u, exception. soriug from old
Hack ~ new ours having been created
since Nolicre's time
Il icfj 70 herself she might have required
% lsoter, % dnd the man she wautrd for a
husband. But she was under her mothers
proieytioo. sud NJ Lopjuoi merely came -
oiTcr her the hand of some notary or small
brvSrr. She disGalufully refused every odrr
until 1879. when. one 6ue morning. she
sWuNc 20 the fact jHst she VS. twenty five
years Of age. aud sGidrnly married VI.
Nor,l. proprietor Of the Arrange forgcs. He
vas su excellent msu of her own class, = hon
sSc woNii have hSrG a. wcl IS & marquis
had Ae a.yeu her time. but be died in Juy.
1880, six months after the birth " their
daughter The hzu lsomo widow vas 50 ozt-