The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-22
But Mademoisella Sylvine lid not ro-

SpOnd.
Her hand lay in his
Inc chevaliers eyes closed sottlv
!, Manenolselle Sylvine d'Outreval and
Use ,hevalier de Nauvricourt sIont
I'"eelully side by side in their easy
Il alrs, sun dreaming Of their youth.
IN the Kitchen below, the old scrv
ant woman fell asleep waiting for the
sound Of the bell.
The ray-green parrot nodded on his
perch. ''''
The candles burned down 10 their
sockets, tlickered wildly, and went out
Inc lamp and the fire died together
The little salon lay in silence and
uarkhess' until the gray dawn came and
peered IN at the window, through the
chlnkS of the closed blinds
A ht'le while longer and tho birds
sang good morrow in the trees at the
corner of the square.
Then. suddenly, the chimes rang ont
from the cathedral towers, and called
the faithful to mass-.o the first mass
or the poor. A market woman ratified
down the Rue des Recoletc. A sarline
vender woke the echoes with his stls
dent cries. A dog barked madly lust
beneath the windows of the little house
In the shadow of the church towers.
Madecoiselle Sylvine unclosed her
eyes
She was in a very uncomfortable
position
How was this?
she had been sleeping bolt upright!
She passed her hand over her eyes.
What!
She had then. slept in her mitts.
She tried to rise She was very stiff,
but she managed to get upon her feet,
ana Immediately she sank back in her
chair with a cry Of alarm.
A sound Of gentle breathing had
reached her ear-she had turned her
head to behold NJ de Nauvricourt. his
perruque on one side, his cravat twist
eded beneath his ear, Soundly sleeping
III the armchair al her side
Her cry awoke him. and he sprang
straight upon his feet, although they
shook beneath him, wide awake and
ready for immediate duty-likc the
brave and gallant soldier that he was.
lie stood for an instant wholly un-
mprehending the position Then the
little salon in its gentle disorder-the
empty tea-cups. the chill CRATE. the
gray morning light, the two chairs side
by side, and in one of them Mademoi-
sellc Sylyine weeping bitterly-and the
Chevalier de Nauvrcourt had mastered
the situation.
Alas. what msfortunen sobbed
Sylvine
She was thinking of the terrible thing
ba had 4,
immaculate 0ne-of whom, in all her
long. chaste cheerless existence no one
had dared 10 breathe an unkind word
And the neighbors who would not fail
to see NJ. de Nauvricourt leave the
houSe-ah. what a scandal, And tho old
servant. who would find them in this
what Il loss of reputation
and respect,
Alas, alasr' sobbed Sylvine.
The Cheyalicr de Nauyricourt put his
hand TO his head He found his wig
aWry. He carefully Strengthened it,
and then rearranged his cravat. He
down the shoulders and
sleeves of his coat, and gave a glance
at the buckles of his shoes Then.
drawing himself up with a digniiied
and military air. he cleared his throat
as a man will do when he has some
thing Of Importance to say. and. ad-
toward Mademoiselle d'Outre-
in her easy chair, he be-
gan respectfully:
"Madcmoiselle There is one way in
which | may remedy this wrong l have
done you, III which l
may repair the unfortunate conSe-
nf II I,c,ty ptsn
you do me the honor to become my
wife,
Mademoi9alle d'Outreval tremblel.
md the tears streamed from her faded
eyes and stole between her fingers
when she put up her hands in their
black mitts to hide them. She shook
her head conyulsively
The chevalers manner suddenly
He dropped upon his knees.
Marry me, Sylyine,' he cried. i
have loved you all my life"
And then Sylyine took her hands
from before her face and placed them
In his, and he folded her in his arms
and kissed her lips-for the first time
n all the years that he had loved her.
This is how Mademoiselle Sylyine
1 whom everybody had sup |
posed mot without reason) would die !
IN old maid-married the Chevalier de |
Nauvrcourt at the advanced age OF |
i've and eighty years.
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Congressman Amos Cummings recnt |
u told story about a public document |
which has been printed for over 100 |
years without the slightest reasonable |
ground why it should be thus preserv- |
ID. In 17S9,' Mr. Cummings said. "a
aw was passed requiring the treasurer
,f the United States to send to congress