The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11

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snt. who had deserted hsr brutalIy.
He had run Away 6nd had n0f returned.
They din moi know what paper he
served or they would have inquired
about him = IL 0llce Meanwhile,
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1r6ss skhd szoSu4z iit l&fisg ana found
- Maxine had told me, little
narrow street, towards the top Of
which the name of .sSterelie. was in
scribed over shop whose shutters
were closed. Next door to it mil
liners store inscribed s.Dufoureu was
brilliant with Paris novelties OF two
seasons ago. I went in to buy some
cracates, and, whilst was being served
by brisk and certainly most attract
i've little renchwoman, said
.Have I the pleasure Of addressing
Nine. Dufoure. nee sSterellePr She
answered in the affirmative. Your
name. Madame said /, has been
mentioned TO me by M'sieu Durand,
whom met recently in the East I
She, grew very white and hard
look settled over her features as she
"Ah, you knew Maxine Durand,
who went out to the war. He has
stayed there, understand IS
Yes" ! replied, The has stayed
there. y
/ found some difficulty in inducing
her to permit me to talk about Max
inc 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 a friend OF yours. but
for, Tour years, M'sieu, was devoted
to that mamie was to have married
me when his position on his paper,
of which l 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.
f. Andfthough 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 If might be so
indiscreet as TO ask her the history OF
this event, as / had met NJ 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 Arien-
ton, where he was then staying. and,
instead OF coming to see her, had en-
gagged himself in a drunken brawl in
the cabaret Of Pere, .Larreze, that
Pierre Dufoure had been present and
had seen him exhibit and read aloud
Fhcr 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 M. Dufoure.
True, M. Dufoure was rather DID, 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
mofoseness Of temp But she~swas
his wife now, andsit~was not for a few
days, few weeks, few months, a
few years, but for all her life, and so
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.
At this moment a sour-looking, black
haired man entered the shop and said
in sharp, coarse tones madame Du-
foure, l beg that you will attend to the
business OF the shop instead OF stand
ing ehattering 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 l remarked
that | had finished my purchases. j
thought for a moment-this is her
husband, and she is doing her best to
steer the frail bark of her happiness
through the quicksauds OF a terrible
future. Shall / leave her thus,
strengthened in her attempt to do her
duty by her belief in dead mans per-
fidy, or shall ! render her life one long
dull regret by telling her the truth
and turn her respect for her husband
into hatred by recital of what has
evidently been his hellish treacheryp
thought for an instant, and then
came away.
i took the next train to Paris, where
sought out his sister, his only sur,
viving relative, the wife Of a jeweler
in the Palais Royal. To her, under
the seal Of secrecy for these reasons,
which she as a sensible, woman APP
preciated, 6contidedthe story and the
jewels, and Euphrasie Dufoure never
knew+-she never knew.
Tell me, did do right or wronga--
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