The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-11-01

| MISS stanton OF Philadelphia was
the furore in Asheville during the sum
mer Of IS. Beautiful, accomplished
and wealthy. she OF course had many
beaux and admirers, notably one. a sol
I distant French nobleman, the Vicomte
/ T. 6irenet. Every sensible person is
n re- Of the madness prevailing among
! -:can girls for titled foreigners,
/ .. .icularly among heiresses, for the
I les fortunate maids dare not aspire so
high.
| Mere beauty is 4 secondary consider
I alton with these adventures. For an
I empty title these angelic creatures will
barter their bodies and cast their pearls
/ before swine. After an international
! wedding of great pomp and ceremony
/ they sail off 10 Europe 10 fetch up prob
I ably in the padded cells of "a madhouse
| or else in few years are glad enough
/ TO return TO good old soapmaking.
! pork packing papa and mamma. The
morning i had the honor to be presented
! 20 Vicomte Grenet my better Judgment
sized him up as some impecunious bar
Der or chef de cuisine ON the hunt for a
fortune. With a number of tremendous
trunkS-which at a later stage of the
game the hotel people found TO be en-
tirely empty, TO their great dismay-the
vicoHl,e had ensconced himself in an
elegant suit of rooms and was lording
it high over the admiring Americans.
The fastest horses in Buncombe county
were always at the command of ''his
grace, - and wild dashes over the noun
tain and dale were the daily sport Of
Virginia StauntOn and Vicomte de
Grenet. Virgie was one of those frolic
some, daring girls, always in for any
thing and what you might term IN the
vernacular Of the jeunesse doree dead
game sport.
There was no mawkish sentimental
ity about her nor the die away languor of
charming incapacity assumed 10y WON
en- of fashion. She was q vigorous young
woman, full of life and bubbling over
with nirth and jollity. Her companion
ship was delightful, and half the time
you forgot that the handsome creature
by your side was a woman, so intelli-
gently and sensibly could she converse
about things of masculine interest
Horses, dogs, hunting, fishing, every
manner of sport was rs fond and IA
miliar n subject with her as the latest
style Of Paris gown. The same cordial,
hearty manner TO all alike, no one could
tell upon whom Miss Staunton looked
with most favor. Although she rode and
danced with him and scarcely appeared
without the vicomte tagging along II
her heels, it was evident that she did
not regard the Frenchman in senti-
mental light. In fact, it was well
known that she had kicked him twice
and always met his most importunate
overtures with chilling courtesy.
HE was the typical foreigner you see
ut Bar Harbor, Narragansett and New
port, where titled nincompoops dc
most cOngregate. He was shrewd and
keen Is 4 brier, with q machiavelian
expression of countenance which seem
ed to be particularly charming to the |
women. / overheard one of them say
once in discussion of which the vi |
ccmte was the subject: oh, he is just |
TOO fascinating for anything! He is Sc !
deliciously wicked!' That he really |
possessed this charming attribute no |
one can gainsay. Virginia regarded the |
foreigner more as a pastime than as IL !
bean or friend, always styling him her |
dear froggie. At times she was most |
freezingly distant when his presump- |
mother it was very different She was |
thoroughly captivated by the vicomte |
and his very aristocratic bearing Per- |
cciving that he had made a most palpa-
BILE hit with the mother, he Immediate |
ly proceeded to pet the COW in order !
70 catch the calf. 1t was even talked |
about the hotel verandas that the i'm
pudent Frenchman had really address
ed Mrs. Staunton.
lone day while out ON one of their
mad rides over the mountain Virgie
was thrown from her horse and severe
y hurt. A messenger was dispatched |
to the hotel for help, and the uncon-
scious girl was brought home ON a lit
ter. The accident was never satisfac-
torily explained, and 1 have always be-
lieved the designing scoundrel had pre-
the fall and its result. Upon
hearing of the accident 1 hurried to
Mrs. Staunton's apartments to offer my
services and was very much surprised
TO find Grenet i'll attendance upon the
injured girl. He was stopping over the
bed bathing her face and temples and
was administering some drug. Mrs.
Staunton hurriedly thanked me for the
offer of my professional services and
stated that the vicomte was distin-
guished surgeon, and as ne was already
in attendance she would not wound his
feelings by calling me in. He is so
sensitive and feeling she added as J
left the room, that 1 could not have
the heart TO offend him That he was
a physician 1 have never for q moment
believed, and it has always been a
source of self reproach that l did not in
terfere with the Vaccinations of this
incarnate fiend and scotch them in the
But 1 was 4 younger man
then, lacking mature judgment and de-
and allowed the matter TO
pass.
Virginia Staunton remained III a
state of Inconsistencies for pa hours.
and when she ct last awoke it was with
a burning fever and in n wild delirium.
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