The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
UNDER STRESS.
How an Urgent Sutton Won a
Widow in a Railway Train.

The ComteSse de Moncley-who will
soon change her name, as You shall
see--is one of the most delicious IL
ows Imaginable. and also II of the
cleverest | have eve met. From the
very first day she knew precisely how
to avoid any ~eXaggeration that could
be considered bad taste in the express
sion of her sorrow, without falling
into the other extreme and making
those who saw her in her widows
weeds think she must wear red satin
under her Grape.
Early in April she had quietly left
her Paris apartment, where no male
visitor had set foot since her husbands
death. and it was only by accident
that. a week later, | discovered the add
dress she had SO carefully concealed
from everyone. 1t was sycamore
Villa, Chantilly." On the first of
Nav there might have been seen to ar
rive at a little bit of a house. situated
at a convenient distance from Syca-
more villa. several trunks, an English
cart and pony, a saddle-horse, a bull
terrier, two servants, and a man Dor
dering on thirty. That man was my
self.
| hasten to add that. in this circum-
stance. / acted solely at my W risk
and peril. without any authorization,
any right whatever, and with no
other motive than my lOve-my
profound love-to prompt me to
hope that my change of domi-
- ----Il 49, h. 4, innl loss All
well-nothing venture, nothing win.
And what did L venture? The salon,
the May fetes, the Grand PriN, the
mob in the ALE DIES PoteauX. a few
~balls-what were they in comparison
with the charms of a most attractive
~neighborhood? | have known men to
cross the seas and spend fortunes to
follow to the ends of the world adj
yenturesses whose whole body was not
worth the tip of Nine. de Moncley's
little finger.
Clarisse's pretty anger when pre-
scented myself at her house, on the day
OF my arrival, was my first delightful
recompense. In spite of her grand
air. | saw that she was touched. and l
doubt if ever lover experienced so
much pleasure in being shown the
door by a pretty woman. She took
her time about it. too. and only pushed
me into the street after a regulation
philippe, to which l listened very
humblv. replying only so much as was
necessary to lengthen the lecture,
which concluded in these words:
And now you will do me the favor
to return to Paris. The train leaves
in an hour"
IAN hour | objected, timidly.
That is hardly time to ship two horses
and a carriage and throw upa lease
What is this" she cried. "a lease.
You have presumed TOGO, sir! What
audacity! A lease! And, If you please,
where is your house,"
"a long distance from here" l has
tened to reply; lat the other end of
the forest. l am sure it must have
taken me fully three-quarters of an
hour to come here"
To be precise, it had taken me about
five minutes.
ITO think" she exclaimed, what a
poor woman deprived of her protector,
is exposed to. You would not have
dared to do this if my husband were
still alive. And to think that he o n
sidered you his best friend! Poor
Charles!"
He has never had any cause to COM
plain" I murmured. Let US talk to-
gether of him"
Never"
Then let us talk of ourselves, that
will be better still"
This suggestion shocked her so that
1t took me a long time to calm her.
Finally, she did not wish to let me go
without having never to set foot
in her house again. 1t is needless to
say that it took half an hour to per