| Show A soldiers courtship another marriage which ch makes ma aies even bore nore stir than that of malakoff Mala kofT amongst L bertam set has just s t been published publish ed haaf colonel xa charras aras who is now in in aule at zurich ile he is is about to e es s onse ausel vile mlle mathilde kestner the laughter aa eliter of the proprietor r ri t r of f chemical her bib mabl establish is h edat at chium chaum the history orlof of the colonel is ig rather burgeois lurge ois when compared with the interferences ot of emperors and mighty potentates of he earth a as s in ther the base case of that of his ali ili comrade pelissier the colonel ras s returning return returning in alone from an ex excursion c arsion in n the neighborhood of zurich in in the amble nimble and grotesque looking galache varache aich conveys travelers in in sear search c h after measure leasur em in the environs of that quiet ittle place he had walked far before coming up with the and had fall fal zen en fast fait asleep ia spite of its hard sides ind and aide ade bound cushions on awaken ivi og he e found himself sitting opposite a oun oung lady who had entered the batoche pai fiche irig his slumber a and na curiously enough lai d fallen asleep likewise upon her ee e lay an open volume which the anel recognized at once as the his br of t the e revolution of february q elite life of col charras was just the I 1 e w chere ere the e reade reader rhad bad opened it w ad on awakening 1 the colonel olon 1 highly tt used en entered ere easily into conversation the men en and events of that Y i the young lady professed herself la ardent admirer of the whole of the botic trio 1 tic party particularly of charras 6 incidents of whose career she beclar herself never weary of reading the onel one much nattered flattered of course ddn w ea to dispute with the young lady sev erl jal vest lest 1 ioas ions upon which le she was ivas in id 1 r co concerning ne the hecq hero she sought soughs to and with borouch uch zeal I 1 I 1 the question of his personal appear ance particularly was one upon which I 1 she was of quite ad a different opinion from that or of her companion and concerning everything relating to his habits and ma manners ers of life as slid she had her information from people who passed their whole existence with him bim of course he hd must know and could not therefore accept the contradiction of an entire stranger hereupon the colonel completely beaten was forced to silence and merely looking at the book once more as if to examine the date he adroitly inserted his cardi as lit 1 by way of marking the place in a few beav moments morel mope the young lady alighted at the iron aror gate of a close io to zurich and nd the co col anel of course deem the acquaintance at an end the next day he received a charming note from the fair incognita full of shame and repe repentance name I 1 excused herself for the apparent impertinence of which she had been guilty in i n sustaining an opinion concerning her idol against that of an evident friend frien dof of bi his and begging him to pay her a visit in in order to gi e her an opportunity y of biet I 1 dying ing the impression which she must have produce ed in the by liar her obstinate the colonel needed no second invitation already charmed beyond expression the delicacy and the tact displayed in her note completely the conquest of his heart and he surrendered without condition the delight and astonishment of the fair mathilde may maybe be easily conceived when she learned that it was colonel charras in in person and no counterfeit whose acquaintance she pad had made cupids cupida wings fly fast fastal at acer a certain taia period of life and as no tle time was to be lost the marriage was fixed at once for the of this month thel the day on oa which 1 the fairs fair bride will attala attain her birthday court journal |
