The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-12-21
81 Goodbye, Sweetheart !"
A TALE IN THREE PARTS.
CHAPTER w.

BIZ RHopA BouaH1oE, AUTHOR OF "RrD AS 4 Ros1 I
SHE," ETC.
CHAPTER Nv.
"1ndeed, Miss Lenore," Cleaning BIZ
two hands on the tcp Of his green um
brells, and beamiog wistfully at he
through the blue haze of his spectacles
"we did not mean to have come in a
all. l sent up a message to ask wheth
or your sister would be good enough t
come down and speak to me for min
ute; but you know I am not a great
adept in French,aud suppose tho maid
must have mistaken my meaning" .
"You might easily have corrected the
blonder without coming up,'' retorts
my sister, upgraciously.
"Do you think 80 :" asks Frederick,
humbly. "Perhaps; but, indeed, il
would have been difficult to see: old
Mdlle. Leroux overheard something Of
it and she came down herself-and-I
am sure she meant 1t most Hospitality
but she, I may say, almost drove US up
before her."
"And he /" (glapcing iretully in Mr..
le Mesurier's direction, who, in bitter
misery, and looking unspeakably cross,
is trying to make Madame Lange un-
derstand that he docs not comprehend
one word of what she is saying to him)
he! What brings him here ? 1t
is execrable taste, and have a good
mind to tell him so"
"Pr>y, pray don't !" cries Freder-
ick, eagerly eff anybody were to blame,
it was I. l asked him whether he
would mind walking with me as far ss
the Porte St. Louis, and ho said, oh,
no, not in the least He wanted to
have cigar, aud it was the same to
him to walk in this direction as in any
other ; all he stipulated for was that he
should not have to go in, lLenore is
still working she gives her thread q
vicious tug, which snaps it, "Indeed,
Miss Lenore, he had no more thought
Of seeking your acquaintance than you
of seeking his"
This mode Of expression is unlucky,
as he feels as soon as it is out of his
mouth but Lenore, fortunately, does
not seem to perceive it.
"He had no intention, then, CT pay.
Jog us the honor of a visit 2" cries LIE
more, looking not much appeased by
the information, but, on the contrary,
rather more exasperated than before
"Not the least" replies Frederick,
earnestly; "you may reassur. yourself
on that head nothing was farther
from his thoughts"
"He las, then, = second time been
forced into our company against his
will" retorts the girl, with angry eyes
"He is not fond Of society,"" replies
Frederick, ev.sively che says himself
that he is totally unfit for it."
"There, at least, l have the happi.
ness entirely to agree with him. cries
she, dryly.
MIR. le Mesurier has at length sue
ceeded 10 making Madame Lapge un
derstand that hers are to him dark say,
ings.
"Monsieur does not comprehend? A
thousand pardops it is unfortunate
but I talk not the Euglish.-Peroline
my friend, thou hast learned tho Eng
lish when thou vast At school; come
hither and talk to monsieur"
But Peroline shakes al her crepet
head.
"But no, mamma j.; monsieur woult
but laugh at mo T"
"Have you given your message
West p asks LIE Mesurier, abruptly
joining his friend, and looking nearl,
as much goaded to madness by the wo
mems shrill chatter Is a mad bull b,
red cloth, "because, if 50, I should ga,
we had better not intrudo on :hes'
ladies any longer"
Thus remiaded, Frederick Gomez
over to impart his errand to me, aot
Le Mesurier, having parried by duml
show oil old Mdlle. Leroux's offers 0
chair, spouge-oakes, eau .ucre, remain
standing silently by Leuore.
"Wh.t is this message 2" she pres
emily asks, abruptly, not raising he,
eyes from her work, aud seeming to ad
dress her question rather to the air thar
to her neigbbors.
"Something about boat, I believe
replies he, formally, his careless glano'
wandering away from her to West, ant
his foot beginning to tap an impatien
tattoo on the floor.
"What about it2" still more brus
quely.
"Some fellow here of the name Q
Panache, or something like that, ha
lent him one, and he invites you an
your sister to have row up the rive
to Lehou in it, tomorrow"
"Oh! I should have thought that e1
rand might have kept till the morn
ing"
$50 should t. he answers, dryly
40 l told him"
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