Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-25
A LUNCH IN PARIS.
MSS. cHEsTER's REMARKABLE tH'
pERIeNcE WHILE ABROAD.

y...rnized an Old Friend, She
Thought, Among the Crowd o" V"e "
a.. Fashionable Thoroughfares oil t"e
cav CITY and launched with HIN.
interesting adventures have not peei'
,n,nsrops in nv existence" Mrs Chester
ronark cd from the corner OF the SOFA
,l,cioo n large. soft cushion behind her
and crossing her feet comfortapiy' oo.
! can tell YOU one that happened only iase
srmmer and which think is somewhat
opt of the ordinary run. Wewere IN raris
Mt the time. One morning went alone ~
- bankers in the Rue - and drew soilis
,onev for nv sister As came OUT
rscoonized Mr.. Fairman, who was passing
bowed and he Immediately joined me,
asL;no II / would allow him to accompany
a,a ~ nv destination, whateverthat might
he. had known Arthur Fairmah siisn.,g
for number of years, and propaD,y "ouiu
never have become better acquainted WIN
him had we not met in foreign lanu'
There seems to be fraternal teei'hg oe
tween Americans abroad that In many
cases would not exist at home.
AT any rate, gave him the desired
,.rr,;ss;on and we strolled along, enjoy
mo the life and gaiety so peculiar to the
paris boulevards. At the Maison u,
whore had expected him to leave me, ne
remarked that be would be glad to walt
while tried on several hats. Must con-
fess that | was pluming myself upon
having made something Of conquest OF a
formerly Indifferent acquaintanceS his
patience was angelic, for after three-quar-
tiers of an hour he greeted me in the same
amiable manner, and asked me to lunch
with him at the Cafe Cambon. Charming
mani reflected moment, then accepted,
"a knew returning home would mean
solitary meal-at the best hurried, I'M
satisfying repast.
"As it was, had an extremely pleasant
time. We secured table in one OF tne
windows, and Mr.. Fairman almost imme-
diately inquired If had ever been to Rus
sia. / think this was our principal topic
of conversation. was surprised to find
him such a travelled cultivated man and
30 interesting a talker. The lunch was
excellent, also the company, and when he
babe me adieu at the hotel | am sure 1T
was with sincere regret on both sides, par
ticularly as he was about leaving Paris for
London. and onr renewed acquaintance
would have to be suspended until we met
in New York.
.'My sister returned from shopping ex-
peditiop later in the afternoon, and gave
her graphic account of how spent the
morning, concluding, And here is the
money you wanted my hand gliding into
my pocket. 1t was emptyl My purse had
disappeared without tear in the material
to mark it's exit. | had not taken it out
after leaving the bankers; Of that was al
most certain; therefore my pocket must
have been picked en- route remembered
crowd of people in the Rue Daunou,
which jammed the narrow sidewalks, but
Mr.. Fairman had been behind me the en-
tire way. Could he help me, wonderedf
Ny sister advised me to write to him at
once.
Perhaps we could stop him before he
left the city. looked at the clock; it
was striking t. He leaves at g. muir
INJURED hopefully. Il will send for him inn
mediately.' Then, remembering: But
don't know his address, Is it not proyok-
ing2' | went over to the window and
gazed absently out. had been watching
passers by for some time, feeling deeply de-
pressed when suddenly caught sight of
Mr.. Fairman hurrying along on the oppo-
site side. What luck! Without word
of explanation to my sister, | ran to the
door, down the staircase and into the
street.
''ln few seconds had overtaken him,
and, while trying to regain my breath,
managed to tell him of my loss. He was
most sympathetic and much distressed
over the occurrence.
81 am mortified at not having been
| able to take better care of you,' he kept re-
peating alphabetically; you cannot i'm
| agine how badly | feel However, will
go to the police station and report the
theft on my way to the depot. so that your
interests will be well looked after when |
am gone
He walked with me back to the hotel
entrance, and | gave him minute de-
scription of my pocketbook and it's con-
tents, after which he excused himself, as
he said he must return to his apartment
before going to the train. In spite of his
kindly interest, as is usual in such cases,
the money was never heard of again.
IA few days ago." Mrs. Chester con.
tinued, drawing long breath and sitting
more erect, 81 met Mr.. Faiiman on Fifth
avenue and stopped to speak to him.
How have you been since | saw YOU last
summer in PARISH | exclaimed cordially.
He shook my hand rather mechanically. |
thought, and seemed somewhat puzzled
DO you know went on, we never found
any trace of that money that was stolenY'
And l added, laughing, we almost &C.
cused you of petty larceny.
Mr.. Fairman's face wore an extraordi.
nary expression. 'ParisS Petty larcenvS'
he stammered, looking blankly at me; but.
my dear Mrs. Chester, have not been
abroad for three yearsp
For moment there was dead silence,
each gazing at the other. Not been
abroadT ! gasped unbelievingly. But |
saw you; lunched with YOU
II can prove an alibi whenever Won
please, Mr.. Fairman replied seriously. 4
spent August and September with nv sis
ter Carrie in Newport
linen the truth flashed over me. The
small differences had not noticed before
became only too clear now. The clever
duplicate had traded on his mistaken iden.
tlty, and had calmly lunched me and rif,ed
my pocket to pay for the spree. Well, it
was good lunch, but it cost me | 0O0
francs M. r. McVickar in Harper,s
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