Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-05-30

see her"
mot II
"f she don't fix you at the very
first glance, I'll never say another
word" 81 /
| "You've already said too much"
81 won't stir until. you promise to go
there Sunday"
"Well-Tn go-but what good viii
that do yO1r7'
You'll be charmed.'' T-3f. T.
ard like to bet on it.
s'rd be betting on q certainty"
whats this treasures nameP'
"pu tell you when you've seen her
that is, if the first sight of her does the
business for you" .-
THE BLUE HAT.
Mederic was at the church-door at
the time sppointed, looked in and saw
nobody answering the description. But
as he turned away, he met in the church
porch a charming woman whose hat
seemed to him to be blue with white
trimmings. or was it not rather white
with blue trimmingp He saw blue
gauze, white satin, blue tulle and white
silk capriciously tangled together
was this blue hat? One needed to be
more than a man to decide the ones
ton The lady took 2 seat at the tight
of the pulpit.
"That settles. it." said Mederic.
paul is right. She is very good-look-
ing. I'd like to know her name and
where she, iTes."i frsJ lI /
q It seems as if that gentleman were
following me" said the lady in the blue
hat, as she entered moderately pre-
tentious house on Algiers street after
the service. r,a.ls - IFrtt.E,s 81
MedeTic learned from the porter's
wife that the blue-hatted woman had
been a widow three years, that her
name was Arabella P de B., that
she had lodgings on the fourth floor
above the basement, 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. apart
ments and had been admitted. As he
waited he began to cast about for some
pretext for calling on her. He decided
not to mention Pau's name until
forced to do so. At that moment the
door opened. Hli-f tftis.-tb l,' .,
"Mme. ArabellaP' stammered Med
eric, bowling.
81 am she," replied the lady, who
seemed even prefer without the blue
hat.
After a prolonged silence, Mederic
began: i.,;iL I,a.l,l q,
40, understand" exclaimed Nine.
Arabella, vivaciously, "you are the
professor of GeFmsp,l and you have
come on the recommendation of my
friend, Nine. Delattre. beg pardon
for not having aided you a little IN in
Producing yourself. What hour can
you devote to my daughters instrue-
tion?" Z ii g
" Any hour you like" he replied,
bent on keeping up the romantic ad-
venture even to undertaking lessons in
German of which he didn't know a
single word. .-
care you free from nine to temp
81 am at liberty at all times-l
would say, my pupils have already
gone for the summer into the country"
he replied, pereeiving that he was talk
ing like fool.
Il q can then, without taking too much
liberty, ask you to come any day at any
hour?''
Exactly so, madame" - /
. Nine. FDelattre has been paying
you, think, ten dollars for fifteen les
sons. Twill give twice that for thirty"
Iour kindness quite -oVerwhelmB
me, madame"
''Fo-morrow, then, SIR"
Tomorrow
"At nine"
Farewell, madame"
,-iLGOOd day, sir" -.--f-.- -7-rF-
: The Marquis bowed respectfully and
went out. ~ --
Arrived at home the Marquis dis
patched note to his friend Paul, tell
ing him not to say another word about
or to the lady in the blue hat without
his permission.
THE GERMAN LESSONS. 4
Mime. Arabella presented her little /
pink and white daughter, about six 1
kissed her forehead; made her recite j
the first chapter of the French gram
mar, and taught her few words of 1
the Flemish dialect, which they speak /
in the cities of French hFlaRdeTsgIThese
words, haEd as rocks, raised The
goOse-fesh" on the lady in the blue
hat who assisted at her daughters first
lesson. He discovered that she was
sweet as honey, and all who lived with
her positively adOred her. At quar-
ter to eleven she was obliged to dismiss
him, which she did, as She did every
thing, with charming grace. e..aa.l
At the second lesson he discovered
that she had an arm whittier than snow,
neck delicatelY poised on her should
ers, and She, came and went in his
presence with perfect ease. He
was intoxicated Awfth- pleasure,
in spite of cloud which Obscured his
sky, because she 50 steadily mistook
him for a teacher of languages.
At the appointed hour for the third
lesson, his pupil had not returned from
her bath The ''professorp was re-
quested to wait. The lady in the blue
hat was singing in the adjoining parlor,
and he discovered that she had the
voice of Patti, the method of Nine.
Carvalho and the soul of .Frezzolini.
Pretty soon the little girl came in, the
lesson in German began ard the sing
ing stopped. Mederie 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
er-mother entered the room.
At the fourth lesson the Marquis dis
covered that Nine. Arabella was well
acquainted with matters which women
are not in the habit of bothering their
heads with. That Charles x. was not !
the son of Charles TX. The next lesson
proved to him that she had pretty
fair tincture of fgeography in her educa-
ton At least she knew where the
handsome crystal dishes that litter up
the cupbOards are made-that the
manufacturing corporations at Lyons
sell handsome silk dresses and the
'' Indian Company beautiful iaces.
He discovered subsequently that she
had the most delicate tact, for she
asked him if he would not like part
of his pay in advance, since his pupils
were all in the country. .r
. al have the money now,n she hast
ened to add, as he forgot himself and
stared at her like a lout, "and it viii
be more convenient for me to give fifty
francs now than one hundred at the end
of the month. y .F HJl- '.H 3l5
He also perceived with great pleasure
that she had taste for his converse
tiOn. After his "lessOn'' was done, he
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