Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-29
A MARRIAGE FAILURE.

anus with the gesture Of one that has
escaped "a great danger.
"ltis I, yes; look NJ mo well, FOR you
have not seen me lately have been
clustered, padloctcd. confscatcd, sup
pressed, rs good as married An acct
dent that is,pait, yes, but which NAKED
ne cold 20 think OF IT, Not that my
f,nccc WIS ugly, silly OK disagrcoablo-
no, she was charming. Eighteen years
OF age, blond rs corn tas.ol, great shin.
ing eyes TINT spgrl.led drolly and looked
YOU full In tho face with gaze "a litllc
questioning, q li,tla wondering. as Of
one that had takci hcr experience q lit
tlc from everywhere, the world and tho
coulisso1.
"How did end horg Very simply. as
such things arc always done when ono
wishes to marry Voilal I got up ono
day In a doyilish temper. stomach irrita.
bic FROM tho last nights supper, heavy
Of head, empty OF heart, With all this,
bad weather, cold, gray, sad, vague
ouuui In the morning; Mt noon, black
ennuL Nothing to do, nothing 10 read,
nothing TO Lowell
"'zouuis" told myself, Its time to
marry. II / found family it will Ger.
taiuly occupy me-.
81 throw myself into u co1po aud
made for tho house Of my notary, an old
friend Of my father, aud laid tho case
before him.
"'Do ypu desire a blond or brunette
wlief said he, turning his papers.
"'A blond should prefer, said 1.
"'Whyy
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was brunette
.-coutr1st.
"rho preference appeared to him Just.
lie proposed 10 me Mile. Bertha Bnyard.
"prgttyY
avery prcttyr
"Whom does she resembleS
"'No Ouo-Uniy hersclfy
"'But see you, think well,' said !, is
there not In the corps de ballet some face
that recalls her own
"'ln tho corps do balletl What II
question:
"'But ! only ask an approximate af-
Grmatiye.'
"My notary reflected
"'ln the corps de balleil Tho corpI
dc ballet! No, no one; but at the BoulIes
--ah, yef, the little Angcler
"'Augelc! Angelo! Ravishing! She
resembles Angelo, does ihc, your littlo
l,oudf s.dl /. All, Welt I'll marry
her instan,or When will you present
meg
"Well, to sldp preliminary details. we
wcr1 20 SEQ each other first ut tho Hotel
Continental. A charity ball for tho
benefit OF tho EAopgirls who desired 10
become water color painters A quad.
rifle, waltz, two fingers of filtration
aud We should know each other Hu1i-
c.gntly well 10 enter upon the official
plrleymg. IN Amcricamqul Yes, but
one rocs rapidly Ia such affairs.
at the last moment, behold tho ball
o1Untcgmandud.
"rhoy replaced It by tho opera
cumiquc. 4 classic presentation. The
notary preceded me 10 tho box. Bow to
The mother, bow TO the father, flash Of
tho eye TO the young girl! All! delicious,
that young girl! A genuine pastel! \
E,ucy little nose, rosy lips, great shining
eyes, aud tho darlingost little ears, DO
hind which oured and clustered ten.
drills OF hair that shono IN tho gaslight
Ike golden mist. Much prctuer than
Angcle
at was settled tho wedding should
bcl
"rho wedding Yes, but before that
realism would come tho romance, the
poetry Of Inc engagement 10 marry
TINS was cuchan,mcut, and NJ. Bnyari,
tho father, % very agreeable old man,
with NO other occupation than that OF
doachiug his coupons, had SCI. tho day
for my coming 90 his house, the evening
oi Our first meeting.
81 SEQ sim that family picture In tho
boulevard Mleshufbus, tho great white
aud gilt salon, the usual furnishings OF
the dealer q Ia mode, sofas from Beau
yais, richly atrocious, hronzes too gold.
en-. screens too gaudy, plush too glaring,
pictures too new. a luyury born OF yes
teriay and stamped upon the inyoicel
But lawlessly exquisite, pretty
enough 10 cat, 10 10 speak, her blond
head bent under the rays Of tho lamp,
Mile. Bertha cutting with japanese
paper knife the leaves OF tho last number
Of The Revue do8 Deux Mondes-G
Greu1e reading Feuillctl
"a tribe arranged, trine too studied,
perhaps, this playing the family nolo; a
little too sentimental, but very gcntacl.
Gcnteel enough to damn u saint, and |
was not saint.
But, after all, what ia so delicious rs
the passing Of the betrothal hoursy 1t Is
the preface, the prologue, the preamble
% marriage! A preface full Of beauti.
ful promisgsl that makes one believe
reading tia beautiful book TO comet
What romance! What poetry! What
happiness aud delight!
YES, but unfortunately one must turn
The pages, and But TINT, ylu zoe, at
tie moment, was precisely what | do
sired to do, to turn the pages with all
fpeed, the fair white page Of this young
gigl's life, as yet without trace Of cray
on. had turned 30 many pages, yon
Zee, that rosunbled In everything those
mirrors OF the restaurants, which every
body scratchoawith namos aud addresses,
"Anl the young girll That ignorant,
Innocent and thnid being, exquisite and
white, white rs the virgin snowi had
found her at last. that ideal .naidl How