The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-06-22


and demoraliza.
lions. Yet, nevertheless, he had q
charming wife, ''his Adele" as he still
called her.
And why should he not have called
her thus? She was only twenty-five
years old, and they had been married
scarcely eighteen months, and she
possessed a singularly enticing and
bewitching style of beauty with her
red cheeks, blue eyes and raven hair.
So enticing and bewitching that
Moisinel had taken her without sou
Of dot.
As chance would have it, precisely
in the same building where he had
his own apartment, thcre was, on the
first floor, Il large and fashionable
dressmaking establishment. whose
speciality was the exporting Of fine
robes to foreign shores, entailing the
necessity for handsome models, or
"trycrs-on," to use the phrase OF the
trade.
Sixty odd work girls and fnoeels
daily fitted up and down the stairs at
lunch time and dinner time, with the
buzzing and chattering of q flock OF
crows, The Devil is always obliging
in leading one to his fate. Moisinel,
among the sixty-od little ouvrieres,
remarked many possible pleasures.
He ended by stopping one. A
brunette. with dark, sparkling eyes,
hair that-but you have no need of an
exact portrait, 1 suppose. 1t is not
you that are going to escort her to
private cabinet OF some to.bc-named
restaurant the first Sunday evening OF
the month Of May,
Need tell you, also, that the ac-
quaintance had followed its usual
course-therc being so much incline,
you see, in games like this. They had
had tender though passing confer
ence, and decided that on the Sunday
in question they would go, not to n
cafe first. Us planned, but to the open
ing of the violet season ut Chaville;
and us the days were still too cool "a
dine in the fields they would return
to Paris In time for little fete ut the
Cafe Richie.
There remained but one point to
regulate. All! but that was II very
delicate one, indeed. Moisinel quailed
whenever he thought of 1t. How was
he going to free himself for that prom
ised Sunday of emancipation? lie
had fallen into the habit Of taking
with Adele dinner en- famille on
that evening. His mother-in-law
came; her aunt, also, and Adcle's
brothcr-in.law and sister
Moisinel, who was not Of the nimble
wit essential to the prompt fabrica'
ton Of reasonable romance, took a
whole week to mediate and to evolve
story OF sufficiently ingenious com
plications.
At last he believed that he had II.
The stage was set to u nicety-it re.
manned only to play the comedy!
To play 1t before whom? Before
"his Adele, who thought him so faith
full and true! II was truly abomina
bic, the thing that he was going to do
still he took his courage in both hands
and Saturday morning after break
fast, preceding the Sunday agreed
upon, he began to unfold his little
tale.
adele. dearest" said he. "to.mor
row is going to be very, very dull
day for me, indeed, my little one.
That Buenos Ayres correspondent oil
mine"
"Eh," said Adele, surprised. "Sun'
day dull day for you, Etienns? How
and why?'
"As l said. that Bucnos Ayres cor.
respondent Of mine-a man through
whom ! make fully 10000 francs Z
ycnr-figure to yourself that he knows
nothing ut NIL Of the Versailles Musee
the Bois nor any thing else, In fact
OF Paris, and he has got II In his hcat
that shall serve him rs Snowman
elephant driver, you know, my dear.
"You Eticnue?" Adele exclaimed
still more amazed.
None other, dearest; and you mus
not forget thut make through hin
20, 900 francs Mt lcast n year. ! hav,
tried to get out OF II; told him wher,
md how to go, but he took II badly
and seeing him vcxed WINS obliged I,
give In. He consented. however. no
to start till 9 o'clock. lie wanted N
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