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more backgammon; but il she mar
ries him he will he here always, and |
shall'haY my game aud tho answer
was: tfa li3a al
1You had better marry him.
Nathalie really loved Armand, but
she had no mind to yield too easily.
She sent FIR the captain.
'lfyou really love me-
! 'Ah! can you doubt itT
'Hushl DO not interrupt me. II
you really love me, you will give me
one proof ofit.'
Anything you ask. swcar--
No, you must never swear any
more and one thing beside, you must
never smoke. detest the smell Of
tobacco, and will not have u llis-
band Who smokes
Armand sighed, sighed deeply; but
he answered: 4 will submit to any
thing You require. 1 will smoke no
longer
The wedding was soon celebrated.
When they appeared in the gay world
afterward the surprise was great that
The coquette had really married the
sailOr. The first month Of their mar
riagc passed very smoothly, though
the captain was at times thoughtful,
restless and grave. For while Ma
thalie scarcely noticed II, but as time
passed on these fits Of depression be-
came more frequent. One day, to her
surprise, she saw him stamp with i'm
patience.
'What is the matter p she asked.
why are you SO irritable
Nothing; nothing atall,' he replied,
az If ashamed Of his ill-humor.
Several times l have seen you out
Of humor without cause. Tell me II l
have displeased you in anything
Armand assured her in the most
ardent manner that he had no cause
to be anything but delighted with her
manner on all occasions; and for
time no signs Of impatience escaped
him, but soon the moody spirit re-
turned. Nathalie was distressed be-
yond measure, and impaired her anx-
iety to her uncle, who replied,
Yes, my dear, understand what
you mean. have often remarked it
myself ut backgammon; he is very
inattentive and often passes his hand
over his forehead, and starts up as If
something agitated him.
my dear uncle, what can be the
matter? wish he would confide in
mev
'rhere arc some things n man can-
not even conAde to his wife,
Not even to his wife My husband
must conceal nothing from me.
cannot be happy otherwise
NJ. dAblainco,rt promised to en-
deavor to discover the mystery, but
contented himself by playing back
CANNON every day.
Summer now came, and they all
left Paris for u pretty country seat
belonging to the captain in the neigh
borhOod Of Fontainblcau. There af-
fairs assumed u new phase. D'Apre-
mont seemed very happy in the so
cicty Of his wife, and always anxious
to please her, but he left her every
afternoon for about two hours, and
upon his return appeared unusually
gay and lively.
Nathalie was not satisfied. She
said 40 herself:
MY husband is certainly happier
than he used to be in Paris, but where
can he 60 every day in that mysteri-
Gus way, all alone, and without ever
mentioning upon his return where he
has beeni l can never be happy
until ! fathom this to the bottom
Sometimes she thought of following
him when he left the house, which he
regularly did at the same hour, some
times even when the house was filled
with company, but then she must
place the servants IL her confidence,
and to do this, and act the spy upon
the husband, who was so kind and
devoted to her--no, she could not do
such thing!
One day young man, who was u
visitor at the house, said laughingly
to d'Apremont:
My fine fellow, what in the world
were you doing yesterday, disguised
as a peasant, at the window of q cot'
tage about a quarter Of mile from
here' If | had not been in haste |
should have stopped my horse to in
duite if you had turned shepherd"
MY husband disguised as n shep-
herd " exclaimed Nathalie, in aston.
ishinent.
Edgar is mistaken it could not
hafe been me that he saw, replied