Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-10

nature she Rad the paper twice. touched
il, scanned II With burning eyes 70 assure
herself that Il was the same. and then with
cry Of Joy threw it In the hrc. She
watched Il burn with indispensable happl
ness, and then turning toward me. her
hands oatstretched and all her grace re
turned, she cried:
"Oh. thank You from the depths OF my
soul" Her voice still shook with emo
ton. And so he gave it back"
''He sold II" | said.
| She recoilel sold it, How-he daresif"
"Yes and | did not hesitate"
"what did you give him."
Fifty Thousand francs"
She grew extremely pale. The day was |
almost gone. and in the dusk her eyes gilt |
tered like stars. Mechanically ! held out \
my hand. She took IL. Her own was
burning She drew profound sigh and |
fell fainting into my arms.
She went away as she had come, and
remained, 5000 francs less at my bankers,
but with the recollection Of her gratitude
In my heart had taken up the ordinary
current % ms life again when, ten days
later, on opening my Figaro at breakfast.
my eyes fell upon the following reporto-
rial echo Of the affair;
!
Yesterday N. BantemIs, the well known di
. rector u tine magasins Of the Inradis lies DANES
handed 70 the Society for the Relief Of the DE
serving Poor the Of 5oOOo fIancs to IL dis
trihuts-d among the poser 81 the twenty arron
dissements Of PARIS This remarkable AMI sue
/ c,.ssfnl ~ business, in making generous a
: use ~ his imIaruse fortnne proves that he has
e Dot forgotten his early years. devoted the
|. most laborious toll
!. was stupelied Then sudden fash OF
- inspiration mnle daylight within my thick
! head But it was with my money that
the rascal was being - generousl But up
L To the present moment was the generut.
W philanthroptst, Tor ! had not been REIN
"a hursed and probably never should be-, But
:. what hidcuus speculation this cesSion Of
1. the paper signed by the lovely Italian for
IN my $1,000 francs hal beenl But Il was pure
cheatiugi Thus exciting myself with On,
ly "hut after another, finally worked my
40 self into such state nfts.s: 3s.. .,;iger that
nr ] could 20 longer contain myself. nnt
Humping Ia my desk wrote Ia Bontemps ~
follows.
ne sin II you had given the % 90 francs ia char
rs q anonymously shnu!d have had nothing bu
compliments FOR yuu But Ia taking cr,-it 4
yourself Tor ~ charity which has cost sou nuthin
,ou have done a couteniftblr thing. Unless &
ne day yeu dn NOT send me a receipt Tor n secon
5Aun1 francs, gwen 10y yoti this time 10 the 100
~ lnrtN+ ShAH uuu tue " noe story OF oar w
al. de transaction Ia 10 morrow - paper
nv BARoy rRFsoRirR
are Rontcmirs replied with these words
get SIN If yuu ten the story shall h. forced
lev name ths lady BuSrEars
cir To this responded 10y definite di,
cir patch
new stn II you name the lady shall 80 to n,orro
tch afternoon 10 N"Ir Office pail YOU out 81 Il by ID
- ears and Lox them Tor You before all yuur clerk
- HARoS pE TREsoRigR
., lie believed me. and that evening ha
or. my receipt
IN The week after the countess adyentui
so she lcft for Italy ~ the end Of a month
-, received her fathers check for 5u.U
-" francs. accompanied 10y vague expression
of thanks which showed that he was ign
- rant under what circumstances my So
a. vices had been rendered 10 her | though
80 no more of my young Italian friends uni
one day ! received letter bortered wit
-, black in which the afflicted husband I
- formed me that he had had the unhapT
"' ness to lose his wife under the most trag
IA. circumstances After their departure fro
- Paris she had fallen into "A melancholy, q
more inexplcahle IS il had been she VI
-. had desired to return to Italy. To {
= most afTectiouate inquiries she remain
No. deaf. and though from time To time :
-, seemed to make an effort To throw of b
III. somber apathy, and would be for n day
rot so charming and graceful rs before. :
-, soon fell back into her former state.
%. At last during an excursion TO Cap
-, after a breakfast during which she b
Trha rallied from her torpor, promena
a. brought them to the cliffs. She began
walk toward the rocks fast that tn
could scarcely follow her. They called /
~ back but in vain. Her silhouette sto
-. out against the blue sky rs II she had be
@pe "A spirit, and she seemes ready 10 fly avn
.hn. All at once her light dress disappear'
They rushed forward. but when tn
,,.r reached the spot where she had been Ii
,ara seen the cliffs were deserted and the
~. murmured ia silence, beating against |
reefs That evening the waves brouG
m her To the beach She seemed to be asl'
,or5 and smiled with calm face, as in the d.
,ha, when she had been happy.
heft The letter fell from my hands. $
,a,,s again the young woman with her beat
|, Il, full, supphcating eyes and her trembi
lips; my heart ached for her, and a tear
va 4, pity and regret stole down my check
Adapted for Philadelphia Times from
4. 20 French Of George Ohnct.