The morning news., 1889-01-18

ordered $50 bouquet to be sent to the
Mignonne, started to stroll out, and then,
| lighting a cigar, turned and sent s. worth
| OF flowers to the baroness.
Just outside Of the florist shop q victoria
drove by in which famous American bur-
lesque actress sat serenely beside languld
gambler. The baron had met them both
the n ght before, and as the carriage was
| stopped bv q block on the Boulevard, he
shook hands warmly with his American
| friends, carried the actress into the flower
shop, bought her beautiful corsage bou-
! quet and was conveying her back to the
| carriage again when lie met the gambler.
whats the matter with boot-tong aire,
asked the latter Hospitality.
The baron took him into the flower shop
and when they came out both were decor
ated with huge red roses. The baron prac-
tised his English little while longer on his
two friends, put them back in the victoria,
and then hurried into the band, plucklug
| the TO eS from his buttonhoe and tossing 1t
to pretty beggar on the street before he
entered his office The rush of business was
| so great that it was o'clock before the
managing director found time to nod an
adieu to his family, as he called his clerks.
| Then he settled back in his victoria and
started for drive on the Bois. The air was
| crisp and he felt so much exhilarated that
| he stopped at his club on the way to
drink a glass of absinthe and anisette. He
met a man at the club who had sold him a
| horse and victoria the day bafore-the one,
indeed, which the American actress was
| using at the moment-and he went around
with him to his stables to look at a sorrel
| mare which had recently been brought
over from England. The mare did not suit
the baron, and he went on in his drive to
the park.
When he reached the Long Mile there was
such Jam of carriages that the horses were
moving at a slow walk and as the baron's
carriage rolled along past the stream of
vehicles he bowed with unrutfled suavity
and sweetness to three carriages which were
| within a hundred yards OF one another.
| None of the three coachmen of these car
riages looked at the baron, though he paid
| all their wages with unremltting regularity.
| The first carriage was of the heavy respecta-
| BILE sort; in it were the baroness and her
mother. The second was a very gorgeous
little English mail phaeton, drawn by
| pair of fiery bay thoroughbredS, and was
driven by the Mignonne. She had tiger
in livery up behind, and she was the picture
of health and amiablity. Last of all was
| the neat little victoria, which held toe
plump figure of the American burlesque
actress.
The baron's brows were knit He spent
the succeeding hour, as he rolled along
bowing to acquaintance, in q deep study,
| OIyll W u6J0IIlluS WHICH Oh Tue JlTe6
women he should drive with. Then he be-
gan to think shat it would be bore to
dress in any event, and by the Tins he got
| hack to the Arc he discovered the American
gambler smoking a long, black and villain
ous-looking cigar. as he leaned back com
| fortaby in his chair against tree.
Il like him. mused the baron, as he
gazed at his new acquaintance. HE has
such an air of serenity. He must dine with
| men
Half an hour later the two men were
| snugly settled at one of the tables near the
| big window of the jockey club, eating a
dinner that struck the American as being
rather good. 1t was The baron had made
one OF two futile attempts to find out what
business his guest was engaged in. 1t may
be remarked in passing that he found out
later on in the night. The gambler thought
he would like to go down to the circus, and
the two men lit their cigars, and wandered
cff to the big hippodrome. After they had
| smoked there while the show grew stale.
| Then the baron took his friend to the Jardin
de Paris, and they watched the dancing Of
the Mabille women and the general hurly
| burly and nonsense Of the place. 1t was
| there that the baron remembered that he
had promised to look in upon the Mignonne
at the theater last night The gambler did
not care to CO.
You come and take some supper with
uIe at the Cafe de la Paix," he SAID. "rll
have some friends and you'll have some
| friends. See? They won't any of them
know each other. and thatll be interesting
| That's what like about Paris, there are
new people and new faces coming along all
| the while. Nobody cares a tinker's damn
for any one else, and there you are"
The baron sat well back in his box at the
| theater, as he had not yet had time to as
| sumo evening dress. After the play he took
three of the ladies Of the theater, Including
| Mignonne, to the Cafe de la Paix, where
the burlusque actress, the gambler, and a
| few other choice spirits who had foated
| over from America were gathered. The
| uproar was terrific. Everybody spoke
French or English as the humOr struck
| them, but at 2 o'clock detachment of the
| crowd might have been seen winding It's
way down the Avenue de rOpera. 1t con
sisted of two men, the gambler and the
baron. There were three other mon wait
ing in a private room Of the gambling club
to which they repAired. One was an ex-
captain in the English army, the other two
were Frencnmen. The result was a quiet
little game, and when the baron got up and
drew a check for his share of the losses the
check went into the pocket of the Chicago
gambler. He promised the financier his re-
venge on the following night, and at 3 o'clock
in the morning the 60-year-old managing
director of one of the biggest banks in
Paris returned to his home and tumbled
heavily into bed. BLAKELY HALL.
MEDICAL.