Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-21

shower below her waist. II was surprising
how the room tc59. on color and tone at her
advent. The curtains we're shaken out, and
declared thor innocence. 4 servant soon
had heap OF anthracite in the CRATE, which
reflected its ,Tlddiness in mirrors and polished
floors Birds burst into song from undlscov-
cred corners, and an odQr of Indian perfumes
foated from Miss Whipple's dress.
A visiting card, inscribed IN. Hippolyte
Bonnetheau,n lay on table, toward which
she waved her hand.
your friend, NJ Bonnetbeau, was here
last evening she said, smiling. 1T was my
guardian who received him"
''And you did not see him" inquired.
sI-yes, for a moment, at my guardians
request
Then you do not approve Of hing
| She Strengthened herself, with touch OF
hautelr. He has been misrepresented l
| take nothing upon hearsay, m'sieur. He has
beautiful theory OF religion" she added,
that of N. Comte"
''Ah!n exclaimed, ironically.
"Yes,n she continued, ''and he assures me
that the principles of Altruism result in the
highest good to all who practice them. do
not doubt it, and yet, it seems to me-do you
believe that Comte never cared about being
happy:'
! No, / believe he craved it and sought it, in
his way, as violently as Bonnetheau seeks
pleasure in his. Only, Comics happiness
consisted in being the proznulgator-he had
an intense personal calculation in that-of
new philosophy, while Bonnetheau's is COM
prised-well, he has programme OF his own
But as for Hippoiyte's talk on this subject,
assure you, it is all frippery. He does not
! believe word of it himself, and although he
/ has done you no harm as yet pardon me, but
/ he will do you a great deal, if you continue
to listen to him"
! why does every one accuse n. Bonnetheau
Of insincerity!' she demanded, Indignantly.
Il am sure he has great deal Of feeling"
''Ah, do not doubt it, ma,m'selle, but be sure
assured that the feelings which he really has
are not those which he shows That is the
difficulty in comprehending Hippolyte."
Miss Whipple sighed, and changed the sub
! ject, but could see, upon taking leave of
her, that had removed none of the fascina-
ton which Bonnetheau had exercised upon
! her. He mad such marvellous way of max
/ ing people believe him, notwithstanding
their approval of him was founded upon
doubt
! Approaching our apartment that night, 1
| perceived, by unmistakable sounds proceed
/ ing thence, that a carousal was in progress.
/ pushed my way through the uproar, disre-
! garded by Bonnetheau, and throwing up
purer air.
/ l gazed into the street below. Turmoil
there, too. A jangle of instruments came
/ from over the way, and the tread of dancing
! feet. There were broils affairs" and strenu-
J 7 - L.
awful regarding silence of the sky, strewn
/ thick with stars. The popping Of corks
/ within continued, and the confined odor of
smoke and wines sickened me, until, at last,
/ the thunder in the streets declined, the
/ laughter in the adjoining rooms subsidized,
/ the shouts lapsed into unintelhgible mutter-
/ ings Bonnetheau and his companions were
/ sinking into oblivion, and faint gray
| srffused the windows walked to the door
and looked in. Hippolyte sat at table, his
/ head on his arm, one hand clasped about
! shivered goblet, where it had fallen. His
/ linen was stained and there was an oOze Of
wine about his lips. The color in his checks
was high and steady, his irresolute mouth
was parted blankly. could have wept over
my Jerusalem, thus fallen for the hundredth
/ time Alas. poor Hippolyte. He moved
!
to the floor with his hand. l saw the blood
start from his fingers and went to bind them
up. AS l stopped to wind the linen about
them, / heard him mutter Miss Whipple',
name.
Poor fool! He was never farther from her
| than at that moment.
! Six months ran around, and again l was
seated in the somber salon of Cboisy. Miss
itofi = no
/ floor, and presently gave me the result Of
her thoughts: Il shall never believe in Il
Bonnetheau again.
! "Ah, he is not SO bad as he SEEMS de-
clared, wondering how he had contrived to
make faux pas
He reminds me of Lucifer," she contin-
ued. Il believed Hippolyte would be pleased
with the compliment, and resolved TO tell
him of it, Because she explained The
seems to have fallen from great height. He
cannot always have been so low, and yet he
is prouder than Lucifer, for he never men
lions his former state. 1t is only vulgar peo-
pie who proclaim what they have been, or
what they have had in the past. NJ Bonnie
theau is not vulgar Once he asked me-
here she examined the flagree on her wrist
attentively-''if'-
ask your
She smiled and blushed profusely. eve
have provincial expression in America; we
say, he proposed to me-"
And you, ma'm'selle," seized the legs of
my chair, ''what reply did you nake."
Il said had no faith in him, and that
must have unbounded confidence in the
principles of the man to whom I intrusted
my life"
"And probably you have no faith in any
man." / remarked gloomily. Life leaves
young girls in that plight sometimes, If they
chance to haveseen much of the world"
She touched my hand timidly. 1T has
not left me quite so yet"
/ caught the little hand-I, Bonnethau's
coach, slave, drudge,-for there was that in
her gentle, lifted eyes which could not mis-
take. | said-but never mind.
That night flung open the door Of Hip
polyte's apartment with Napoleonic mien
and lips bursting to commit their secret, but
the sight of him silenced me. He was bend
ing over a box and smoothing something
yellow in his hands. The object was hair, a
long and shining tress
He looked up as / entered, the expression
Of his face gray and soeechleSS
~ here Gid you get thatf' 6ena1SS~
recognizing, as / thought, something in the
shade and texture of the tresS
u cut it of"
''Cut it offi When and whereF'
'Once when she stood before me and was
not otherwise engaged Where! / think it
was at the ball of the American minister
His voice was subdued pathetic
''Hippclyte, said, tenderly, "Hippolyte,
your blessing. Paris contains no happier