THE TIMES NEW HLOOMFIELD, 1A SKPTEMimit 23, 1870.
may be. It Is tllHgnuie rufllutcnt to lmve
been urrjPBttHl. )ut I have litre" and
she ii(l(lcnly drew from the folds of her
dress a thin pncket of papers " that
he ave nie to-night, saying that
were he punched I might keep them
forever, were he not I might dollver
them to the Count' de lloclinrubeau..
They are of great Importance, sir,
for they tiot only tell who Franoola
Duplan Is, but certain other hints of
value."
" Let me see them, child," snld the
Count, starting forward.
" Not till you promise, and I will tell
you, furthermore, that on your written
order for his release, I will kiss you as I
might my father."
" Verily," said the Count, " those are
but otherwords, the meaning of which
Is the alllrmatlve answer to the question
I put to you. Then you do love the
soldier V"
" That Is Impudence, sir. I have not
raid bo'. Mayhap In your country wo.
men can do nothing unless the motive
of love is Imputed. It Is not so here, as
Mr. Trumbull well knows."
" You are a brave maid," said the
Count de lloohambeau, " and you ahull
have your wish. Now let me have the
papers."
With this Mistress Prudence rushed
rom the room, the Governor and Couut
staring a't each other In amazement.
Presently she returned, looking, de
mure, ly and wondrous pretty.
I have put the papers whore they
are safe, sir. To-morrow when I see
Mr. Duplan and he tells me that he is
relieved from duress and disgrace, I will
jplttce them in your hands."
The Count flushed. He bit his lips,
tinil at length said: "Thou Mistress
Prudence dare not trust to my hon
or V"
" Yes, yes," she said going to him
yirettily, " but niethlnks I will punish
you for your impertinence, sir. You
seek the papers greatly, and you must
restrain your curiosity over night as a
mnWiment for the question you put to
.a Nevertheless I will partially requite
'you," and with that she put her face up
to his, so that when he bent over she
kissed him on his forehead. Then the
Count sat at the Governor's desk and
wrote an order pardoning Francois Du
plan, or rather dismissing the charge of
desertion as unfounded, thereby quieting
his conscience regarding the peremptory
order of death to deserters and gratify
ing his wishes. " Give this," he said,
" to your escort, and charge him to de
liver it to the sergeant on his return to
the camp."
When she went away neither the
Governor nor the Count proposed to
make any search for the papers. The
despatch bearers, In response so the Gov
ernor's Inquiry, said that the maldcu
went up among the rafters.
Comrade Jacques showed Mistress
Prudence to her father's door by the
light of his lantern, and, nothing loth,
went in.
The Mistress herself mixed him a
punch of tremendous strength, which
he drank in her honor. Then 'Squlro
Strong insisted on another, and the
minister suggested that they dink to
the cause, bo that by the time Comrade
Jacques was ready to go back to the
camp he must have had more than a
pint of Medford rum to warm him. The
cold night air from without and the
heated rum from within sent his brain
at once into a whirl, and an hour after
the sentinel took him to his tent in a
state of the wildest intoxication, in
which he constantly sang the praises of
Mistress Prudence. They found on him
at noon the next day the Count deRoch
ambeau's remission of the sentence of
death.
At sunrise the sergeant and six weep
Jug comrades, iiawu by lot, led Duplan
through the buow across the highway,
nearly opposite the old mill. He knelt
in the snow on tbo bank, and begged
them to stand not more than five paces
away.
He calmly repeated a prayer, and
then turning to Ids comrades said in a
clear voice, " Aim for my heart," and
dropped the handkerchief. He fell over
in the snow dead, and by noon was
buried where he fell. His comrades
took from a stone wall a dozen or more
boulders and placed them in a pile over
the grave. Tne little heap may be seen
to this day. ,
At noon, as the sun came out, Mis
tess Prudence appeared at the oven on
the green. 8he asked for Duplan, and
the Frenchman smiled, and pointed to
the earth. Even then she did not un
derstand. Looking across the common
she saw the Count de Kochambeau en
tering the War Office, and to him she at
once went.
" Where la Mr. Duplan 'i "
" In his grave, Mistress Prudence."
