San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-04

But in place of anything of that sort JEAN
Marie broke into dismal howl and fed from
the arbor. Anastasie, as she pursued to cap
ture and reaSSure the victim, found time to
send one Parthian arrow-"Casimir, you are
a brute!'
''My brother" said Desprez, with the
greatest dignity, ''you take upon yourself a
license'-
"Desprez" interrupted Casimir, "for
heavens sake be man of the world You
telegraph me to leave my business and come
down here ON yours. l come, ask the bust
ness, you say Find me this theft Well,
find him; say There he isl You need not
like it, but you have no manner or right to
take offense."
'Wen," returned the doctor, 81 grant that;
will even thank you for your mistaken zeal
But your hypothesis was SO extravagantly
monstrOuS"-
Look here" interrupted Casimir; twas it
you or Stasie"
Certainly not" answered the doctor.
every well; then it was the boy. Say no
more about it," said the brother-in-law, and
he produced his cigar case.
II will say this much more, returned Des
PREF: IF that boy came and told me SO him
self l should not believe him; and if l did be-
lieve him, so implicit is my trust | should
conclude that he had acted for the best"
"Well WELL" said Casimir, indulgently.
"Have you light! Unjust be going. And
by the way, wish you would let me sell
your Turks for you. always told you it
meant smash. l tell you so again. Indeed,
it was partly that that brought me down.
You never acknowledge my letters-a most
objectionable habit"
"My good brother" replied the doctor
blandly, Il have never denied your ability in
business; but l can perceive your limita-
tons"
"Egad, my friend, I can return the compli-
ment," observed the man of business. Your
limitation is to be downright irrational"
"Observe the relative position" returned
the doctor with smile. at is your attitude
to believe through thick and thin in one
mans judgment-yOur own. l follow the
same opinion, but critically and with open
eyes Which is the more irrationall leave
it to yourself
"Oh, my dear fellow, - cried Casimir, 'stick
to your Turks, stick to your stable boy, go to
the devil in general in your own way and be
done with it. But don't ratiocinate with
mel cannot bear it. And so, ia ia.
might as well have stayed away for any good
I've done. Say good-by from me to Stasie
and to the sullen hang dog of stable boy, if
you insist on it; I'm off"
And Casimir departed. The doctor that
night dissected his character before Anasta-
sie ''One thing, my beautiful" he said, ''he
has learned one thing from his live long
acquaintance with your husband the word
ratiocinate. 1t shines in his vocabulary like
jewel in muck heap. And even so, he
continually misapplies it, For you must
have observed he uses it as a sort of taunt, in
the case of to ergotise, implying, as it were
the poor, dear fellow!-a vein of sophistry.
As to his cruelty to Jean Marie, it must be
forgiven hint is not his nature, it is the
nature Of his life. A man who deals with
money, my dear, is man lost"
With Jean Marie the process of reconcilia-
ton had been somewhat slow. At first he
was inconsolable, insisted on leaving the
family, went from paroxysm to paroxysm Of
tears; and 1t was only after Anastasie had
been cloSeted for an hour with him, alone,
that she came forth, sought out the doctor,
and, with tears in her eyes, acquainted that
gentleman with what had passed.
''At first my husband, he would hear of
nothing" she said. "ImagineI if he had left
us! what would the treasure be to that
Horrible treasure, it has brought all this
about! At last, after he has sobbed his very
heart out, he agrees to stay on a condition
we are not to mention this matter, this infa-
nous suspicion, not even to mention the rob-
berry. On that agreement only, the poor,
cruel boy will consent to remain among his
friends
"But this inhibition said the doctor, ''this
embargo-it cannot possibly apply to mel"
''To all of us" Anastasie assured him