St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-01

MS garden on tne anniversary on MS HAT
rage. All the nobility in Paris was expected,
for the ball was to be on the 22d of June,
and an opportunity to dance under tent
is not to be lost By a lucky chance CASTOR
had obtained an audience with the minister
of the interior for the 2ist at II a. m The
widow avaied herself of her son-in-law's alb
sence, to leave Lucille at home and hurried
to the old countess. 'Madame,n she shouted
in her ear, s'you owe me $4,000 francs or
thereabouts.''
''What do you say?" asked the countess,
who was hard of hearing in that ear.
81 did not come to ask you for money,
| nor to upbraid YOU"
| That's right.''
81 care so little for money that not only
give up all claims to that sum, but am ready
to make further sacrifices, if necessary, to
gain my object | must be admitted into
the Faubourg with the marquise, my daugh-
ter, and that without delay Nine. de CroiX-
Managers gives bali tomorrow; you are her
mother, she can refuse You nothing; would
it be abusing the claims | have upon your
kindness to ask you to get me two invita-
tions?"
The countess bright little eyes became
round like the nail heads in her arm chair.
She smiled.
calais! my friend" said she, wiping away
tear, my influence has been greatly over
estimated. My daughter is-my daughter, /
grant you, but she is under the control of
husband. Do you know Croix- Mangars9"
"If | knew him l would not have to-
''Just so. Well, my good woman, have
only to ask anything of him to be refused.
l am the most unfortunate woman in Paris.
My creditors are leagued against m e, although
| have never done them harm. My son-in-
law is a man. He ought to protect me.
What happened day before yesterday: I
simply asked him for little money to pay
Bon Saint Louis, which has greatly degener-
ated since your good fathers time He an
swered that his fete would be magnificent
affair, and that his purse was exhausted. /
don't know which way to turn. Have you
the heart to talk of ball and of pleasure to
woman in such desperate straits: | shall
be seized; my furniture sold-eXcuse me,
you see that 1 am hardly in a fit state to re-
ceive visitors; but | shall always be glad to
see you; you remind me so much of poor
Lopinot All! if he were only alivel Come
again one of these days, and if / am still
good for anything / shall try to serve you.",
At the first tear the countess shed, Nine.
Benefits handkerchief was resolutely brought
weep, let us weep And, after all, tears don't
cost us any more than they do herr Then
she added, aloud: ''Come, my dear countess,
take courage! There is nothing in this to
grieve heart like yours. You must owe
great deal to this wicked Saint Louise"
'sAlas! my dear, $500 francs.'
'sThat's mere trifle."
'sIt's great misfortune to be the Countess
de Malesy; to be the mother of the Marquise
de Croix-Mangars: to be most prominent in
the Faubourg, and have access for self and
friends to every parlor in it, and with all this,
not to be able to pay 1880 francs! grieve
you, don't 1! Well, goodbye, my dear; my
grief is redoubled at seeing your tears; leave
me alone with my troubles"
''Will you permit me to go to Bon Saint
Louise 1 will engage to settle the matter"
''By no means or rather, do 90. Those
people are your successors; you can get along
with them better than / can. Besides, they
belong to your caste; tradespeople never
harm one another. You are a lucky set. You
can get for hundred francs what would
cost us a thousand. Go to Bon Saint Louis.
I'll wager you can buy my debt without loos-
ening your purse strings-and then it will be
to you that | shall owe these 1900 francs!''
Enough said, madame la countesse; and
as one good turn deserves another-n
eyes; shall do you all the good turns err
my power. But, after all, l would rathse
you would not make peace for me with thoni
What would l gain by it? 1t
would soon leak out that they are paid and
would have all the others after me. No, my
poor friend, owe from one end OF Paris to
the other"
''How much about2"
'Ah! yes, how much 1 can hardly tell
myself. My memory is falling But have
some bills here. Let us see; there's the
baker Of the Rue de Poitiers who charges five
hundred francs for half dozen spring
chickens he sent me, and few cakes nib
bled in his store. What extortioners these
people arer'
''I'll soon settle him.
eyes, tell him he ought to be ashamed of
himself, and that l don't want to hear any
more about him."
''Make yourself easy"
"Now, here's Maitre Majou who wants the |
price of case of ordinary Bordeaux
"That's nothing; give me that piece of |
paper"
"a thousand francsr'
"The deuce! your ordinaire is not to be
sneezed att
NOW, IucTe' = Tue Ulli vi dU DOUc5L man, |
am sure you'll have no trouble with him.
It's the upholsterer who renovated my furni |
lure. He wants thousand francs, but IL he !
we're approached in the right direction, | am |
sure he would be willing to compromise on a |
nominal sum-
Il shall sound him, my dear countess" |
She took the four bills and folded them.
And now, that you feel more at ease, will |
NJ 4rt-t If oil
the Marquis de Crox- Mangars!''
''Yes, my dear, | will But my mind is |
not as free from care as you imagine. / |
have not told you all my troubles She
opened the drawer of her work table and took
nut portfolio full of papers. ''You are
,oing to learn many other troubles
every fine" thought Nine. Benoit
Here's four thousand francs, quite a price
or passport to the interior of the Faubourg.
The old lady is in the humor, but if l don't
lraw the line she'll want me to- buy her the
Aouvre and the Tuilleries.D The widow laid
ne bills she had just folded on the table, say
ng: "Alas, madame. greatly fear you are
light, and that your troubles are beyond
''By no meansl" quickly replied the coun-
ess. IL am sure of extricating myself. You
AVE given me courage, and feel reiuven-
ted. l shall be at my daughter in an hour;
he time it takes to change my dressl
hail have an invitation in the name of the
darquis d'Outreville. You will not require
wo; you go in with your daughter; want to
void the name Of Benoit, which would spoil
While | am busy with your af-
airs, hasten to your tradespeope with those
ills Come back here at o'clock precisely
nj we shall exchange our powers, like two
IN bassadors."
Monsieur de Croix Managers scowled when
lis mother-in law came in. The countess was
0 terribly impecuuious that the sight of her
1as as unwelcomc as that of tax collector
INT, as soon as it was known that she was
lot after money, she was regarded with more
avor. The marquis smilingly handed her