Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-13

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 -~''' 1S = 'tRaynaond, tue must see each other no nore,
 "But I have more to say. Raymond, be courageous. Alas! we must see each other no more. All this pleasant dream must now be broken, and you must cease to think of me-"
 q do not understand"- "You will never understand. How gladly would have spared you this. I tried, Ray l mond, even though it seemed my own heart would break. did not want you to love me, l nor to love you, for knew what the end must be-"
 "But what obstaclea" "I cannot tell you."
 "Is it fortunea, I know I am poor, but we are young, and I feel sure that I shall sue ceed ill my profession. Indeed, am doing we'll now for young man." sIt is not thai. This is an insurmountable obstacle and one not of my creation nor l yours. We must bear it as best we may, hav- 1 ing for our only consolation our mutual love. And, Raymond, think it better that wepart l now, and forever.n
 "Is not this something which you have 1 imagined graver than it is? Is it your fathers opposition that you feara" | "No."
 1 "But, Suzanne, love you!" continued he, with all the sublime egotism of a lover who l considers that one fact to entitle him to | everything he wants, and to excuse him for l all his follies.
 ssThat is what feared, what wished to l avoid, for it is great misfortune. Renounce me, renounce all hope" ''Is there anything against my familya | What is 1ts'
 1 "Hush. Raymond. I should be proud to bear your name, but it is utterly impossible shall never marry, neither you nor another l This obstacle has existed always and will as 1 long as live"
 l The two young lovers talked yet long l time, but always with the same conclusion, and Raymond was obliged to accede to the l firm resolution of Suzanne. When he walked home, his head bowed | upon his breast and his heart ill mingled tu mutt of joy and despair, his mother watched him attentively. and at last decided that she 1 would go alone and ask of M. Forney that he consent to receive Raymond as suitor for the hand of Suzanne.
 She loved Raymond so tenderly that she could not bear too see his visible suffering. When she asked Pierre the following day to harness the pony phaeton for her, as she wished l tC drive out alone, he said: l 'sMother, have wished for some time tQ speak to you, and if you can spare Q few mo- ments will say what wish now. You are going out to drive. Will you not go as far as the White House aud ask M. Forney's per- mission for me to address his daughters Of course, you could not have known anything of my heart, as I could not gather courage enough before to speak of it, but feel as if life will hold little charm for me if cannot win Miss Forney for my wife"
 Julia sat as if petrifed. She had known before that Pierre admired Suzanne, though for awhile she forgot, but now, while her fa- vorite sons fate hung in the balance, she could not think of his pain. Besides, she thought that the extreme quietness of this avowal betokened a lack of feeling and that Raymond loved more profoundly and would suffer more; therefore, she took Raymond's part ill her mind
 r. "I will do as you wish, my son." said she,
 "but be prepared for disappointment. have some reason to think Suzanne's heart is engaged elsewhere"
 'The man who becomes her husband will have reason to be thankful for so great Q
 blessing," said Pierre growing white to the
 very lips and turning away. Little did he
 imagine that Raymond loved her.
 Suzanne was sitting in her room when
 Mime. De Noirville drove up and she felt 6
 premonition of what was coming. Julia
 asked only to see M. Forney, and Roger
 went down to the reception room in obedience
 to her request His heart beat high with
 unpleasant emotions which he always felt 1T her presence, but he had schooled himself to bear it in the pursuit of his purpose.
 q have not come to make simple visit,
 said she "but to ask great favor of you, ont so great that my heart fails mo before ask.
 "Speak, madame" !" said Roger. My son Raymond loves your daughter with all his heart and have come from hin to beg your consent to his paying his ad dresses to Mile. Forney, if you have made III previous arrangements with another
 At the first words Roger rose, pale ant
 breathless. At last he said hoarsely:
 "Impossible! Impossible!" "Sir," continued Julia, "he is poor. but h. has talent and honor His father was one o : the best lawyers in France, and Raymond in herits his ability. You must have heard o his father, M. Forney. His name was Luciel
 De Noirville."
 "I think have beard his name," said Roge painfully. 9There was something, think, il
 the papers about-some terrible-some poie !. nantp-
 J "You have heard that then?" said Julia in constrained voice.
 "Did he not die in the midst of an addres
 to the jury, in the interest of friend accuse ), of robbery, I think followed by assass U nation-a friend and brother in arms, whor ! he believed innocent2"
 "He was innocent, that friend. He wa. U indeed!"t
 "What became Of this mani He was COT 5 5 demned, was he not?" "Yes, but most unjustly; and he was kille e a year or so afterward while trying to escaI e from the galleys." Her head dropped, and she would hay 1T fallen to the floor without his aid. "It is nothing; slight giddiness. Thel Q are some recollections that are very painf, o' in every life," said she. There was a silens 'r of some moments. Then she resumed: 1T sSo you will not accord me the happine
 of my son?"
 He made no answer. He was passing in r
 view all that dreadful past with its trag g, history. He tried to think whether he wou]