San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-31

was expecting the advent of his mother
at any minute.
The marquis, every well made tooth
showing, tapped him on the arm.
''Ze young man look onwell," he
laughed. Mon cher, l have myself
been zare. 1t is re dinner, re vin-you
razzle dazzle, eh? Let up on re win, dear
boy, or re leetle rams you will have-vat
you call re snakes. Brace up-brace
up! Ahv ..
For here Mrs. Cathcart, in sweeping
velvet and jewels, sailed in
Marquis" she cried, ''j'ai bien de La
joie de vous voir."
'.E-english, E-englishr' cried he, shak-
ing his head negatively. ''Je ne puts
parle pas Fraacais."
"Que voulez-vous Dire" she insisted.
"Parlez Anglais:" returned he senten-
tiously. "Parlez Anglais:"
'Ah," she said, as he raised her fingers
to his lips, 81 see. But, my dear mon
sieur, this pleasure, after twenty-five
years interruption of our old acquains-
anee, is indeed appreciated. How much
we have to talk over, the changes of
| time, old friends in France and all that.
And you will surely forgive me for not
welcoming you when you arrived
| You. knock me silly, madame, az
Washington say at Trenton" interrupted
the marquis. II comprendez-it vas ze
toilette Eat detain you. catch on"
''What is that" sharply asked his
hostess. ''I-ah, Marie! Where is she"
SIN re boudoir," responded he. "Ze
last word she say, odd man, give me not
away she refer to re costume"
| "Give away her costumew said Mrs.
| Cathcart, in stunned sort of way. IT
do not understand"
Ralph had been on tenter hooks all
| this time: he feared an explosion was ct
hand. With smothered exclamation
he ran out of the room to seek Jardins
and Envy.
His mother looked after him.
| ''It is nozzings," said the marquis
happily. st is re razzle dazzle, 70
skates, as Hawzorn call it,"
| Mrs. Cathcart edged away from him.
Really" she began, when he broke in:
''You astonish wiz my fiuency in 70
| Anglais? Ralph he teach me, teach
l Marie"
| Mrs. Cathcart caught her breath; she
| knew her son of old.
Ralph taught you English?' she said,
crimson food spreading across her
face, light breaking in upon her.
| "Mais oui, answered the smiling mar
quis. II will speak no ozer tong-it Ii
ravishment. You must hear Marie; she
climb all over me, as zey say i'll re school
at Concord"
| She had not word to say. What
could she have said? But her anger for
| Ralph was something more than normal.
"Oui," her guest was volubly going
on, "Marie she work re Anglais for all
| it is worth"
And then Tom Jardine was with them,
his face match for hers.
tom" said she, 'have you heard that
Ralph is responsible for the English Of
the marquis and his daughter?"
at is simply outrageous" returned
| that young man. And Envy wishes
us all to talk this way in order to screen
Ralph. I've just had a tiff with her re-
| garding the matter"
Tiff" cried the marquis. "Zat is ze
| same as scrap, eh?"
pardon me, monsieur" said Mrs.
| Cathcart; "allow me-Mr. Tom Jar
| dine"
The marquis grasped Jardine's hand.
"Ah," he murmured, Ralph he tell me
you will be re MARIE husband of
! Mees Cathcart. l congratulate you,
sair. Mees Cathcart is too sweet for
any use. Madame, je lui en- al fait mon
compliment"
Jardine was thoroughly angry man
The happy frame of mind of Ralph's
victim did not tend to placate him. He
heard a sound out in the hall, and he
thought it was Ralph come to see how
he would disport himself. He did not
care what happened, the marquis should
not be made jest of any further.
Monsieur" he said, II regret to say
that miserable practical joke
He got no further, for it had not been
Ralph in the hall; instead, there stood
vision of youth and beauty, one of the
fairest of the lilies of France, and ar
rayed in the Solomon glory of Felix.
Mrs. Cathcart went toward her with
outstretched arms.
Marie" she said, my dear child, est
ce bien vous? is it really you?" and
Marie, standing there bashfully, her
beautiful eyes raised gently, merely an
swered:
"Ah, Zare"
Mrs. Cathcart fell back.
Marie" called her father, "salute
madame."
Marie raised her coral lips to the elder