The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-12-10

came enthused over some Americans in
Paris, their delightful chic, their Tavish-
ing sang froid, their piquant extensions
Of les eonvenances. She at that time
told the compte, her brother, that she
feared the ancien regime had become
passe, while she was confident that she
belonged 10 New France under certain
conditions, to the New World under any
circumstances. OF course this greatly
shocked the compte, and his friends to q
man blamed him for having permitted
Natalie 90 much latitude Of association
with the American ladies and their Pc
cnliar ideas Of the eternal fitness Of
things.
When Natalie met . vassar girl, in .
costume by Felix, who told her that she
worked for her living, the die was cast.
Natalie was poor herself, the little dia-
monds bequaathed her BY her grandaunt
representing all the wealth she possessed,
and the complies unique speculations on
the Bourse made even those tentative ct
times.
She determined to emulate the Vassar
girl, wear toilets by Felix, and earn her
own living. She knew she dare not ap.
proach the compile with this determina-
ton, 90 Ghe watched some American
girls to find out the most effective way
to cut loose from old, II picturesque, as
sociations.
When one lovely young thing, with
eyes the color Of heaven and cheeks like
tender young rose leaves, told her she
had travelled around the world "all BY
herself and not shadow Of harm had
happened TO her, Natalie watched her
chance and went to Tifany's % sell her
grandaunt's quasi historic diamonds. She
was told that the stones were only large
enough to be used in collar buttons, and
was refarred 10 . dealer with q generous
type Of nose, who offered her what
seemed 10 her 10 be . ridiculously small
sum Of money for the jewels. But the
Vasaar girl worked for her living, and
here was money Sufficient to carry Nata-
lie 10 New York and something overj be-
ides, the jewels were ridiculously small
also. She let the diamonds 60, wrote .
lstter 10 her brother that caused him
10 tear his hair and expunge her name
from the family register and become the
laughing stock Of the BOurso for bad
quarter Of an hour, and Natalie sailed
for America and freedom, carrying .
handbag and . cage, in which huttered
her pet canary.
Ibelieve there was something else that
actuated her in this stage Of her mad
career, and that was that 10 compte
had told her he intended to arrange .
marriage between her and the old
Marquis dEpinville, whose head shook
when he walled, who wore horribly
large white artificial teeth, who drank
the delectably green absinthe openly on
the boulevard and called Natalie tina
femme"
At any rate, Natalie sailed for the
states, and landing in New York went
10 q beautiful hotel that almost took
sway her breath BY its charges. In New
York she met many Of those she had
Known in the colony at Paris. But, not
strange 10 say, they were not quite 90
friendly when they heard under what
circumstances she had come 10 our hos
pitabls shores, and one woman and
mother threatened 10 write 10 the compte.
Then the Vassar girl, who It turned
out earned her own living BY tying her
papa's white cambria eFayAts Of evenings,
for which task she received . yearly
stipend which ran away into four figures,
did not ask her to the house on the
avenue, and informed her that for her
part she would have thought 1t quite de-
hghtful 10 be the Marquiss d'EpinVille,
especially Is the marquis was 90 old and
sure to have another stroke Of paralysis
soon. But Natalie was not to be dis
couTaged, the combination Of French
nerve and American ideas Il q motor
whose power IL only to DO gagged by
pneumatics.
Natalie first Of all moved from the
beautiful hotel and established herself
in q charming fat with . professional
ehaperon old enough to be anybody'a
mother and plain enough TO BE- the syn
dieate stepmother Of all the virtues.
Now Natalie defed criticism and made
her effort toward making her way. She
could not 90 back to Paris, that wal
certain, and she did not intend to lei
America ''go back on her." a. . young
man said, the Vassar girls brother, who
met her and admired her, but told his
sister she'd better be . little careful,
you know.
Natalie could embroider rayishingly
she had learned how 10 do II from thu
patient sisters in the convent where shi
had been educated. She embroidered
now. Il Il not altogether an everyday
event 70 have the sister Of . count EN-
broidering your table covers and puttinl
your initials upon your linen, 90 the or
derB came IN with considerable merTi
ment and the pay was generOuS-yo'
s.,uld hardly oner the usSeF OF . count
. might-hayO- been marquise, the beg
carly sum you might give TO some poOl
soul IN q garrett.
So Natalie became more aud more
Americanized, and said "Chestnuts" 70
some Of the stories Of former magnih
concs told her autobiographically by hel
companion. She considered herself hap
py for the hrat time in her life. o.
course there were moments when shS
suffered q little from mol du pays, wheE
the lilies Of Franco meant something {,
her after all, and she thought Of mammi
and papa IN Pero h Chaise with the bead
Wreaths upon their tomb.
Yet she would Ink M at such tins