The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-05

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very Hne indeed. Mnrthe however, was
rouscd from the apathy IN winch
| .he had gradually fallen, when Mime.
| WERNER herself snug. She was no
longer young. and her voice had lost not
| only its freshness, hut its perfect surCness
Of intonation ~ well; but the method was
so perfect, the power. the depth OF expires
! sion, i'm one word the genius. was such
! that TIA" effect on the dcprcsend company
! was electric. MarihC, from her COiuCr,
| listened and wondered; that was how one
| should sing. She eagerly followed every
! IntOnatiOn, every effect OF voice; she was
| cdpiivatCd, entrauced. Those ladies who
| sat near her, and who had during inst
| long evening quite ignored the silent ill
! dresser y"'ing stranger looked Mt her now,
and were forced t. ackilg"ledgc that II
she was no regular beauty, her eyes were
certainly luc.
Saints, is your wife herei Present
/ nc, that's u good fclowl'
"Yes, yes, Certmuly-latcr: VIC are 20
ing to have the Symphonic Magisti alc,'
aud SAINTS dashed OF toward the piano.
But DuInnu, for it was he, was an enter
prislug young fellow, and not TO he so
EASILY put of. He had vowed to find out
what sort of u person The bride really was;
he had already spied her out; aud the
ulllcnltles ~ app OaChiug her Only sharp
cned bis wits. Quietly, during the INST
movement OF the symphony, he slld from
| group to group, uutll lie iound hllisch
| clo.e to the ph0lauN OF ladies. The steps
| ltNtiltlE UOWli w tH' IiNlhlt EhiANif WIZ
comparatively free aud AZ lust, by die
| OF skilu manWuvrinE, lie stoQa 10y the
| side OF Murthc, his hc1ld sOout on IA level
with hers. Prohuug by pause IN the
music, the cnterprising painter drew
Inside the drapery und SAID:
Pardon me. madame, but Saints. who
promised to present me. II too busy to
| keep that promise. so | have ventured to
present myself. / am Ernest Durind, AN
| intimate friend OF your husband
M1rtnp Nyiia IIpaufIllV startled she Ind
thought herself so thoroughly hidden by
the curtain on one side, and 10y volumi-
nous lady on the other, that IL had never
| occurred to her that she could IN any way
| be approached.
M6nS,eur-l-," she stlmmered, blush
| ing painfully
She was not allowed TO stammcr out any
| thinw more; the NOluuiuous lady atoTe-
SAID turned round with sudden interest.
| Z" /. IL 10 Madame SAINTS that have the
| pleasure of speaking
ayes. uadnmc; ind Marthe this time
| hlushtd at hearing the unfamiliar name,
rather tuun at the tact of beng addressed.
NOW II that = NOT like Camille SaIutIs
Who woulu believe that | have known
HIM since his boyhOod, that his knife and
fork are regularly put every Sunday Mt
my tablv7 lie profits by the delicate at
teutiou when bs chance hU remembers il
that Is about duX"u tunes a. ytuT--und
with all that have 10 present myself 10
| his Wttp. IL SAINTS were like the rest OF
asLIn.B At he Is NOS; one p tses ones life Ia
iOlElVnE Inn something or other. | trust
that you, madame, are of nagLauluOus
tuiH Ui maud. othtrw ise--'
me lady did not nul>h her scuteGce, eX-
Ccpt hy "a very tNl c-siNc uod and smile.
Murthe looked down untasily; size was
saved Tie necessity OF answering, however.
Tor AT that mo.ntut the symphony re-
commenced, ana silence was once more
estAGl-h,d. Durdud kept his post on tho
step, and Mme. du Rdcl, such WAS the
yolumlnOus ldy's mime, examined Martho
from u,hiud Ter fan, with thorough fem
uinc Clcar-slga Clucss. During tn" next
pause, the young wife had reguined some
cOmposure, ana was able to answer the Ie-
marks of Der new ucquain tanCes with COM
pa ativG ease.
500 course YOU admire your husbands
music above all thingsf wickedly msin-
uAted Durind, who himself, Us We have
seen, was n Proianc unbeliever in the
pure harmony system.
ON YES, crrtaulYl' answered Marthe
with candid hesitation winch delighted
her two listeners. 81 But should doubt
less admire II mach more II could only
make out exactly what he meant 10y it,
My provmcia oducauun Is sadly against
me- she idcd, hali SMILING.
Marthe had modest unaffected way
of speah e. about hetelf, which entirely
dlsa med criticism; Nine. du Hucl was
quite won by II. 1t suddenly struck her
tnut IL would be feather in her cap II
sue could form aud bring out "tl pc.te
Nine. Saints" there was evidcntlv
sometl tug to be made of her, SO
as she rose 10 go she said" OF
coarse, If your husband were like other
Christians, At would be his duty to bring
you 10 me; you ought TO make your us
ties de nOrc together in grand vie; but
since he ls what he IL. the thought of per-
forming such uuty has OF course never
entered his head. But / want to know
YOU, Mme. Saints, aud mean To pay you
an uncertmouous vislt-cXpect me soon
a Al ~ eNf
any service which can reuder you, here
Is my address. | should really like to
oblige you.
the musical evening at last came 10 an
end; nearly ali the guests had gone and
Marthc, IN her corner, wondered whether
her hu, band would forget her there. Du-
aud, IN telling the story, Us of course he
did, here, there, and everywhere, assert ed
that Saints was on the point ut lcavln =,
when suddenly hr exclaimed, "IicnSi dld |
not have my wit" wItu iue when | Gamer
"a the same tone MS a man cNclalWs, Bl1 -
mel was just going u forget my new
umbIeila!' out III II Dumud was 81 ince-
uous young gentleman, AID his stories
were not always IN puutanical accot oance
] with tIutn.
NJ. Suntis. Whom he married. had not
thought IL necessary To change MS apart
! mcnt. or lis fashion Of hviug, or his Old,
u,ly, cross cook, or, indeed. anything
Whatever WHAT was good enough Tor
nina mast be good enough aSO Tor tne
his motncr had chosen 10 be las
wife. 81 Marihe found herself i'll
-tniicd IN an o.d-l .iouud mouse on the lie
~. Louis, tnclug a narrowed bran ch OF the
river, aud wltn cheerful view Of the
IN orguc" in the distance. Tho place was
solitary, ana very solemn. The qlaI itself,
buldeTed all along with other hOus, :,
which must have iOONrd much tae same ia
IN" days of the Froude, was rarely tt1v-
er.cd kept by the Gliding figures of the
Old la-uiOurd jewellers OF tins forgotten
quarter. Tae street, of tho island were
dmgy, and the uneven paving stones were
smc.ued with mud OF a peculiarly back
and greasy Kind; the small, daIk shops
H~Te the last costing places OF Ol, ru,t
iron and an other refuse which the gay
aud modern parts OF Pui, disdain to IRAN,
m Marine, whpu She WAS forced to walk
along these dirty streets, Away shlvCrcd,
ns thou she had been IN a place OF Ill
omen. me quu itself, AT least, was sun
SHINY. ami thrr" were no rusty iruI shops
abuut-uj shops OF any kind, iudo, d; thC
river rollrd MS sulleu waters onward, wItl
Il measured ihytAm; other voices ther,
were none, save the subdued hum OF dis
taul life.
Her husband explained to Mar,he that