The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-07

to $50 how men booked who are about to
kill themselves. He had good face In
spite Of bis tarrible black beard.
"Iove, Of coursea' be naked.
"Love," sighed.
my case exsotly-love."
"At our age one seldom commits suicide
for any other reason" - ~,
"Well, MONSIEUR" be resumed, after o
short silence, "since have tho pleasure Of
meeting travelling companion, shall we
drown together' Only let us measure our
distance so as not to risk graphing In the
water If one Of us, governed BY the In
tinet Of preservation, should have the
weakness to change his mind after the
plungeis made. You know how to swimf"
"Like lead"
care We ready, them" he said. "Take
care not to bruise yourself by striking
against the pier. Stand between the piers.
A little farther of. There, that's right.
Count one, two, three. At three we jump.
do not soy au revoir to you, dear mon
sieur, but am charmed to have made
your acquaintanoe--to late unhappily to
cultivate 1t. Well, am ready"
My cosuicide counted .'one-two'-
"Goodby, Malvina" cried. $500.
But instead Of counting. three, (Which
AIalvinap" demanded my unknown friend.
"she for whom / drown myself. What
ia that TO your"
"Malvina OF the LuxembourRP Malvina
who has little black mole under her left
eyer" '
"Assuredly, / replied. "Malvina whom
I love ind for whom perish"
And l rushed forward, but he stopped
me and grasped my arm.
wretch, traitor, felonl" he shrieked.
"You love Mnlvina, my MalvinaP You
have the presumption to commit suicide
in her honor when II Is who have come
here to drown myself for her. You have
taken Malvina from mel Swords Knivesi
! want your blood, sir. must have your
blood!
Ho danced with rage. He shook his fst.
I observed coolly that as wo were about
to die it would not be necessary to butcher
each other. This seemed to him reason
able argument He gradually claimed
down. s. o..
learned that he was q student; that
Malyina had abandoned him fortnight
since, at the very time met her. Natu-
rally we continued to talk about her.
."Ah, my dear predecessor, what eyes she
had, and what silvery taught How jolly
and saucy and fiery she was!" babblcd.
"Wbat delightful times we had to.
gether, he replied, "at Robinson, at Viro-
FAY. She sang like bird. She had
rose colored parasol which cost me half
louis, think"
"Yes, l know" I interrupted, "what
those parasols and many other things
cost"
"well, my friend, 1t Is evident that
those gifts have been our ruin"
As one Is laxative at go, and our hearts
were overfowing, wo began to discuss
women In general, apropos of Malvina,
and our lovo in particular. Our expert
ence was hrief; besides, we had perfect and
decided theories which we were expound-
ing both at the same time with lofty elo-
quence
"How could it be .otherwiseP" philo-
sophically concluded my rival. "She had
way Of Hooking ont Of the corners Of her
eyes which turned ne like glove, and
when she said, What will my big dog do
to please his little Malyinap' I lost my
senses.
So did I. She called me her big dog,
too, and it produced the same effect on
me-"
He smiled sardonically.
my dear Successor, ! should not be sur
prised il at this very moment a third gen.
tleman were Malvinas big dog"
"Alas," l replied, "you arc an opti-
mist am sure that Malvina possesses
at least half dozen dogs Of our kind"
At this bitter thought stove in my hat
with q blow of my fist, and my rival tore
his hair, luxury which the abundance Of
his Merovingian mane allowed him.
"And IT is for princosses of this quail
ity," cried he, THAT two good fellows like
US wish to drink dirty watorY That would
be too idioticl"
While jabbering we walked up and
down, for the evening was cool. just
then we found ourselves at the end Of the
bridge, directly in front Of the institute.
! spat, to show my contempt for the tenn
pie of classic literature" according to the
rite of the Hugoites. My companion spat
also, making defiant gesture at the
cupola.
And these scoundrels of academicians,
will it not delight them to learn thut two
romapticists with long hair have drowned
themselves before their very door, Listen,
the more reflect the more believe we
ought to reflect before taking tho fatal
plunge. One Gun commit suicide but once.
1t Is an important affair and deserves more
consideration. First, should like to
dine for 1t Is we'll known that wise deci.
-tn ,nIr Inn tp., f,h
There Is an admirable restaurant near the
Grand Chaumiere, which Is open all night.
My nurses sister mnnagesit. / have credit
there, and can even take friend. Will
you acccptY"
Monsieur" rejoined, "you are not
serious suicide. Go and dine. Let me
drown in peace. ain not hungry"
lied. was hungry rs wolf and my
stomach was bowling.
MY nurses sister," continued my pre-
has more abundant cuisine
than can be found anywhere else in Paris.
There are miraculous roasts, pates Of gi-
gantic proportions, delicious blood pud-
dings, juicy hams, not to speak of the fried
potatoes, which are ideal; the Burgundy
cheese and wine that would make you for
get all the Malvinas In the world he In
sisted, ashamed of his disloyalty and not
wishing me to kill myself alone.
During this enumeration hunger pressed
mo most cruelty, and felt much adinira-
tion and tenderness for madam, tho sister
Of my rivals nurse. However, resisted.
well, monsieur, may you enjoy your
dinner Adieur'
Without paying any attention to me, my
continued:
AFTER the ham, the pudding, the pate,
what do you say to punch, an internal
punch and fragrant pipel"
He saw was weakening and took my
arm.
"Do you use lemon9" asked in feeble
voice.
"Lemonp Punch would not be punch
without lemon. Much lemon, my boy,
quantities of lemon"
With long strides, arm In arm, we re-
gained the Latin Quarter by the light of
he moon.
at is strange" said to my rival,
there Is nothing like suicide to give one
good appetite. Partisan.
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