The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-08

euuestrians, and graceful OF women. The
marquis was really charming specimen OF
but he had never succeeded Iii Kidding him
sslf Oh one prejudlce--he detested the daugh-
tiers Of Albion, and held the Lady Arabella In
special abhOrrence.
The autumn previous the marquis had
where he met Lady Arabella. and her great
wolf-dog nearly devonred him US he descended
ut the door, and the unreasonable damsel
hated him iii consequence. They would not %
introduced, and while she remained she Fl e !,
celled herself In all sorts OF eccsntfieities 1Il
order to horrify her enemy. She nearly shot
him by accident one morning, and never
hesltated to express her conviction that he
was u muff.
gave. Her name had anything but Q sooth-
Ing effect on the marquis, and Lady Arabella
made his title synonymous with everything
silly or effeminate. whatever she wished to
stigmatize as utterly une ,ly she &c,
scores OF mutual friends both In England and
France, Of course each heard oil the criticisms
pronounced by the other. and was spurred on
to greater enmity.
On an Inflated Tuesday the marquis was
exercising the filly III one OF the broad alleys
OF the Bois He was In an especially amiab1e
mood, the most stylish costume--altogether
quite d modern Apollo. .Rush--whiz flash,
out III d narrow path with 30 short turn
that nobody but maniac Or an English horse.
woman would have dared to ride fast around
1t, darted Lady Arabella Oh her Irish mare.
She saw nothing, and could not have checked
the brute IL she had seen. Like a cannon-ball
the Hihernian fury dashed against the fllly,
knocked her down. added vicious kick which
On the ground With Ills shoulder-blade
broken, and the Ally absolutely utteling 2
dying grOan.
OF course, before night the story was all
over Paris. r the Marquis had been inclined
to keep the affair D secret he could not have
done 80. But he had no DESIRE Gallant son
Of Gaul though he was, the blonde beauty
total disregard Of the consequences ct her
recklessness upset his self-control. He had
erected q monument, with the inscription,
sFauvette, aged four years and eight
months, murdered May 10, 49,, by Lady
Arabela Graham. Englishwoman.,
curiosity -devoured parlsians rushed ID shoals
to read the epltaph and abuse the British
peerless.
The marquis submitted with such patience
as the masculine mind can summon, to the
DEGREES 81 the doctors. lay IN bed, nursed his
shoulder and medltated upon revenge Every
body was Interested In bis condition except
| the Lady Arabella. She made no sign.
Wherever che appeared people stared ut her
as III she were Frankenstein monster; but
dared not hint word Of reproof or name the
subject In her presence. To add to the scam
dal, the history Of her first meeting with the
marquis In the Highlands was narrated and
enlarged, until the mildest form it took was,
that she Ind set her dog on him, challenged
him To o duel, and when he refused, fired d
pistol at him. The overthrow OF the tilly was
decided to be q deliberate attempt as assassi-
nation.
h1rf rpft1uHpd l,t,ti ~, nm ma
healed. He flung gallantry to the winds.
Supported by the unanimous vote OF his
friends, he resolved to treat the creature just
~ one would man under similar circum-
Ing pay for the tiliy. Lady Arabella CHANGED
to be- In the court yard when the legal emls-
sary applied for admittance.
"Show him here" said the irate daughter
Of the Graham, when the foOtman repeated
the message as nearly as he dared.
Into the court yard marched the advocate,
very stately and grand, but bis composure
gave way at the sight of the lady, standing
under linden tree, with the half-grown cub
erect on his hind legs, bound only by q chain
which look very frail and Insecure to the star
tied servant OF justice.
What are you skipping into the air for r
demanded the lady, ut q sudden frantic move
ment on his part. did you come from Char
enton p
"From the Marquis do Cherville."
Every little difference. You come from
mad-man instead Of mad-house. What do
you want I"
The lawyer explained. bis eloquence sorely
disturbed by sundry growls from Bruin.
fully and pointing to the gate, said:
WALK through that gate In hall second
or i n set the bear on your'
She made q motion to undo the chain Bruin
gathered np his dignity with the tails Of his
long coat and fled, followed by burst Of
laughter from the Lady Arabella.
The crest-fallen lawyer returned to the
marquis with his report Of the interview,
which, by the time 1t was thrice repeated, in
his life.
The noble marquis was not inclined to fore
go vengeance, nor was he at the end OF his re-
sources. He .renounced the idea Of o civil
suit, and carried the matter into o more pow
erful court, SO far as the world Of fashion and
the turf were concerned.
Everybody knows that the Jockey Club In
Paris is tribunal from whose decisions no
gentleman would dream Of appealing, and 1t
has frequently been called upon as an umpire
In equine disagreemeDts.
The case was brought before the club and a
unanimous verdict rendered against Lady
Arabeila. She was reprimanded severely for
recklessness, and adjudged to pay the price
the young woman, written on illuminated
parchment, made awful by historical names
and tremendous seals.
The Lady Arabella rent the sheet carefully
In sixteen pieces, crowded the ends into a
small white glove and sent the whole back to
the club In silk-Iined Waste-basket.
She had committed the browning insult
the objectionable sin. Ii she had boxed the
ears Of the empress, society could not have
been more outraged. The newspapers teemed
with the quarrel, and caricatures Of the peer
ess were published The market women chose
her name as a fresh term OF abuse for their
wide vocabulary, and nothing short Of re-
publican outbreak could have reused such a
disturbance. English, and titled though she
was, the verdict Of Whites and Newmarket
were against her. Punch, with his usual dis
loyalty, where the sacredness of the nobility
Is concerned, improved on the French carica-
lures, introducing the earl and several other
prominent members OF the ,illustrious family
The relations nearly went mad, and consid-
cred the feasibility Of immuring the young
woman in a private lunatic asylum-a design
only relinqulshed by the fear OF the retribu-
ton she would surely work sooner or later.
The only person unmoved was Lady Ara
bella. Mrs Leigh wept herself half blind !;