Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-11-01

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manded the bewildsred Young wi,i,,w
looking still more charming in he.
amazement
My meaning Is this, madame my
name Is Arthur-Baron Arthur de B..
belong to an old and honorable family
Am a bachelor, and 30 years of age
My estates are worth $4,000 francs a
year-but this l mention ont vi respec.
TO the laws Of business; and despite the
originality and queerness Of my conduct.
which may perhaps have offended you,
am considered y very gootl-nst,lred
person; and, upon the whole, l hattes
myself am man fully capable Of max
ing lady happy. VIII yon, therefore.
do me the honor Of accepting nay heart,
my hand, ana my fortune %
To tsis sudden proposal Madame do
Y replied with dignity "Your Jest is
not III very good taste, sir, aud all I can
do is to laugh at it.
+es 5eAi1iis, most serious, madame. + am
{ indeed-alid, on the faith Of 4 gentle.
man, ! beg you to believe it,
=" What, cir you propose marriage
merely mat you may not have to give
up my apartments T.
- A ht;le upon that account. madame
hut Still more because OF a more over
powering Reason tor among the many
consultations | have had the honor os
laying before ron, there is one dare
not mention, but allow me now to con.
Tess tt love You"
AT this ayowat, Madame de Y blusbn.,
10 the eye-. WHAT lazy, young Or old,
would not have done so, particularly
when ME avowal came from Young.
handsome and wealthy man ? However.
sic took it III good part, and laughed
outright at her insar?ocutor
" You are laughing, madame, and
however,"
Your folly provokes my laughter.
Monsieur rs Baron. l really cannot he'll,
it."
Nevertheless, madame, I can assure
you aul fully master Of my reason. or
at least rs much Of it as remains. sub
dned rs 1t is by intense passion"
What, Sir intense passion ut first
sight T. ''
You forget, madame, that l have
been iivlng three long mouths in vour
apartments, and that your portrait.
winch now see is au adorable likeness
Is ranging up there in the next room,
II was The first object that caught nv
attention on entering. and have looked
at aud admired it every day since Non
VAS capiivated by the charms OF Won,
beauty alone, for / am we'll ACQUAINTED
WITH Tour merit In every way, your many
hyperion qualities and your irreproscha-
oe Character. A man, however SO lttls
ne may lie versed in womanly affairs.
cannot spend three months in a la,,v's
apartment without noticing and STUDYING
many thinas disclosing her habits. her
tastes, her feelings. / have been AZ
acute, and, perhaps, an indiscrest. Oh
server, madame and what have d.
covered has captivated my heat for.
ever. That heat | offer you again, and
humbiv wait your answer to know 10y
tate"
There was no honlbast, TO faHfaronade
IN the Baron's language, 1t WIS the IT,
solve Of man who had ma = up his
mind, and WIS determined to succeed.
But the more he urged his suit, the less
he advanced in il : iii at last the widow
slgnltied to lin, in due form and un-
nistakable pbras eology, that he must
Instantly SHIFT his 9uarters-thus giving
him his leave, and in''mating to Linn at
the same time that he must never think
OF setting foot in her residence again.
very well, madame-I withdraw.
and will not return til you invite me to
do so - the answer to witch parting
words WAS a saucy smile, and toss Of
the head which evidently meant, "Yon
have long to wait, Monsieur IL Baron,
before receiving such an invitation"
However, at the end Of few da.s, the
Qvitqtiou was sent, and tn Baron ~
rived inst rs the widow had compls ted
MAXI E herself more charm'dn TIA even
What hive been apprised OF, sir?'
said Madame De Y to him. as le
seated himself III M arm chair Ia Vol
tMle right opposite ilar. Dtrina
hay absence, yqn onrht my long
pending lawsuit to an amicablo arrange
ment."
"Why, yes, madame; bat you must
be neither pleased nor disp'eased with
me OF that account, as | acted oalY III
my own interest"
How 50, if you please. Baron q
"The fact Is. the lawyers clerks were
calling here with their papers every day:
and, owing to heavy and pyotracted
suit | once had myself, have au uttar
aversion TO every limb Of the law as
our allies, Messieurs les Analais, have
it, .Beipg acquainted with Your plain
til, who is debtor OF mlne, | made use
of my innns'ice over him, and soon got
him to forreo his unfonnded claim, and
lie made over to he what he called his
rights. 1t is therefore an affair l. tween
hlo and me. Bat rest assured mad
anne, that Your deiicaey and susceptible
ity shall never have to com Diam Of nv
proceedings. Your lawsuit is forever
quashed, and that is all p Whereon
the Baron looked the widow steadfastly
but respectfully in the face, and gave no
further explanation.
Madame de Y was somewhat con-
fused: but. in spite of herself. she was
continually forced to think of her ex.
tenant. In every room oil her apartment
he had left some souvenir of his sojourn
poetry, penening, songs. music com
posed by himself, thoughts and nlaxims,
etc, written ia her lhnrns and scrap
book. All these gallant attentions
seemed most charming to her, while
they piqued her curiosity; and when
that important part of the female consti-
tut Oh is awakened other sentiments
soon come forth and blossom.
Now it happened that, the day after
the Baron's invited visit, poor woman,
the mother Of family to whom Madame
de y was in the habit OF giving stated
pecuniary relief, called to thank her for
her last muniticent donation, which, she
said, would keep her and hers forever.
"You were absent. my too-generous
benefactress, but / had tine honor Of
meeting here with your husband"
MY husband?" calculated the widow.
IAN, madame, what an excellent,
what kind hearted gentleman All,
how well you are mated, for you suit
each other admirably. Yes, madame, l
told him everything and how kind, how
Providence-like you were to me. He
seems to love you very much, and how
could that be otherwise? 'Good wom-
an, says your husband to me, madame,