Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-08

GaetOn, and turn ABOUT tley Keep ~ up.
"Your father told me will give an
other dot of 100000 francs with my
daughter but he paid me in Bolivian
mine shares, which in eighteen months
were worth but 14,0G0 fancs."
"And 1, l always put the question OF
money to one side. / said to myself Il
shall have the prettiest and the best
dressed wife in Paris that is why L
chose you, Jeanette"
Fourteen thousand francs l had but
$4,000 francs, but all the same l never
growled at one of your dressmakers'
bills; they were trying, however, those
bills; remember one which amounted
to 10000 francs"
"AndI;I paid one of %, 900 francs, and
didn't have like this gentlemen AGO.
600 francs income, but was 30 proud OF
your beauty my darling Jeanne, was
glad to give you all the luxuries could,
what diamonds and laces, what car
riages, what horses, what liveries for
the servants, and your own room-don't
you remember that, Jeanette All in
cherry satin. And the boxes, boxes for
every first night. The first night OF
La Famille Benoiton paid three hum
dred francs for box"
Boxes this fellow talks of boxes
Before / was married even, didn't al
ways buy them for you? The first night
of Petit Faust cost 9me four hundred
francs, and for PATHS farewell beneht
in 1868 got you box which cost five
hundred francs"
"The date! he remembers even the
date But you took dinner at our house
five times week, and you were always
crowding into our box at the 'ItalieBs'
or the opera and now you make such
row about two or three miserable
boxes offered to my wife,"
1.-TWO or three - - but in fact
such details are unworthy"
That's so," said the Father Eternal,
who began to get impatient waiting on
his cloud. "Cut it short, gentlemen;
cut it short; and beg of you, madame,
do your part"
Jeanne remained motionless, and the
husbands talked, talked, talked.
Don't you remember" said CASTOR,
"that it was for you / broke off my
career? resigned my captaincy in the
hussars because you did not wish to live
in the garrison at Sarreguemines."
'And I who allied myself to the en-
pire for you! Monsieur here
had accustomed you to ministerial
crushes and official balls. Those
sort of things amused you. You
didn't wish to give them up, and to the
great indignation of all my people con-
sented to show myself at the Tuileries.
Me at the Tuileries! Me at the palace
of q Napoleon!
mo politics." cried the Father Eter-
nal. ''and above all don't say disagreed
BILE things about the emperor, Napoleon
III. Surprising he had Withdrawn his
troops from Rome, what would have be-
come of the council, I'd like to know"
$50 be it, no politics., anyway, |
have something more decisive to say"
continued CASTOR. Dear Jeanne, don't
you remember? Our love the
first, I was the first, our long
walks, in the evening, under the trees, at
your fathers at Roches Crises; we used
to walk slowly, very slowly, in the little
paths; your head against my shoulder.
And then our wedding day; we we're
married at o'clock, and we set off all
alone, you and ]. we didn't get
to my house until midnight, it was ter
ribly cold weather. The country was
all white, don't you remember? And
what splendid fire we found in our
room. And -"
OH, UIu6QuOiy AnbCltuPLCo RdOui,
''such souvenirs are out OF place -"
permitted to speak of my love, and also
| fidence in you, Jeanne. Lots of people
whispered to me, You ought to pay
more attention to Raoul-Raoul was
this gentlemen-'watch Raoul; he likes
you very much, but he likes your wife
better . disdained all that gossip"
swell, proved my faith just as we'll ;
when it comes to confidence l am right
at home. Later, sir, after you, when in
my turn / was husband, other people
came running to me with their gossip.
1t was of NJ. de Sericourt that they
warned me. My best friend What an
absurdity."
I noticed plainly that Jeanne could
not help giving little start on. hearing
the name of M. de Sericourt. / saw it,
Raoul did not, and he continued:
"And when Sericourt was killed in
Mexico, and my darling, when you
heard the unexpected news and showed
so plainly your natural and legitimate
sorrow, why, received an abominable
anonymous letter. Your wife, it said,
has more tears for the friend than she
will have for the husband never
spoke to you of that letter. I couldn't
suspect you or Sericourt."
"Who is this Sericourt you are talking
about?" cried the1Father Eternal. SIS
he third husband? I'm getting all
mixed up"
Zone word more Father Eternal, one
concluding word. On my wedding day
priest, an excellent priest, declared at
Sainte Clothilde that our earthly union
would be followed by final union in
Heaven
'sAnd me. Father Eternal,j' replied
CASTOR, ''the day was married tc
madame a bishop--not a priest but 9
| bishop, you understandable the same
terms made me the same promise"
"This is very embarrassing" muir
INJURED the Father Eternal, livery EN-
barrassing. My representatives or
earth sometimes act without goot
judgment. But madame, why dom
you say something? 1t is for you t.
decide"
| And then the little widow, all rosy ant
agitated said:
"If you wish to be very good to me
dear Lord, you will permit me to ar
range matters with M. de Sericourt, VIII,
is over there in that little cloud on tn
left. and who has been making signal
to me for the past fifteen minutes"
turned my head and there was Seri
court, for fact, in his little cloud goinI