San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-15

Few married women were present,
and most of them were of the younger
class, stately and reserved, as became
southern matrons, but bright and inter
esting on occasion.
Toward the close of the evening Ed
gar Julian found Rosalie disengaged and
offered her his arm
Wont you take turn with me?" he
said in low tone; "all your guests seem
happily fixed just now, and may not
lave so good chance to talk with you
again soon. am off for Florida to-
morrow"
$50 soon?" she exclaimed, taking his
arm; "but you will not be gone long;
you will return
81 cannot speak with certainty.
shall have to go to Jacksonville and Tai
lahassee, and then away down through
the wilderness to Ocala and Tampa
may be gone a month"
He enunciated the word month as if it
had been century or aeon.
Il should think you would enjoy that
trip. have always imagined | should
like Florida" she said
But have been travelling so much,
and so rapidly" he replied, carelessly
taking from table, as they passed it,
spray of heliotrope.
And you have not told me what you
saw" she quickly said II do so much
want to hear more about our old chateau
in Provence. call it ours" she added,
looking up and smiling archly, because
am so far away that the true owner
cannot be injured by the assumption of
title; and then papa has been fastening
the fancy in my head ever since my first
recollections.
at ought to be very pleasant fancy.
| was charmed with Provence" he said,
with something like evasiveness in his
tone; but one would not care to live
there; it is all so different from what one
sees and feels and reveres in America
Life in Provence is good for fancy to
feed on, and for stuff out of which to
build romance; but it is not conducive
to earnest thought and worthy effort to-
ward great achievements"
But what was our old chateau likeY'
she demanded did you fetch any SOU
venir from its ruins?"
Yes" he replied, Il brought quite
number You shall examine them some
day. One in particular will, if | mistake
not, affect you very strangely when you
see it"
"Oh, what is it," she cried, in her ex-
element leaning heavily on his arm and
gazing eagerly up into his face.
at is something very beautiful" he
responded; Il don't believe | ought to
forestall or weaken your surprise by any
attempt at description; and besides, |
wish to see if you will adopt my view
when you have seen the-the-well, let's
call it the Chenier Souvenir"
"You have set my heart to futtering,"
she naively said. carrying her free hand
to her breast.
Mine is disturbed too" he replied.
Its really exciting, isn't it?" she went
on, not dreaming of what his words were
meant to convey
While think of it," he said, chang
ing his tone, lis Rosalie name that
runs back in your family
at was my fathers grandmother's
name; it may date much farther up the
line" she replied papa says it is a
Chenier name. But why do you ask"
THE name is common in France.
Chenier also | met one Chenier who
was a aaron. and another who was
wooden shod laborer in the vineyards"
But the souvenir
All yes, | shall show you that when
can 1t is among my traps at Chicago.
did not have time to unpack, you
know | WAS rushed off down here with
out even breathing space. | have
written to have a lot of things for
warded and the souvenir is included. 1t
must remain profound and beautiful
mystery until it arrives.
Il cant bear mysteries and waiting"
she exclaimed with real vehemence. II
shall lose all interest unless you tell me
now"
He stopped and looked down into her
sweet gray-brown eyes, he thought he
saw rppressed tears in them. They were
wholly the eyes Of a child now. Her
lips were red as cherries.
1T is small gold cross with the let
tiers R. g. on it, he said, with prompt
ness that almost amounted to bluntness;
lit is very beautiful"
"Oh. and where did you get it," she
exclaimed.
"At the Chateau Chenier. A peasant
who lives there dug it up in the garden.
paid an enormous price for it. The K.
g. must stand for Rosalind Chenier. you
know"
How strange" she murmured in a
r,nr,sinn 1rav with her ewes cast down.