The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-01

achiid. ItWai not until We had spent
some few dNys in her company that |
changed my opinion and put her down
a. t~hirty-one or thiTty.two. It's always
difficult TO read the age Of a brunette;
and her hair was As dark ~ night. Not
that years made any difference to her;
for she was just n OF those rare Great.
ureS whose a%cquai1tanca age seemed 10
Shun. There Is no greater compliment
to a woman than thls-that men are
glad 10 hear sho il nc child. In her cast
she Wss both child and woman, slight
and graceful as a young girl should bs.
raw in talk a. n who has taken a
downward rung on tho ladder Of lie.
And | never met man yet who wasn't
her Seryant ten minutes alter he knew
her.
1t Is to be imagined how my master
carried himself in an affair oil this sort.
lie had . madame first on tho plat
form at Munich; he WIS., raving about
her before We got to S%IraibOirg; when
at las. the train drew up al the Care de
Fist, he spoketo her "A though he had
kaoWR her all lis life; and heGsdhim
promise to call upon her i'm medialely
at her apartments in the Rue do Lis
bonnie. He couldn't talk OF anything
else for hours alter.
"lndeed. and It's lucky entirely l am
to have travelled IN that same train"
said he 10 me, directly wo ward aionc to-
grther in the cab, was thGre ever the
like to her born2 She's Mmo. Pauline
Sai~nte-Claire. tho sister to tho artist OF
that name, I'd have you know. Her
husband died a. Brost three yearI
ago
"Oh," said |, for | saw how tho land
lay, "tney ALWAYS lilo like that"
BuGat this no ilited up In a minute.
lifts n insult you mean to her"
cried he, You'll 90 out Of tho cab this
minntc. Mas there any need TO romind
mo that yo'rc a %Seryaut?'
"Nono at all" said /, though | could
have hit him for the word, "a servant !
am, maybe an indispensable One'-and
with tlat I looked him full In thu face,
and no turned as white % q sheet
Its late ia the DAY 10 quarrel, isn't
III" no asked.
you're tho bOsl judge Of that, sir,
said |.
After this, wo rode on to the hotel
without u word, but he wont tho same
afternoon to leave his card In RGO DO
Li,bounc, aud tho noNt night ho dinod
there. knew at OnCa this was no or.
diuaty affair, Tor no had brought plenty
Of money In his pockets iton Vienna!
and when hu uornn to 40 TO nadamu's
house almo8. NJ regularly M went to
tho Caio Rouge, | SAID TO myself that no
was tied up lot tho wlnlcr A. any rats.
Aud IN !. proved. Christmas passed
and found him still dancing Attendance
llu was harder lllt than ever NJ tho Ond
Of january; tic matter seemed To como
10 a hond in March, when hO began, all
Of a sudden, 10 order clothes enough 10
stock u tailOt'AIhop, and 10 make prep
Afalipn' Tor leaving Paris. ,
Now, during all those woOki he had
noy0r said d word 10 mo oi Tho woman,
or Of his own Intentions about hof.
Whether lie remembered our bit oil A
difference At tho Cars do PEtt, OF
whether ho had something Ia his mind
which no did not want mo 10 know, /
never found out. And though | did my
best 10 got an inklInp NJ what was going
on In tho liuO do Lilbonnn, | never sue.
ceodod. You might "a vol have lrlOd
10 Dump nn Oaai.ond water works A. tho
concierge Of that hotel. Tho only scr.
want AlmO Pauline had was 4 sauGy bit
Of goods, who could roll los Ike an
%RnClionesr, Watch the place A. did
and my syO1 were rarely oil II In my