The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-03


vale Of tears there is no more happy
lot than that of such an unhappy lover
a. was. clarisse hadthe most aior-
able way OF annihila..ng me with
look from her blue eycs--eyes that
were intended for quite another pur-
pose than annihilating whenever She
saw that | was going To fall on my
knees before her. aud ! must confess
She saw il at least ten times during
every visit made her. still IN despite
of her express prohibition. And when
! SO far forgot myself a. To tell her.
IL the intent were as good as the deci,
the late lamentcd ought 10 have
heavy grudgc against "hiS best friend.
seeing that had loved his wife madly
from the very first
Not another word. she would say.
severely: you blasphemc against
friendship. Poor Charles
And her white. dimpled hand would
pitilessly stop my mouth. 20 that. II
had followed my inclination. would
have bla>phemed from morning till
night like the worst traitor "a friend
ship in the world
The day she left off Grape. profited
by the occasion naturally enough, it
seems 70 me-to propose myself in set
terms as n candidate TO succeed poor
Charles That evening--it was June
evening. and the acacias made the
most Of the power which certain vege-
tables possess of intoxicating one
with their pcrfume-that evening. her
hand did not stop my mouth at all. it
reached for the bell. Clarisse did not
threaten. this time; She acted | saw
that | was on the point of being put
out By her servants-who consisted of
an old woman who had been her
nurse and whom | could have bowled
over with a breath. However. it was
no time for airy pcrsifiage. without
waiting for Nancy to seize me by the
collar, took my hat and fled.
When day broke, | had not closed
my eyes: not that the situation seemed
desperate. for had learned to read
Clarisse's eyes. But. all night long, |
had repeated over and over again to
myself:
Heaven grant that the little hotel
in the Avenue Fricdland is still for
sale. We would be SO comfortable
there
In spite Of this. was no further adj
vanced when September came. the last
month Of my lease. was no longer
shown the door when suggested my
candidacy. but Clarisse assumed "A
bored air and calmly talked of some
thing else. Between ourselves. Iweuld
\ n fx-it,
that She was thinking:
My dear friend. you do not dis
please me; quite the contrary. But
Won must confess that. in the solitude
of Chantilly have scarcely had oppor-
tunity to enjoy my widowhood. Let
me see IL il is really worthy Of its rep
utation In year or two we can talk
of your affair
In year or two. Pretty and charm
ing as She was. Clarisse would have a
score Of adorers around her. and ador'
ers around the woman one wants 70
marry are like flics in milk-they may
do no great harm, but they certainly
do not improve the milk.
Early in September Nine. de None
ley informed me one day that she was
going To Paris on the morrow To have
q look at her apartment.
IL sincerely hope" she added. in Q
severe tone. THAT you do not think o.
accompanyin me-"
How can you suggest such a thing?'
said |. with apparent submission
! .You leave at"
''At eight in the evening. as do no
} wish to be seen. shall send Nancy il
the afternoon to prepare my room. All
poor Paris
She no longer said Poor Charlesw
admit that this Poor Paris made m,
much more uneasy.
The next evening, at eight o'clock
the doors Of the express train. which
stops hardly a minute, were alread,
close. Clarisse had not appeared Sh'
J reached the station just as the bel
, rang.
} Quick. hurry up, madame." crie'
: the railroad official.
Hurry" repeated. opening com
) partment at random and helping
her in.
But. instead Of getting in. she fel
back. almost fainting. in my arms
Here is what she had seen. and what
too. had seen over her shoulder: Tn
seats OF the compartment were unoccu
} pied. and three men. perched lilS
, monkeys on the backs of the seats
! held to their shoulders three guns
! whereof the barrels shone in the lamp
! light like cannons. One of them. a
! we opened the door. had shouted in
5 terrible voice: Don't come in. for
had closed the door SO quickly tina
we had not heard the end of the ser
r tence. Then Clarisse and bundle
5 ourselves into the next compartment
without quite knowing what we wer
!. doing. The train was already unde
$ way We were alone. Nine. de Moncle
seemed half dead with fear. and ! mus
!. confess was violently shaken.
I did you see them?" she crice
!, "What can be happening in that con
partment? They are going to fight
= to kill each other. What terrible tras
4 edy is to be enacted right beside us:
e II don't understand it at all" l r.
n piled only one explanation seen
possible TO me. They are hunters VIII