The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-28

am assured her. and indeed so light was
| the occupation that Il might have been
/ said To consist of doing nothing.
/ IL was Madge's first evening at the cot
/ tage. whittier the errant Sarah Ann had
( returned to resume her attendance on
/ Madam. Sarah Ann was a tall. hard-fea-
! tured woman, prone to attacks of spasms
and in the intervals between these. which
! were of longer or shorter duration. ac-
! cording t. circumstances. she worked
/ Ike a horse" TO quote herself. Madam
! and her companion had finished dinner
and gone into the drawing room where
he former threw herself upon the couch.
! declaring that her happiness was too
/ great She was in good spirits so good in
| fact. that she chartered necessarily. and
/ gest'culated so wildly. that the 'toupe"
/ became disarransed, and assumed a
/ iauntY position, such as a soldiers cap
! presents.
This is our first evening together. my
/ chaile." she said. I'VE will make it so
/ happy. is it not 50? We will have what
/ you call a leetle fiesta joyousness.
| That voH have come t. me- my chaile
! make no longer the cottage unhappy. And
| we viii have presently fine 'ouse and
| servants. Peste! But sarah was a miser-
able. She groan all day with her sp--a-a
seems" And she made gesture of the
/ sup ernest COntelnIA.
| Are you thinking of moving from Nor
| ton St. Jude?" asked Madge.
Yes I IN We in some time. TO London
/ 10 Vienna, to Brussels Why not?
| Who can say? | will advise with you,
/ sweet chaiie. to where we shall go. You
shall decide. / have 50 much money that
! we go anywhere" and Madam seated her
| self at the piano.
! You do not travel much now, | sup
/ pose?" continued Madse. watching ;hc in
creasng vvac'ty of the little lady curl
| ously. They had had champagne for din
/ ner to celebrate Madge's arrival. and the
wine had flushed Madam's face through
! the rouge.
Not since my Henri die" she answered.
/ But now-yes. We will travel, my chaile,
now that you are with me. | have still
/ s. many friends know you. They say,
| COME bu; ! reply. ! am alone. Then /
/ resolve upon being with companion,
! and we travel together. AT Trouville were
SO many Sleeps of my friends: with that
! name 50 strange. They shall be Sleeps
| of pleasure. that name
you mean yachts" said Madge. smil-
! ing at Madams difficulty of definition,
/ who nodded Violently.
THAT name: yes 'yorts' they shall be
| called" she exclaimed. land | make
voyage in them often. Two, three week
SO marvellous that | am become a true
sailor. at Trouvile. My Henri. he re-
mains always SO Ill when we voyage.
poor sweet Was not the time delightful,
| think YOU"
1T must have been a very pleasant
time" replied Madgc Il should imagine
| that yauchting was very enjoyable" and
| at this madam's bright little eyes seem
ed to flicker with delight, and the
crow s-feet round them puckered.
"Ah! we will again enter into the
world" she cried II think not of
money. Was it not given to enjoy"
! and she twisted round. bringing hcr
| fingers down on the keys with dis
| cordant crash Now sing to you and
| in n sudden burst madam began singing.
But such singing! MadGe sat listening
| painfully to the trills and runs of the
shrill voice, that seemed screaming out
| the words of the song. 1t was a tremu-
| lous voice, too, that had no 1Isic in il,
| and Jared the harmonies or t;le notes,
ending In shrek high up. and turning
round again, madam burst into a laugh.
MY Henri has wept at my singing.
often" she exclaimed. Its tenderness
so pathetic is it not so? l sang when
We were last i'm Paris" and sudden
vulsion of feeling appeared to overcome
her at the thought of the deceased Hen
ri. There something like a gulp in
madam's sinewy throat the lace of
her collar rose and fell on it. Then all
her merriment came back. wildly.
Sarah entered at this moment, with
specter-like movement, carrying a tray
on which were wine and glasses, keeping
her gaze on madam, who returned the
look spitefully. ard placing the tray on
the table. the specter backed out of the
room without speaking.
MA fol-" said madam. THAT woman
enrage me. So triste, so gloomy is she.