lector of all true lovers, oi mose narimesB 
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am very unhappy! ’ 
“ ‘ I bet twenty louis yon are not,’ was the 
reply. 
<“Ab, uncle, don’t laugh! Besides, yon 
would lose.’ 
ki if i lose I’ll pay; and perhaps that would 
help to console you.’ 
'“No, unde,money has nothing to do with 
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‘“Come, tell me yojir tale.’ 
“ ‘ My father has just informed me that I have 
a lieutenancy in the— regiment.’ 
‘“What a dreadful misfortune! One of the 
most gallant regiments in the service — a hand¬ 
some uniform, and all the officers are men of 
rank.’ 
“ * Uncle, I don’t wish to be a soldier.’ 
“‘How! Tot* don’t wish to serve? Ho 
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“ ‘ I don’t know yet.; nevertheless you are the 
only man whom I would permit to address such 
a question to me?’ 
“ ‘ Very well, then, Cid, my good friend, why 
don’t you wish to be a soldier ? ’ 
“ ‘ Uncle, because I want to marry.’ 
“‘Oh l’ 
“ ‘There's no oh in the question. Uncle, I’m 
in love.’ 
And you call that a misfortune! Ungrateful 
wretch 1 
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daughter. I will get your exchange; and, des¬ 
pite your father, in three years you shall marry 
Noemi!’ 
“ * Uncle, I’ve an idea.’ 
“ 1 Let'6 hear it.’ 
“ ‘ I’ll write to her.’ 
“ ‘Just as you please, my boy; only act at once.’ 
“ I quitted my unde, and went to write my 
epi6tle. This was the most difficult task. 
I had written fifty letters to her before, though 
I bad never forwarded them. Tbe most em¬ 
barrassing circumstance was to send or give it 
Nevertheless, as there was no time to be lost, I 
made up my mind, and, purchasing a bouquet of 
yellow roses, pdaced the note in the center of 
them. It is very silly, but 1 seem even now to 
live over tbe time again in memory. After the 
avowal of my love, I besought her to love me, 
make me happy, and wait three years for me. I 
implored her, if she consented, that evening to 
wear one of the yellow roses in her bosom. 1 1 
shall then dare to speak to you ’ I said, 4 and tell 
you what you must do to secure my happiness— 
I dare not say ours.' ” 
“ And y ou put the note in the bouquet ? ” asked 
Madame de Lorgerd. 
“Yes, madam.” 
“And tben?” 
“ Well, tben, in the evening Noemi bad no 
rose in her bosom! I wanted to kill myself, 
but my unde took me off to Clermont. He re¬ 
mained two months with me, mixed with tbe 
young officers, and ended by calming my sorrow 
and disappointment, by proving to me that 
Noemi had never loved me. 1 But, uncle,’ 1 said, 
‘ 6be was — she appeared happy when I arrived, 
and reproached me gently for being late.’ 
“ Women,” continued Monsieur Descondraies, 
“love the devotion of all the world; but there 
are those they never love. In short, I ended by 
almost forgetting her. Then 1 married the 
colonel’s daughter, who died eight years after 
our marriage: and now I am quite alone, for my 
unde has been dead a long time—would you be¬ 
lieve I often think of Noemi? and —that which 
is more serious and absurd—I always see her in 
imagination as a young girl of seventeen, with 
her dark brown hair, and, as my unde said, her 
eyes like black velvet! Whereas, if living, she 
must be now an old woman.’ 
“ You don’t know what has become of her ? ” 
asked Madame de Lorgerel. 
7 should like to he in love! And 
pray, who is the object of your ardent fame?’ 
“ 1 Ah, uncle, she’B an angel! ’ 
“ • I know she is, of course,— it Is always an 
angel! A little later in life you will prefer a 
woman. But by wbat mortal name do you call 
this angel ? ’ 
“ ‘ Bbe is called Noemi, uncle.’ 
‘“That is not what I ask you. Noemi is 
enough for you, I quite comprehend; besides, 
it’s a pretty name. But for me, I must know 
who this angel is, and to what family she be¬ 
longs? What is the family name?’ 
