Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-17

Ludovic Halvey: Prince Agenor was
literally beside himself on Friday,
April -, at the opera during the second
ACT OF "Sigurd." The prince hurried
from box to box and his enthusiasm
kept growing.
That blonde! All! That blonde,
She's an ideal, that blonde. Look at
that blonde! DO you know that blonde ?
AT last he found Palmer, the banker
The name, the name of that blonde
in the Sainte-Mesme box?
Mime Derline.''
is there a Mr.. Derline!'
'Assuredly-a notary-my notary-the
Sainte-MeSlnes' notary. And ii you
want to see Mime. Derline closer come to
my house to the ball next Thursday
She will be there"
After the opera when the people We're
going out, the prince took position at the
foot OF the grand staircase. He had
entrapped two of his friends.
Come he said to them, L want to
show you the most beautiful woman in
Paris
Just as he said that there was stand
mS within TWO PAGES OF the prime an
alert young man attached to one of the
morning newspapers; u newspaper
widely read. This young man had a
sharp ear, he caught as it flew the eX-
preston Of Prince Agenor, whose high
position III society he knew. He manag-
ed TO avoid meeting the prince, but
when Mime. Der1ine was about to pass
the young reporter was clever enough to
oVerhear, without losing a single word,
the conversation of the three brilliant
nODlemen.
Nine. Derline arose the next morning
at o'clock. Her maid came in, placed
Il SalVer on d little table, lit big fire
III the open CRATE and Withdrew. There
were on the salver d cup OF chocolate
and neWspaper-the same thing every
morning
Nine. Derline touched the rim of the
cup to her lips and burned herself So
she had to wait awhile. She put down
the cup, took the paper, unfolded it and
rapidly, with Il look, ran through SIX
columns on the first page. At the bot
tom, at the very bottom of the sixth
column, she found these lines:
Last night there was very brilliant
reception OF 'Sigurd at the opera
Many Of the most distinguished women
Of fashion We're there; the handsome
duchesse de Montaigion, the pretty COM
tesSe Verdiniere de Lardac, the admir-
able marquise de Muriel, the piquante
baroness de MyrvoiX.
I'VE have to announce a new star that
has suddenly came to shine in the Pa
risian constellation. The house was in
ecstacies over a blonde with sad eyes,
with eyes like steel, and whose shoulders
-ah! what shoulders. Those shoulders
were the event of the ewing. On all
sides people were asking. Who is sheE
TO whom belong these divine Shout
ders?'
'To whom? We know, and our read
erS will thank us for telling them the
Nine. Derline."
/ Her name! She had read her name.
She grew dizzy. Her eyes crossed each
other. All the letters Of the alphabet
seemed to dance like mad in the news
paper. After while they grew quiet
er, stopped, and got back into their
places. She managed to find it again
her name-and took up her reading:
1T is Nine. Derline, the wife Of one
of the most esteemed and richest no.
taries of Paris. The prince de Nerius,
whose word carries authority in these
matters, said last night to every one he
met: That is the most beautiful wo-
man in Paris We are entirely of that
opinion"
She finished reading, and sudden
anxiety seized her.
Edward? What will Edward say?"
Edward was her husband. She had
never in her life called any other man
than her husband by his first name. He
was loved, this notary; and almost at
the moment she asked herself what Ed
ward would say Edward hurriedIy open
ed the door.
| why do these newspaper men NEEDLE
in what doesn't concern them? This is
an outrage! Your name! Look at it
there; your name in this paperr'
Nine. Derline, very sweeuy and gent
ly, set about bringing the rebel to rea-
son.
''Why this outrage, this great veXa-
ton? They accuse you of being the
husband Of the most handsome woman
in Paris. Is that, then, SO horrible, a
misfortune so frightful?''
Reduced to obedience, NJ. Derline
went down stairs to his Office to make
money for the most beautiful woman in
Paris.
A very wise and a very timely oc-
cupation, because scarcely had Nine.
Derline been left alone when a thought
came into her head that would rio the
notary's strong box of a very pretty
bundle of bank notes.
1t seemed to her that her new position
imposed new duties upon her. She could
not present herself at the PalmerS' ball
without q new dress and one from a Gel
brated hand. SO she ordered her car
rage in the afternoon and resoluteiy
: gave her coachman the address of NJ
Arthur. on of the most illustrious dress
makers in Paris.
oh madame, a ball dress-a splendid
: gown for Thursday" said that august
dignitary; L don't dare make such I
promise because I could not fulfill It
There are responsibilities to which
never expose myself"
Two tears, two little tears, glistened
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