She paled, but did not faint. She
' stood like rock. She saw that the Count
de Rochambeau was not jesting. The
Count himself looked sadly at her, and
was about to tell her of the drunken
Jaques, made drunk by the mistress's
own attentions, but she stopped him.
"You are a murderer," she said.
" You have killed a brave and innocent
man without cause. You have killed
me. You trifled with me last night.
You care for women only to play with
their feelings. . He was a good man and
a noble man. Oh 1 you are all servants
of rtatan. War. Is this war) Then I
hale it. Retter had there been no war.
Yes, better have been slaves of the
throne. Rut I tell you, sir, you will
never know whom you murdored. If
the constant throught that you may
have hilled one equally gentle with
yourself may be a nourishment I hope
that it will ever rankle In your breast.
I have concealed the papers. He asked
me to keep them forever in case he was
not released. They are safely hidden.
You will not find them unless you pull
the Governor's olllce down. Perhaps
not then, and it will not come down
while you are alive."
Then she fainted, and an hour after
they carried her home In a delirium.
In the spring when the snow , was
gone, they found a flower or two planted
around the boulders over Duplan 's grave.
No one ever saw nny person plant them,
but every one knew that Mistress Pru
dence had been there. Reforethe next
spring she was luld away In the old
cemetery, near the Trumbull tomb (you
may see the slab over the grave this day,)
and she never revealed the mystery.
Search was often made for.the papers
without success, but there is no one
who has heard the story who does not
believe they are hidden In the War
Olllue..
It is said that the Count do Rocham
beau subsequently learned who Francois
Duplan was, and that he was of gentlo
blood.
How to Win ihe Young Ladles' Favor.
IT'S VERY easy to make yourself pop
ular among the ladles. Don't stand
back and tremble, and think, because
you havpn't the figure of Adonis, or the
face of Apollo, you can stand no chance
at all. It is not mustaches and stialght
noses that do the business)- women,
bless you, don't care a fig for such
things, only remember, a few prelimi
naries and you can make them like you,
even If your hair Is red and your mouth
wide. When you go to make an even
ing call, don't start too early ; ladles are
not well pleased to be caught before
their curls are arranged ; be particularly
careful not to sit down on the cat nor
kick the dog across the floor the girls
are Bure to appreciate any one who
knows how to be polite to their pets ;
if there is a piece of worsted work,
admire it, don't forget to mistake the
artificial flowers In vases for real ; If the
young lady Is doing crochet work, ask
her if she can't teach you; beyond
'everything don't tip back in your chair,
for every crack In the fragile furniture
there'll bo a worse fracture In your
friendship. When she begins to yawn
behind her handkerchief, take up your
hat and go. " Short and sweet, long
and bitter," Is a good motto for evening
visits.
When you are out walking with a
lady, don't go striding along until she is
forced to run to keep up with you the
first you know she will run off. Notice
just how she walks, and moderate your
pa;e accordingly. If she meets a femin
ine acquaintance and stops for a nice
little chat, it is essential that you should
not manifest impatience by balancing
first on one heel and then on the other.
If she wants to look intoa shop window
stop and admire too, though you may
,not know a ribbon from a railway sta
tion. When you come to a crossing
give her the whole of It, and go meekly
in the mud. Tell her how becoming
her nety hat is, and Implore her to wear
it the next time she goes to church with
you. If you meet a rival at her house,
don't he rude to him it Is the worst
policy in the world, be as polite as possi
ble to him, crush him if you can with
courtesy. Never laugh loud In a parlor,
and remember to speak accordingly ; be
blind and deaf to whatever she chooses
to keep from your sight and hearing.
A Powerful Lesson.
IN THE cemetery at New Haven we
used to be shown a tomb of enor
mously heavy stones the grave of a
man who planned it for himself in defi
ance of the Angel of Resurrection.
Whether his impious challenge has ever
been met by such a silent rebuke as the
one here recorded, we cannot say : A
young German countess, who lived
about a hundred years ago, was a noted
unbeliever, and especially opposed to the
doctrine of the resurrection. She died
when about thirty years of age, and
gave orders that her grave should be
covered with a solid slap of granite;
that around it should be placed square
blocks of stone, and that the corners
should be fastened to each other and to
the granite slab by heavy Iron clamps.
