Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-02-23
FAIR AMERICA ABROAD.
How an American Lady Rid Herself G

How an American Lady Rid Herself of
of a Prosecuting Parisian's Attentions.
From Paris comes the story of a fair
American who succeeded in ridding herself
of a petty prosecutor. She is daily attend
ant at one of the ateliers off the grand boule-
wards Her lodgings are some distance up the
Champs Elysees; but being abundantly able
to protect herself, she calls upon no one to es-
cort her to and from her work, and often pre-
fers to do the journey on foot rather than to
take one of the omnibuses going in her direc-
ton. After a while, however, she became
conscious that certain young man, always
at the same spot, overlook her and dogged her
footsteps until she reached the door OF her
apartments She knew enough Of Paris GUS
toms not to blame the young man individ-
ually very much, as she is aware that some
how the whole race is imbued with the idea
that one of its chief duties, as the superior
half of humanity, is to be polite and gallant
to every unprotected female; and even her
small experience has convinced her OF the
truly grand way in which every Frenchman
tries to do his duty. But in this particular
case she decided that the young mans good
intentions must be discouraged. Especially
when after few days of silent following he
mind that stringent measures must be used.
Her aunt, big boned duenna of the strong
New England type, was informed of the con-
dition of affairs, and was made acquainted
with her niece's proposed tactics.
The day after their council OF war the
young woman was overtaken as usual by her
admirer. He again whispered soft words IN
her ear, and, as she seemed to smile somewhat
favorable on him, he kindly and Hospitality
invited her to breakfast. She expressed dlffl-
dence at accepting hospitality from an utter
stranger, and objected that breakfast was
awaiting her at her own apartment. She,
however, presumed that enough would oe
| served for two, and if monsieur would excuse
what defects there might be, she would be
very glad of his company during her solitary
meal The young man jumped with eager
ness at her proposition, and walked gayly Dy
| her side. Whatever apprehension the young
girl may have had as to the risk OF failure
was not apparent in her manner, and she
succeeded in confning the talk to pleasant
generalities until her apartment was reached
There the young man received his hrst checK
when the door was thrown open and disclosed
the sizable proportions of the stern duenna.
He had, however, gone too far to turn pack'
and he allowed himself to be ushered inside,
and the door to be closed upon him.
The aunt and tine niece were too well
schooled in the rules Of politeness to carry on
their conversation before the Frenchman in
anything but French, so he was able to un-
derstand every word they said. MY aunt,
explained the young woman to her duenna'
"this poor fellow is hungry, and l told him
thought we could find him something to
eat"
"Oh, certainly" answered the kindhearted
aunt, Il hope we need never refuse the de-
mands of the needy. Marie" she called out
to the trim maid, who Immediately appeared,
"take this man to the kitchen and tell the
cook to give him some bread and meat"
The unhappy Frenchman, in spite OF his
protests and expostulations, was shown
through the door into the kitchen, where he
was able to escape by the servants stairway.
The Young American girl has since seen or
heard nothing from her harmless but annoy
ing prosecutor York Sun.