The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-22
From Tempe Bari
1.-THE NECROLOGiST."
BY JULIUS NORIAC,

The other day had the good luck to
find myself In railway carriage op.
posiie charming young woman with a
we'll bred, ylyaclous manner, who for a
short time was complete enigma to
me.
Who could she be?
Not one of the upper ten thousand
her gloves were too fresh
Women of that class do not wait until
stepping into the carriage to draw their
gloves on. They finish their toilette
before leaving home. SO that, spotless
as the gloves are, they have already
creased themselves into outlines of their
well-shaped hands.
Not woman of the middle class-the
gloves were also too fresh for that.
Mlddle-class women invariably set aside
gloves IN which to travel, gloves neither
very old nor very new-gloves which
have been once TO church, and once 20
pay visits In.
Could she be--but most certainly
no.
There was not a trace OF ANYTHING
equivocal about her; those gloves had
never taken promenade in the Bots.
nor tour around the Lac; besides,
she did not insist on your taking no.
tee that she chose the carriage set
aside for DANES seules"
l went on puzzing my poor brains,
trying TO gusss, and | could not guess.
For moment there came to NV
mind that singular apnorism of Balz4c,
La femme dun artIste est touiours
une femme honuete"
My fellow traveller perhaps might be
the wife of an artist; only 50 many
things are changed since Balzac wrote.
Might she not be an artist herself?
/ abandoned the idea as soon as
formed. No, she had none of those
mannish airs affected by women who
paint, neither did she assume the senti-
mental pose of those who write.
Weary of seeking, vexed by my want
of perspicuity, [ had to trust to chance
to enllghten me.
The lady sat quite TRANQUILITY, giving
me no excuse fer saying as much as
for the time OF year it is unusually
warm"
at length the porter called out "Ser-
quny Ten minutes wait; passengers
for Havre and Rouen change here"
The lady seemed to become anxious
Monsieur she said suddenly, ad-
dressing NE, "are we far from Lisieux ."
About ten leagues, l think, Mad
anne
| answered her with my most agreea-
BILE smile
do you know, Monsieur, whether lie
Val Richer can be seen from the train ?"
Monsieur Guizot's property?"
"Yes, Monsieur"
Il don't think so, Madame"
No? Oh, | am so sorryr'
You should have liked to see the
house OF that illustrious MANI"
would give anything in the world
to have look at it."
But that Is saying a great deal"
1t Is; but 1t would have given me
much pleasure"
You know him, perhaps?0
No; never saw him in my Iife."
You must allow me to express nv
surprise, then, at an admiration more
natural in an historian or politician
than in a lady"
Bat i don't admire him at all. On
the contrary, 1t Is my opinion that
Monsieur Guizot did a great deal Of
harm"
Indeed, Madamep
Well yes; but for him the reyolu-
ton of lS4S would never have taken
place, and Louis Philippe, or his grand
son at least, would still be on the throne,
and we should all be quite quiet"
May L venture to remark that your
view of politics reminds me of that good
Joseph Prudhomme who, you know, as
serted that If Bonaparte had been less
ambitious, and had been satisfied with
remaining an artillery lieutenant. he
would still be sitting on the greatest
throne in the world"
Well l don't go quite solar as that"
But very nearly"
And then | don't like Monsieur chi
zot as man; | have been told that he
is so very austere."
Yes, Madame?"
And that is by 10 means attractive
is 1t? And then his bookshelf. Won
must confess that they are decidedly
heavy reading for woman"
May L be 1ndlscreet enough in such a
case TO ask why, having no sympathy
with the lllustrious deceased, you should
ieei such regret at not being able to
see his house?" "
Most certainly l will tell you why"
and she added with an air of bewitcbinp
trankness-"it is because Monsienp
N4i2ots was such an excellent death y
From simple surprise l became mvs-
tihed. My companion noted this and
smiling she went on:
Yes, Monsieur, a very exceIIent
death; 1t brought us a thousand francs .
on, but that was very kind of him
l replied -'-'
! felt that I was getting idiotic.
A thousand francs, and perhans
more yet. My husband was 50
pleased" 81
oh your husband was
Delighted
And very naturally"
L should think SO; for a very 1o,a
tune we had not had such good dearb's
Yes-for some deaths that promise
very well indeed, turn out to be moth.
ing at all"
Really, really"
assure You it happens Just as 7 tell
you; either they die suddenly, and then
there Is no time to prepare them: or
they are six months about it, and then