, 1889-01-10

and was Starring at pretty girl bookdeep,
er IN the Office through his single glass
Nobody who knew the baron. however.
was deceived for an Instant, IA not detail
OF the conversation escaped him. The day
goods prince pulled his waistcoat down,
then wriggled about in his clothes.
1t wac evident that this last
draft came hard. Finally he said shortly:
Very good! very Hood!"
The baron raised bis eyebrows a little
and looked hard at tue owner of the Lou.
vre.
1T will be all rigbt2" he asked quietly.
| The owner of the Loure heaved a long
and spectacular sigh, nodded his head.
and then bowling gracefully to the two
men accompanied them to the door, and
turning on his heel went back to his desk.
BOOT TONG ARE.
| Meanwhile the two inanciers drove
back TO the bank, and materials for the
BoulaDRer canvass we're placed Mt the
counts disposal. The baron went to
breakfast , at l O'Clock at the Cafe Angais,.
and as he sauntered back toward the bank
he looked in upon bis tailor After that
| he went to his florist. ordered $50
boquet to be sent to the Mignonne, started
to stroll out, and then. lighting d cigar,
turned and sent IS worth of flowers to the
baroness.
Just outside Of the florist shop vic.
toria drove by in which famous Ameri-
can burlesque actress sat serenely beside
languid gambler. The baron had met
| them both the night before, and as the
carriage was stopped by block in the
boulevard, he shook hands warmly with
his American friends. carried the actress
into the Hover shop bought her beauti-
fnl corsage bouquet, and was convey ing
her back to the carriage again when he
met the gambler.
Whats the matter with boot.topg
aire," asked the latter Hospitality
The baron took him into the flower shop
and when they come out both were deco.
rated with huge red roses. The baron
practised bis English a little while longer
on his two friends, put them back in the
victoria, and then hurried into the band.
plucking the the roses from bis button
hole and tossing 1T to a pretty beggar on
| the street bef5re he entered his office The
! rush OF business was so great that it was
8 o'clock before the managing director
found time to nod on adisu 10 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 glass OF all
sinthe and anisette. He met man at the
club who had sold him horse and victoria
the dav before--the one indeed, which the
| American actress was usipg at the mo-
ment--and he went around with him to
his stables to look at sorrel mare which
had recently been brought over from Eng
land. This mare did not suit the baron
and he went on 10 his drive to the park.
THE BARON S FRIEND.
When he reached the Long Mile there
was such jam of carriages that the
horses were moving at a slow walk and
as the barons carriage rolled along past
the stream of vehicles he bowed with un.
ruffied susvity and sweetness 10 three car
riaRes which were within hundred
yards of one another. None of the three
coachmen of these carriages looked at the
baron, though he paid all their wages
with unremitting regularity. The first
carriage was of the heavy respectable
sort in it were the baroness and her
mother. The second was n very gorgeous
little English mail ph9ton, drawn by u
pair of fiery bay thoroughbreds, and was
driven by the Mignonne. She had tiger
in livery up behind and she was the pic.
ture of health and amiability. Last of all
was the neat little victoria which held
the plump figure of the American bur.
| lesque actress.
The baron's brow was knit He spent
the succeeding hour, as he rolloed along
| bowing to acquaintances, in deep study,
! irving to Determine which of the three
women he should drive with. Then he
began to think that il would be n bore to
dress in any event, and by the time he got
back to the Arc he discovered the Ameri-
can gambler smoking long, black and
villainous-looking cigar, as he leaned
back comfortably III his chair against "a
tree.
II like him." unused the baron. as he
Razed at his new acquaintance. He has
such an air OF serenity. He must dine
| with me-"
LITTLE GAME.
"You can come and take some supper at
the Cafe de la Paix," be said. I'm have
some friends and you have some friends.
See? They won't any OF them know each
other, and that'll be interesting That =
what like about Paris, there are new peo.
pie and new faces coming along all the
while. Nobody cares a continental for
any one else, and there you are"
The baron sat well back IN his box at
theatre, as he had not yet had time to as
sume evening dress. After the play he
took three of tine ladies of the theatre, in
Guiding Mignonne, to the Cafe de la Paix,
| where the burlesque actress, the gambler,
and few other choice spirits who had
tioated over from America were gathered.
The uproar was terrific. Everybody spoke
French OF English as the humor struck
them. but at 2 o'clock detach ment of the
crowd might have been seen winding its
way down the Avenue de lOpera. It con-
sisted OF two men. the gambler and the
baron. There we're three other men wait
ing in private room of the gambling
club to which they repaired. One was an
ex-captain iu the English army, the other
two we're Frenchmen. The result was a
quiet little game. and when the baron got