Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-08-24
AFTER THE SUPPER.

UaCng from D ceftaln momenI-tns |
second bottle, believe-I no more re-
member what happened to me. A cur.
tain, like q misty cloud, descended upon
my memory. similar to the between acts
baize of fairy spectacles.
Nevertheless nothing is surer than
something did happen to me; many
things even. Everything proves it to
me. My coat on the floor, my cravat as
q nightcap and, above all else, II ever J
doubted it. my haggard face, fsigued
and pale.
Truly fine businessl At my age,
eight and thirty years, to allow myself
to be surprised by champagne like y
schoolboy on holidayl Stupidity's no
name for It'll
But what plaques me most is to guess
what ! did last night, particulars, you
know, as to the events of the evening.
Question my servant
Perish the thought of It'll Expose my
self to the blushing before laclrey! 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, 'tis enough.
They pretend that with single bone
Cuvier was able to entirely reconstruct
m 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
suggestion, hint. one or two indica-
tions, more or less.
Where find them2
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 I am.
/ tremble guiltily. What am ! going
to discover?
Gingerly I slip two fingers into the
side pocket of my vest and draw out my
portmonnaie.
Empty
BY Jovel
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
iy that the misdemeanor occurred in:
"Salon a." could have sworn it.
"Tis always, some way, "salon IA" tc
which grayitate.
The total? Eight hundred aud twenty
francs. Pestei I've not been stingy, il
appears.
How many were they, wonder? Who
were they? My habitual friends, it is
probable, but still-noi
An inspirationi This menu, in be
traying their tastes, will also to me re
veal their names. Let US try to de
cipher it.
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 il
clear. So much for No. 1.
Potage la puree de gibier-I greatly
deceive myself, or that potage is one tt
which Maxine is specially partial Max
ime, then, for No. 2.
Filets de sole a la Joinville-Fe Fernand
to certainty; an Orleanist ilet. pur'
and simple.
Canetons de Rouen porange on
but Polastron for that, On out and ou
Rouennais, he.
Salades de legumes Ia Russe-'Ti
useless to ask If Semenow was there.
Bombe la Cardinal-From whom
could this have come? Stay, Marcel
Who but Marcel is cousin to a cardinal
Lucien, Maxine, Fernand, Polastron
Semenow, MARCEL Behold my table re
composed.
Women also were at that supper then
Beyond q doubt. These scattered pho
tographs attest it. Female suppers ou
or supperesses, If may call them SO
have always rage for distributing thei
portraits. Henriette Of the Varieties il
her costume Of the Revue, her grea
English coal hoppe-s squeezed into tigh
French slippers. Quick, conceal thyseh
And Jeanne, the eternal, in powdere,
hair and leering over her shoulder at tn
risk Of a wry neck.
The third-ah, the third, I do no
know her. 'Tis stranget
Not bad lot, either, the third. She
even pretty. Small head, low brow, tin
nose, mite Of mouth. Nothing bu
eyes superb eyes at thatt Lashes hk
fringe, and q genuine blond.
Deuce take It'll No, / do not know haz
The little yellow curls that dance abou
her brow look even in this photograp
like golden smoke.
Nearly child, tools years perhaps
at farthest. Dressed modestly besides
A high neck robe. puritanical in cut, bu
which only the better develops tina
which it envelopes. Exquisite figure
slim and 1.-the as q bending willow.
Decidedly she is very pretty littl
girl. And -and see In her ears neithe
pearls nor diamonds, nor even on he
fingers d single jewel. The reason POI
sibly for her al Of disdain.
Disdain. did [sayi This child, who q
yet knows nothing of life. yet seems 9
ready bored and weariedi Bahi womt
or girls, they are all alike.
Still. where did she come from? WI
is it that / have had, unknown, to sit
my table? Maybe it was her debut II
opening Of q great success that alreas
foresee and predict.
She sat beside me, of course. Ttalk
with her, 'tis certain all the madness
probably that came to my head. S
refused me. or left me. Behold the re
son why. perhaps- that Imade mvs,
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