Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-04
A BOULANGER ROMANCE
FOR SEVENTEEN WEARS he AND
HIS WIFE HAVE LIVED APART.

FOR SEVENTEEN WEARS he AND
HIS WIFE HAVE LIVED APART.
1As Story ss Fatal Duel IN which MA
Bsolaneer Played . Pars-Ths TssnG
Omesr Who Died fer as- ~upsiais
without Maternal s..etioo-
An Interesting bit Of domestic history b
given anent the Man Of DESTINY The
domestic drama in the Boulangef family
began. say the gossips. soon after the Franco
Prlislan war
For the first scene Of it imagine the sitting
room Of q young cavalry captain, discreetly
mentioned as Roger D. Though it is little
after dawn the young captain is out " bed
To his ama1ement q woman Is announced
Through the thick veil he can see that she
Is exceptionally handsome She IS san and
fair
"A woman's visit" says she. ''si such an
hour as this cannot have failed to sururiss
you"
The young captain is too polite 10 admit it
Il can only say" says he, tina: l shall b
happy il | can serve you"
Without knowing mer' she asks. faint
smile being visible through her veil
From her voice the young officer begins to
suspect that she is not wholly stranger TO
him The face OF fair unknown, seen in the
streets and a, the races nas h<en haunting
him for weeks
You are getting ready" she continues. ITO
igbt duel with my husband"
Your husbandf' cries Roger
ba al
posed that you knew me.
Nothing could have astouishe0 the captain
more. He certainly had duel on hand that
morning He was to meet Col Boulanger
The meeting grew out Of some vulgar fusa
room Quarrel-some woman whom Boulanger
was befrending You are a fool, said the
friends of Roger D., ito be drawn into .
quarrel about such creature as she is, F" But
the young man was high spirited and would
not be moved from his determination TO eight
He now turned quietly to Mime. Bollanger
Arc you aware" he asked, "of the cause OF
this 9uarrelf
Yes, she said, Il have learned l, was .
quarrel about cards at the club Al least,
that is the story they told me-"
The story is correct" said Roger
And have come, !" she contipred, ito in
tercede with you. Between TWO suca men -
you fatal result is certain And they tell
me that you are the better sworlsman"
Would you have me forego my sdvan-
tager cried Roger, guessing at the purpose
Of the visit Why should | not Try to kill
this man, now that | have an additional
reason for hating himr'
What reasonf she demanded
THE reason that he is your husband" b
cried
Things were getting dangerous The visitor
made her last appeal She told # Ter two
little girls. She said that it vas o.ly for
them she feared She added that she could
cry with shame for her visit, but she could
not SEQ her children orphaned 1t vas not
wholly on her children's account that the
young man promised, first, to avert the duel
II an apology would avert 1t. and, eecopd, II
this failed, to act only on the defensive
Having gained her point. the visitor went
quietly away
For the next act of the drama shift the
scene to big house in the suburbs Of Paris.
with garden much favored by duelists The
duel took place Nine Bouianger .'eassured,
was calmly waiting the result, when a strange
lady entered in great distress said that she
was tho sister Of Roger D., and waited, too
IAN will be well" says Nine, Boulanger
Heaven" says the other Twill not allow
my brother, who Tough, 90 gloriously in the
war, to fall at the hand of wretch like
this"
"A wretchr cries Nine Boulanger
YES" she says, "a wretch II ne were
not wretch would he, a married man The
father Of two children, be fighting for .
womanf
You calumniate him, says Nine Boulan-
ger.
Would did, replied the other But
have the tale from my brother. aud my
brother never lies. Who are you that under
takes this mans defensef'
II am his wife, says Nine. Boulanger
His wlfel" cries Rogers sister and before
another word could be uttered messenger
brought the news that Roger was grievousy
wounded. His sister FASTENED to get help
Roger was carried into the room and placed
upon the sofa For Il few moments ne was
left alone with Nine Boulanger She kn.lt
beside him in an agony of remorse
Who is itf' no family asked, regaining
consciousness
at is L." she cried, seeking your forgive
ness
Il have nothing to forgive he said,
slowly. II meant to die for you"
Hush, she cried "a will do ANYTHING to
repair the harm have caused | will nurse
you, | will watch over you Live-ouly
hvei"
But the young captain could only motion
her hand to his lips, and when her husband
entered with his arm in sling be found her
kneelins beside corpse.
ACT I'LL
The gonna ~ rho third not 10 mo vori.
office in the Sixteenth ward of Paris The
day is Oct. 20 of the past year H. Marmot-
tan, the mayor, has just given his daughter
In marriage. and all the municipality was
taking holiday At 4 O'Clock in the after
noon Gen. Boulanger entered with his daugh
ter Marcele upon his arm Her dress WAS Of
cream colored silk with embroidered skirta
Her hat was of the same color as her dress,
ornamented with flowers, and perched on q
forest of fair hair
Capt Driant, in bis uniform as an officer
Of Zouaves, gave his arm to his mother
stately in black silk. Behind him came tho
witnesses Dillon, NJ Griffith. Gen
Faverot de Kerbrech and the bridegroom
brother
In its account OF the marriage The Figaro
wrote; Mime. Boulanger still indisposed
found herself forced to remain at Versailles
in the company Of her elder daughter
The usher announced tho mayor N Mar
mottan, after shutting the bridal party,
stood behind his desk He then read the c,,s-
tomary service. Then. a. the law demands,
he turned to Cen Boulanger.
DO the parents consentr be asked.
There was pause The bridegroom seemed
Disconnected After an instant the general
replied, The father consents"
And the motherT asked the mayor.
THE mother does not consent" said ths
general, huskily.
THE law" observed the mayor, requires
that the reason shall be stated"
THE reason" said Ten Boulanger. wh~
bad evidently nerved himself for this ordeal,
rs that Nine Boulanger and | hive not
lived together for seventeen years
IL was seventeen years since Mime Bou-
LANCER had knelt by the dying man, and even
now, when her daughter was standing at the
altar, she found herself unable To forgive.
And IN those three acts arc told the story
OF the Boulanger divorce. Paris Cor Chi
eago Tribune
Small Houses in Phiia.ieIp his
One family Of about five persons to
dwelling is the usual Philadelphia rule.
Taking that as the average. PhiladeI
phia built dwelling houses in 1879 foi
1873 families, or 1866 people That
the love OF hOnie-a separate dwelling
for each family-holds its own in Phila.
delphia is shown by the increased pro
portion Of two story dwellings erected
in 1888 nearly q COO Of these i;ttla