Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-01-28
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"She's rich and well educated. "

| pulplL anu Sne ii wear Dlue nat Will
white trimmings Go and see her. ("
! s'Not
eff she don't fix you at the very first
| glance, I'll never say another word"
You've already said too much.'
81 won't stir until you promise to go
| there Sunday"
''Well-I'n go-but what good will
that do you ?"
you'll be charmed
I'D like to bet on it.
I'D be betting on certainty"
'tWhat's this treasures name 2"
| '1'll tell you when you've seen her
| that is if the first sight of her does the
business tor you"
THE BLUE HAT.
| Mederic was at the church door at the
| time appointed, lookedin and saw nobody
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 trim
mings? He saw blue gauze, white satin,
blue tulle and white silk capriciously
tangled together-was this blue hat?
One needed to be more than man to de-
eide the question. The lady took a 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"
'It seems as If that gentleman were fol
lowing me-, said the lady in the blue hat
as she entered moderately pretentious
house on Algiers street after the service
Mederic learned from the porter's wife,
that the blue-hatted woman had been
widow three years, that her name was
Arabella P-de B., that she ha6 lodg-
ings on the fourth flight above the base
ment, 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 has been
admitted. As he waited he began to cast
about for some pretext for calling on her.
He decided not to mention Paul's name
until forced to do so. At that moment
the door opened.
Madame Arabella" stammered Mede-
ric, bowling.
Il am she," replied the lady, who
seemed even prettier without the blue
hat.
After prolonged silence Mederic be-
gan:
II have-come-I have-come-"
"Oh, l understand" exclaimed Ma
dame Arabella, vivaciously, "you are the
professor of German, and you have come
on the recommendation of nv 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 a single word.
"Are you free from to 10?"
~ am at liberty at all tines-I would
say, my pupils have already gone for the
summer into the country, he replied,
peIceiving that he was talking like a
fool.
II 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, $40 for fifteen lessons. I
will give twice that for thirty"
Your kindness quite overwhelms me,
madame,
Tomorrow, then, sir.
Tomorrow"
cat nine
Farewell, madame
Good day, sir
The Marquis bowed respectfully and
went out.
Arrived at home the Marquis dispatched
note to his friend, Paul, telling him not
to say another word about or to the lady
in the blue hat without his permission.
THE GERMAN LESSONS.
Madame Arabella presented her little
pink and white daughter, about 6 years
old, to her professor" Mederic kissed
her forehead; made her recite the first
chapter of the French grammar, and
taught her few words of the Flemish
dialect, which they speak in the cities Of
French Flanders. These words, hard as
rocks, raised the goose fiesh' on the
lady in the blue hat who assisted at her
daughters first lesson, dressed in negEige
costume, which developed quite lusciously
her exquisite beauty. He discovered that
she was sweet as honey, and all who lived
with her positively adored her At
| quarter to IL she was obliged to dismiss
him, which she did, as she did everything,
with charming grace.
NJ IHC oCC'lnO lCoSOA uS ulSCONGT6u tIldl
| she had an arm whittier than snow, and
neck delicately poised on her breast and
shoulders, and she came and went in his
presence as if he were not man. He
was intoxicated with pleasure, in spite of
a cloud which obscured his sky because
she so steadily mistook him for teacher
of languages.
AT the appointed hour for the third les
son, his pupil had not returned from her
bath. The Professor" was requested to
wait. The lady in the blue hat was sing
ing in the adjoining parlor, and he dis
covered that she had the voice of Patti,
the method of Madame Carvalho and the
soul of Frezzolni. Pretty soon the little
girl came in, the lesson in German began
and the singing stopped. Mederic was
already fond of his little pupil, but just
then he could have sent her away to Peru
or even to China. His bad humor melted
like snow before the sun the moment her
mother entered the room.
At the fourth lesson the Marquis discov-
cred that Madame Arabella was well &C
ir,to Il.