The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25

two Of your beip. ree'iS sotiys. and I wanted to
explain. reckon they allowcdI was that man
reckon they took me for him. sect But no amt
my style, nohow.. and mover saw the pictor at
S ap e, S1 yon " house. 10 o 6p'f "a yG nave SS E "a y Sg t t%iR,iia:
tions and acted according. I'd have laid low
II po,t the y wSOd',y oo and Sec got %bos swry mean wI'POG.
was mi ,hty mean. OF me, / suppose, to
have teched you at all. without saying excuse
Ing your leave. But the whole thing tumbled so
for me to lite out and leave you lying thcre on
the grass; That's why. I'm sorry sksort that
S Ssil P sS su%Scn S" th sf S"% mss upon = %i % q II , eIS. pi safI.
tell you. 10 get OF without a shindy. Please
this l sh II be going back home to America,
ing you are AL ri ;ht. liked your style. iliked
until You had your ; y. when YOU thought was
the Lord knows what, thouih | never under
f,Spf 4, : w SfI th so sa ESs S now. not sa k!po Tto f pre ySai
rose! Yours very respectfully. ..,
Dick folded the epistle and put 1t in bis pocket.
He would post 1t himself on the morning before
no LEFT.
f~atigable host waiting him, with the report Of
the vet, rinary bla, ksmith. There was nothing
be unat to travel for several days. The iani.
lord repeated his former, oler., Dick. whose
accept. ~rclortin: that she had never seen tho
mustang ami would MOI recognize IL. But he
drew the line at the somorSro; TO which his host
bad taken a great fancy. He had worn it before
, Later in the evening Dick was sitting on tho
| road. A round white table was beside him. his
/ feet were on the railing. but his eyes were rest.
Ing beyond on he h'~h mouldy iron gates OF tho
! mysterious park. What he was thinking OF did
not matter, bu, he was q little impatient at the
sudden SppSarTbpc nc o 81 Els aos,1T Sh he f Ehd
mans manner WINS full OF bursting loquacity
and mysterious levity.
Gould see now what a world OF imbeciiltes was
low cunning and low tact could achieve-in
effect, what %cretans and mountebanks. hypo-
made up existing society, All. there had heen a
fine excitement, "a regular coup d'theitre at
Fonionellss; a, the shstvau yondc5, here =! the
ened grooms and silly womcnl HI had been in
the thirk OF 1t all The afterpoon! He had exam.
ton, sifted Il, and VIII t was it ali. An attempt
by til Sc wretched priests and noblesse to revive
and Pullman csrsSa miserable mcdievai legend
OF an, appariton-a miracle! Yes, ono is asked
last night three times the appaTition Of Armand
Dick started; Armand dc Fon,onelles!" He
emembered that she had repeated that name.
Who's he r he demanded abruptly.
The hrst Comte de Fontonelles!"' When
detd 800 years he would see the imbecility Of
the S;tairi ,mo ,,,. -, r,ou,., n,,,
All! 1t was a legend. Consider its artful.
ness! The Comte Armand had been q hard liver.
a dissipated scopihrei; a reckless beast but a
one OF these occas ,ons he had been W rned by tho
apparition OF ST. Hureri. but he had laughed
fer, observe. he always jeercd at the priests. too;
hence this story-and had declared tn It the
flaming cross seen between the horns OF the
and he would shoot it. Good! The body OF the
comte. dead. but without a wound. was found
arauebus In his hand. The Archbishop OF
Rouen refused his boty the rites OF the Church,
until a TSm torI OF o msss ssa Mers Ssld eT ons y sess
their little gnme.' The comic now appeGrs-he
is in pursatory-m9r masscs.nlore money!
III. the affair takes place-not in a cafe like
this-not in n public place-hut, at a chatean OF
che, ked the char ,ct RS on his ti~nCers-,"tw
retainers. one young demo selle of the noblesse,
daughter OF the chateldtne herself. and-my
filth! It goes without saying, ny . tat priest,
the cure. In ettect-two interested ones! And
effect. stepping INTO his frame -
oh. come OF the root!' said Dick. impa-
tientiy: they II ust have seen something, you
know: Tbe--younV lady-wouldn't lie."
NJ; Ribaud leaned over. with a mysterious
You nave rs,son to say sol You have hit ii,
my friend! There was soine'hinG! And IL we
story of, Mile De Fontonelics is that, she hs:
walked by herself. alone in the garden-you
observe. aIone-iE the moonlight. near the edge
OF the wool. Yon COMPREHEND. the mother an+
the cure are in the no Ise- or the tlme-eIrac d
Here at the edge o. the WOO hough why shs
tontinues-a young deinoiselle-to the eirc o
the wood does no, make itself-she beholds bel
snc, stor-aso on . ptde-talIyolnS pale. but verI
Nothing. sal, Dick, Ihurrieily. " go on"
she hes, eches him why! He says he is lost
me,Eon the edge Of the woodsEshe says. Blu
her mother and N. lc, Cure find her pile. aGi
tatei, distressed on the sofa in the salon. On,
Ia ask a 10 belieyp III Il she ia tranapOrte,
Arm nd de FontopGilss. l9crsdi6le!,
The cafe proprietor looked around him care
fully. an then lowered his voice significantly:
"A WHAT said Dick with a gasp.
"A 10y. RI" repeated Ribaud, You compre
bend! MaicmoiseIie has no dot-the propert!
is nothing-the brother h rs everything. A Mile
De Fontonelles cannot marry out o Der class
and the no6iesSe are All poor. .- MfdsmGiseiie =
intolerahle II eat the old chateau.
consoles herself"
NJ. Rib,ud never knew how near he was Il
the white no ID below the railing at that moment
Luckily. Dick controlled himself, and wisely. "a
NJ. Ribaud's next senien q showed him..
"A romance,-an limo ent, foolish liaison. /
you like. but all the =. me il known OF - Mile
gIemeni! There YOU nre-.ook.' For this, then
all this story OF cock, aud bulls and spirits
MademoisclIc has been discovered with her love
by some one! This pretty story shall stop thei
but wot." said Dick brusquely, "wot II III,
~ "ho lCsaiig bhVtiN - 49, - ohO HNO'
AM fainteu dead away. as she said she did-Hnt
-nnd-" he hesltated. some stranger cam
along and picked her upf'
NJ. Rihaud looked al him pityingly: "A Mile
; De Fonl onelles 10 picked up by her servants. b.
her tamily-hut not by III" young man in th
:, woods, alone. 1t is even more c~oRpromising!',
} "thRt the ragpickers. and sneaks that wnd
around in the slumg ,llion OF his country woul,
dare 10 sp.trer that young gal
ye resi-. % .Sis R l. a ;"y' re ySi 67ns Rs HANDS S%s'I M !
! certain satisfaction At y ck's fury, For yo'
comprehend no the position OF jeune flle IL
all Fran eli Ali in America the young lady sh
} go everywhere. alone; h We seen her-pretty
, CHI rming, fascinating, lone with the youn'
, mani! But here, no, never! Regard me. M,
. friend! The French mother she say to he
r daughters lance: Look! there is my daughter
She has never been alone with a Young man 70
: five minutes-not even with you'll Take her 10
your wife!' II is monstrous. 1t Is impossible-i
/, Is sol"
There was a silence OF a few minutes and Dicl
looked blankly at lhc iron gates OF the park @
FontonellCs. Then he sud:
: give me a cigRrl''
NJ. Ribi nd instantly produced his cigar cas-.
!, Dick took a cigar but waved side the ~proffere
. match and, entering the ,afe. took from hi