Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-10-22
HUSBAND AND WIFE

you come in, aad her voice Immediately
softened, becoming affectionate.
"Why have the lights not been
brought?"
81 have only now come in from the
Villa Borghese," she murmured family.
Then feeling about little she found the
electric bell on the wall and placed her
finger on it. A servant entered with two
lamps covered with pale blue silk shades
which softened the light. The little
drawing room appeared, In its somewhat
d-tinted olive velvet and brocade Of old
gold, rather faded; quantities of tea. roses
were prettily arranged about the room In
porcelain vases and In crystal cups. Don
Richardo was IN dress suit, a gardenia In
his buttonhOle.
$50 soon ready2" exclaimed Donna
Livia.
81 mistook the time; it is only 6.
will wait
And he threw himself into an easy
chair beside the fire, balancing one leg
over the other.
81 may smoke here, Liyla?"
Certainly. The cigaretts-they are on
that little table,
Il have some also"
mime will be better, Ricardo"
"Who gave them to you?'
Guido Caracciolo brought them from
Constantinople.
She took him light herself and held it
till he lit his cigarette.
80 this foundation dinner of yours at
tae Cericio is for 'clock?"
ives, dear Livia, at 7. A dinner en-
tirely of men; it will be very tiresome.
.EGhI tnrribIv tiroson,a ~
Donna Livia slowly unbottoned her
gloves Of black kid.
eff only you could have diverting
reighbors at dinner, you would be less
bored, Ricardo dear"
my neighbors are to be Mario Torres
pardo and Fillippo Veirtimila."
THAT Borghese Garden is an ice
house." murmured she, shivering with
cold, holding her little ungloveQ hands to
the flame
"You do wrong to go here, then, "
answered the husband with his fine, calm
manner that nothing succeeded in disturb
ing.
Il know - habit. Oh, there were so
many people there, being fiesta day, far
more strange faces than usual. The
queen wore pale pink feather IN black
velvet bonnet Do you think | would
look well In pale pink, Riccardo?"
Every color looks well on you, dear
''Prettily answered! Well, | met Maria,
Clara, Marguerite, Theresa, Vittoria:
GiorgIo was alone in the phaeton; Paul
signed TO me would we meet this evening,
and answered yes. Will you Gomez"
Yes, after dinner"
Bravo! I sta, ed too long there, in the
Borghese Gardens. did not notice that it
was evening; besides should have to dine
alone. Selfish men that thou art | went
to sea Sofia also before going to the Gar
denS; oh! if you knew how much | have
done to-day since 8 Poor Sofia, the baby
has fever still, and it has become thin and
yellow; Tomorrow it is to be wrapped up
IN Shawls, put in a close carriage and
taken to Tivoli; who knows If the change
of air will do it any good?-
"Frederico goes with Soha?'
mo, he goes every day to TivoIi, what
a cold anti-pathetic mani He has not
watched a single night beside his baby,
and Sofia has not slept for twelve nights. u
"Ihey say that - that child is
not his" observed Ricardo, shaking the
ashes of his cigarette into the tender.
They say so, it is true. Sofa has
compromised herself too much with Guido.
| met him, Guido, in the Psazza di Spagna,
while was going to the dressmaker And
| also went to that dressmaker about the
grey dress; what, an amount Of time
have wasted over 1t, and it will never fit
me. dress Is like picture, when spoilt
1t can not be remedied; it must be thrown
aside and and another one made.
1T seems 10 me your dressmaker has
given but little satisfaction lately. Why
not change? Why rot have everything
sent from Paris? | would not grudge
it"
You ere right, but how is it to be
done? This one was so highly recommend
ed to me; and besides they often send
such a medley of colors from Paris that it
is impossible to use. Would you believe
that they have sent q green dress to Giula!
She wept about it to-day. | went also a
minute to see this dre-s that she has
awaited with such anxiety fascol
Ricardo, my friend, a fasco! A pale green
dress!'
And her laugh rang through the room.
then having taken off her hat and I'M
fastened her pelisse, she also stretched
herself in the little easy-chair on the OPP
posite side of the fire.
Now the nervous volnbility with which
sue naQ spoken QuleJeu down. Snc passed
her fingers slowly over her fair hair as if
to smooth it.
Don Riccardo Lit another cigarette, and
looking steadily at the FIRE, spoke thus:
'Livia, today you went out in the v;cto,
ria. You went Immediately to Sofia, and
you remained with her till twenty minutes
past ); thence you went to Julia. where
you remained ten minutes; at you were
at the large door of your dressmaker's
house In the Piazza di Spagna; you en-
tered there, and Immediately went away
again through the little door which opens
into the Piazza Mlgnonetta. You took
shut hired carriage which had the number
N 522. You went 10 Via Casarin, 10, to
the first floor, where Mario Torresparda
has an apartment In which he receives the
ladies of the fine world, who are complais.
ant enough to go to see him there. His
legal habitation where he receives his men
friends and denimondaines is elsewhere
You remained there from ten minutes past
4 till FIVE minutes past 5; the hired car
rage again conducted you to Piazza Mig
nonetti; you had not small money with
you, because you never think of everything.