The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-01

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best; so you shall have her"
al don't want her"
"She's pearl"
Not any for me, thank you''
"She's an angel"
"All the same to me-"
"She's young and pretty"
"What of it,"
"She's rich and well educated"
"That's none of my business"
Sunday she'll attend the morning
mass at St, Roch. She'll be at the right
of the pulpit and she'll wear blue hat
with white trimmings. Go and see
her"
"Not l."
eff she don't fix you at the very first
glance Pll never say another word"
You've already said too much"
e" / won't stir until you promise to go
there Sunday"
Well-I'll go-but what good will
that do you'll"
You'll be charmed"
"Pd like to bet on it,"
"Pd be betting ON a certainty"
What's this treasures name?"
"Pll tell you when you've seen her
that is, if the first sight of her does the
business for you"
Mederic was at the church door at the
time appointed, looked in and saw no.
body answering the description. But as
he turned away he met in the church
porch charming woman whose hat
seemed to him to be blue with white
trimmings-or was it not rather white
with blue trimmings? He saw blue
gauze, white satin, blue tulle and white
silk capriciously tangled together. Was
this blue hat? One needed to be more
than a man to decide the question.
The lady took seat at the left of the
pulpit.
"That settles it," said Mederic. Paul
is right. She is very good looking. I'd
like to know her name and where she
lives"
at seems as if that gentleman were
following me-" said the lady in the blue
hat, as she entered a moderately pre-
tentious house on Algiers street after the
service.
Mederic learned from the porter's wife
that the blue-hatted woman had been a
widow three years, that her name was Ara.
bella P de B., that she had lodgings on
the fourth fight above the basement,
which, it must be admitted, was hard to
distinguish from the fifth story. Almost
before he knew it, he was ringing the
bell of her apartments and had been adj
mitted, As he waited he began to cast
about fer some pretext for waiting on
her. He decided not to mention PauPs
name until forced to do SO. At that
moment the door opened.
Madame Arabella!" stammered
Mederic, bowling.
l am she," replied the lady, who
seemed even prettier without the blue
hat.
After a prolonged silence Mederic be-
81 have-come-I have-come-"
go, | understand" exclaimed Mad
anne Arabella, vivaciously, "you are the
professor of German, and you have come
on the recommendation of my friend,
Madame Delattre. | beg pardon for not
having aided you little in introducing
yourself. What hour can you devote to
my daughters Instruction."
Any hour you like" he replied, bent
on keeping up the romantic adventure
even to undertaking lessons in German,
of which he didn't know single word.
care you free from to 10?"
am at liberty at all times-I would
say, my pupils have already gone for the
summer into the country" he replied,
perceiying that he was talking like a
fool.
81 can, then, without taking too much
liberty, ask you to come any day at any
hour?"
Exactly so, madame"
Madame Delattre has been paying
you, think, so for fifteen lessons. !
will give twice that for thirty.
" Your kindness quite overwhelms me,
madame"
Tomorrow, then, sir"
Tomorrow"
e. At nine"
Farewell, madame"
"Good day, sir
The marquis bowed respectfully and
went out.
Arrived at home the marquis dis
patched a note TO his friend Paul, telling
him not to say another word about or tC
the lady in the blue hat without his per.
mission.
Madame Arabella presented her little
pink and white daughter about six years
old, to her professor" Mederic kissed
her forehead; made her recite the first
chapter of the French grammar, and
taught her a few words of the Flemmish
dialect, which they speak in the cities OF
/ French Flanders These words, hard as
rocks, raised the "goose flesh on the
/ lady in the blue hat, who assisted at hel
daughters first lesson, dressed in neglige
costume, which developed quite luscious
/ ly her exquisite beauty. He discovered
she was as sweet as honey, and all who
lived with her positively adored her. A
quarter to II she was obliged to dis
miss him, which she did, as she die
everything, with charming grace.
At the second lesson he discovered thai
/ she had an arm whittier than snow, and {
neck delicately poised on her breast anc
shoulders, and she came and went in hi
presence as if he were not a man. HI
was intoxicated with pleasure, in spite
of cloud which obscured his sky be
cause she so steadily mistook him for {
teacher of languages.
At the appointed hour for the thirC
lesson, bis pupil had not returned from