The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-29
USELESS AS A FIANCEE."
Why n Frcncllman Tilted his Afii-
nnccd-Hcr Mind on Drcyrlls and
no Lnngcr on Thoughts Of love.

nnccd-Hcr Mind on DrcyrliS and
M Lorocr m TIL oupbts NJ Iovc
faris correspondence Oh inc Ne"
York World: And now the Dreyfus
problem has caused n. Young man to
an b,s f,,coo "1he man who ala" In
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THIS case Is Lucien de Glrardih, VINO
belongs to the clubs and wears the lat
est recktles.
n. "a.
ite % ''Ne'' ~ l,'e u '''',''''' 'o"'. ~
answer charge OF assault upon the
brother of the young woman he had
sn,r,,od rho hr,,tor ,,,,, hoo, hod,,,
s .Ip,,
treateo-ol"ck eyes, bruised hthes una
swollen lips. Girardln, who was not
renresented by counsel. began 10 toll
h,r .,,r,, .o ", t,7n
'''o .' ~ ,'e Just
monsieur lie president du tribunal,
began lhe young DEFENDANT. i am sor-
ry thfashed my friend Albert de Mn
'Vlile' because on me Wioie ne Is n
pretty good lot. loved NinVille's sis
Ter Marcelle and she loved me-so at
least she used 10 say. L believed her to
suiiicieht extent TO Oiier ner my name
ana my fortune. My fortune IS not
what II was, III acmt.
Marceiie ana were engaged to be
married Immediately after the so
clul rush OIL the Grand PriN was over.
We had Planned II nice little wedding
trip to
Here the Judge interrupted lmpa-
uently.
our honor, by giving these details
! want to prove that did love the girl.
1t was because he told me ! had never
loved MS sister; that was deceitful
wretch ana liar, that thrashed AZ
bert.
MY misunderstanding with Mile. de
NlhFlHe spranS IRON the Dreyfus az
lalr. Marcelie became so concentrated
on the Dreyius problem that she was
utterly useless to me as Il iinncec."
Useless as 4 lancer
Why. most certainly. No one can tell
what married life vii! be, but we all
Know that counting Is lots OF fun. I
counted on the remembrance of what
the tancee had been to make the wife
pearaDle In my own eyes In after
years.
After more wranSling the judge had
TO allow the culprit to cite one specific
instance or the prospective brides "use-
leSshess' as Il fancee. One day both
N. de Girardin and Mile. de
Nlnville had been asked 10 din
ncr at friends. VI. de Girrlin saw
the young woman home.
Now, going hoirc ut night In the
comfort and privacy of n close car
riage, exclaimed de Glrardln. is rs
good an opportunity as there ever turns
up for two iianccS TO tell each other o:
thclr love. That night every time l
tried to put the conversation on that
subject she would switch of talk to
me of Dreyfus, revision and all that
sort OF rot.
''As we were nearing her house I
tried to kiss her. She would not per-
nit me. She had been angercd by
what she had termed my frlvolity. She
called me stupid and selfish, and said
l was "hOpelessy unable to comprehend
the Significance OF the Drcyfus Ques-
ton. this mighty struggle OF principle
aud Justice against enthroned corr,p-
ton
81 shuddered Imagine discovering
that the woman you hnve chosen to
spend your whole life with, ut the very
moment when you hold her In your
arms. and are speaking Of love, kisses,
happiness, is capable of recl!ng off n
sentence like that for YOU. | insisted
al In, al. III.