Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-04-14

were the one who hes lost his tsinperl
But, Louise. this Is perfectly childish.
What else have you for dinner besides
this fillety'
"a really do not know"
The meal came to an end in the pro-
foundest silence. Immediately after
ward Raoul took his hat.
You are going out. RaoulT hazarded
Louise softly.
"If you will kindly permit mey'
And out he went, but not with an as
sured step. On the staircase he stopped
10 listen.
.'She did not ask me. even," thought
he wonderingly. "if were going 10 be-
late. How strange! But it proves what
believed that | have been too weak
with her in the first months OF our mar
rage
Once In the street he paused again
irresofutely. not knowing where 10 go;
but finally strolled on at random, hut
toning his gloves and still uneasily re-
fiecting. His wife was the best little
woman in the world, but--he had been
too weak with her, there was no doubt
of it.
At the tobacconist's on the corner he
stopped to light his cigar. On the boule-
wards all the cafes were open, crowd
filling the chairs. All, how good 1t wasi
To stroll nc ones ease In Paris one must
always stroll alone.
He passed before his old club, blazing
with light and astir with men. bat he
dared not enter. though he had great
desire to do SO; he dreaded the smiles
that would greet his appearance and
and crossed TO the opposite side.
Then, too. how irritating 1t was when
he gave his arm to his wife to have her
make those long stops before the jewell
ers' and miiliners' that always made him
so furious Yes. he was right--to stroll
sgreeably In Paris one must be alone.
Nevertheless, two hours later. filed
with remorse, he turned his steps home
ward TO find his wife with red eyes.
"Cryingr' thought he; actually cry
ing, as IL couldn't leave the house a
moment without her behaving as II had
really deserted herr And instead of
embracing her, as he really wished to
do, he calmly mounted the stairs with
an Icy little Good night, my dear!'
Louise, ON her side. was far from
stupid; her husband was bored when
with her-she felt il; she felt. too, that
even the rustic of her skirts irritated
Raoul. What should she dor The best
she could, at all events; and by thou
sand and one little wifely efforts and
attentions she sought to re-establish the
tender little chats and jokes and joyous
laughter in the corner by the fire. But
the very restraint that she imposed upon
herself made the effort abortive. Time
and again she opened talk with him in
the old. light hearted fashion, only to
be thrown back upon herself by cold
or nonchalant Eyes" or mo" from Raoul,
accorded without even raising his eyes.
More than all, too, she was wounded In
her self respect when trying on dress
or hat before him, on the effect of which
she had counted, to receive only an in
different. "No. it isn't bad, that dress
or hat-but, had been you, I'd have
taken yellow in place of that blue
Proud little Louisei Only woman
and wife would know how she suffered!
This state of things had lasted perhaps
a month, when one evening, Raoul, who
was, still at table, received note, all
sealed and white and dainty perfumed.
"Allow me- said he. addressing his
wife: and he tore open the note. which
ran:
NV DEAR RAouL-who knows II II would
not be agreeable TO You TO find yourself again
In that little restaurant of the Bois de VIM
cenncs. which Is in the middle Of the water
IL " room No. ., Is II not. whose windows
open upon the lakef have an idea that Tues
day p. m. tomorrow that room will be free,
What do you think7 Al all events Il will be
well To see.
Toward O'Clock the sun win have gone be-
hiad the trees; Il will be fresh and cool In that
little chalet. anashs slasss ehalsaubria there
are simply delicious. Thine. AMASDA
amanda, Amanda" said Raoul Il
himself; '.where the devil have I known
an AmandaS' and he remained a mo-
ment bordering.
els IL bad newsf" asked Louise quietly.
Then he remembered his wife's pres.
ence, and answered like man interrupts
ed by an importunate chatterer, mo,
no-only from my tailor" And as he
hurriedly began to sugar his coffee to es-
cape looking his wife in the face ii
seemed to him. from the corner Of his
eye. that she was observing him fixedly.
Thrown off his balance, he did not tear
up the note, as one usually does with
tailor's effusions. but replaced il care
fully in the envelope and slipped it into
his pocket. Stranger still. and a still
more difficult thing to explain, he was
charming all the rest of that evening.
That letter and Amanda-whom he
could not recall the least In the world
reused in him, apparently, the gayest
fancies. lie was fattered, though lie
would never have admitted it, that there
were come who did not believe the old
spirit entirely dead in him.
IL shall certainly go TO that rendez-
vous.s he told himself, ''and IL is well for
me that ann not like some men. Very
few indeed could resist a moment Of
madness. which for me viii be only a
moment Of frolic. To go on aa am is
to rust out like iron. All. how lucky IL
Il for me, too. that nay wife is an angel.
She does not suspect, poor darling; not
the least In the world" lie turned to
look at her bending TRANQUILITY over her
embroidery and murinured again, "No,
not the least in the worldr And with
staggering air he began 70 pace the
salon, humHins 10 himself with salts
faction. ike one who u armed to the
teeth and who tells himself. II kiln no
one; il Is only because am good--how
good they do not know" And really.
feeling himself at that moment Of SUI