““Tis Mademoiselle Amelot.’ 
“‘That’6 better than an angel—a brunette, 
tall and slight, with eyes like black velvet. I 
don’t, at all disapprove of tbe object of your 
affection.’ 
“«Ah, uncle, did you know her soul! ’ 
“ ‘I know — I understand all about it. And 
does she return your affection, as we used to 
say ? Is that still what you young ones call it ? ’ 
“ ‘ I don’t know, uncle.’ 
‘“How? Yon don’t know, nephew, unwor¬ 
thy of an uncle like myself? How? You are 
every day in her house, and don t know yet 
whether you are loved.’ 
“ * She does not even know that I love her.’ 
“‘Oh, in that idea you are mistaken, my 
handsome nephew, and comprehend nothing of 
woman’B nature! She knew it at least a quarter 
of an hour before you did so yourself.’ 
« * All I kuow, uncle, is, that 1 shall kill my¬ 
self unless she marries me! ’ 
“ ‘ Oh, oh! Well, then, I can tell you that 
there exists many chances against your union. 
Your father is much richer than hers; and he 
will not give his consent,’ 
“ < Well, tben, I know the only thing which is 
left me to do.’ 
‘“Come, come, listen to me. Let us see — 
don’t go and commit any act of folly. Let us 
look into tbe business.’ 
“‘I am all attention, uncle.’ 
“‘In the first place, then, you cannot marry 
at. twenty years of age.” 
“ ‘Why not. for goodness-sake?’ 
“ ‘Because I don’t ehooBe yon should do so. 
And, without me, this marriage cannot take 
place.’ 
“ ‘ Oh, my good, dear uncle.’ 
“ • If she loves you, and will promise to wait 
three years — ’ 
“ ‘ Three years ? ’ 
“ ‘ Don't argue with me, or I will say four. If 
she will promise to wait three years you shall 
join your regiment, but not at Clermont. I will 
get yon an exchange into one a few leagues from 
Pari6, and you 6hall come here once every three 
months until the expiration of the given time.’ 
“ ‘ But how am I to know whether she loves 
me?’ 
“ * How are you to find it out ? By asking it, 
to be sure! ’ 
“ • Ab, dear uncle, 1 never dare do so! ’ 
“ ‘Tben obey your father, and pack up your 
portmanteau.” 
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; a word should appear against me.’ ” 
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and for this reason —jout father has not con¬ 
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it is because the colonel of your regiment is a 
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Walking in my garden the other day, I 
stopped before a tree covered with yellow 
roses, and looking at them reminded mo of a 
tale, which I will relate. 
Two years Eince, I dropped in to spend my 
evening with an old lady who resides near my 
house. She is a most charming person,— amia¬ 
ble, clever, witty, and charitable in all things. 
Bhe is passionately fond of flowers; and yon 
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expend in making bonqnets for her, nor how 
much I rejoice at her surprise when I bring her 
a flower of the name of which she is ignorant, 
or which is very uncommon in our part of the 
country. 
One evening, when I arrived at her house, I 
found her seated with an old gentleman who 
has been residing on his property more than a 
year—a handsome estate in the vicinity, which 
has been left him by a distant relative, on 
condition of bis taking the name of his 
benefactor; consequently he was called Mon¬ 
sieur Descoudraies, He had obtained an intro¬ 
duction to my old lady, and I had every reason 
to he jealous of his assiduities. They became 
friends, and passed almost every evening to¬ 
gether, playing backgammon. 
1 bowed silently, on the evening in question, 
aB I entered, not to interrupt the game. When 
it was finished, I presented Madame de Lorgerel 
a bouquet of yellow roses which I had brought 
for her. 
My roses were very beautiful, and singularly 
so, because the continued rains of the season 
had blighted most of those of the neighboring 
gardens; but I bad taken the precaution of shel¬ 
tering mine by a shed ; and they were, perhaps, 
the only ones to be met with in perfection. 
Madame de Lorgerel uttered an exclamation of 
delight when she saw tbe beautlfol bouquet. 
