The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-04


ing else now. He evan famed sometimes that
Olga guessed his Intention and 1t Madame
8arbaEine's fouf@ topix, where Olga treated Al
/ het admlrers in that fT1nk b0yish Nay Of hArs,
TNhens she handed the sailor'ii tel ID i glass,
dter tie PEnssian bhion, he thoughtshe saw
a1es IRE 8 az 70 sss%ea e. sgoss scss
fgehes.ous y 'nddahnfte tenderness
eyes, Mademoiselle, my sick leave is up in =
|sTeek: shall leave Pau tomorrow. I shall
spend few days in Touraine with my sister,
de-camp to the naval project In year or
eighteen months shall go to sea again."
They were alone in the reading room of the
hotel standing near an open window, with
thousands of stars twinkling and glimmering
above them in the dark heavens -...-.. =.
answered Olga with her fresh, firm voice.
II want to ask you for something, Monsieur
de Rhe. Yes, that lions claw mounted on a
little gold ring that you wear at your watch
chain have fancy for it. 1t came from
! lion that you once killed out hunting in Africa
That trinket pleases me. Give it to me; will
keep it in remembrance of you, -.
Julien unfastened the little charm and put
it into the girls hand; then suddenly he caught
her hand in both his own and whispered pas
sionately: :,
81 love you! Will you be my wife,"
Olga loosened her hand gently, still holding
the lions claw; then, crossing her arms upon
her breast she looked Julien full in the face
fora moment with no sign Of emotion on her
own -.
+. ssNo." she said; at last, eno! And yet you
are the first man who has loved me and told
me so IL that straightforward way. 1t is for
that reason that refuse" -.
"Olga!" cried Julien in q changed voice
'Tisteu to me- she went on, interrupting
him BY . gesture, sand understand thoroughly
why answer no. feel that am not worthy
of you, and should not make you happy. You
remember that letter o; your sisters that you
complained of having lost VOL, you dropped
it here, and picked it up and read it. Your
sister answered the confessions you had made
Of your feelings toward me-feelings that I
had guessed long ago. She rejoiced at them,
like the simple, innocent child she is, but in
terms that have shown me what wide, what
q terrible difference there is between me and
the real maiden. When I read that letter I
saw what your family was like
is it not?-into which you should
bring none but an honorable wife. You should
thank God, Monsieur de Rhe, that you have q
gray haired mother Of whom you can never
think without feeling proud tenderness melt
|. ing your heart. T have q mother. too, but I
seen the ridiculous side, monsieur; butt know
hand, she would refuse you, because you are of
minor nobility, andayour fortune is moderate.
Ny mother has made mp her mind / am to
make grand marriage; OF, if motif not, she
I am pretty experienced for q girl Of nineteen {!
II is horrible-lsi it not? But 90 tits. And that
is why we were at Nice last winter, at Skew
enlngue last summer, and why we are now at
Pau. That is why we knock about from one
end of Europe to another like 50 much baggage
why we meyer sleep but IN hotel beds, and only
eat at the table d'hote. Ny mother was
almost royal princess, YOU know and ever
since I was fifteen she has given me to under
stand that am destined to be an archduchess,
if only left-handed one Marry. gentle.
man hardly more than q mere bourgeois!
Why, in her eyes, should be lowering myself
All, you must. be Disguised with me; and 1 am
ashamed of myself! No, don't deny it. No,
you could never take me to your mother-I
whose heart has been 50 defled- AS your WIFE,
luxury that you have no need of, and that
matter, T don't love you'll don't love any one.
Love- is among the things that have been for
hidden me. Farewell, :, Monsieur de Rhe.
GO away, and say no more for Gods sake
Only-you leave me your lions claw, won't
you? It will remind me of a true hearted man,
to whom have acted like true hearted wom-
an. No; say no more We must part forever:
Three years after the steam transport, bu
Couedie, returning from Senegal, touched at
the Canaries to take in letters. After she had
started on her journey through the rough
night again, the boatswain came into the Off
GERS cabin and laid packet of'newspapers on
the table.
Julien de Rhe opened a news sheet about
three weeks old, from Paris, and read under
the heading 'tMovements and Whereabouts"
the following lines:
ellis Majesty. the King of Swabia, who is
travelling incognito, under the name of the
Count Of Augsburg, arrived here yesterday ev-.
ening
ssAn annoying accident happened at the sta
ton on his majesty's arrival. The Baroness
de Hall, who, only accompanied by her mother.
the Countess Barbarine, was travelling with his.
majesty, lost q jewel-of slight value, though
she apparently set great store on it. It is .
simple lions claw mounted on = small circlet
Of gold. Madame de Hall has offered reward
of two hundred francs for the recovery of this
jewel"
s'Look out, Julien, you are forgetting the
hour Of your watch, my dear fellow"
'eThank you, said Julien de- Rhe, throwing
down the paper, and walking as from dream.
That night the man at the wheel, who was
alone on tie poop with the officer of the watch,
saw him put his handkerchief to his face sew
eral times. There was good deal of wind and
sleet, yet, where he stood, it could not have
reached him.-Translated for the Argonaut
from the French by Mademoiselle Boucher.