New-York tribune., 1898-11-27
ROMANCE OF A "CURE.' >

istcncc has only to join the band of throaty pill
grims at Royat. Perhaps gargling In the puDhC
garden with the inhabitants OF Royat and Cler-
mont Fcrrand behind you glGglinS unrestraihed-
ly is one of the lower rounds. Nature, who IS
VIGOROUSLY rather vulgar IN everyoay Iaie. ,, Is
odiously vulgar at Royat to hear the expansive
foreigner gargle there is a thing one can never
forget even in ones dreams
Suddenly the hand music ceased Crash
Flop The performer on fiat had lost her
balance and tipped over. The bassoon per
former in the next compartment reacned ms
glass hastily to the shelf beside nm ana
darted galantly to the rescue. lie was only III
time to see a Wndm-like movement, ana VIII
ness the lady subside on the BACK OF hc1 hIar ,'
onto the fragments of her glass mug. TO MS
horror he cash appear in her Wfis'' anu
beheld human gore--a sight which usually mad'
him very ill-nowing literally from It,
mon Dieu! Nous vous ttes biessee' he III
quired. p..,;a,,
The woman. who was stout-hearted British
girl sat up and produced tiny pocke'-hahokeI-
chief. .,,o,
Nothing TO make a fuss about" she replied:
"IIave you a handkerchief you can lend me
Costume at gargling time q a. M IS apt 10 p'
superficial; but he produced one from the re-
cesseS of a huge ulster which formed. iedl'
with a pair of unmentionabes, the chlef OF ms
attire. 1t not very clean. for IL was M M.ile
stock morning supply OF some DAYS anu uI'
woman eyed il dOuhtfully.
Attend but an instant" he said in horrid
English, and with a mighty tug he wrenched OH
the cuff of-something underneath When a
gentleman cheerfuily offers up SHIRT IN your
service, that surely serves as some sort OF intro,
duc;iOn be it a day or night garment, afd
there is reason to fear that on this occasion IL
was the least starchod form Of introduction.
"Can you arise yourself up| he asked
Perfectly well,' she said. Give me your
hand, will yOu?'
IF you allow. support you
Bless me- I'm all right" she said; its only
cut" But unfortunately as she rose to her icet
she got very white, the earth gave terrible
lurch beneath her and she stumbled against her
prescrver. nearly landing him, too. on the noor
Seeing she very gddy and fairt-she had
had no breakfast-ho put his arm quietly arounc
her waist and with pardon, je vous prlc
half-helped and haf-lifted her across to the
well to enlist the services Of the pink-bowed
woman who ruled despotically over the mugs
and the turbulent spring Eugene;
"Mais c'est la demoiselle de lHoteI Brlc.a.
Brac. Qu'a-t-ee done. la pauvre demoiselie! !
Dieu, ou ellie est paei No. monsieur. you can
not put her down inside, 1t is too wet l VIII
bring out a chair; and she so amiable so beauti-
full 50 charmlngi Here are five days she come
down so gay from the hotel before all tho
Others so neat. and saying in her French 50
pretty and so bad. Bonjour tout le monde; les
mathis sont 81 froids: que je deteste garsarlser'
and has the monsieur not envy 10 so ana get
some cOgnacT
Nonsense. Madeleine" said the young girl,
whose color had been gradually returning,
shall be all right In the twinking OF an eye
Vous dites des bttises. comprenez? Je ne want
pas cognac; je vais mon balm dams un secono.
Madeleine beamed "Ah la VOLTA qu parle en-
core she dies not yet. she has some courage the
pretty one she will take bath, helm? While
The hand blceds to tear the heart she VIII go on
with her traitemcnt Mademosce shall go
down to the etabssement between Madeleine
hnd monsieur and there We snail ma the uoc-
tor who will bind up the arm of mademolseiIe,
and she may perhaps pulVerizc-but baths No!
The portly Madeleine had tucked one OF MISS
Charlotte Fortunes arms into hers, ~hlle mon
si, III had taken charge Of the other. ana in TINS
iguo,niuiOuS way she entered the nan OF the
bathing establishment Monsieur had had iels-
ur,. to observe that the patient was very pretty
girl and remained to help to bind up the wound
He was a busy man. being professional SINGER.
and could hardly afford 20 lose morning o. ms
cure but monsieur had experienced feeling IN
hclpiug tn. brave madcmoisclle quite dIncflhS
from ANYTHING he had known since the dayS
,h.u ne was eighteen and loved lady Of thirty
two with all the fervor Of truly arts.ic soull
ia tno verge Of suicide. When Miss Fortune
head had all hut rested on his shoulder ne had
t,l an at-poaco- With all world sort OF feel
ine steal over him. combined with desire 10
attack fcr0ciously any on" who threatened 10
dieti,rh this soul-cntraucing arrangement. lie
NOW f.lt il would be unmanlv. un-C Christian in
artistic to leave the lady before ne was quite
eur., she would recognize hlm again he mao
alrcadv made up his mind to change to the
RI Hrdc Hotel. for there throngcd 10 MS
mind all of a sudden n hundred "IJc''i"iS ~
tbe I6tol de IA Sauce Piquantc where he had
aIr. adv installed himself Meantime he was
watching the doctor manipulate nasty Jagged
zach which had severed some small VEN OF al
terv above the Wilst -.
"Nadomoisclle must do nothing more this
rnor,tnp" decided the doctor; she must 90
hone and rest and surtout have breakfast; TINS
af,orroon norhaps" (as though il were great
treo, ''the pulveriZatiOn- baths. No. Maze
moie.ile must content herself to lose day. ohe
viii be carried home in sedan char .,
Into a sedan chair therefore, HnademolseI.e ~
was duly crumpled. but no one was p.Iil!.t'u ~ ~ ~
shut The door but monsieur himself i VIII