Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-25

passing precisely at that moment
spring to the platform and vanish in
side the vehicle.
An hour later the Countess Luci,
was still in her boudoir dreamily re
f1ecting upon the serious negligence
of mothers of families. who did not
arm their daughters against the
shocks they were liable to experience
along the matrimonial road in com
ing across letters arranging rendez
vous with their recreaut husbands
The door, all at once, flew back with
bang
You" cried Nine. Bcrnier, with {
surprise wherein was mingled ar
equal portion of fear ana JOY.
Yes. Ito bore YOU again. my
darling"
1t was Bertha who had returned.
But with how changed coun.
tenancc! There was on her
features now tranquil calm, not
to say an unmistaka BILE Sc rcnitv. a
satisfaction arising from-what?
Nine. Bernicr felt her heart sud
denly contract.
You haze rche cted? You have
given it up-yOur mad idea?' she
cried earnestly. running forward &c
meet her friend.
You sGw me. I think. dearest g
said Bertha. ''iaount into that tram
car Once in looked about me.
( saw nothing. nothing wha tever that
in the least promised an "a overture.
At the moment when. very niue h put
! out. was going to seat myself in the
! corner. behold, | saw Il gentleman. q
very good looking gentleman, as YOU
/ may guess. He was seated immedi
ately against the entrance. had a
/ little lost my balance as | entered the
/ ear. being unaccustOmed to these
/ vehicles, so that had actually passed
! without seeing them-the two per-
/ sons seated just by the door. Which
! was why, ] repeat, ! had not seer
him, though truly he was very agree
! able TO look at. Still young, with ii
heavy mouotache, black redingott
and light trousers, evidently an officer
OF the Legion of Honor. or some artist
OF the Quarter, | suppose |, and | re,
traced my steps, without troubling
myself a bout the thunderous glances
east at me b. the mother of the two
young girls, and took nv seat beside
him-my gentleman, you know. He
was my vengeance; l felt it ha6
decided upon that"
Well" said Lucie, brea thlesslv.
! land then-go on, BERTHA
Il am. of course, but | must tel!
you frankly that he appeared to pay
n" attention to me whatever, though
when we arrived at the station of the
I Courcellcs boulevard he passed nv
sous for me to the conductor; and he
had-my gentleman, | mean. not the
conductors very white and aristo-
| cratic hand, slender, muscular and
adorned with big seal ring OF
peculiar workmanship.
Il coughed, | drew on and off nv
glovcs-.your gloves, rat her; coughed
again and sought to reg ard him
hXedly there just behind the ear with
all my will. having heard it said that
one can so influence pc ople-"
My dear Bertha" said Nine
Bcrnicr. dryly and some what sar.
caSticillv, these are charmino
talents of yours hitherto unsus pected
Ivy the world"
Pooh, what does that matter? I
was enraged, tell You. and he was
growing inpe rtinent, that gentleman
who would not err. Or was it. |
| asked myself, that in spite of his air
! of regular heart breaker. he was
absurdly timid! In that case then.
my faith, strong measures-thougb
heaven knows have horror of
manlfestations-must be tried; in
word, the pedal eXtremities.
Already we were nearing st. Au-
gustine; no time was to BE- lost. !
moved my foot beside his own. l
touched it: he did not stir. pressed
| IT: nothing whatever | crushed it;
not the slightest sign! But II was
all red and so disturbed, and it seemed
to me that was going to burst out
crying there, be fore everyone.
Then reason ed with myself, and
told myself that it was doubtless
through an extreme reserve, an ex.
quislte dellcacy, that he preserved his
air of paying no attention to me, OF
not perceiving, in fact, my little adj
vances; but when | got out at the
Madeleine it was very certain that he
would follow me then,
treasured by this happy thought
and secure OF my vengeance, | contin-
ued my discreet little pawiuQs till 10.
suddenly in front of the Rue de Seze,
he motioned the conductor, who
stopped the vehicle, and nv gentle
man, always without looking at me,
but slowly, lingeringly, as il with re-
gret, my gentleman, l repeat got up
and out of the car
The rage that | felt. NV dearest.
do not speak of it. At the same mo-
ment the conductor, who had signaled
the driver to go on again, said to the
cook sitting beside me, whom he
seemed To know. and designating the
gentleman just reaching the sidewalk
and disappearing in the crowd:
"A shame, is it not? Such a hand
some man.
: AS this voiced in words my own
: opinion, | felt myself becoming posi-
( lively purple. But why had the cor
ductor said this? Had he, by chance,
taken notice Of
The voice of the cook interrupted
my guilty self-comnunings
'Eh?' said she; "a shame because
he's handsome NAM
NO, parbleau.' responded the con
.ductor, with an imbeeile grin; he's
an X-commandant, YOU know. Mon.
lie Col. Ladablette, a regular rider.
and has wooden leg, the left leg, all
of wood, though it does not. as you
see. show very much.
a wooden leg. The left leg, Tbs