Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-05
SKETCH OF sARDoU,s LATEST DRAMA.

SKETCH OF sARDoU's LATEST DRAMA.
NJ. and Nine. De Prunelles are the rich
est family of Rheims, whose geography
and placers you know, if ever you have
washed down pompano with iced cham
payne. They have been married only two
years, nevertheless Nine. Cyprienne de
Prunelles thinks she is sick and tired of NJ.
Henri de Prunelles. The explanation is
simple While he took wife to have a
quiet, peaceful home, she took husband
to CAD about with a freedom denied I'M
married women in France besides she has
had her brain added by reading pamphlets
on divorce and trials for GRIM con. Her
husband has cousin Adhemar, and as he
is the general ranger of the state forests he
has a uniform, which, like all uniforms,
takes her eye, she being woman. Henri,
though Champenois, Is no fool tyou know
the French proverb goes "Ninety-nine
sheep and one Champenois are one hundred
stupid animals ~; he keeps a sharp eye on
Cyprienne and Adhemar, and knows the
Rubicon has not been crossed because she
treats him ill.naturedly and follows with
the deepest interest the legislative pro-
ceedings about divorce. He puts an cleo
trio bell on the greenhouse door through
which Adhemar comes to visit Cyprienne,
and when Adhenar creeps tiptoe, as he
thinks in secret, Henri makes his appear
ance to welcome him and keeps him COM
pany till he leaves. Adhemar has been
promoted to be general ranger of a larger
forest at Arcachon he has accepted, but
he assures Cyprienne he has refused the
promotion that he may continue near her.
He has sent him false telegram by a
friend who announces that the bill for d.
vorce has become law he shows this
telegram to Cyprienne, promises to marry
her as soon as she is divorced, and she
gives him rendezvous in his lodgings.
Henri suspects the telegram to be false,
and he determines to use the telegram TO
drive off Adhemar and to win again his
wife. He writes a most amiable letter to
Adhemar, begging him to call as he has a
most important communication to make to
him; at the same time Henri says to Cy-
prienne "My darling wife, we are now
free again and we are going to separate, so
| beg of you no more pouting, no more Ill
humor, no more sullenness let us frankly
talk to each other like two good friends,
two old schoolmates." Cyprienne is de-
lighted to see her liberty at hand, she
leaps up, twines her arms most lovingly
around his neck, kisses him twice and
again, and exclaims "What (! we are
going to be separated? All what nice,
dear, delightful husband You are to tell me
such good news !" Henri takes advantage
of her good humor to ascertain exactly her
relation with Adhemar, and finds no harm
has as yet been done save by speech and
look. Adhemar comes in. Henri says to
him: "My very dear trusted friend and
kinsman, Cyprienne and are going to be
divorced. You love her. Nothing can
prevent your marriage to her." Adhemar
is confounded by this unexpected speech,
and he stammers Marriage l had not
thought of such thingl" Henri "You
are wrong Cyprienne is pretty. She is
worth $50 600, which ought to be good
deal of money to a fellow like you who
has $500 year. 1t is true that she is ac-
customed to spend $4,000 year, and
81, $40 will seem to be narrow income to
her, but by cutting down expenses, by
selling horses and carriages, you may make
both ends meet" Adhemar does indeed
think $4,000 something but Cyprienne
knits her brow to hear that henceforth she
must make 81, $40 suffice for all expenses,
and that horses and carriages must be
sold. Henri insists that Adhemar shall
stay to dinner with them and then with
draws, leaving Adhemar and Cyprienne
together. Adhemar is SO delighted to
think that he will be master of $50, 900 he
half forgets Cyprienne, and tells her he
will respect his friends wife until he can
call her his own. Cyprienne has become
more and more embarrassed, replies
g Well said, sir, respect there is nothing
like respect {" and when he babbles some
of his old love talk, she says aside: SIT
is queer now now that there is no harm
in his making love to me, don't see the
least fun in it.. Henri returns he is in
full dress. Cyprienne is puzzled, and
asks ''Why, are you going to dine with
us?" Certainly not leave you and
Adhemar to enjoy yourselves. "And
where are you going to dine ?" Sat a
restaurant "Alone?" "Ah / don't
promise that" Cyprienne becomes horri-
bly, jealous. She now sees through it all !;
he has arranged all this expressly to quit
her for another woman. "Do you wish to
be certain that L am not going to dine
with woman, fair one?" What to
dine at restaurant, and in nice private
room. That would be charming What
fun / shall have !" "But what will be-
come of Adhemar?" He may 60 to old
Nick ~ The bell rings She seizes her
husbands arm. "Come, make haste, or
that bore will catch us!" Adhemar is
stupetied when he hears Cyprienne has
fed. The servant tells him she has gone
to see an aunt who has fallen dangerously
i'll. OFF he goes to the houses of all her
aunts to catch her; the rain pours in tor
rents and he is wet to the marrow before
he has gone ten steps; unable to find her,
seeing all her aunts in excellent health, he
knows he is duped, so he goes to the police
to get them to arrest Henri for Grim. con.
with his wife-that is to be. The curtain
falls amid roars of laughter which were
uninterrupted from it's rise till it fell.
Paris Letter.
Judge" said Western lawyer, isn't
e-q-u-i the way to spell equinomical J" II
think SO, said the Judge, " but I'll look
IL mn II, Uahstar's dictionary" He fumbled