The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-11-29

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CHAPTER VI.-(coNrINUED.)
The ladies Of Smyrna smoke in a
bewitching way all their own, at the
same time nibbling comfitures and
chattering, like a whole nestful of Ben
gals, In the melodious Ionian tongue.
Custom permits any passer-by to en-
ter these inviting interiors. Everybody
In Smyrna knows everybody, at least
by sight. Strangers must, Of course, be
introduced by a friend Of the family,
but the presentations are most in
formal, and all who come are made
welcome. One Of the young ladies (and
these families are usually blessed with
many Graces) offers a cigarette to the
y -sitor. He seats himself beside her.
They smoke, they chat, and get very
well acquainted in a few minutes.
How many unknown strangers have
passed thus! We must add, how many
have returned!
Our young diplomat was one of the
latter. Although already familiar with
the hospitable ways of these Grecian
beauties, he had promised himself that
day that he would satisfy his curiosity
thoroughly; that he would visit the
whole attractive quarter, and feast his
eyes on this galaxy of beauty and
grace, acknowledged to be the most fas-
cinating women in the world. Man
proposes He had been engaged
but a short time in his charming
studies, when he stopped suddenly, as
II nailed to the ground, fascinated by a
beWitching pailaof soft dark eyes, with
2 golden light in them, such as he had
never seen before. With the coquetry
OF a Smyrniote, the wner of the lovely
eyes rose to meet him, and with a gest-
ure OF exquisite grace motioned him to
q seat beside her. Then she rolled a
cigarette n offered it to him. The
conquest was complete. Four. weeks
from this meeting the young consul led
Miss AIMING Mouradian to the altar.
The bride was only sixteen, a Roman
Catholic, penniless, but acknowledged
to be the most beautiful girl in this
country, where the names of Aphro-
dite, Erycine, Astarte, Cypris, do not
make one smile, they are SO appro-
pirate.
Much appreciated at the Department
Of foreign affairs, Monsieur de sorgnes
easily obtained a leave Of absence and
.LOOh HIS SOuI6 DI1uC W IdllS, WItGIC
h was at once pronounced a goddess
OF beauty and grace. Let no one imag-
inc that the role Of husband of a
goddess-above all, of an Ionian god
,dess-is an easy one. The consul was
soon convinced that his lovely CONF
panion was not at all disposed to bend
her mind to the dry and perplexing
rules Of arithmetic. The beautiful An
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cies, and they were many and very
costly. 1T is true, She continued to roll
cigarettes for her husband md his
friends, but she never condescended to
vex her brain with the thousand-and-
details which go to make up a we'll
ordered home. At Smyrna, before her
marriage, she rose at a late hour, made
an elaborate toilet, ate candy, took her
went to mass ON Sunday. What else
made up her life? She sometimes dis
played her elegant toilets at the Jardin
the Champs-Elysees of Symrna.
Monsieur de Sorgnes knew the Orient
NJ and oriental women too well to under.
take any useless struggle with his in
dolent young wife. He was of the num-
her OF those noble souls who accept.
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acts. Possessing a small fortune,
which he had inherited from his father,
he taxed all his financial ability to in
vest It othat It might give the largest
aress 70 sss4HlRa lash assd%veRtaresenae as he
wasfin his speculations, like all who
are I'M haste to grow rich, fortune had.
SO f~af.&favored him, and at the time of
his marriage the consulate at Tripoli
was maintained on a grand scale. An
accomplished sdiplomatist. his talents
were appreciated by the home govern
ment, and five years. after his mar
ringa he vas appointed Consul-general
&c Franc at Smyrna.
Fears rolled away without any APP
parent change in the brilliant life OF
the beautiful Annig. Time had re-
spected this masterpiece Of creation,
and in her role Of goddess, she might
swellshave believed In some privilege of
simnlutability IL she had not seen her
twochildren growing up beside her, and
her handsome young husband being
gradually Transformed into a care-worn
@oId man ne remained the petted idol
Sck i family, gof the brilliant So
acfefy iii which she reigned-a queen.
From the day Of her arrival In what
scteYued. to III Hairl{fsaland, Tiomane
hads Hike every onesfeIseaSscome under
tie fascination Of her beautiful pro-
xsctress. BY an exception 10 the ordi-
narv rrle girls were permit
fed to with the family, In the
grand banquet hall on 4 first even
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