Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
THE YELLOW ROSES.

!
Here is a yellow rose-tree which reminds
me OF a story. | went one evening, two
years ago. to pass few hours at the
house of an old, dmiable, intellectual and
( indulgent lady, who lives near me; she is
passionately fond of flowers, and you can
scarcely guess how much coquetry | eXer-
else IN making bouquets for her; how de-
/ lighted ! am with hsr establishment when
! | carry Der flower she is not acquainted
with, or one that is not common in our
country.
On my arrival there yesterday, found
with her an old gentleman, who, about a
/ year since took possession Of u large pro-
/ perty left to him by distant relation
/ upon the condition of his bearing the
name of it, and who is consequently called
/ NJ. Descondraies,
( He got introduced to my old friend; and
/ | soon had reason to be jealous of his
assiduties; they quickly conceived friend
ship for each other and passed almost all
/ their evenings together playing at back
CANNON.
/ ! bowed in silence that might not in
/ terrupt the conversation, and when it was
finished presented to Madame Lorgerel a
| bouquet Of yellow roses which had
! brought With me
My roses were cry fine ones, in addition
! to which the rains Of that year caused
roses TO bloom badly, mine, sheltered by a
projecting roof, perhaps the only yellow
roses in the neighborhood that had bloss
omed well Madam Lorg rel was deighte d
with her beautiful bouquet.
NJ Descondraies said nothing, but he
appeared absent, and a little agitated.
looked at him in establishment, being
quite unable to comprehend the mysterious
influence of my yellow rose; bat Madame
Lorgerel spoke of something else, and
| believed must have eeen mistaken.
As for NJ Descondraies, he smiled, and
would have laughed, but it did not amount
to a laugh and said:
"Woud you believe, that this bouquet
has just called up as if by magic opera
tion, an entire epoch of my youth? Dur
ing FIVE minutes have been twenty years
old during FIVE minutes have again be-
come in love with lady, who if she be
still alive, must be sixty. must tell you
this story. 1t is a circumstance which has
exercised a great influence over my life,
and the remembrance Of which, even now,
when my blood ma o more warmth left
than just to enable me to live and play at
backgammon, does not fail to agitate me
in an extraordinary manner.
was twenty; that is rather more than
forty years ago. had but just left col
lege, at which young men stayed rather
later than they do at present. After hay-
ing deiberated seriously for me, but with
out consulting me upon the choice OF a
profession, my father one morning an
nouuced to me that he had procured me
a lieutenancy in u regiment then In city
of Auyergne, and desired me to be ready
to join 1t In three days
81 was greatly discontinued on many ac-
counts In the first place mad no liking
for military life. bat that was an objec-
ton that might have been quickly over
come; the sight Of q handsome uniform, a
few ambitious sentences, and little
music might easily have made an Ashilles
or a Caesar of me.
But ! was in love!
"On no consideration would have
ventured to say a word Of this to
my father; his only reply to my confidence
would have been 10 order me to set out
that very evening
"But had an uncle, what an uncle he
was!
''He was a man of Leerly the same age
that / am now; but he was still young, not
for himself but FOR others; for never did
an old man resign to satan his pomps,
works and vanities with better grace. He
loved young people; he understood them
without being jealous OF them He did
not believe that inhrmities we're pro-
prass, or that old age was necessarily Wis
dom. By the force Of goodness and reason
he lived upon the happiness of others. lie
was mixed up with all the generous fol-
lies, all the noble extrayagances of youth;
he was the conhdant and protector Of all
lovers the assistant IN cases of debt, the
encourager of hopes.
u went to his house and saluted him
With
Dear uncle, / am very, very unfortu-
nate
81 will bet twenty louis you are not,
said he
Dear sncIe, don't Joke Besides, you
would lose.
off / lose ! will pay; and that perhaps
will help to console you
No, uncle, money has nothing TO do
with my grief.
We'll. tell 1t me then.
Nv father has just announced to me
that am a lieutenant in the regiment
Of
Pretty misfortune, that, TO be sure.
One Of the handsouest uniforms in the
army: the officers all gentlemen,
"'But, uncle, / don't wish to be a
y0ldierl
What! You don't wish TO be sol
dier2 Perhaps you are deficient in cour-
age
i scarcely know yet, uncle; neverthe-
less YOU are The only person would allow
to POI uch a qCestiIn to me.
. Well. br-ye Cid, and my very great
friend. why are you 50 unwilling to be a
soldiery
Because ! wish to be married.
BAH
tits very well for you to sly Bah! I
am IL love
Do YOU call that misfortune, you