The Portland daily press., 1879-01-14
POETRY.
eau ReyOir."
A DRAMATIC vIGNETTE.
BY AUSTIN DoBsoN.

BY AUSTIN DoBsoN.
ScENE-The Fountain in the Garden of the Lur-
embourg, 1t is surrounded by PromendderS
MONSIEUR JoLIcGUR. LADY luakno,cR)
NJ. JoLIoGUR.
IT'S she no doubt. Brunette-and tall:
charming figure, above all!
This promises. Ahem!
THE LADY.
Ali it is three. Then Monsieur's name
-. NJ. JoLrcGUR.
Madame, the same
THE LADY.
And Monsieur's goodness has to say?....
NJ. JoLIcGUR.
Your note.
THE LADY,
Forgive me.-Nay.
(ReadS)
"If Madame [T omit aOiH be
Beside the FOuntdin-rdiI at Three,
Then Mddame-possi6ty-n,dy hear
Ne,os of her Spaniel Joliceur."
Monsieur denies his note?
NJ. JoLIcGUR.
lido.
Now let me read the one from you.
IF Monsieur Jolic@ur sciH be
Beside the FOuntdin-rdt at Three
Then H0nSteur-pOSSibty-m meet
An Old acquaintance. Indiscreet.'"
THE LADY, (scandalized.)
All, what folly! 'Tis not true.
never met Monsieur. And you?
M. JoLICGUR, (acith gallantry)
have lived in vain till now. But see:
We are observed.
THE LADY, Cooking rouad)
comprehend.
after a pduse.)
Monsieur, malicious brains combine
For your discontinue and mine.
Let us defeat that i'll Il, sign.
Ii Monsieur but. -. (tesitating)
NJ. JoLIcGUR, (bowing)
Rely on me-
THE LADY, (stiU hesitating)
Monsieur, know will understand. -.
NJ. JoLICGUR.
Madame, wait but your command.
TIE LADY.
You are too good. Then condescend
at once to be new found friend!
M. JoLIoEUR entering upon the part forthuitb.)
Howl am charmed-enchanted, All!
What ages since we met. at Spa?
THE LADY, Ia little disconcerted)
At Ems, think. Monsieur. maybe
Will recollect the Orangery?
NJ. JoLIoGUR.
At Ems, of course. But Madame's face
q
THE LADY.
1t seems so. Still, Monsieur recalls
The kurhaus and the concert balls?
NJ. JoLIcGUR.
Assuredly. Though there again
Ills Madame's image retain.
THE LADY.
Monsieur is skilled in. :. repartee.
Glow do they take it?-Can you see?
NJ JoLICGUR.
Nay,-Madame furnishes the wit.
Crhey don't know what to make Of it,
THE LADY.
And Monseut's friend who sometimes came?.,
That clever. .......I forget the name.
M. JoLIoGUR.
The baron?. :. 1t escapes me, too.
(Pwas doubtless he that Madame knew
THE LADY, (archly)
Precisely. But my carriage waits.
Monsieur will see me 10 the gates?
M. JoLIcGUR, (ofcring his arnn.)
Ishal be charmed. Your stralagem
Bids fair, think, to conquer them)
CTho is she? Unjust find that out)
And Madame's husband thrives no doubt?
THE LADY, (ot her guard.)
Monsieur De Beau-?...He died at BoIe!
M. JoLIoGUR.
Truly! How sadl
(Asideo
get, on the whole,
Which can it be? All, there they go!
Madame, your enemies retreat
With all the honoIs Of defeat.
THE LADY.
Thanks to Monsieur. Monsieur has shown
skill Previlie* would not disown.
M. JoLIoGUR.
You fatter me. We need no skill
To act SO nearly what we will.
Nay,-wbat may come to pass, If Fate
And Madame bid me cultivate.
THE LADY, (anticipating.)
si-no further than the gate
Monsieur, besides. is too polite
To profit by a jest so slight.
NJ. JoLIcGUR.
Distinctly. Still, did but glance
At possibilities. :. .of Chance.
THE LADY.
Which may not serve Monsieur, 1 fear,
Beyond the little grating here.
N. JoLIcGUR, (aside.)
s sls1slp sass5 One may go too far.
(They reach the gates.)
Here we are.
Permit me, then....
Placing her in the carrsaqe.)
v.o And Madame goes?....
THE LADY, (smiling)
Thanks! he knows.
M. JoLIcGuB, (insidiously.)
or aFn, acon.,n t.a And must we not renew
THE LADY, (stiU sn1ilinq)
My thanks insteadi
NJ. JoLIcGUR, (,oith aoathos)
1t is too hardl
(Laying his hand on the gratinq1
To find ones Paradise is barfed!!
THE LADY.
Nay-"Virtue is her own rewardw
LEA
II. JoLIcGUR, (solas)
Beeu,vds beau Uallon -Beau-manor?-
But that's trifle!
AU REyOIR
(Waring his hand after tile carTiaae.)
-BetgraUi