The Red Cloud chief., 1875-09-30

"Only Q he'd and Q ladder! how absurd.
Alphensine. you must have made some
mistake" said Miss Vaughn.
"Now, now, I assure you, mademoi.
selle, there was no mistake possible; I
take q reEise, - you desired, and drive
straight to the Rue Berecre, Numero 80,
a dingy old six-story house. I alight
and demand Mile. Fouchet. Au susieme,
cries the old red-faced FORTRESS. Ienter,
and ascend, and ascend, and ascend, till
till I reach the grenier. On the first
door is little white card, ON which !
read r. Fouchet; all right, / think, 30 I
knock; no reply; I knock again; still no
answer; ma fol! I can't wait all day, and
madcmoiselle SO anxious for IN answer
to ner letter; SO I pushed open the door,
and find myself in a wretched garnet
with absolutely no furniture but Q bed
and II ladder, reaching up to a little sky
light in the roof. Some flowers on the
ladder, a trunk in the corner, Was all T
could see, SO I just turn round and come
back again, and me VOLTA"
"How provoking! I cannot bear to
leave Paris without bidding sdieu to
dear Florine. Go and see il Nj.
Vaughn is in the sale s-msnger and
ask hun to come up to my room. Ishall
not need your services until We return
from the opera"
"Bien, mademoiselle; here are your
gloves and fan"
The door closed on the femme de
chsmbre; then her young mistress, who
wat attired in full opera costume, sat
down en- a sofa, impatiently beating her
slippered foot on the hearth rug, the slip
Of carpet that left bare the largest por-
ton of the brown bees .waxed floor of an
upper chamber in the Hotel Meurice.
Minnie Vaughn was the daughter of
a wealthy New York merchant, and
having completed her education at the
Hotel Perrigny, in the Faubourg st.
GERMAN, Wal about TO return to America
under her fathers and brothers escort,
after having agreeably devoted the vaca-
ton to a tour in Switzerland. While at
school a warm friendship had sprung up
between Minnie and one of her school
mates, named Florine Fouchet, who, If
less sly lish aud aristocratic thaE most of
Madame Beaulieu's p~ensionaires, was
decidedly their superior in natural
charms and mental requirements. On
this account Florine was not q favOri;e
with her companions, who were alike
envious Of her beauty and of the we'll.
earned praise lavished on her by the
masters and teachers. Minnie Vaughn
enjoyed many more privileges than the
other pupils, her father being ever ready
"a pay for whatever would add to the
comfort of his darling, and she had,
therefore, been allowed a comfortable
apartment for her exclusive use. As
o as she discovered that FIorine was
rendered uncomfortable by the lima
tured comments and inuendOes of her
schoolmates, the warm hearted Ameri-
can girl offered her q share of i.er room,
which was gratefully accepted, and from
that time the two had been almost insep-
arabic. They promised to correspond
when they left school; but though Min.
ME had written from almost every post
town in Switzerland, she Lad received
no letter from her friend, and as soon as
she returned to Paris, dispatched her
maid on a voyage of discovery, the re-
suit of which we have just seen.
MI. Vaughan now entered the room
and listened patiently to Minnie's re-
cital of the ill success of her ma DIS visit
to the Rue BOgere.
"You are sure. darling, that you gave
the girl the right addressY"
"Quite sure, papa, for I have heard
Florine speak so often of the dingy old
six-story house. I ,annot, however, un.
derstand her living in the garnet, for her
you know, is a shoemaker, and
besides concierge, and of course his apart
ment must be on the rez de chaussee."
SWELL, dearest, as you appear to take
an interest in the shoemakeris
daughter, I will try to hunt her up to-
morrow; but" looking at his watch, cit
is later than I thought; are you ready,
Unless w start o We shall
lose the overture"
"Quite ready. father, as far as dress is
concerned, but I do not like to 60 with
out my brother: where lie Clintonr
"Here to answer for himself in propia
persona" cried a manly voice from the
corridor; Immediately sfterward q tall,
faahionably attired young man opened
door, and respectfully apologizing
Mr.. Vaughn for his late arrival, Of
fered his arm to Minnie, handing her al
the same time . magnificent bouquet.
"Here, little sister, is my peace offer
"Oh! Clinton, what splendid flowers"
"fes! l always patronize u psrticu.
lar flower girl"
"Is she Pretty"
mo, but she has . knack Of arranging
her floral merchandise SO rs to render it
attractive than any in the mar
ket."
~Ahl that reminds me OF Floriue