The herald., 1893-08-27
AFTER THE SUPPER.

Dating from q certain moment-the
second bottle, believe-I no more re-
member what happened to me- A cur
tain. like 9 misty cloud, descended upon
nv memory, similar to the between acts
baixe Of fairy spectacles. .
Nevertheless nothing Is surer than
something did happen to me; many
things even. Everything proves 1t to
me. NV coat on the floor, my cravat as
q nightcap and, above all else, II ever |
doubted it, my haggard face, fatigued
and pale.
Truly q fine businessl At my age,
e;oht and thirty years, to allow myself
to be surprised by champagne like a
schoolboy on holidayl Stupidity's no
name for It'll
But what plaques me most is to guess
what l did last night, particulars, you
know, as to the events Of the evening.
Question my servant2 1A
Perish the thought Of it! Expose my
self to the blushing before iackeyl Be-
sides he would only be able to formu-
late theories from the hour of my re-
turn and-and my behavior on reaching
my bedroom.
divine it. that behavior, tits enough.
They pretend that with single bone
Cuvier was able to entirely reconstruct
an antediluvian animal. 1t remains to
me then only to find some analogous
thing to as readily reconstruct my ex-
istence for the last 10 or 10 hours-a
gurrestion. hint, one or two indica-
tions, more or less.
Where find them?
Ah-h, my pocketsl
A childish habit of burying everything
there clings to me still and will now
perhaps serve me well. Behold the mo-
ment of rummaging, then, like the cul-
prit that am. 1as
tremble guiltily. What am going
10 discover2
Gingerly slip two fingers into the
side pocket of my vest and draw out my
portmonnaie.
Empty?
BY Jovei
In seeking to pick up my overcoat my
notebook falls, scattering upon the car
pet heap of papers. ~
The first Of these papers that catches
my eye is the slip Of the Cafe Anglais
The trump card of the nights misde
meanor.
Thanks to this bill learn immediate
"Salon H." could have ----ed in. -
IT'S always, some way, 'salon IA" tt
which ! grsvitate. sssss
The total9 Eight hundred and twenty
francs. Pestei I've not been stingy, Il
appears. lt0E ss;e
How many were they, I wonder? Who
were they? My habitua friends, it is
probable, but still-no? nanos sd5 sf
An inspirationl This menu, in be-
traying their tastes, will also to me re-
veal their names. Let us try to de-
cipher 1t.
Huitres Portugaises-These are the
kind that Lucien prefers and that they
import from Arrachon expressly for him.
Lucien was Of the suppers, then, it is
\ clear. So much for No. 1.
Potage la puree de gibier-I greatly
deceive myself, or that potage is one to
which Maxine is specially partial. Max
Tine, then, for No. Q.
Fil9ts de sole la Joinville- -Fernand,
to certainty; an Orleanist flet. pure
/ and simple.
Canetons de Rouen q l'orange- o one
but Polastron for that. an out and out
Rouennais, he.
Salades de legumes la Russe-'Tis
useless to ask If Eemenow was there,
Bombe a la Cardinal-From whom
could this have come? Stay, Marcel!
Who but Marcel is cousin to q cardinal?
Lucien, Maxine, Fernand, Polastron.
6emenow, Marcel-Behold my table re-
composed.
Women also were at that supper thens
Beyond doubt. These scattered pho
tographs attest 1t. Female suppers out
Or supperesses, If may call them 90,
nave always rage for distributing their
portraits. Henriette q the Varieties in
Der costume Of the Revue, her great
English coal hoppers squeezed into tight
French slippers. Quick, conceal thyself
And Jeanne, the eternal, in powdered
hair and leering over her shoulder at the
risk Of wry neck.
The third-ah, the third, do not
, know her. 'Tis strange!
Il, Not bad lot, either, the third. She's
oxven pretty. Small head, low brow, tiny
nOse, a mite Of mouth. Nothing tut
ayes-superb eyes as thatl Lashes like
Z fringe, and genuine blond.
Deuce take It'll No, do not know her.
The little yellow curls that dance about
her brow look even in this photograph
ike golden smoke.
Nearly child, tools years perhaps,
at farthest. Dressed modestly besides.
IA high neck robe, puritanical in cut, but
which only the better develops that
which it envelopes. Exquisite figure,
slim and 1.-the as bending willow.
q Decidedly she is a very pretty little
4 girl. And--and ! see in her ears neither
pearls nor diamonds, nor even on her
fingers single jewel. The reason pos
sibly for her air Of disdain.
pisdain, did saya This child, who as
yet Knows nothing Of life, yet sesms a.
7eaoy bored and weariedl Bahl women
v girls. they are all alike.
6till, whore did she come from7 Who
Eit that have had, unknown, to sit at
tay table9 Maybe it was her debdt-the
lpening Of a great success that already
toresee and predict
She sat beside me, Of course. talked
nth her, it's certain--all the madncsses
YQbobly that csu1a to NV t,naA ohn