The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-04

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She danced with frenzy, with passion,
intoxicated with pleasure, thinking of
nothing in the triumph of her beauty,
in the glory of her success, in kind of
cloud of happiness made of all this hona-
age, Of all this admiration, of all these
awakened desires, of this victory SO
complete and SO sweet testhe hearts Of
women. as 5sS % Y. 4 & .g5s
She left about in the morning.
Since midnight her husband had slept in
a little deserted salon with; three other
gentlemen whose wives were amusing
themselves very much
He threw over her shoulders her wrap
that he had brought for her to. go home
in, quiet, every day garment; its poy-
erty-stricken look contrasted with the
elegance of her ball costume. She felt
it and wished to flee, SO as not to be re-
marked by the other women who wrap
ped themselves in rich furs.
Loisel held her back. 5S Il
"'Wait then. GU will catch cold OUT
side; ! will call a cab. = 5s:!s
But she would not listen and rapidly
descended the stairs. When they were
in the street they found no carriage, and
they began to look for one, crying after.
the coachman whom they saw in the
distance. zS }I5:.5s .&
They went towards the Seine in de-
spair, shiyering. At last they found on
the quay one of those old noctambulist
coupes that are seen only in Paris as the
night comes on, as if they were asham-
ed of their wretchedness during the day..
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street Of Martyrs, and sadly they went
up to their room. It was ended for her.
And he was thinking that he must be at
the ministry at 10 o clock. 4: u
She took off her wraps that she had
thrown over her shoulders, before the
glass, in order to see herself once more
in her glory. But suddenly she utter
ed 4cry. She had no longer. the neck
lace about her neck! zl. .]s{
Her husband, already half undressed,
asked: "What is the matterp''
She turned towards him in a fright:
81 ahave-I have--I lave no longer
Nine. Forestier's necklace!'' &.
! He stood up distracted: stWhati-
How'll is not possible!n II "a Il
And they looked in the folds Of her
dress, in her pockets, everywhere.
They did not find it. 4; z.3y t3=s
s. He asked: Y on are sure you still
had it when you left the ball
M Yes. ! touched it in the Minister'S
vestibule,' 4 s3
But if you had lost it in the street,
we should have heard it fall. It must
be in the cab. y
10y IS; i is probable. Have You the
numberP' n ~
{; And You, did not you look At
..No. s. ,55; 5.55:s !..;
= And they looked at each other in
CONSERVATION. At last Loisel dressed
himself again. n ii 81. is,' q:
Z Il am going he said, tower the
track that we went on foot, to see if. ]
can not find it again. = N
81 And he left. She remained dressed
just as she was, without the strength
to go to bed, overcome, on chair,
without fire, without thought.
Her husband came back about seven.
He had found nothing.
He went to the Prefecture of Police,
to the papers, to offer q reward, to the
the cab companies, finally everywhere
where q suspicion Of hope impelled him.
She waited all day in the same state
of fright before this frightful disaster.
Loisel came back in the evening,
with his face pale and sunken; he had
discovered nothing Il
~ on must write to your friend, y
he said, that you have broken the
clasp of her necklace, and that you
are having it repaired. That will give
us time to return it. = .$
She wrote as he dictated. 55
At the end Of a week they had lost all
hope. n
And Loisel, I've years older, declared
.sWes must think how to replace the
jewel. y 81
Next day they took the box in which
it had been kept and went to the jewel.
ser's. whose name they found inside.
He consulted his books. sss
1T was not I, ma dame, who sold thai
ecklace; must hare furnished the
i caske t. :, & s3S5
Then they went from jjeweler to Jew.
eler, seeking for. anot thor necklace like
4 it, consulting their recollec lions, botl
4 of them i'll with grief and despair.
They found in shop of the Palais
i Royal, Q chaplet OF diamonds that ap
i :peared to them exactly like the on,
i they were looking for. IT was wortf
about forty thousand francs. The,
could have il for thirty-six ousand.
Then they begged the jeweler not Il
sell it for three days. And they mads
q condition that they would give it bacl
A for thirty-four thousand francs IL Iii,
first was found again before the list o
February
Loisel possessed eighteen Thousand
francs, left him by his father. He, Dor
4 rowed the rest.
He borrowed. asking a Thousand
4 francs of one, five hundred Of another
i five louis here, three louis there. II,
gave notes took up ruihons contracts
\ did business with the userers, witt
every kind OF lend ers. He compronis
i ed the whole end Of his exist nee, riskeg
Il his signature, without knowing even i
j he could do so honorably. and appalled,
4 BY the distress Of the future, ~ Iii
A black misery that was \ to strike hin
down. by the prospe of every kind q
\ physical privation and every kind d
Il moral fortune, he went for The, ney
klace, placing on the counter of til,
4 mere ant thirty -six thousand franc il
When Mime. Loisel brought back til
4 parure to Mmc. Forester, the latte
said with a CALLING manner:
You should have returned it sooner
4 for 4 might have wanted it, y
She did not open the casket, which