The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-25

E,HeH his master i7ns HLli5uU uD9a ne ground.
IL on the ground As he regained his feet
! he saw GeOrgette looking back ut him and
her triumphant la, ha.' came family to
| his ears.
Cesar Hautot was well endowed with that
1 Seli-reliance born OF broad shoulders and a
! tull purse, and he was determined, in spite
! OF his fathers warnings. u tell GeOrgette of
/ his love for her He saw that she was sur
| rounded bT a score of admirers, many of
them in dead earnest He felt that 4 delay
/ might he dangerous,
AT little fete given at the chateau Gaor-
! gette's dark eyes, so he imagined, looked
! upon him several times with a glow so
! s0ftenfd AMI soulful that he ddrel even to
! fttter hmSalf that it could not POSSIBLY be
| mere thoughtless coQuetry Blu: when at
last time ami place favored and lie put into
excellent and even eloquent language the
story OF his love the datk-eyed euchantreSs
burst INTO ut Of uncomfortable laughter
Pardon me, mademoise le." said young
Hautot calmly and with Il magnificent show
Of dignity; Pm an honest man. and if the
words nave Just spoken merit M other re-
Spouse than this, consider them unsaid and
permit me to take my leave"
NO, no, nOp' came quickly from Georc-
cite. wv by, neighbour how choleric you are
Forgive me. One of my ancestors went
mad, and imagine that | have n faint of in
sanity about me. As the great English poet
says, God hath given Us one face and we
make ourselves another Forgive me if |
seem to have Knocked YOU IL was dastardly
OF me to do so. Indeed you are an honest
man, she continued more calmly. "and /
believe that you are in earnest when Won
say you love ms. 1 admire You, NJ.
Cesar. You seem so strong and real beside
the wretched hOt-hOuse plants which sur
round ne. You bring with you the fra
GRANGE of the fields and forests, aud for
pref moment you chase away the suffo-
eating odor OF the salon. | thank heaven,
NJ. Cesar, for having known you, but
oh, my friend, tear ont that foolish affection
by the very rOOts-now-tO-nig ht-here
My ears are closed 10 you, and your elo-
quent phrases beat against them in vain"
These words, which had a mysterious
warmth ana cadence about them, served
only to whet Cesar's purpose.
stay, Nile. GeOrgette," he whispered,
don't leave me thus faced against the
blank wall OF despair 1 know I'm audaci-
Gus. l know that many would despise me-
you IN whose glorious form courses the blood
of Jan de Witt, grand pensionary of Hol-
land, II you looked with favor upon a peas
ants suit, but, GeOIgette, all the noble blood
flows from ignObie sources; and peasant
though | am, my lands are as broad, my
golfers as deep, my education as finished
and my face and figure well favored as
the man of noblest lineage among your suit
ors Besides, Georgette, if | were thrice as
lgn0ble as l am you, you, my princess, my
queen, You would lift me up, you would set
an honor on my breast more glorious than
than any king might confer. | should count
as any prince in the land If you were my
wife. Let ms hope. Say no, if you will
but only look into my face with a plying
glance
NO. no. NJ. Cesar" broke in Geor-
gette angrily. Il have no pity for you
ou must bear the consequences of your
own msdeedsl Come to me now and then,
if you will, but never cross my threshold
again with such mad thoughts in your
mind. Goodnight ana farewell till you
are wiserW