Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

my dear Mederic," said Paul, {"
have confession to make. When
came hero three weeks ago, swear b,
my hoary-headed ancestors that hal
the most disinterested desire to see 20,
married. ! had pearl in my hand tina
| would have given you on the spot ;'bu
it is we'll to distrust your first thought
which are best. When l found mysel
alone, still said: Yes, Mederic shall
be happy. I haven't better friend il
the world But as I was walking alon,
l began to reflect: Yes, l have better
friend now than Mederic-that friend il
myself / returneds to the beautiful
widow and begged her not to 20 to tn,
church of Saint Roch, or if she couldn',
possibly stay away, at least not to wea1
the pretty hat she wanted to wear fol
the first time, for good luck. Sh,
laughed, she blushed, she laughed again
Then l mustered up all my courage.
said to her, I love you, my cousin.
And she said: MY cousin, I know it..
And 20 my dear Mederio, ! have comett
invite you to the wedding. But, now
take my hand, for l have betrayed
friendship. One word, however, I have
come and come again, several times i1
hopes of meeting you. believed you
had closed you" doors on me, and fell
like taking offence, but finally contentec
myself with writing to you.
" | did not get your letter."
~ thought you were furious at moi
meeting the lady in the blue hat"
81 did meet her, and meet her to such
purpose that l am engaged to her and
now AJAX you to my wedding. Only il
was white and blue" ~ @'''
II did not get your letter."
~ don't understand it," cried the two
friends in chorus, with as much unison
as If they had been actors at the opers
comioue.
II want to own up" muttered the
valet, falling on his knees before his
master. "There is only one culprit
here, and that's me! First, told Mon.
sieur the marquis that Monsieur the
viscount was out. of town; second, !
closed the door on Monsieur the viscount.
l suppressed the letters of both gentle.
men. To be brief, I acted like rascal,
and, what is harder to admit, like fool.
I wanted to prevent my master from
marrying, and was ass enough to put
him in the way of it. If it hadn't been
for my folly you two gentleman would
have met the next day after that fatal
Sunday. You'd laughed little about
it at the club. Monsieur the marquis
would have retired from the affair as
soon as he perceived the feelings of the
viscount towards his cousin, and there
would have been an end of it."
The rascal is right" cried Paul.
" He has been the necessary obstacle
which makes these things successful"
"Well," responded Mederic, eff my
wife doesn't take dislike to him I'll
keep him."
"Monsieur the marquis does me great
honor" said the valet, "but am bound
to leave his service. I have sworn to
follow the examples of my ancestors,
who died bachelors, every one of them,
and who never would consent to 20 out
to service with married people. Unjust
religiously keep the promise I made to
myself
Mederic married the lady with the
blue hat, Paul married his cousin. The
two households are perfectly happy, and
there are plenty of children too. Me-
deric has given up his German lessons.
The little girl has an excellent teacher,
but she thinks he doesn't begin to teach
her az much or as well as her dear papa.
~ have been intending for several
years." said the marquis one day to his
wife, to ask an explanation; but we've
always had something else to talk about
when we've been alone. What kind of
= hat was it you wore at St. Roch the
first time I saw you? Was it blue or
white2"
"Blue." g.,
"WhyT
because I ordered blue hat of my
milliner. If I'd ordered q white one she
would have given me the same hat, but
it would have been white.-Paris Figaro.