Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-01

"Ahl how I should like tss e ~
his pardon" murmured ps p Saaaos
eyes were already moist with 1 u, VIA
AT night Miss Olivia swetson L..
DUTY to come and inquire srs 1ssas
moiselle was feeling ILL.," Pan,, "aeths
devil in English, which IL a cent isS,
than the same thing in Freno aaniasl,
With her d~isorderly imaginati,,
nervousness, fierce will and eraa
fined feelings, the young e;. acesaS
passed that summer night in o.. MI
to fancy than to describe. Thryn S
window the intoxicating perfuT'a
warm caresses Of the air c,ma u
wonderful garden to bring tn us aaass
previously unknown. All thu e. sa<s
nature, all the joys of air aait, yu'eas
revealed to her new mysteries Wa
Vicious soil that wild young be.r .aa.s
afforded for the growth of a snds. ~
By daybreak she found herself ~ NJ
Of an irresistible love. She u ~ he O.
enamored of Guy. vas nx
Naturally prone to enthusiasm .,,,
blythe deiirious visions of the night sss
less actions, Paula at once resoiraa aass
her knees before the man she b.s. % O..
evening before and ask bis n.-da asuia
that would plainly show him wi.a II "a,
she would now accept the yoke imas Wit
her by the late NJ. de Kersec assad
At 2 o'clock in the afternoo,
went out to put her project int ae aera,
But luckily the walk, the bright sr essas,
palpable realities of life toucbinsh aalsss
side, gradually aroused her to a AZ. oasN
derstanding of the situation. 'aua
Still, she did not altogether aiv.
project. She went to the notary 1 sns
him to see Guy, giving him fuI n4a y
act. psa
About Z O'Clock the reply WAC h..
MI. Grappin. The girl almost f.; %uqsa
the shock it inflicted upon her ema. s
ture. Guy positively refused to ,.Ia
her guardians fortune.
"Never" he had said, repeating II.
of Paula. aAs
Any one except Mile. de SambrOc,u
have been completely disheartened NV
communication. But she was y:
least. On the contrary, it now sesns1a
that such a husband was all the mo,aH
winning. And full of her exorhitan.
she undertook to write to him.
What a letter it was. GUY had l..
god in her eyes. She threw a vert,fs y
airy into her words, arl humiliatrd h.
even to the extent of praying for ,,ss
Human passion adopted a mo,s n.y.
ing guise without actually %renounci,. |,
self pride.
Guy, on reading these pages, viii, .
vealed the excitement of a soul in a,-s
became afraid. This must be cr,zr !.
son." he thought, "or at least a bv,, :
schoolgirl"
And he wrote back, very cooIIy bt w.
firmly, that he did not think himself ro-..
of the honor which Paula wished to do lr
This time Mile. Sambrecnur, e,cAg !,
her emotion almost to the point of dqirr.s
thought that her despair would resTr Is
her.
And by a phenomenon easy enough III =,
derstand, the more Guy showed himself 4.
niied the more he grew wonderful IN /
eyes. Her love for him became sonph,
colossal. Forces previously unknown Sew,
to awaken in her soul. Guy became for b
the entire universe. Guy alone existed 4,
without him the sun would 90 out anil
earth become q glacier. Sometimes en-
shocks came to her-death she thought t.
| joyous companion.
For a whole month she waited for sousa
| portunity to bring her face to face whit
man whose memory she lived for. TEo
three times they exchanged a few word;
writing. But Servieres remained inaezGt
The old notary quito interested himself
the affair, and proud of being able to h
a role in it, did all he could for her with G,
"She will kill herself he said one dav.
The young man answered only by q sn
of incredulity.
$50 Unjust die" said pretty Paula at !
to Miss Olivia.
And indeed the condition of mental
| element in which the young girl lived col
not last long. With a nature soprodigiou
| nervous as hers, no brain could endure I
strain.
One morning she rose up very calm, q
sat down to her desk to write to Servieres
"Within the space of a few days.
wrote, II have lived q whole lifetime Of
| ments and of delights. The future with
! you would have given me only blunted
sations and benumbed pleasures. Nowl
in ecstasy, taking with me the memoryof
paradise l had imagined. Bless youf@
good and for the evil which You have
me-"
An hour later she mounted her hors
rode at a gallop through the Bots de b
ogne. Reaching the st. James pond,
evoked the memory of her grandmothai
urged her horse i~npetuously into the
water.
Only q month before she would
killed herself to escape marrying Guy.
woman.
When help came it was too late. She
found dead, like Ophelia, under a carpe
water lilies. -Translated from Figaro
The New Orleans Times-Democrat.