Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-03
THERE'S MANY A SLIP" "
Misadyentures Of a French
Gallant.
THE HUSBAND ON THE SCENE.
How Tourists Stay in Los Angeles
Came to an Abrupt Ter
minati0n.

About two weeks ago young French
man, named Jean de Clemens, arrived
in the city, and registered at one of the
leading uptown hotels. He was travel
ing for pleasure, had plenty of money
and being at that age when life seems al
it's best, and also possessing the disposi-
ton to enjoy it, he kept weather eye
opau for anything that would be liable
to furnish amusement. 1t did not take
him long to strike up with a few con-
genial spirits, and he "took in the town.
| with them to its fullest extent. The
Gaul was a goodly specimen of man.
hood. Tall, with the fair, curly
hair Of the Northman, and the
manners OF one who had been
in the habit of associating with
countesses and other grandes DANES in
his own fair city of Paris he soon became
marked man on the streets and was
the cynosure of q considerable amount
of feminine admiration.
Last Wednesday one of his quondam
friends proposed to take him to the resi-
dence of a lady who desired very much
! to meet him, and the gallant French
man, nothing 10th, in fact rather glad to
have made q conquest, attired himself
en- reqte and went forth on his mission OF
love. The lady dwelt in q neat little
house on Main street and during the call
che treated her foreign visitor in man.
/ Iner that implied that she was very
much smitten with him. He could see
which way the wind was blowing, 80
before departing he begged of her the
flavor to accompany him in q drive the
following day, and she readily assented.
Half an hour before the appointed time
ION Thursday the heart breaker was spin
lining along behind fine pair of
lgreys to the residence of his admirer, in
Che finest turnout that money could pro-
tcure. She was at the window waiting,
land the Frenchman thought of the lines,
| /" 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will
imark our coming, and look more joyful
lwhen we coms," as he pulled up his
lrestive steeds at the door. A few
minutes and and lady was by his
Iside and the horses headed north, for
Ishe expressed desire to 60 to Garvanza.
ElH6 A&tCf4QOu Dh6boo 6Wdy PAO6ohhtiJ
Ienough the lady was rather coy at first,
land ~ had had enough experience in
fsuch matters to prevent him from forcing
5the Ejve,making. On the way home,
thoyever, the barriers broke down, and
| i u Iiss fssJ 81 ttli q aforeafr residence, hi,
arm stole around her waist, and her head
dropped on his shoulder. Blissfully
~ oil tsir, INxya1d
heaven" from which they were suddenly
and rudely summoned by the appearance
OF man by the side Of the road.
The lady gave a faint scream,
and whispering "My husband" "
sat bolt upright, while the Gaul,
with as much nonchalance as
he could summon, attempted to illus
trats the unusual position of his arm by
an examination of one of the hood
screws on the farther side of the vehicle.
The ruses were evidently failure, how
ever, for the intruder, on the happiness
of the moment, with rough "What
does this mean ?" walked up to the steps
OF the carriage, which had been wisely
halted on his appearance. The lady at
tempted an explanation, which was re-
ceived with icy stolidity. Then the
Frenchman tried his powers of oratory,
with like result. The irate husband
pulled fercely at his moustache for a
moment and then said to his wife: "Get
out of that buggy"
She meekly obeyed, and the Parisian
sat wondering what was next on the
docket. He did not have long to wait,
fer :'I shall see you later on, SIR came
from the lips of the man of wrath, and
taking this as his cue to go, Jean
whipped up and went into town at 40
pace.
The clerk at the hotel could not under
stand why it was that M. de Clemens,
when he came in at P. NJ, gave instruc-
tions that he was not at home to anyone,
and went straight up to his room without
dinner. There was another surprise
four hours later, when the foreigner,
who, it was generally understood, in.
tended to make a stay of three or four
weeks, made his appearance and
asked for his bill. His baggage
was brought down stairs, he jumped
into hack and made for the Wolfskill
depot, where, purchasing a ticket for
San Francisco, he boarded the train and
left the City of the Angels, undoubtedly
forever.
A determined looking individual
called into the hotel the next morning
and asked for him.
"Gone north" said the clerk; and the
caller muttered something that sounded
very much like an oath, and walked out.