Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-14

The young ladies appeared IN great
f,utter. OF course, for who would not DO
on having such an honor conferred upon
them. They informed the visitors that
some OF their friends were in the parlor,
but excused themselves TO these and
soon ushered in the three who had just
arrived.
TfrEY LOOKED SWEET. TOO.
It is needless to saw that notwith-
standing the lamentable fact thatthe fall
dresses alluded to were not completed,
the young ladies fully came up to the
expectations OF the distinguished visi-
tors.
The girls at first thought that they
would be wholly at loss how to treat
the young noblemen, but 1t takes more
than two dukes to make the average girl
forget her naturally easy manners, ana
pretty soon the company we're all chat-
ting merrily, just as if it was an every
day meeting. The Dukes kissed the
young ladies' hands with great respect
upon meeting them.
DROVE OUT TO SUPER.
After everybody had become we'll ac-
quainted, and things were going along
smoothly without any embarrassment, 1t
was proposed that the party should drive
out and have supper. This was agreed
to. The newspaper-man then excused
himself.
Away rolled the CAB bearing its pre-
cious freight. and as itrattled along none
knew the riders who sat therein.
When the cab stopped at thinner
mans Hotel and two young ladies. clad
apparently in evening dress and followed
by two disttngue-looklng gentlemen
stepped ND. the satellites OF the neigh
boring lamp-posts marvelled, and not
many moments later the secret had leak
cd out, and it became widely known
that " Richmona's fair still reigned SUI
preme. even with the noble house OF
/ Orleans.
SHE WAS NOT WE'LL.
TO give q detailed description OF tho
menu ut that supper would be to describe
an earthly arcadia for ordinary indi-
viduals, but unfortunately one OF the
/ ladies was somewhat lndlsposed
and could not enjoy the repast The
Gallant Due d'Orleans, however, was very
/ sympathetic and left the table and came
/ over TO the sofa upon which the fair one
sat. He famed her and displayed the
utmost courtesy and feeling.
Thesupper being over the merry party
drove back to the home OF the young
ladies. and US their mother had been in
troduced TO the two dukes, the misses
thought it would not be much harm to
let the 'boys" stay "just a little bit
longer" especially as they asked point
blank for that pleasure. And so the
dukes did stay, for dukes certainly
ought to have more privileges con-
ferred upon them than ordinary human
beings. But 6empus fUgit with woeful
rapidity to happy boys and girls. and
soon the dukes had to so, but before
doing so they made engagements Tor the
next night Sunday.
THEY MUST TELL.
When the two noblemen reached the
hotel one Of the elderly members of the
Counts suite. WHO doubtless had
touch OF joyiality in his nature, WAS
made the confident of the royal young
sters. Doubtless both dukes adopted
this policy in order to insure themselves
in case they should be found out by the
unsuspecting Count, whose soul was then
far in dreamland.
On Sunday night those royal boys
paid another visit to the ladies, but un-
fortunately one of them was compelled
To excuse herself on account of pre-
vious engagement The sister who was
not engaged, however passed, very
pleasant evening with the two French
gentlemen.
THE "DIsPATCH " PAYS A CALL, TOO.
The Young ladies' whose winning ways
and pleasing manners had won such adj
miration from the Frenchmen were
visited by Dispatch reporter yester..
day evening and asked to tell some OF
their experiences with their distinguish
ed acquaintance.
One of the sisters greeted the journal
list at the door, and after he had explain
ed his mission he was ushered into a very
pretty psrlor, which plainly showed that
some fair hand was dominant there.
In response to the reporters interro-
CATION us to how they liked the French
visitors. Miss Burlington said that she
thought "boih the dukes were just
lovely and just as handsome as they
could be"
ALL IN A FLUTTER.
"At first" continued the entertaining
little blonde, "sister and myself were
all in an awful flutter we didn't ex-
actly know how to treat the gentlemen,
thinking that French manners might DO
| different from ours, but we soon found
them Just like anybody else, except that
they we're extremely courteous"
CALL ME- "DUKE" PLEASE.
cat first" added Miss Ophelia (fOr
that was this sisters name), "we called
the Due d'Orleans Your Royal High
ness. until he said please don't call
me that it takes an hour to say it-csll
me Duke. After that we called him
Duke and he liked 1t so much better. "
HE WASN'T IN LOVE WITH HIS COUSIN.
The other sister having by this time
arrived in the parlor, the conversation
was continued with great enthusiasm.
Il asked him." said the elder, if he
was really engaged to be married to his
cousin He said 'yes, so they told
him, but he didn't care anything for her,
and hadn't written to her for three
months"
"Does she love you?" asked one of
the little maids.
"Yes, so they tell me, but don't care
anything for her"
HE WANTED THEIR PICTURES.
"In the course of the conversation, "
continued the older sister Miss Flor
ence), "the Due d'Orleans said that II
he had gotten chance while We were
coming up on the Ariel he would have
liked to take our pictures with his ko-
dak.." go,
:" AT such hint as that, mildly sug-
cested the reporter, "you ought to have
given him one Of your photographs"
"We didn't have any left" chimed
in the pleasant blondes.
Both of the young noblemen in
bidding good-by to their newly-made
friends expressed their pleasure at having