Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-06-14


wanted to laugh; the sailor was angry as
only sailor can be.
II shall not be able to go home without
having fight with some one-Id like to
kick myself, for have lied to that woman
like a pickpocket"
well, fight it out with 'Gontran, your
former subordinate Come, be calm, /
won't joke any more. But never be sur
prised again when man says he is afraid
Of woman You know what it Is now"
Yes, and may the devil fly away with
me If l ever get caught in such pickle
again. To think that woman could make
q man act So"
The crisis was passed for the present. but
the explosion must come one day or another.
IL would have been impossible for Guy to
continue to play his double role so long as
he did il chance had not aided him. Every
year the marquise's mother came to Paris
for a few weeks and staid with her daugh-
ter, who naturally modified the habits of her
household to a considerable extent
Free, or almost 80, Labanere could tran
gully and honestly attend upon his Gancee
and could even accompany her on some of
her shopping expeditions One day as they
were choosing some jewels at Ravaut's who
should enter the shop but the Marquise
Sansedoni and her mother The marquise
gave Marguerite such look that the poor
girl felt a cold chill run up her back. The
Sansedoni marched boldly up to Labanere
and gave him her hand, fixing him with her
eye, for suspicion Ind again entered her
mind.
What treasures" she said. not caring
II she were overheard 1T seems to me,
my dear vicomte, that you are doing the
thing in style" As she spoke she kept her
eyes steadily on the young girl
IF don't get out Of this" thought Guy,
'in five minutes there won't be "a whole
window left in the shop"
But he did get out of it. With the steady
nerve that had distinguished the former
] tiger hunter, he replied in a loud tone, 'It
Is no credit to do things in style when one
IL not acting on ones own account"
To Marguerite and her mother this meant,
This parure is the wedding gift Of my old
aunt, who has commissioned me to pur-
chase it for her." For the marquise it sig
nifed, ~ am here in the stead and place Of
my cousin"
This was, in fact, the explanation he gave
her later more in detail, not without hav-
ing taken the precaution to beguile the
marquise into a corner Of the shop He
told her that Gontran, having been com
PEELED to go to his lawyers to see about
some legal papers, had charged him to ac-
company Mile. de POnt-Croix to the jewel
ers. The story was accepted, and the two
Italians left, after having made a pretense
of looking at some rings, and Guy rejOined
his future cousin"
! Goodness, what terrible womanr
Marguerite exclaimed. "She quite terri
fed me. | do hope you will not want me
! to meet her.
you may rest easy on that score" re-
piled Labanere
But for him to rest easy was not 80 sim
pie. The days flew by, and the bans were
published. Happily the presence of her
mother absorbed the marquise's time and
made her visitors few Those who knew
the state of affairs believed that she had ac-
cepted Guys marriage and was consoling
herself with iilial devotion.
He, after repeating every day for two
months, II will tell her tomorrow, f." finally
began to wonder, as he saw how events
shaped themselves, What if don't tell
her at all2"
Undoubtedly his inaction was not com
mendable But Labanere had for a long
time hated the marquise cordially, and on
the other hand he was absolutely deter
mined on his marriage with Marguerite
But of what extravaganza was not the mar
quise capable at the last moment.
On the eve Of his wedding, the very morn
| ing before it, in fact he was still debating
the question, when he received a letter, the
| handwriting Of which made him trembe
1t ran:
My mother is IN be away all day-shall we
have luncheon together2 / count on you. IL ia
weeks since have had you all 10 myself.
Would to heaven that the old Italian
| had put off her absence for "a hours" NUT
tered Labanere as he proceeded to indfte
the following note:
Do you not read the papers nowadays1 Ny
cousin Is TO be married tomorrow, and OF
course | am 10 be one OF the wedding party.
| After the ceremony there are the reception
and wedding breakfast at the Pont-Crolxs'.
! When can | escape2 / do not know, but a.
soon az | am free shall post of To you
AT any rate" he said as he sealed the
note, unless death or divorce comes to the
rescue, she will wait long time for me-"
At Z o'clock the following evening the
newly married pair left for Italy. In day
or two they had become great friends, 80
much 80 that Guy made certain condolences
TO Marguerite-which was indeed no more
than prudent.
"Do you remember" he asked, that tall,
dark woman who spoke to me at Ravauts
and frightened you so"
Yes, indeed. | can zee her now But
why"
well, she did me the honor toto as
pire to the place you now occupy, and IL
some day she meets us and shows a bad
temper you must not be surprised nor
frightened. 1t will be compliment to my
adroitness after all"
The young vicomtesse was not entirely
ignorant Of the world, and knowing what
to understand by what her husband called
the marquise's ambition to fill her place"
she burst into tears. Then Guy to make
her laugh, which did not take long, told
her the story Of his imaginary cousin.
"Oh, splendidP' she cried. THAT hateful
woman had got just her deserts. And il
she dares show herself TO me 1 shall simply
freeze her."
But Mime de Labanere did not renneun her