Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-10-07

and as unmR5ageabie as a balky horse.
So Eugene was puzzled.
Fisally a bright idea occurred to him.
why not" thought he, give comic
turn TO the affair? If properly done.
Leonie wiz be disarmed. She is easily
moved TO laughter, and then will ex-
plain and beg her forgiveness
Alasi Poor Eugene's idea was not a
happy one.
The next day when Leonie appeared,
it was Jacques who met her at the door.
He was in blouse, cap and carried
palette and brushes.
Can 1 see NJ. Bruhiere?" she asked,
with some little surprise.
That is my name, madame" replied
the painter.
You Jacques Bruhiere," said she,
with TN amused laugh; and she pushed
by him and entered the studio. You
the great painter2 No, nol'' and she
seated herself and looked at him de
| family.
But if she was at her ease in the
| studio, he was more so. Her quick
woman's eye noted this, and on the
easel there was already begun can
vas in which she recognized the mas
ter's touch. Leonie was becoming i'll
at ease. She picked up little Hindoo
! god which stood on the table beside
her and fingered it nervously. Her
hands trembled, the little monster
| slipped from them and dashed to pieces
on the floor.
The artist stepped to the wall and
rung the bell. The door opened and "a
servant entered, clad in livery and wear
ing an apron-rendered necessary by
the fact of his cleaning brushes.
did monsieur ring?" he asked.
L. Leonie stared at him and grew white.
'Yes, JEAN" replied the artist. Gath
er up the fragments of this trifle, which
madame has unfortunately broken.
Now" said he, turning to Leonie, a. if
madame viii kindly inform me to what
I owe the honor of this Wis"
He stopped. Her white, set face, her
staring eyes, frightened him.
"a lackeyi" she Missed; "a base
lackeyi And have loved this heart
less, cruel, lying wretchl"
With a sudden impulse Of fury she
snatched up a pretty toy, a silver
poniard, which lay upon the table, and
sprang at Eugene. Quick as a fash
the artist dashed between them. But
quick as he was, he was too late. The
poniard struck Eugene in the side, IN
ficting a deep wound. AS he did so,
Leonie uttered shrek and tainted
away.
Eugene's comedy had become q
tragedy.
| ''Truly a pretty sight for the studio
4 Of hOnor4 v,osrxr,-
groaned Jacques Bruhiere, as he gazed
upon the two PROSTATE forms. This
comes of obliging your friends Catch
me doing it again"
Three years had passed. Leonie was
IN the brilliant salon of Comtesse de
Sagone, whose house was always filled
with the literary men of the day, and
she invariably secured the literary lion.
She was making her way through the
brilliant throng toward Leonie.
MY dear" said she. when she reached
her, you have read that novel of which
all Paris is talking-'Les Deux Prin-
cesses?'"
YES" said Leonie. cit is a charming
work"
''Do you know It's author?"
Eugene de Lassi? No. is he here
this EVENING""
ayes, and want 20 present him to
You. All, there he is. NJ. de Lassil'
and in another moment there stood be-
fore Leonie-the false painterI
For q moment she hesitated; but the
old spell reasserted itself and she found
herself listening. almost against her
will, to his plea for pardon. And he
pleaded his cause most eloquently.
Il am half inclined not to forgive
you," she said, at length, you acted
abominably-you know you did"
"I acted like a fool and a knave,'
said Eugene, "and you ought never tc
pardon me; but you viii, won't your"
"Wen," said the beauty, semi-reluc
family, IF you'll be q very good boy
eyes"
, "And never deceive me again"
Never"
and never paint any more suci
, wr0tched trees"
Never"
Then forgive you for having played
the servant"
"But want to play it again"
? She looked at him inquiringly.
81 want to be your servaAt forever
! Their first child was boy. He wa
: called Jacques de Lassi, and Bruhier'
: was his odfather.-Adapted for tn
San Francisco Argonaut from tn
+ | French of Theodore de Banville.
His safety VnIve.
? "Oh, yes" said the man with tn
/ | square jaw, my married life is quit
: & happy one"
2 ''Glad to hear it," said the thin man
, with the thin hair. Got any particu
lar system?"
''Yes. Whenever my wife gets int
A a tantrum / go out and find the felloy
who introduced us and give him an