Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-31
A Saint MadeIeine's Fete.

| MHQ0l6Euc, WISH ~ " UO AOAu "a =
| private ROOM"
Madame Duchemir gave reprovins
| glance
Eyes, private ROOM" added Nine.
Moitelet, bravely.
The extraordinary part of the mat
! ter was that none of the four knew
Paris. The two women left boarding
| school to be married, and the two men,
absorbed in their business, had put on
from year to year their much talked
| of and long proposed visit to Paris.
The evening ended thus by joyous
| anticipation, and when Nine. Roitelet
| found herself arm in arm with her
! husband in the Sous Prefecture square,
now dark and deserted, although 1t was
| only ten O'Clock, any one who had
| been passing might have heard the
| deep voice Of Notary Roitelet saying,
! in a tone Of affectionate reproof:
Don't, Madeleine, don't"
| Fourteen days after the memorable
| evening the two couples, yalises in
| hand. took the express train for Paris,
| and all Saint-Clement was astonished
at the conjugal escapade, which be-
! came the topic of conversation at the
Law Club of the little town. Among
| the club members were Notaries Lee
cornu and Boutellier, whose wives were
| greatly exercised over the departure OF
| the Roitelets and Duchemines for Par
| is, and reproached their husbands for
| not having taken them. So the two
notaries in order to escape from their
reproaches, passed long hours at the
| club.
On this particular day Boutellier and
Lecornu played ecarte in corner OF
the club, and oppressed by frightful
melancholy they remained silent and
absorbed in the game
Tomorrow will be the great day."
| said voice close at hand.
The speaker was BalouZet, the clerk
of the registrars office His little eyes
beamed with malicious pleasure ane
aroused at once in the two nOtaries 3
feeling Of anger.
"What great day." they exclaimed
in one voice, their four shoulders rails
| ed and their lips cur1ed with con-
tempt.
DO you not know" said the clerk,
that this is the eve of Saint Made
1eine, and that tomorrow evening, In
a great restaurant of the boulevard
! ACoutOi1iCi was cDOul w lHtCIIu Dt hin
| with violence, when an amicable kick
from beneath the table, given by his
! colleague, warned him to be silent. An
idea had suddenly crossed the brain g.
M. Lecornu.
What restaurant" inquired the last
named in a calm voice.
| No one knew.
I'm some hotel?"
| Here again ignorance ruled. No
| one could name the hotel
1T is unfortunate continued Ie-
fornu, as though talking to himself
,s'Oh, nothing, nothing" he fastened
to add, On seeing Balouzet's ewes riv-
eted upon him.
You wish to know, do you?" said
the worthy clerk, approaching still
nearer "Well, first of all. we must
be sworn to secrecy"
We swear!" exclaimed at the same
moment. Boutellier and Balouzet
| NJ Lecomu explained to them, in q
low tone, the plan arranged. which
caused them to laugh heartily. and
When 1t became question as to who
should carry out the plot:
L will attend to that" exclaimed
the clerk, proudly not observing the
malicious, but triumphant, smile OF the
two notaries.
do not. forget that to-day is the
fete OF Saint Madeleine. We will have
many guests" said the manager to the
motel employees in line before him. Bv
| eight o'clock in the evening every room
was thrown open for the reception of
! the votaries of pleasure who had come
to participate in all that Paris offered
or galety, and at midnight the suppers
commenced
standing at the top of the staircase
which projected over the boulevard
brilliant with the electric lights. Fill
gene, the restaurant keeper. stood i'm
movable and attentive in his imposing
stature. At each instant the zone at
llght that burned above the entrance
to the restaurant beamed upon those
VINO came and went. Everywhere was
lie and gafety, everywhere people hur-
rled to and fro in quest of pleasure.
Eugene descended the steps and.
having written four words on a card
winch he placed in an envelope, he
gave 1t to groom, to whom he con-
nded his orders in low voice. The
groom took his departure instantly.
wen, ladies, are you pleased?" in
quired Roitelet, as soon as the DOR
had closed upon them.
Madeleine threw her arms around
| her husbands neck and kissed him
warmly.
Yes, and you are an agel!"
That'll do, Madeleine." exclaimed
the angel, greatly fiattered.
Meanwhile, the two notaries had
crossed to the open window, through
| which the sounds of the boulevard en-
tered, breaking the stiffness. They re-
| manned for an instant with their ell
bows on the sill looking out upon the
crowd that entered the restaurant
through the brilliant rays of light.
wives on tip-toe trying to decipher the
| lines scratched on the window panes
! The women quickly dropped upon their
feet on being observed. closing their
lips severely. The door of the room
opened
Patty. with jelly: lobster a la Amer
| icaine, asparagus"
| AS the waiter spoke, he held out the
menu to receive his orders.
| Call fer everything" said Made
leine gaily. They were served. Around
the little round table. where the red
wine in the deeanters. punctured
\ WARMLY and vigorously tho o-,oop,e -