Monsieur Descoudraies said nothing, but seemed 
pre-occUpled. I looked at him with surprise, 
not well able to comprehend the mysterious 
influence of my yellow roses. Madame de Lor¬ 
gerel shortly afterwards spoke of something 
else; and I thought I had been mistaken. 
A minute or two subsequently Monsieur Des¬ 
coudraies suddenly burst out laughing, and said, 
“Would you believe that this bouquet has 
evoked, as by magic, an entire epoch of my very 
youthful days ? For five minutes I was only in 
imagination twenty years of age; for five minutes 
I became again in love with a woman, who, if 
she exists, must be at least sixty years of age. 
1 must tell yon this history; it is one which has 
had an immense influence on my life, and of 
which the memory, even now, moves me in an 
extraordinary manner —even now, when my 
blood has only just warmth enough to keep me 
alive, and enable me to play backgammon. I 
was twenty—that is more than forty years since; 
I had just quitted College, where young men 
were kept a little longer than they are in the 
present day, After well weighing the matter- 
hut without consulting me — my father decided 
on my future path in life, and announced to me 
one morning that he had obtained a lieutenancy 
for me in the—regiment, then in garrison in 
Auvergne, and desired me to be ready to leave 
in three days. I was not a little taken aback 
for several reasons. In tbe first place I disliked 
a military career: but that objection the 6ight 
of a dashing uniform would soon have overt ome; 
added to it, a few ambitious hopes excited, and 
a little music, would, all combined, have made 
either a Ctesar or an Achilles of me. But I was 
in love. Nothing in the world could have in¬ 
duced lae to utter a word of this to my father, 
whose only repiy to such a confidential com¬ 
munication would have been to send me away 
that very pjght. But I had an uncle —and 
what an uncle! He was then a man of the 
same age as I am now; but he was still 
young — not for himself, for no old man ever 
renounced Satan and all his pomps and works 
better than he did.—but for others. He loved 
the young, and perfectly understood, without 
being jealous of them. He aid cot deem the 
infirmities oi age a progress; neither did he 
think length of years necessary to be wise. 
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“Your name, then, is not Descondraies?” she 
hastily inquired. 
“No: that is the Dame of the property left 
me by my uncle. My name is Edmond d’Al- 
theim.” 
“So it is!” 
“ How do you know ? ” 
“I will tell yon,” she added, without replying 
to his question, “ wh&t has become of Noemi.” 
“ Can you ? ” 
“Yes: she loved you! ” 
“ But the yellow rose ? ” 
“She did not see the note. Your hasty de¬ 
parture caused her many tears; then, afterwards, 
she married Monsieur de Lorgerel.” 
“ Monsieur de Lorgerel! ” 
“ Yes, Monsieur de Lorgerel, whose widow I 
am to-day.” 
“What! you—you Noemi Amelot?” 
“ Alas! yes, as truly as you are, and are not 
like, Edmond d’Altheim! ” 
“ G ood gracious! who would ever have thought 
that a day could arrive in which we should not 
recognize each other ?” 
“Yes, it is 6trange, is it not? And only re¬ 
united to play backgammon! ” 
“But the bouquet?” 
“ The bouquet is here, I always preserved it.” 
And Madame de Lorgerel went to a cupboard, 
and, opening a box in ebony, took out a faded 
bouquet. Bbe trembled as she did so. 
“ Untie it! untie it! ” said Monsieur Descon¬ 
draies. 
She untied the bouquet, and found the note 
which had been hidden there forty-two years! 
Both of them remained silent. I wished to go, 
but Monsieur Descoudraies rose. 
Madame de Lorgerel took his hand and said, 
“You are right. We must not let this memory 
of youth in our hearts pass before two old faces 
like ours. Let ns avoid anything so ridiculous, 
which would degrade the noble sentiment which 
will perhaps make us happy for the remainder 
of our lives. Do not return for some day&.” 
Since that evening Descondraies and Madame 
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society. There exists between them a sentiment 
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together all the minute details of that love 
which was never explained nor expressed. They 
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love in retrospection. They would much like to 
be married; but they dare not, so much does 
ridicule often mar our purest wishes. 
N. B.—Young ladies, always untie and well 
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