Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
The Lady in the Blue Hat.
PlRlSIAy COMEDY OF ERRORS,

APlRlSlAx COMEDY OF ERRORS.
The Marquis de V. has an income O
100000 francs year. Hence the SUI
does not rise in his apartments until l
O'Clock. His valet superintends tn
brushing Of his masters clothes Will
one eye, and reads the morning pape
with the other. The bell of the quite
door rings, and the valet, after the bel
has rung two or three times, and he ha
heard the voice of one of his masters in
innate friends outside, finally consent
to 60 and open it.
- have been making racket her
for twenty minutes" said the visitor
Paul de L., bounding into the room.
Monsieur did we'll to Knock" sale
Cclestin, the valet, following him will
a slow, digniied step. Gle might hav'
rung till the day of judgment, for m,
servant was brushing my master
clothes, and 1 was reading my mornins
Taper. It was remark ably bright an@
interesting this morning."
Paul explains to the valet that he ha!
come to persuade his master to commit
matrimony, but finds in Celestin foe
to his project. For Celestin is afraid
that lady at the head of the house
would either dismiss him or give him
something to do. So Paul asks to be
shown to the apartment of his friend.
The valet knocks directly at the door
of his masters bedroom.
Who's there?"
II, Monsieur" said the valet; 81
have come to announce the arrival of
Monsieur Paul."
"Paul? Let him come in. Paul! -
he cried in louder tore, "why don't
you come in? What are you putting on
all that style with me for?"
II have come to talk about matri-
mony," said Paul. entering.
" Matrimony? Thunder!" cried Me-
deric, bouncing out of bed. "You 60
and order breakfast" he cried to the
valet. "I'll need all the strength can
muster. As for you, Paul, don't lisp a
word of your outlandish idea until we
are fairly seated at the table,"
"This looks bad," said the viscount to
himself,
"That's all right" said Celestin, the
the valet, casting triumphant glance at
Paul.
During breakfast Paul fairly spread
himself in cracking up marriage. He
proved conclusively that it stood in the
first rank of civil contracts, and was
altogether the most admirable,of the sac
raments of the church. As he listened
to himself he became infatuated with
his own eloquence; in fact, he scared at
times to almost inaccessible heights.
Mederic disputed his arguments with
considerable ingenuity. After an hour
or so of this sort of thing, Paul ex-
claimed: "Let's get down to business.
We ought to have begun with it. have
a cousin who is widow. She has such
blind confidence in me that she is willing
to accept any one I'll pick out as q hus-
band for her. You're the man like
best; so you shall have her."
II don't want her."
"She'sa 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 we'll 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 a blue hat
with white trimmings. Go and see
her."
elf she don't fix you at the very frs,
glance I'll never say another word"
You've already said too much.'
II won't stir until you promise to &C
there Sunday"
81, "Wsl l:-l'a go-but what good will
"You'll be charmed"
"Pd like to bet on it,"
"pd be betting on certainty"
"What's this treasures name'"
"pll tell you when you've seen her
that is, if the first sight of her does tb|
business for you"
Mederic was at the church door at tn,
time appointed, looked in and saw no
body answering the description. But a
he turned away he met in the church
perch a charming woman whose ha
seemed to him to be blue with whit
trimmings-or was it not rather whit
with blue trimmings? He saw blu
gauze, white satin, blue tulle and whit
silk capriciously tangled together. Wa
this blue HAITI One needed to be NOR
than a man to decide the question
The lady took seat at the left of tn
pulpit.
"That settles it," said Mederic. Pau
is right; She is very good looking. II
like to know her name and where sh
lives"
"It seems as if that gentleman wer
following me-" said the lady in the blu
hat, az she entered moderately pre
tentious house on A]giers street after tn
service.
Mederic learned from the porter's VIII
that the blue-hatted woman had been
widow three years, that her name was Az
bella P-de B., that she had lodgings 81
the fourth FIGHT above the basement
which, it must be admitted, was hard t
distinguish from the fifth story. Almos
before he knew it, he was ringing tn
bell OF her apartments and had been ad
mltted' As he waited he began to Cas-
ABOUT 1-r some pretext for waiting o.
her' he decided not to mention Paul
name until forced to do 80. At tha
moment the door opened. =, ...-~'. - W
Madame Arabella!" stammere,
Mederic, bowling. --.~>
1 am she," replied the LADY. VIII
seemed even prettier without tie blu
hat. - "-r4 -
After prolonged silence Mederic b<
gan: 90 .4z5. 4 80
II have-come-I haye--come-"
20, I understand, /" exclaimed MAJ
anne Arabella, vivaciously, !" you are tt
professor of German, and you have CON
~ me recommendation Of my frien,
Maoame Deiattre. I beg pardon for n.
having aided you little in introducir