St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-09

effect OF carriage accident in little
city of the province.
The Blessed Elect. male and female,
ran from all directions, some taking the
side of the first husband, others the
side OF the second. AS for Jeanne, she
| was perfectly impossible. She had dis
engaged herself from the grasp of both,
anu had nothing to say to either OF
them. st. Thomas had accompanied
me to Paradise. appealed to.him.
"a singular case," l said to him;
''does it often present itself? Wives
with two husbands are not rare upon
earthr
Agreed! but what is new, absolutely
new, in the situation here" he replied,
sis the rage of the two husbands dis
putting for the possession of the same
wife. Usually, under similar circum-
stances, with husbands, at least, they
struggle to avoid retaking hers
And when the situation is reversed
when there are two wives to single
husband?"
ION, then it's altogether different.
| Women, you see, even in Paradise,
have a mania for remarrying-but,
stay! curious incident attending Ma
poleon's arrival explains my meaning"
leon ME- f.sn IS in Paradise then' Napo-
Yes, after a stop in Purgatory.
When they last opened Paradise to him
his first question OIL entering was for
his two wives"
Had he preference"
"Of course! he would have retaken
Josephine most willingly. Fhey ran to
inform her of his coming and his de-
sires. IndeedH she responded CURLY,
after what occurred in 1909? Never!
Never!' They fell back then OH Marie
Louise. She threw up her hands with
a face of horror. Il return to Napoleon?
l, who lived SO TRANQUILITY with the gem
eral? Don't speak to ME of Napoleonn"
''Then he had to retake Josephine?"
Certainly not; neither Marie Louise
nor Josephine would give in. Napoleon
remained alone, till Nine. de Stael, hear
ing OF 1t, desired him to be given to her.
'I'll charge myself with himp said She.
Well, it was very quiet household"
At this moment st. Thomas was in
terrupted by a cry from the crowd of
elect.
The Father Eternal! He comes! He
comeSr'
sit was in truth the Father Eternal.
Passing by chance and hearing the
noise, he had stopped"
"a dream, did you say, all this?"
"Yes, dream; but one that does not
permit itself to be forgotten! He
stopped, / say, and was absolutely the
/ Father Eternal of the Italian school,
who is always depicted, if you remem-
Der, as borne upon dappled gray
cloud, and with an admirable air Of in
diligence and charity. He demanded
what was the matter. They told him
briefly.
"Eh. bienT" said the Father Eternal,
what is simpler?" Madame is here as
a reward for Christian conduct and
sentiment.
| SHE HAS A RIGHT TO HAPPINESS,
the most peaceful and extended; She
shall decide herself-She shall choose
between the geutlemen." -
But yes, but yes" said CASTOR, zone
of US will come out bad second!'
When on earth he had kept a racing
stable, and still preserved, regretted to
see, even after death and in the pres
ence of the Father Eternal, deplorable
habits of language.
"What of that?" responded the Fa-
Their Eternal: Ito the one of you who has
not been chosen | will give one of the
unclaimed women who cucumber Para
disc. Come, Madame, you lose time
make your choicew
| Silent, motionless, Jeanne still stood
between her two husbands, and
CASTOR and Raoul alternately. and ac-
cOrdlng to the ancient mode, continued
to seek words that would go most surely
to the heart of their wife.
"Recall, Jeanne" said Gaston,, "that
I married you when you hadn't but
three thousand francs of dot"
"And l." said Raoul, "when you
hadn't a sou, for when | married you
your dot had gone in chiffons, and mon
sieur here had thrown away his for
tune at baccarat and the races
Yes, only three thousand francs of
dot" repeated CASTOR. "and l married
you when | might have married the lit
tie Blanche de Surname, who had a
million"
"And your father" added Raoul,
'assured me when l married you that
he would give you new dot of 100000
francs: he paid me, it is true, in shares
OF the Bolivia mines, and the shares at
the end OF the eighteen months were
valued at only 1000 francs instead of
the 300, 900 named"
'Bah!" said CASTOR. 81 laughed at
the question of money! l said to my
self simply, shall have the prettiest
and best-dreSsed wife in Paris. 1t was
for that, and not for money. that l mar
| lieu you, my dearest J6n06 y"
Yes, only 1000 francs, all told, in
stead of the 100000 francs promised me;
nevertheless, | have never disputed
single dressmaker's bill, and they were
enormous, those bills. | recall one, the
memorandum of certain milliner, for
1900 francs"
And l, monsieur, one for twenty
three thousand francs, and [ had not,
like you, four hundred thousand livres
of rent. But l was proud of your
beauty, my Jeanne. and of the stir your
beauty made i'll the world. 10 keep
you i'll luxury was my greatest pride.
What diamonds and laces! What car
riages and horses! What liveries! And
your chamber, Jeanette, your cham
Der in corn-color and blue! And your
boxes on all of the opening nights!
Three hundred francs it cost me for the
first night of the family Benoiton-w
"BoXes, boxes! you talk of boxes!
Before | was the husband of Madame,
Monsieur, it was always [ who paid for
them-those boxes! The first of the
Little Faust cost me four hundred
francs, and the benefit of Patti. in IS.
round five hundred"
1.-The date! the date! He positively
remembers the date! Do you also re-
member. monsieur, that you dined at
our house at least five times week:
that you were always crammed into
our lOge at the Italian opera? And you
make all this noise for two or three
miserable
BOXES OFFERED TO MY WIFE!-'
1.-Two or three, Monsieur! Two or
three boxes! but III truth sucn details
are unseemlyw
lit is my opinion, too" cried the
Father Eternal hapinnjnp tn no impa
tient ON his cloud; ''abridge, Monsieur,
abridge; and you, Madame, pray you
take part"
Jeanne remained immovable, and the
husbands continued on and on.
"FOr YOu.'' said CASTOR. ''fOr YOU.