Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

"Ieay her. Sald tine
the possession of SO rare an attraction
as Inconsistencies.
LTAis4rieaa-etg
I an by birth, had married INTO a New
Orleans family which had been on
terms ofiintimacy with Jeannes PEG,
pie for many years. She introduced
la asgrahd, as it were, a foreign eie-
henaintb Jeanne's life. She was at
first 4he pnly American" with whom
Aean$re had any acquaintance, and
| could tell such pleasant things OF the
great. faf-away Mort" about which
| distant land our Jeanne felt much
curiosity. Then, too, Jeanne priced
the oppdrtunity of "'spiking Engleesh,
which kef intercourse with this friend
gave herl ,.
And lust here the narrator OF tins
little tale begs leave to ask a question
often priopounded by creole danes
and daIhoiselles. "Why is it," they
trwfs6-4o know, that the American
ladies viii rarely speak French in their
intercourse with the creoIes' but force
| the Frenfh ladies to summon all the
English IphFases they can muster
whether .broken or otherwise, as a
medium OF conversations" us I'm.
! eiFsN mofe easy to learn than French!'
askzthe creole ladies. "Is this fact a
\ censesasnce OF the superior politeness
| of the Latin race, or of the false nod
esty of the AngIo-Saxon?" ask the
| Americans. for these last are con-
| scious of their incivility and depiore
while thdy do not correct it. Jeannes
mammal who could only say "Oh.
yes" ana "Ver' nice" would exhaust
| her vocabulary again and again III
| the presence of American" guests &C
companied by many amlab:e waSs OF
1.-The head and a generous proiusion OF
Esmilss5 But she also filed their hands
Eyuhthe rarest flowers and warmed
EtHsfr- hearts with a taste other almost
EpflceiessEwine
9fa1oagh our Jeanne declared that
her iawsiached when she talked En-
gleesh" all day long, yet, as her accent
was the !prettiest that could be I'M
| agined, and her little mannerlsmS
quite adorable, her admirers wished
that she might talk Engleesh" for
,axer, despite the injury done to her
laws, for Jeanne had admirers by the
score, though she ksptthem a~a~da-
tance.
why do you not tell ner of yQpr
lovers Jsapnsf1rs sked her friens,
/ Mine Dufour, OF her one dry,
lwhAnt she had been discoursing
of Ddlles conquestsY sRagouAtins on
| her fingers the long list of Odille's low
ers. And, Jeanne-apswsred gayly:,
"Oh! Ehas1e 4ao-l oHeEsA AfteE-tfree-
days they all leave me for Odille."
You mean ouleayethemto 0dille,
you hard-hearted little girl" replied
her friend.
"if lido not Iea}e thanlthey would
leave me as soon as they saw nay
beautiful sister, soJsaye myself the
pain OF being forsaSesF2SLLoA
One day Madame Dufour introduce
ed into Jeannss family eircfF a7cousin
of hers, also a MarflSnaer,iw WHO had
~hutresently arrived in New Orleans
Hes vas a tall .hroad.shopldereds
Handsome Young ffnh, tafIAsfeees}e
address, and charming manners, so
that heI pleased ali " no cIner him.
rJsanne's family were delighted with
Visit. tTaesIa ba1M e4haGE
pleased with them, for b soon became
a constant visitor at the house. The
charming s}sree4aHs4y-
.attracted him Immediately.
Just think of what elements OF dis
cord are in that house, and yet they
are as harmonious as a nest ofdoves,"
he remarked to his cousin.
81 have often said that Barnum
| ought to have them" replied Madame
Young Frank Howard thought he
had never witnessed anything more
delightful than the affection and con-
fdenee dhe members of this large fam
lily manifested for each other. The
artless manner in which they, oneand
ralL openly expressed their admiration
for each other pleased while it anus
ed him. AS for "Grandmamma," no
queen on her throne was ever more
| houored or petted than this an
| cierft dame. From little Blance,
whose fairy fingers plucked the
first violets for Ma Grand
mere" to the boys who brought her
choicest fruits, and the ladies OF the
family, who gave her lively descrip-
tions of!all that went on in society,
every one sought to add something to
her comfort or pleasure. Even visit
ora were encouraged to offer morsels
of amiable gossip at grandmamma's
shrine, and she was not averse to lis
tening; nor did the witty old lady hes
itate to- supplement these stories with
"reminiscences of her own bright youth,
when the grandslres of those heroes
land heroires figured in romance more
/ orEless wonderful.
Although it vas this picture of idyl-
lie home-life which had first caught
| young Frank Towards fancy, vet he
Don began to feel a more personal
interest In his visits. He had been
struck, las every one was, by Odille's
remarkable beauty; but from the first
he thought Jeanne was lovlier and
more winning. Her pretty, dainty
ways, Der gay repartee, her TACT in do
ing or Saying always the right thing,
but
of her character, made her become
every day reors~aad more charming
to him. ~ II r {
L as Frank becafns mops antiHfate in
the hopseh6idh he percefved4aHa began
to complain to his cousin of themani-
fold deinnndsmaisren Jeanne.s coed
nature by all the ilnembers of her.
family; nor could Madame Dufour
, make BIN understand that it was the
young girls own absolute unselfsh-
ness. which had produced this result. F.,
From the first Madame Dtffodt had
instructed her cousin in the customs
/ OF creole society," and1 lie knew that
younghmen visitors were never allow
ed to see the Young ladies of the house
etceptIin the presence OF some older
nfehaber of the family. yet, with the
egotisnf Of a lover, Frank faneiei
that they all knew for the sake of
WhoseIbright eyes he came so often to
feae hdufe, ana, he chafed under what
NevsfpWpdsf neff HsffsfIca kiaxe d4fo5nr.
could be find al Opportunity t6 SAY
$sthEse ~tHoaSkTS6 Jsannealune. yInthree
words ke4eGhe could explain -hilastsi
! to the girl of his heart. But, alas,
there was no chance efferedin wfEchto
Espsa X those momentous- words. Ii he
dinedtwiuh the family he was seated by
Odiil& if theys all Invent for q waakistbe
nfighHoripg Washingtansquare, or sat
on its HTaSeafof1gteB 70 Sthe band
playing on summer afternoons, odil1e
I !s his inevitable companion, placed
. ihjs side with a few words from her
Sathet orFhr6thffSAIHtfIei diaF0d ilks
dream az the ydhSG man. ,sans1htet
ed along: BY her side, while Jeanne
romusea SStirffrpfhIarai arbnfs m, III