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CHAPTER III

Protestations doubted.
One adores.
One receives for an answer that Low
suc1 as this will not bear the test of mis-
fortune.
Further pro estations.
A walk tomorrow in the Bo:s de Bo,
logne.
CHAPTER III.
The walk begins.
Profile lens on ones right arm. Nor,
lovely than ever. Veil still in graceful
folds over the right check
Adorable creature!
Then you really love me?
One does indeed-and-adorablc crea,
ture
Also a little.
May not one see the whole OF that ador.
able face Viii that jealous veil never
be removed
A blush.
Nay prithce.
R-monstrdnce and tremor.
A short silence. Distant thunder
Wind blows. Rain falls fast. Shelter
beneath u tree. Arm dlsengagcd to run
for facre. Flacre found. Tae door opens.
One assists profile with left arm. A gust
Of wind. Veil flies back. Profile has but
one eye.
Adieu, Madame.
One pays the fare of the facre, shuts
the door, and walks b me--alone-bless.
ing the unknown philosopher whoinvented
fight.
At the end Of the tale was vignette of
the counteF-pro6le, with great sploteh for
n eye.
:. e enough the next morning Monsieur
Labnra Nathieul received a letter. not
Rue du Bac. bat at the bureau Of the
Charcari ,..,
II Mlstigris loenf az. ''e '"1' TeSPecta-
BE society, instead Of seclud,n, u "'SeJ 70
'crHe A5els, "Oae' migh perhaps mee'
y0~ng lCldo1cS 1cith tlco eyes.
Mlstgris bought some new clothes, and
resumed his lodgings at Paris.
He accepted indiscrminately every ilvita-
ton he received but he did not meet his
widow.
One day a friend of his, q painter, in
yited him to a soiree. The painter was a
ricb man, and gave sumptuous parties
Large saloons, flowers, music, lights, eve-
ythlng to lntoxicate the mind or stimulate
the senses. Lahurc Matthew was equal
to the occasion. He wished to do honour
to the occasion, and draped himself mag
In addition to the ordinary
costume Of the nineteenth c-nturv, he
adorned his bUtton-hule with two small
crosses dangling to a golden bar, the Le-
g.on OF Honour and ) Giegory-orders
gained at the point Of his pen and pencil.
he young man entere the ballroom to
watch the dancing. His arrival soon be
came known, aud the dancers executed
their best steps gioomiIy, aud deployed |
,hclt best graccs, depressed with the incl |
si'c reputation Of the artists pencil. |
and fearful, as are Parisians,
JI their own powers of ridi-
,Ule. Laiure, to reassure them, assumed
The smile Of philauthropist, the equa-
umity Of a philosopher and the abstrac.
ton OF a ooe'. Standing half concealed
near some flowers, he allowed the dancing
to proceed undsturbed, and yielded hs
mind TO pleasure hi vanity somewhat
ickiel by the sensation his presence had
created, and his mind disposed to view
vita compIacency his friends hospitality.
bIzzed about him.
GsoUr I.-Edyyiy Gept!e~e7.
Nos. / and 2.
30. l Our friend is giving a brilliant
FEAST
No. 2-Lucky brigand with bis pic !
lures and his wife, he must have at least
, hundred thousand francs yearly.
No. At least-and what a charming
wife!
No. 2.-Not more charming than him
self dine here Wednesday.
No. IL agree with you. l dine Sat
arday.
GRoUr 2.-Yoangy Gs-tisnsr.
Nos. 8 and 4.
No. 3.-What lovely women An artist |
has an eye for the beautiful
No. 4-Beauty is enhanced by gold. |
So thinks our host.
No 3.-Do you sec Lahure 1t is not
often be goes into the world. Perhaps he |
seeks for models.
No. 4. Beware he does not fix upon
yo1.
No. 3. He might do worse.
No. 4. Perhaps he seeks, like our host, |
10 unite the profession of husband with |
bis original career.
No. z Cfom Group u. Well, there is
a good chance tonight for some one Mad
anne Dumesnil-Lacondrage once more hon.
ours society with her presence.
No. l. Society will greet with enthusi-
asm the incarnation Of seventy-6ve thou
sand francs a-year.
No. /. Aud how very beautiful she
looks
No. , (enraptured). Like Guido.
GROUP s.--A young Lady, No. 5 a~d yonag
Gentleman, No. 6.
No. 5. How very curious
No. 8. 1t is indeed extraordinary.
Nos. q 3. ! What I extraordinary
Nos. 2 q 4 is curious
No. 5. A lady in the boudoir.
No. q. A very beautiful person.
No. 5. Not exactly beautiful.
No. 6. Well, perhaps not--but so like.
No. 5. So like caricature by Monsieur
Lahure.
No. 6. The lady with one eye.
Group ,. But has this beautiful lady
but one eye
Group No. 6. No ; two eyes.
Or1ReS. Who can it be
The sounds murmured in the distance
Lahure, as he afterwards declared, with his
heart beating, moved into the boudoir.--
There here, occupying a whole sofa,
dressed richly and artistioally, sat the lady
of the omnibus. dazzling in beauty and in
diamonds. smiling triumphantly, and sur.
by platoon of admirers.
Lahure again half concealed himself by
a curtain, aud gazed on the beautiful
vision before him. Her white neck rose
;os.;coIIv from her massive. but sym.