The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-07

Partisan journalist. . war correspond
ont, who had deserted her brutality.
He had run away and had not returned.
They did not know what paper he
served or they would have inquired
about him at its Office Meanwhile,
Marie Sterelle had married his rival.
Irose and sought Marie and found.
as Maxine had told me, little
narrow street, towards the top Of
which the name Of .'Sterelle" was in
scribed over shop whose shutters
were closed. Next door to it q mil
liners store Inscribed '.Dufoure" was
brilliant with Paris novelties Of two
seasons ago. / went in to buy some
craUates. and, whilst was being served
by brisk and certainly most attract
i've little Frenchwoman. said:
Have / the pleasure OF addressing
Nine. Dufoure, nee Sterelle?" She
answered in the affirmative. ..Your
name, Madame" said /. has been
mentioned to me by M'sieu Durand.
whom met recently in the East"
She grew very white and 3 hard
look settled over her features as she
answered.:
.Ah, you knew Maxine Durand,
who went out to the war. He has
stayed there, / understand.
YES" I replied. he has stayed
there"
! found some difficulty in inducing
her to permit me to talk about Max
ime at all. When ! said that he had
once spoke to me Of her it seemed only
to anger her the more. Finally ]
said, with American bluntness: You
did not return Maxime's regard, his
affection"
II do not know" she interrupted.
whether he is q friend Of yours. but
for four years, M'sieu, / was devoted
to that man; he was to have married
me when his position on his paper,
Of which ! do not know even the name
(for he never told me about himself.
would justify him in doing SO. but
when his position became good one
and would have enabled him to marry
| me, he flung me aside like an old
glove"
And though the little woman's bos-
ON heaved with rage, the tremor Of
her lip told me that she was not SO
callous about it as she would have me
believe. asked her II might be so
indiscreet IS to ask her the history Of
this event, as I had met M'sieu Du-
rand and did not wish to have false
opinion Of him. She told me that
when Maxine had been ordered to the
front he had come over from Arjen-
ton. where he was then staying. and,
instead of coming to see her, had en-
gagged himself in q drunken brawl in
the cabaret of Pere Larreze, that
Pierre Dufoure had been present and
had seen him exhibit and read aloud
her last love-letters to him. There
was no doubt about this, for M. Du-
foure. whom she had since married.
had quoted to her long passages there
from. which left no room for doubt.
He had never written to her or made
any sign, and she had crushed him out
of her heart and married NJ. Dufoure.
True, NJ. Dufoure was rather old. and
he himself. unfortunately. played part
in the drunken brawl with which
Maxine Durand had celebrated his
farewell to Douai This was his one
fault, excepting, perhaps, certain
moroseness Of temper. But she was
his wife now, and it was not for few
days, few weeks, q few months, .
few years. but for all her life, and Sc
she had sufficient self-respect to make
the best of it. Yes, she admitted that
she had loved Durand, but he had
treated her shamefully, and she would
not let the thought Of him spoil her
life.
Atthis moment sour-looking. black
haired man entered the shop and said
in sharp, coarse tones: Madame Du-
foure. / beg that you will attend to the
business u the shop instead Of stand
ing chattering with strangers Of whom
you know nothing"
So this was her husband! The poor
little woman, cowed by his manner,
returned to her compton and looked
at the husband. to whom remarked
that l had finished my purchases.
thought for a moment-this is hel
husband, and she is doing her best te
steer the frail bark Of her happiness
through the quicksands of terrible
future. Shall / leave her thus,
strengthened in her attempt to do her
duty by her belief in dead mans per.
fidy, or shall Irender her life one long
dull regret by telling her the truth
and turn her respect for her husband
into hatred by recital Of what hal
evidently been his helllsh treachery
/ thought for an instant, and then
came away.
took the next train to Paris, where
sought out his sister, his only sur
yiving relative, the wife Of a jewelel
in the Palais Royal To her, undel
the seal of secrecy for these reasons
which she as q sensible woman ap
preciated, ! confided the story and tht
jewels, and Euphrasie Dufoure nevel
knew-she never knew.
Tell me. did do right or wrongp-
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