The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-02
In shabby coat, where poverty Y pctur,,
ee1ue, and even starvation has Its poetlcal

| finnrgette raianff her eyebrows.
"Itis main that whoever first said 30 never
felt It." abe commented. dryly. Something
/ AZ her face
nl,aorgette. how you snid that, One would
almost think that ynu
tsrhnt / Ind known TINT political pain my
s.Ify.. I'M added. with Il smile hnlf sal. hn!
ironlral. Perhaps | have, Ynn 500 have
| nnlv these holding IN har hands -"to keer
| tha wnlf from thu door, and II work fails me
| Nh, Il fit, ha parps In, All. ha In NOT In the
leaat 'poetieal. | assure you, but the uRlest
| nenstar Won rnn imagine"
size ahultierod. then broke Into n hugh
| "Ypu look IA startled ns If you saw him at
| thia moment pncplnr over nv shoulder
why u YOU talk of s,,rh horrors Etienne 7
Let ,ia change tho slbjeat'
Etirnnn waa Silent A curious chill crept
pyar him. u sudden HhntDw prpmsh to hive
fallen ~. tho bright day. There was q jar-
ring se,,ae or inroilur,ity In tho association
Nj t;r,ruetta With alioh erin realities nv want
md hardahip. Ile looked ut tho nweet. co,,r-
areo,a faeo' tho fragile figure. The delicate
lIttIn banda that Ind bmt, forced tp lipht ao
hard II battle f,,r barn nslstauce and hia hoart
a.eIl.d with nifv and n uensro,1a sort OF
slamn ~ III nantrnstaa III enav in,Iolsnt
Iii, With hers
IIa seized her fingers and covered them
with kIssca
,Drnr bravo little handsl | never loved
ihcu ao wall Thank Heaven. thew will not
have to toll much longer"
Hho smiled md pnssed Her hand over hla
bnir ayni,t
"Io when share vo,,r tent In the pleaannt
aud ~ Rohrmin | shall hnva nothing tn "a
iii Inv int count my iinpcra2"
"ynu will I'm va uoihiuu ,n do but TO love mo
md IL hnnnv..
~, ;n,rr ,LTpf,r po;ia ,nu ,,jrr" aha hrnle
int, melody aa naturally ma a. bird sings.
"Eut 10 Won know TINT IL ID getting late. "
ahn added hooking around
And. in,iemi. while they had been talking.
thu golden afternoon hnd crept away. ShnG.
DIVA we're Iengthening on tle slopes, and IN
M ferny hnllnwa nf the nnrk II, waa already
dnrl,
Presently iii m fountains csased md
there waa i, sudden hn4h and stllIness in Tho
mir. n aenan of noolneaa freahnoaa ,noisture.
~, ,,Inr ~ ,ynt enrfh a,,I prnas Ffhe wnInr
III I'M "t,nen of Neptune a,,baitlrd into still
1et,s though liza surface waa Etttf frrttrt viii,
rippiea Of Neptune and Anphitrlte Protous
and the strange ANA mnnatara arlpped md
glatono,l In th" Inst rays of tho settling sun.
An hour later Geprpstto and her lover Ieft
I'M UrM,nda anu made thnIr wav to I'M
stut,pu where n train vna inst etnrtlnv for
Paris.
IL wns pleasant L, ~ borne swiftly through
I'M Wide lually lnndaoope nlonuedn Of thn
sweet seine diinly aiming In the atn,Iight
past A.. Cloud and S,lrassnea. with their pretty
Wilma h,,rlmi IN foliage. nnat prtoa,lS. with
ita mnrIret vnrdeng. and Aanieros. with lts
ilo,ilin Of plena,1re bonts. It'll the lluhfa ~
Paris began ~ sparsle round Thorn. thn vague
white gInrn of tho electric light showing
where tho Place ia 'Opera Inv: Thu Iopr Inng
of lnnps 81, lin exterior bollovards stretch
lny AWAY I'm nnpnrontlv endlrss poranectiv,
on every aidn.
along INA brilliant atrnnts where nil Pnria
ae.,mui 10 bn aiitinp outsido tho cafoa taking
IL cigar and "rhnssn'' over the Pont Neuf.
whsr,, thoy pa,la,d liz look III the moon In ma
river ss and md 40 oil, into tho labyrinth of quaint.
strcets OF tn classic QUARTER I,ntin
IL waa poslocI when thev renrhed thn R,,n
aes Eroes.
As thoy passed the eonscierge'a den. tho
I,1f.r i an,,Irv nld ,nnn IN n HnllnnI nnrnn
nnI taa.nl"u gmnlt ii,g.nau nut ont his hon" bcod
md called them back.
VIZ leticr fnr vol Mn'amaelle t,eorvcftc
Cnmc by thn midday most mama writing
he added us no handed IL to her
vi have ~ pnntlsman correapondanta. Mon
slenr Pounyin."
rita u uoutlemnn'a writing. anyhow" no
ANA arrutiniyrd tia direction with Il PUZZLED
look thrn shrugged her shoulders and put
Tho initnr into her pocket
"PerhapH IL ii Hi order for flowers" Aha nv
For ornnga-hlossoms. heinz" suggested tho
Old man, With sly glance ut Etiallne.
"Ifs 40. | shall not accept IL, 4" was Gnorgotte'a
anawer.
'WhyY' her lover demanded HS hR followed
hpr III stairs. "snr,,ly IL would bs IL rood
omen"
mo: II Won make them for others YOU will
never wear them yourself, they say"
ttHsttt,,,t+tlte.ts# ehiEli You will lnt mo 600
that letter, won't your ahnll not sleep till |
know who III your mysterious cDrrsSpDnu-
ent"
lis Monsieur Jealous, for exnmpe2" she
asked. throwing Ii laughing glance ut him
over hDr shoulder
mot tho lraat In the world" he protested.
II nm only curious"
"WeI, come ,Ip to my landing and will
satisfy your curiosity as soon as havelIghted
tho lamp Whore Is my key? All, there IL
isrs
She unlocked tho door aud entered, while
her companion stood outside, looking in ut the
humble little room whose thresh I'd Id had
never crossed. l'hc moonlight filled 1t. giving
Ii I, droamy. unreal look. showing tho lttln
white bed III IN alcove. the work table with
its pretty litter Of haf-tiniBhed ilow"rs, tho
bird cage and plants In tho window, and his
own photograph on the wall, with IL print Of
DIR Lady If l,purdrs above H. Everything
was ns daintiiy neat and trim ~ Georgetts