The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-26

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MES his debts; his honor, officially consid-
cred, has remained untainted. If he has
given up the waysto his1eflfbs. it comes of
not paying his. dues Two things about
him excite my admiration, not my SYM
pathy: He is the. best-dressed and wit
test man in Paris T insist that In his
situation heS1pugft to sfaupt fewer new
coats and bon mots.
He declares that he will die single-and'
no one doubts it. Hence he never com
promises any:'one. = He can be seen for
twenty days with the same woman with
out calling forth continents People chaff
him on the Subject and he Joins In the
laugh. I'll connait Dieu ct lie Diable -
BY good luck he has preserved his slim
figure. and IS a younger man than the
youngest when he rides skates, plays
tennis. leads the cotillion recites mono
logues, organizes charity bazaars, draw
ing room cemediettas and country house
|. parties. His wit has the reputation Of
making. a dead man laugh
When the express pulled into st. Lazare
station my wife and were on hand -four
ishing New York Herafds as if we had
them on sale A tall girl. admirably made
and graceful, stepped unhesitatingly to-
ward us. held out her, hand, and in the
purest French asked Jus how we were
We might have parted only the day be-
to accompany US, expecting her maid to
grapple with the customs officers But
the soubrette did not understand the Ian
guage. of Racine any better than Racine
himself would if he came back to the
world today.
You stupid thing! How provoking!"
exclaimed Miss Walton, stamping her
slim foot
An at once Il provdeutiak spersonaee
dropped as from the clouds. It took La.
Perade two minutes tofsllalee hands with
me-pretending ne had run across us by
chanee-get an Introduction to Enid and
conclude: Il was waiting for friend
who must have missed the train. trust
Miss Walton will a4lePF~-Ele to come to
her maids assistance" Che knew English.
the plotterD while she goes to her hotel
to rest. By the way, where are you stop
ping?"-to Enid.
AS the ladies. turned to go. the. clever
dog whispered to me-: mime de Chaune-
vile sent me tC reconnoiter7 Nfazette!
can aSsure~her she is going to have
charming daughter-in-law."
1t had been decided that Miss Walton
should dine with us en- trio that evening.
But she proved so DESTROYS of showing
her gratitude to La Perade for his kind
| offices that he had to be wired to to make
! Up the quartette. I must admit that,
, thanks to him the new arrival passed
the. evening in a gale Of laughter. The
| parasite, showed himself q clever dip
! lomat, too. i. He, managed. to praise my
| mother-in-law most naturally. He told
! touching anecdotes of Jerome childhood
| and youth. A French boarding school
| girl would have dreamed all night of the
| fascinating officer.
But Enid was neither French nor
+ boarding school girl. Not "a sign of in
somnia could be- discovered ethei next
morning on hec radiant face; when we
went to lunch at her hotel. She. had i'll
! Vited the marquis, Of course Fernand
| pronounced a single English sentence
and Enid at once expressed the wish of
meeting my nother-in-law. 1 inferred
| that La Perade had put the idea into her
| mead. What an invaluable friend! -
The 1ll-effects Of our proximity to the
| Washington" We're soon evident. Enid
| and my wife became inSepaTable I must
| admit my personal duties were light La
Perade was their usual escort [ don't
know how the man always manages to
have his pockets < flied with tickets for
theaters, private v1ews-all sorts of in
| teresting places.
| The American girl was continually
| lunching and dining with us. My wife in
| sisted that 1t was out of the question to
| set our pot au feu before an heiress ac-
customed to the luxuries of the country
| Of dollars, especially when the aim was
! to bring this hefress into cur family. To
! judge from the cooks bills. it was an in
heritance, not an heiress, tnat had drop
ped on us from America. But, after all,
! rich brother-in-law is not a bad thing
to have. And shall 1 add, the prospect of
| seeing my mOther-in-laW tack!lng an
| American girl dyed-in-the-weol would
have recon@iled. me to greater sacrifices.
The introduction took place Jerome
dropped in On US. accidentally one even
inc a fr,IJ mi
form was my mother-in-law idea; she
considered Jerome particularly fetching
| IN his war paint. A complete failure!
| Miss Walton, who sometimes INDUCED in
! the frankneSs of an enfant terrible ex-
planned to us that the military career-at
| least in the lower grades-is locked down
| upon in her country The converse tioo
came to standstill, ana for a whole
quarter of an hour-the first-I lid not
hear Enid is laugh saw her eyes turned
with amaZement upon Jeromes glass of
water Latter1y we had drunk nothing
but champagne from one. end Of the meal
to the other, following the American
fashion 80 49,. .,..t
The campaign against Ends heart had
begun feebly. The artillery. If not rout-
ed. had, at least, caused no raVages. We
joyfGlly noted that Jerome was luckieI
at the next meeting, on the following
Sunday. He had not been able to resist
a lively admiration for the yoJIng Ameri.
can girl. Enid, with charming grace
gave the first signal for a. filtration, but
Jerome, Frenchman to the marrow, had
not the faintest conception of this specia
new world art. He heayed signs, accom-
panied by long, tender chances instead
OF going to laugh and chaff with Mis-:
Walton in a~certain coy corner that tht
experienced marquis had prepared pur
Poseiy by means of screen and a palm
He himself made use Of it more than ono.
while Chauneville was kept in his garrt
son at Bourees - - :
Ihe young foreigners naiYete infaIHbl,
caused one to pardon certain defects OF
education or lasts. / recall an tnstanc,
that others perhaps will condemn NOR
harshly than 1 did. I admit that II anus
ed me, an amusement largely due TO NIX
mother-in-laws convulsed, Indignant
face. Miss Walton has procured me- othe,
Satisfactions of the same nature. and
am not man to forget turn done me-
1t was one eveniHg-at my house n
course-as we were leaving the tahla
Jerome, my mother-in-law, and the mar
quis were our guests. At some triflins
jest of Enid, La Perade, and Jerome pIac
ed their pocketbooks in her keeping. On
Jerome's was simply inscribed the initial
y. c." his family being of old and ex
cellent blood, but without title On tb,
marquis portfolio, on the contrary, wa
stamped a coronet that might have sery
ed for napkin-ring. s,a.l.:.-.:...
Enid expressed great admira ton fo
the heraldic attribute and its charnins
effect on ones lingerie. for La Perade
intoxicated by his success. had displave,
his pocket handkerchief. He went n,
farther than that. luckily, IN articles O