Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-02
4 FRENCH CONSPIRACY.
yrran.lss.d for the Dispatch BY Professor o. 4

a. sourmands for its mushrooms and ca
,o,s there lived before the year 17S9 the
.amiiy dc jury, noted from the beginning
NJ the Revolution for its attachment TO the
King and the fallen monarchy, a dangerous
attachment for which II, like so many
cthers had 60 pay heavy penalty. Mr.. de
.Jurry, his wife, and an only daughter, ak
,ccn wears Of age. wero obliged 10 leave
,bcir native town and emigrate. They
,vent 10 England full of the illusions
vb,ch al that time buoyed up their party,
and had soon 30 suffer all tho inconve-
nicnces of exile--the isolation, poverty,
and humiliations which Cypress emigrants
who up 10 that time had lived in ease and
even luxury, felt these priyationsstill more
shan her father and mother. The young
OIL bore with ip patience the annoyance
III boiuc obliged TO do without chamber
maid. silk dresses. and dainties which
dunmg her childhood she had not even had
The trouble 10 wish for. She was lively
pleasures and the toilet. Nine. de Jury.
fat from roprimanding her for these dan
ferrous tastes. confined herself TO express
In her daughters presence her regret for
her vanished fortune and lost position.
The ninth Of Thermidor came and
brought hope to the emigrants. MIR. de
Jury fastened TO profit by this moment of
r4lM. and before having oven ODtdlutu MS
permi.sion he returned 10 France with his
tsn1Iv and established himself in Paris.
a.. was allowed 20 live unknown in one OF
She suburbs Of the capital. but all his en-
dcavors TO recover his property were fruit
loss. lie languished for q couple Of years
In state bordering on Indulgence and died,
"a wei as his wife, leaving behind him q
pirl Of eighteen, whose only fortune con-
sisted Of rare beauty aud an excessive de-
sire for pleasure. Olympic, hidden In the
Gftb story OF house far removed from the
centre Of the city. passed her year OF
mourning with an old seamstrcss, TO whom
,he had been cOnfded by her dying
mother: but, tormented 10y her tyrannicai
desires her natural taste, and her aversion
fo work and care, she was not tardy, IN
orading the inefficient surveillance OF her
companion. The epoch of which we speak
WIS oulv too indulgent 20 liberty which
oegcneratod into RIGHTEOUSNESS. 1t was
daring the time of the Directory, and II
seemed as il people were trying by means
~ excuses 20 forget the bloody crlsis
through winch they bad just passed. Balls
md nightly festivities succeeded each
other aud multiplied every quarter OF the
c'tv had ito mysterious gardens. every
r'r4ei its nocturnal reunions. IL was dlif-
cult for Olympic to resist the general I'M.
ruise. especially "a the wooers Of that pc
rod. like new Don GiOvannis, did not hest
.ber love. tho right Of divorce having
been lately introduced among the statutes
Tlev abused this lever of inhdellty to such
degree that n marriage frequently dld not
last longer than ten days, and that III bad
happened 10 more than one citizen that ne
lad been married three times and divorced
twice within one month.
Olympe had attracted the attention of q
f0p. Mr.. Ducantai. the son OF contractor,
o-J the vounc man married her.
Then life commenced for the young
woman Of which she had been dreaming
aver since her childhood-a life of luxury,
destination. and pleasure Olympic was
considered one of the handsomest women
Of the time, and shOne az Ranelagh, ut
Narbocuf. and at the ball OF the We
tmcs.n She gave parties and had adj
rirors. Mr.. Ducantal was not jealous,
ami rs long as be was in love he paid with
ont counting. But this life was too sweet
e. last The finances Of the contractor
suffered a check. and the love OF his son
erew weaker, or, TO speak more correctly,
rassed away. The young man was en-
shaved by little actress OF the hepuOl-
can Theatre. and commenced looking al
Olympe's expenses with an lnVesugatlhS
eve. This examination was followed 10y a
reform which Disguised Nine. Ducantal.
The citigeness could not make up her
mind 20 bargain with her milllner, or not
10 change furniture and horses once. q
month. II has been remarked that tho
usual cause of revolutions III n state -
money. The governing demand more than
the governed are willing to give; a misun-
derstanding arises, they quarrel. ana a
separntion follows. It's the same thing in
a household. The demands ana com
plants Of Nine Ducantal and the reiusals
of her husband brought on dlsasreeaole
scenes. The lady reproached tho gentle
man for his iDidelities; the gentleman
considered tho attentions of sundry cll-
lens suspicious; both parties agreed thht
az invlncihle incOmpatlbili;y OF temper
rendered q common life insupportable,
AL 80 they were divorced with the same
hurry that they had married.
The cltizcness Olympic was again open 10
matrimonial offers. The question now was
f1 find some rich fellow who was willing 10
furnish the funds tor new establishment
on the condition of receiving handsome
Wife in exchange. Candidates presented
themselves in crowds, but among all that
PEOPLE there was not contractor. nor the
SON of contractor. They were very
smiable young men without penny,
OF men of middle age, who. having
some claims to prefer to the director, Par
ris, needed a young wife TO give more
force 10 their reasons and more Legitimacy
TO their good right. Olympic refused all
nfODOrltlDIt.
she could afford 10 wait. In the mean
while she enjoyed the liberty which cha
racteriZcd society nj that time, received
women divorced like herself, occupied a
pretty apartment, saw much company, ana
made debts. The directory passed away
aud made place for the consulate, greater
s0liditv became the fashion, and people
commenced thinking not only OF their
pleasures but also of making their for
a A huVn married "a
lieutenant. but not being very prOyldent,
and caring little for Bonaparte and the fu-
turc that awaited him and those who had
attached themselves 10 his party, she lether
oppor;unity slip-chance on the contrary
or old memories connected her Win
fhe emiCrants. who were the courtier9 or
thencw Government, but WHO showed no
disposition 10 marry Nine. Ducantal. the
divorced wife Of contractors son. Al
the beginning of the empire Olympic was
thus In the equiyocal position Of woman
without a protector, whose connections
erelooked upon as questionable. and whose
simplest actions are open To cruel lnter-
yretatiOn. aud besides, she was tied down
with lcaden chains she hau uepts.
Io have debts. II is nothing to man OF
lusiness who possesses the art 81 diminish
,ro without having them, while pretty
woman who is ia debt is lost through the
eternal genius of the money-lenders to
whom she is obliged TO apply, aud through
tae vicious nature of her creditors. Inc
mora she pays the more she owes. The
time came when Olympc's liberty was
threatened. A bailih made his appearance
g. seize her furniture and her person, 1T
was in vain TO try MIR. Ducantal. he had
cone forever; the only thing that re-
NAMED was to bow her head and submit
20 the inevitable. A young woman about
.. lose her property and 90 to prison loses
hall of her charms, besides, there was
limit in her irregularities which Olympic
as vet never bad crossed. She therefore
asked the bailif for a few hours TO arrange
matters. enforcing her request with some
Establishments.
What a few hours?" answered the
officer calamity. Much more than that,
II you wish Il is only the question about
cOnfes,iing judgment"
Thejudgment being confessed, the youns
woman breathod she had gained time;
One DAY as she was ransacking her mind
for an issue out OF her embarrassing posi-
ton. her chambermaid brought her seal
81 ..yhs.b "a aaryQuf without livery