, 1880-03-16
FRENCH COURTS1IIP.


How Jules Gets lElH yyifc and What
She I8riMgs Him.
FART Cs'ryt,ix1sIeaes Htw lyrt GYuPsk.
1t Is the wa,nen who hurry the men here, not
the men who nnrFy tho won,cn. a bachelor Is
possession of value, nnl ho will not let hlni-
self 70 for il centinc under hts worth. lie need
not hRye fortune, but he ought tu hase nn1no
Or position. Names nre very plentiful In
Frnncc, md positions too. for Il p1acu under tho
Government, hnwuvcr poorly ra,tF. IL hcll to
give tnan certain consideration. At %,
Jules, WIN tas run bis little career of fDll!cH,
hcHlns seriously 10 think 1t tl1ne to settle. 1tu
first concs to tcr1ns with himself ami lays down
tho conditions on which he will t,artcr nway bis
liberty, With grcat precision. Ills wffo must
hnve no much fortune. Thcre ia no Ber1se OF
shnnic nblut 1t, and no conceaimcnt; In fact
tho widest publicity Of n ccrtnn kind Is tho very
essence Ut the huslncss. as soon I'D he has
nude up hls mind as to the dot, or n1arrEaKO
p,ttlOfi, ho Becks tho MD Of Bnho OF his fcml-
tinc acgunintances, tnkes thorn Into his conf
dcncc, and asks thotn to rcport to hin, on alt
marrIagcablo girls With fortunes In tholr circle.
No go0d-nnturcl married woman can rcfus0 an
appeal Of this kild. She WIS married in that
why, and 6ho Is dtsfntercstctl1y anxions to
Blye her unmarried sisters thu beneiit Of tho
custom. She pAsses her acglalhtances In mental
review aul selects two or three sho thinks likely
to suit her friend Jules. Tho con!idcntial re-
port Is made. the girl named and described. and
the swim Is asked 1t hp would like to Sec her.
lie probably enys ho would. A meeting at tho
house Of the a1n!nl'lo ncgnttator is accordingly
arrnngctl, and Nll tho RESOURCES Of French tnct
arc employed to prevent 1t from compromising
one side or tho other. Tho YOUNG la1y IL not
to know anything Of tho lllattcr, she is simply
to appear by chMnco simultaneously with her
possible nt!orcs IN Waiting duy. She drops tn
with her nlnther; Jues drops In by himself.
1If
lady, and II neither cares 10 gonny further thoro
i Hxht m % ircrfiy - n a e 'T To @ -,assessel nus
toiusurc hisever1nstiI.g hnppncss fro.n her man
no,t the weather.. II would be absnl.ltely ng.ist
ntl ctnycn1nca fur him to sny much mnre to her.
t% for she Is neycr b. soS y ss ehaue1p n ef
nIono during the whplc period Of courishfr. II
col1rtshp 4 can bo caltctf. sho fs unier the cye
plaf thu pnrt of Watchdog. Ali tho ex1tliaIt
play of pnssun Is unknown to her Htthis period
Of her experience; 60 II com1nan tustlre e her.
cnlebs ii seareh Of q wife Is thus n familiar
friends, mud .lsks them ii Il CONFIDENTIAL whisper
II they htlye hcArti Ut anything III their line.
rass2 or even a5ftec9tton. - a.1,e ot of the
nrs, thing shol9ht 1f Is tho ,iftloti of two for-
tunes e. IT. ors offtten ons fortune @ and two
atter Of 81 course. Ss II III srs ~! ID % S"ti TIC
Rfrl Is supposed 10 be ready to love him III Il
w0rtl Ut command from her mother. II tho
I'ared q gl.n her al tho affection It wt,siltl de
KpM bn+alins. on her rart. to demand; Tho
sasSo 81 s ee nc | wers te peo
tlons ot their living toxethoF a comfort ,nro
!nn known t. axist. Tno FRENCH, l!ke every other
px Il wa oa os!deTea s sS c9tnsy # aso .nIl IL
tnnn TO nttenpt to win Il girls heart without