The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08

sent and we were married.
1.-THE first few months after our
bridal were passed in Italy. They
were to me divinely happy days! It
was long before / noticed, while he
took me everywhere else, he never
took me to the opera. One day told
him should like to have q piano"
"And what did he say?" was
compelled to inquire.
He told me in cruelty hard voice
he detested music in every shape and
must leave me il l insisted upon
'squal,ing' to him. / thought Eugene
really detested music, as he told me
he did"
Then you don't think SO now"
"How can l? You were watching
him last night. And now, my friend,
you must allow me to put my ques-
ton in somewhat clearer and mar
rover shape"
Ihad almost forgotten the question
to which she referred, and was search
ing my memory for it.
HAS Eugene ever had an affair with
any vocalist before he met me?"
How the deuce had she managed, at
her age, to stumble upon the idea Of
such possibility? How could re-
ply to her?
had been his friend some twenty
eigkS or thirty yeas, yet she had
wheedled me into passing her my
word OF honor to answer her ques-
ton.
"Will you tell me, Mrs. Van Rense-
Ter, how it was the colonel came to
kal. 20 he ~ IN
last night? Did you ask him to- gof"
Certainly not" she replied, with a
look OF perplexed wonder. "When he
came in before dinner he told me il
liked to 60 he would take me-"
"And where had he been in the
morning."
II only know he had an engagement
with his sister on some business"
"How often have you seen Mrs Cor
byn?"
Some three or four times"
Have you thought of telling her
what you have done me the honor OF
telling me?"
The scarlet color came to her cheeks
and the shame made her wondrously
lovely.
al have been very wrong" she said,
penitently. "But i thought you as
man could tell me SO much more ofhis
life in what wished to know than it
was possible she could"
49," said, rising and extending
my hand to her, you will permit me
to bid you adieu."
"You forget, sir" she exclaimed,
"your parole d'honneur is yet unre-
deemed"
MAY not ask you to trust me for
three weeks, Mrs. Van Renseler?"
"If you do not choose, sir, to tell
me now"
~ presume, madame, you would
perfer having the answer to your ques-
ton direct from your husband rather
than from comparative stranger"
"Can you promise that to me?"
'If within three weeks no does not
tell you all ! pledge myself to be your
informant"
Ten minutes later she allowed me
to decamp.
Fifteen minutes later was with
Mrs. Corbyn. She had always been q
capital friend of mine.
Consequently had no difficulty in
confding to her all that Mrs. Van
Renseler told me.
"And what do you want me to do?"
she at length asked.
"You know you are one OF the pa
tronesses OF the grand amateur char
liable concert"
81 see what you mean," she said
with Joyous laugh. "Mrs. Van Rem
seller shall sing at it and you will
bring my brother"
The concert was to be OF the most
distinguished and aristocratic charac-
ter-so much SO, indeed, that it had
been determined no names OF the
amateurs who were to appear should
be published in any OF the advertise
ments or on any OF the programmes.
This did away with the chances of
preliminary interference on his part.
But the rehearsalsl
About q week before the concert
was to come of was summoned to
Washington on business, heard the
colonel announce his intention OF
visiting that city before congress
should adjourn. What could be more
natural than that ], as a friend,
should ask him to accompany me or
that he should accede to my request2
could scarcely help laughing in
my sleeve as / saw how amiably the
colonel submitted to my fraud.
We started to NewYork, purposine
to arrive in ample time to attend the
concert.
The train on which we had started
was considerably delayed and we did
not reach Jersey City until close upon
o'clock.
However, we cot to the door OF the