The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-03

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The gentlemen of the diplomatic corps
were horribly bored at Roth. At the end
OF few months the gayest grew dull;
stay Of several years was fatal half a
dozen seasons at Homburg were re-
s-ouired es:a cure Roth is essentially a
commercial city - one OK the three
largest harbors of the world. It's stag
nant canals are bordered by narrow
black, gabled houses: Its old society
narrowed by self admiration, had CO
,hesioaethat gave it an extraordinary
weight. Roth was Roth. Father and
son, mother and daughter, bowed under
a yoke Of prejudices. and dullness pass.
ed down from one to another with jeal-
Gus care.
.Vainly had the unlucky diplomats
tried to infuse q little life into Roth. a
charming fellow who had counted dizzy
successes in Vienna and st: Petersburg
suddenly found himseI beyond the pale
after q week g; lively Irritation with
Mrs Councillor Spass. The young WON
sans had walked up with a jump. and in
!; the space Of afew days had developed
into charming creature. But she had
reckoned without her family and So
! aciiefy. She had been surrounded, smoth-s
cred, annihilated, carried off to the
count The unfortunate admirer had
seen gaping space widen about him
whenever he entered the club; he en-
scountered funereal bows. A sadder and
/ wiser man, he shook the dust Of Roth
off his feet before he had crystallized,
and Mrs. Councillor Spass found no
swordsto express her regretl
He left a disciple, the young Baron
sJohan won TEX. the son Of highly es-
teemed deceased councillor. Won TEX
was eraancipated, at least. for Roth.
He did not pay court to society women.
that being impossible, since one never
saw them except one day in the week
under, strict guard. But he rode Eng
Eshs horses, had an English coachman
and a London tailor. He always wore
flower in his button hole. gave stag par.
ties, ard in the evening behind closed
doors, applauded with his friends pretty
singers whom he enticed from the the
ater. Awesome things were told Of him
He was looked upon as fearful Don
Juan, besides, he had announced the
abomirable intention Of remaining q
bachelor. He was censured and criti-
cised, vet he had certain prestige and
wan pointed out. perhaps little proud
s IL, to strangers. he was rich, though
his fortune was looked upon as middling
compared to that of the Councillors Tam.
and BEtteI-they had millions.
Tann was married and the father Of
q number Of J children corresponding to
his pqsition-a dozen. He was highly
esteemed. His wife was red faced, the
worse for wear, fine housekeeper, and.
with asharp tongue. an authority in
Roth. Councillor Buttel was harsh,
austere, 4ugly widower. the dream Of all
The maidens-to live in his old house,
to preside over his superb plate. to
wear the nine rows Of pearls Of deceased
Mrs. Euttel, what dreaml Ali ne
had right to be hard to pleasel
In This forlorn exile, q charming
Frenchwoman. Nine. jacques de Lam
guet, tine best, the gayest, the most hos
pitable woman in the world. repented
too late, asi-that she had married
q diplomat. She had started out with
the bonne bouche, Washington, after
which, hungry for Europe. M. de Ian
guet had been promoted to Roth. She
pined away with ennui By lucky COM
pensation she was very fond Of her hus-
band, and the two Of them tried hard
not to grow too dull Yet the wife be-
came aware that her housekeeping
was gradually taking on too great an
importance in her eyes, and the hus-
band that, for man Of his years. he
was ridiculously fond Of piquet.
The Languets. people Of tact, had
made an effort to conform, as far as IN
them lay, to the habits Of their new
milieu. They had made huge sacrifices
to Roth's prejudices, but not enough, it.
seems, to prevent Mrs, Councillor Tam
from apostrophizing an invisible conf
dent, asking if Nine. de Languet had
any principles. She was not very GER
tain of them, for the miscreant Johan
TEX often went to the Languets'. He
was given warm welcome and relished
the Partisan conversation in which he
Joined. An intimate friend of Nine. de
Languet-a young and handsome wild
ow, evidently dangerous person-was
often quoted. When in the narrow cir
Gle some incredible enormity OF Mrs
Councillor Tam was told, M. de Ian
guet invariably exclaimed:
"Wouldn that delight your friend.
>Zozo?,
Nine. de Lapguet always laughingly
replied:
eyes. Wouldn't they hit it off to,
gether?"
And then they would show TEX, the
,ni,creant Zozo's nhofooraph. She was