Upon the covering this inscription was
placed, "This burial place, purchased to
all eternity, must never be opened." All
that human power could do to prevent
any change in that grave was done, but
a little seed sprouted, and the tiny shoot
found its way between the side stone
and the upper slab and grew thore, bIo w
ly but steadily forcing its way until the
Iron clomps were torfl assunder, and the
granite lid was raised, and is now rest
ing upon the trunk of the tree, which
is large and flourishing. The people of
Hanover regard it with almost a kind
of superstition, and speak in lowest
tones of the wicked countess; and it
is natural they should, for as I stood
beside that grave In the old churchyard,
it certainly Impressed me more deeply
than I can express.
Can't Afford to Marry.
Girls, do you htar this V Many good
men are crying, Can't afford to mar
ry 1" Why? ''Expense of supporting
a wife I" Why support a wife V -Might
not wives be made self-supporting, or
partly so V Isn't there something wrong
In this system which makes matrimony
dependent on a man's ability to pny all
the wife's expenses? Is it not filling
the land with old maids ? Has It not
done so for the last half oontury ? Who
marry most ? The people who care
nothing for keeping up style. The for-elgn-born,
whose women turn to and
tend the shop. The cultivated Ameri
can is not the marrying man. He likes
the goods on exhibition, but they're too
costly for his every-day wear. Hence,
oft they remain on the counter until
shopworn. Tills is a crying evil. Our
best men are not marrying. Because so
many of our girls are saying, "You
must take me for better, for worse, to
feed me, to house me, to warm me, to
keep me clad In the fashion, to give mo
a house proportionate to my stylo, to
keep me in pin money ; and I will con
descend to live with you, and take care
your money, and do nothing to earn
more, and to lament, If things go
wrong, that I didn't marry better, and
you must regard it as a favor on my
part."
The man wants you pretty badly, but
it's too heavy a contract. Things must
be re arranged so that you can carry
more of your end of the ftig.
Cheerfulness.
I once heard a young lady say to an
Individual, "Your countenance is to
me like the shining sun, for it always
gladdens me with a cheerful look." A
merry or cheerful countenance was one
of the things which Jeremy Taylor said
his enemies and persecutors could not
takeaway from him. There are some
persons who spend their lives in this
world as they would Bpend their time
if shut up in a dungeon. Everything
is gloomy and forbidding. They go
mourning from day to day, they have
so little, and constantly anxious lest
what little they have should escape out
of their hands. They always look upon
the dark side, and can never enjoy the
good that is present, for the evil that Is
to come. This Is not religion. Rellg
Ion makes the heart cheerful and when
its large and benevolent principles are
exercised men will be happy in spite of
themselves. The industrious bee does
not stop to complain that there are so
many poisonous flowers and thorny
branches in the ioad, but buzzes on, se
lecting the honey where he can. find it
and passing quietly by the places where
It is not. There is enough In this
world to complain about and find fault
with, if men have the disposition. We
often travel on a hard and uneven road ;
but with a cheerful spirit and a heart to
praise God for his mercies, we may walk
therein In great comfort, and come to
the end of our journey in peace.
Olvo me A calm and thankful heart,
From every mnrmur free!
The blessings of thy grace Impart,
And make me live tu Thee.
Why He Buys Mules.
Sheriff Pressly has some Idea of
horses and mules. For farm work he
purchases the latter. The other day
one of the hands, a ffkely young fellow,
asked :
" Why don't you buy horses ? I'd a
good deal rather drive them."
" I've no doubt of it," responded the
genial sheriff, " so had I, when I was
a boy. I'd plow a horse all day, and
then spruce up at night and ride six or
eight miles to see a girl. I noticed,
though, when a fellow rode a mule he
was generally laughed out of a second
visit. I guess I'll keep buying mules.
You boys won't be so tired when you
go to bed."
The world was never intended for
a house of mourning. The flowers are
not painted black, nor is every bird a
crow.
Bogus Certificates.
It is no vile drugged stuff, pretending
to be made of wonderlul foreign roots,
barks, etc., and pulled up by long bogus
certificates of pretended miraculous
cures, but a simple, pure, effective med
icine, made of well known valuable
remedies, that furnishes its own certifi
cates by its cures. We refer to Hop
Bitters, the purest and best of medicines.
Exchange. See another column. 33
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Students are carefully prepared for College
The preparation Is thorough and accurate, and
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