Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-01
IN RUE ST. GUILLAUME.

was going to wish his hostess good night when
his attention was attracted by Louise Marcel,
who had risen from her seat and was standing
near the door of the dining room. paler than
he had ever seen her before and with her ewes
fixed upon Duverdler with. an expression OF
mingled horror and aversion. Without a word
| and with that gaze unchanging to the last she
passed into the dining room, shutting the door
behind her.
Duverdier noticed the maneuver with a
nervous little laugh
'Mademolselle Marcel is no more sociable
than usual, he said lightly. "Has she been
suffering from one of her hysterical attacks?"
Neither mother nor daughter answered his
question and he dldnot repeat it. Florestan
changed his mind and instead of bidding good
night seated himself i'll a chair near Madame
Quijada's sofa. where he remained while the
Duturques took leave, a somewhat lengthy
business, and while Dolores and the new conner
| conversed i'll low voices, and with their heads
very close together.
This is the man she loves" thought Flores
tan. but l don't think this is the man who
finds the gliding for this lovely birds cage
He had made up his mind to out stay the late
arrival II he could without bad manners and
amused himself by profound consideration of
the strangers appearance.
1t was "a clear-cut face and clever face, but
the cleverness was closely allied with craft. the
good looks were married by obvious indications
OF premature decay, such decay as rarely
comes from any other cause than disspated
and wholly evil life. The lower part OF the
face was hidden by thick black beard, but
there were lines about the eyes which told a
whole history to Gilbert Florestan. He had
lived much amongst Frenchmen of all grades
and he knew what those wicked lines meant
Il am sorry for Madame Quijadas daughter"
he said to himself and it was with real sor-
row that he saw the beautiful young head lean
ing so near the high, narrow forehead. prema-
turely bald and deeply lined-the fresh and
Urll0Oi almOst hn
cheek of wasted manhood with its livid, blood
less hue and sunken outline.
Women are like barnaces," he said; they
are always ready to fasten upon a wreck"
The timepiece chimed midnight He could
not decentiy protract his visit. having arrived
at O'Clock. Duverdier had q better excuse
| for lingering and he evidently meant to stay
Madame Quijada begged him to repeat his
VISIT. Dolores hardly looked up i'll answer to
his parting salutation. Her whole being seemed
absorbed in Duverdier's half whispered utter
auces.
where did you pick up your new friend?"
asked Duverdier, directly the door closed upon
Florestan. "At that general miscellany of Curl
ositles, the Dubuque salon, suppose" he went
on. answering his own question. Yet he looks
tribe too arIstOcratic to have come out of the
Duturque collection"
We met him at Madame Duturque's all the
same. Madame Quijada replied cOldly.
Really! And may ask your motive for
making him free OF this SALON.?
he Is gentleman, and he seemed inter-
ested IN US. In our lonely lives it is pleasant
to make an agreeable acquaintance whose So
ciety cannot compromise US"
do you think Perez would approve of such
an acquaintarce?"
Perez is III Spain"
'Yes, but he is not going to stay there for
ever; and when he comes back to Paris and
hnds your English acquaintance domestIcated
here, doubt If he will be over pleased"
"He Will not make any objection IN an n,oa
sional visit from Mr. Florestan. Indeed, ther
jects."
Namely your humble servant. 1 accept the
prejudice as compliment And now best of
women, TO business. / have been making a
proposition to Dolores, but she is not an arith-
| metciau, and l cannot inspire her with a
proper appreciation OF the difference between
capital well invested and capital lying idle at a
bankers"
Don't trouble yourself to say another
word" exclaimed Madame Quijada / know
exactly what Is coming. You have got into
some new difficulty on the Bourse and you
want us to help you out of it-as we have done
before, to our everlasting loss"
II am not in difficulty; but have the
chance OF making great coup; and you may
share my luck If you like"
Thanks for the privilege. We are not gam
blers."
This is a certainty. The Valley of Dolce
! Aqua Mineral Works. valley west of Santa
Rosa, in the Sonoma county, a valley which is
one silver mine. For centuries the wealth has
lain there, unknown, undreamt of. 1t is known
/ now only to chosen few. The whole valley has
| been bought for a song. Shares in the prop
J erty are now to be had at par Once the truth
| gets known they will go up 500 per cent. You
| know what silver has done for Mackay In the
| Dolce Aqua Valley there is the making of
twenty Mackays. Will you go in for share in
| a big pile while you've the chance?"
NO" answered Madame Quijada, with I'M
compromising tirmness.
THAT Is a monosyllabic answer"
| "At any rate it is one you can't misun der.
stand. think it was copper last time, was /,
not? And the time before it was lead and be-
fore that quicksilver. What viii it be next
time, wonder? Perhaps brass"
my dear aunt, you are unscientifc; brass
| does not grow in mines"
mo? Only on the foreheads Of men, sup
| pose"
There was q long silence. during which Du
verdier paced the room with Q troubled air.
He was decidedly handsome and he had :