Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03
HOW A WOMAN LOVED.

AS tho marquise has said. began thu
old doctor. "loyc IL an affair Of tomprra-
meht. for my part. a passion came IN.
der my observation that lasted fifty.hvs
years, withou, day u respite, and was
terminated only by death"
Tho marquisc olapped her hands
"lsn't that nicer cried she. allow
delicious 10 be loved so' What happi.
mess 10 live iifiy.hvo years envolopcd by
such Affectioni How happy he should
b.. and how he oush, % bless life. tho
man who Is adorod In that fa,iiionl-
The doctor resumed with smiici
'lndeed. madam, yon are not deceived
upon tho point that tho beloved being
was man You know him-hc Il NJ
Chouquci, the apothccary o. tho town
~ 10 tho woman, you knew her also
the was the old chair mondes. who came
every year 10 tho chateau. bat will
max, myself better undcrstood."
The enthusiasm 81 tho ladies had
cooled and their counicnances expressed
disgust, ~ n love had no business save
with elegant and highborn pcoplc
Tho doctor coniinucdi
"rhr,a months ago I was summoned
TO tina, old womans doaihbcd sho had
arrived the day before In the wagon tina,
served her for a dwelling. drawn by tho
curry horse you have seen aud accom-.
panied by her two huge black dogs, her
friends and guAnliAnA Tho cure was
already th-rc. she inside NJ her testa.
mrntafy executors. and. % explain o. ~
the meaning Of her last wishes, related
Ia NJ tho history Of her whole lilo. !
know Of nothing moro touching.
"licr father and mother both werc
chair mcnderA She had never lived In
n house built upon tho ground. when
young sho had wandered about, ragged
and dirty. They stopped just outside OF
the Villages, along the ditcheai they un.
harncssedi tho hor-e crvppcd tho grass.
tho dos dosci. bis Inuxkle upon his paws,
AMI the child rullcsl amid thu vrrdurr,
while her parents nondod. In tho shade
Of tho roadside olms. all tho old chairs
OF tho commune They spoke but little
Aftsr the Few words necessary 20 decide
who should 30 around among the houses
uiienng tho well known cry, Tho chair
member IL herer they began 10 twis, tho
straw, sitting oppcrite 10 each other or
sido by aido, When the child ftrayed
no FAR or cndesyorcd 10 make tho NC.
quaintanee 81 soms village urchin, her
fathers angry voice recalled her with,
WIN you come here, yUu little wTolchy
Thcso were tho hndcst words ahe ever
heard.
"when rho grow larger they sent her
10 gather up tho broken chairs while
thus engaged ahe bocame acquainted
with several lads hero and there, bat Il
was th"n the parents Of her now friends
who roughly recalled their children.
shoutingi Will you come hero, you
slovenly boyi IN teach you better than
10 chatter with bafriooted yagrantsi-
Often tho iltilo laln throw stone. Al her.
some ladies having given her few
sous. sho kept them carefully. one day
she was thon twelve ycan old-Ai she
was passing through this district, Abe
met back Of tho cemetery little Chou.
qnet' who was weeping because a CON.
rAio had stolen two sous from hlm
Those tears Of n little bourgeois. Of ono
Of thoao lads whom sho imagined In her
weak vagrant'u head 10 DO always con.
tented and Joyous, upset hor She ap
preached, and whom hho knew the rca.
son Of his trouble she poured into hla
hands all her sayingp. seven EouA Ho
naturally took them aud wiped away his
tearA Then, wild with Joy, abe hal tho
Audaeity 10 kisa him. A. he was atten.
lively gazing at tho money no lot her 70
ahead. Seeing that she was neither 10.
pulsed nor beaten ahe began again; she
Rugged him with all her might, with all
her heart Then she ran OF.
what was passing IN her miserable
head Had she attached herself 10 thi
boy because she had sacrificed her yaga.
bonds fortune for him, or because shs
had given him her first tender kissl Tho
mystery u tho same for children a. Tor
grown up people For months she
dreamed VI that corner Of the cemetery
aud Of tho boy In the hopo Of seeing
him again she robbed her parona. pock.
citing a sou here aud another thoro from
the money zhe collected Tor chair mend.
-fNi y $50 '''"A NAAA NlAiAu tllo Mis-
sent 10 buy provisions
when ahe returned 70 tho district she
had two francs Ia her pocket, but she
could only catch gimpso Of the l!t.le
apothecary. looking very neat, through
the window OF the patornh shop, DO.
tween u bottle filled with rcd llquii and
shelf well stocked with drugA She
only loved him tho more, fascinated.
agilated, rendered oostatio by this glory
OF oolored water, this apothooais Of
sparkling CLAUS,
"she kept In her memory the lnefface.
able recollection u him, aud when she
met him the following year. back Of tina |
school house, playing marbles with his |
comrades, she Rugged and kissed him |
with such violence that he howled with |
fear Then, TO quiet him. she gave him
her money-thre francs twenty con. |
hmes-a genuine treasure that ho stared |
NJ with wide open eyes. He took h |
and lei her cares him as long as shs
wanted To