Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-24

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this idea, he stood an instant before the
eoor OF his room before he ventnred to
open it.
Bah, IshaIl see and he pushed the
door open,
No, BY Joye, I was wrong r hs
cried.
On a ittla table by his bcd lay the
book he had bsen reading the eve
ming before, and beside it in pretty
Chinese vase. were two cigars. On the
table IN the centre fthe room were
tho rest of the cigars and the large vase
filed with flowers.
Is there a fairy in the chateau that
diyines all my wishesi" he exclaimed.
"Ah, here's something that breal,a tho
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BE had bent over the yase TO inhale the
perfume of the flowers the bouquet had
not been changed since the day before,
After all, it's my fault II catch my
fairy mapping.
Just then he heard the sound OF voices
/ in the hall.
.can get you anything, Missi''
asked a servant.
No, I" replied a fresh young voiee.
g Finish making up the other rooms
shall attend to this one myself.li
Ghnulaye hastily caught up his hat
and crop and hid himself behind cur
tain.
The door opened, and, framed in
Gheaf of flowers, Cendrinette appeared.
Shewas adorable. with her hair fall
ing about her shoulders and down below
her waist. her tender eyes and cheelSs
that the baron thought fresher than the
flowers she carried Although her
mother would not have admitted II her
| gown was too short, but it disclosed e1-
/ quisite little feet and afforded a view of
i pair OF well.turned ankles.
Those feet, thought the baron.
have certainly passed the age when
they should be kept In the nursery.
The girl had come into the room, and
now, like nice little houselreeper, cast \
glance about her. She removed the old
flowers and set about making q new
bouquet with infinite grace. Next she
carefully drew from the pocket of her
j apron a handful Of yiolets, still speclIed
with fresh earth, and placed them in the
smaller vase.
Then she looked tenderly at them for .
moment and murmured softly: The
big flowers are him-and the violets are
me.
When all was in order she fitted here
and there about the room as if she did
not like to leave it.
"Yes, she said to herself, I, every
thing is arranged. Here are his booirH
and his cigars, and hero are his flowers.
oh, If mamma would only let me wear
long dressesl I'm sure no would find
out that it is who do all this for him
g And what II he did find it outf'
asked pleasant voice.
I" NJ. de Chaulayel"
'' I was there hiding.
"Oh, sir, you were Watching me-"
Wait-stay moment, Cendrinette' =
No; let me go. oh, IL any one knew
was here''
Hasn' I Cendrinette right to be In
my room, since she is my good feiryI
And, besides, at your age -
AT my agef' and, no longer trying
TO get away, she burst into tears. You
are making sport of me because no one
calls me mademoiselle. You treat mo
like child. /"
Would you care for Inea little f =
called you Inademoisellei :
'sOh, that would not do; no one wonld
take 1t seriously. 'Cendrinettel' Elf.
teen,year old Cendrinettel' Twenty
years from now everybody win call me
j 'Cendrinette, and treat me like child.
I shall always be fifteen years old.
Do you wish to be young lady7"
"Yes."
"And whyf''
Because"
Chaulaye had to repeat his question
several times before he could get the girl
to answer
Because -because 1 am eighteen .
Eighteen ~
But it was true. And her eighteen
] years sat well upon her; but because she
didnot dance, because all her gowns were
too short at the bottom and too high
the top, no ono would have suspected
her age.
. The baron was much perplexed.
" Cendrinette mo, mademoiselle, I" he
began Mile. Marguerite eighteen
years old-and with your name, your
, fortune and your beauty, they are not
beginning to think Of your narriagef,'
The girl shook her head.
And would you be-weu disposedf',
She nodded " yes . with her head
, They stood for some moments thus.
Chaulaye gazing admiringly at the pretty
head bowed before him. Then. drawing
her towards him, he nurmured:
If you like, we two-just we two
: will begin 10 think OF 1t. Translated
for the Argonaut from the French.
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