The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-19

\ my son. See he is handsome-is he not
1t is no wonder that he is the idol OF
Partisan society: lie Bijou des DANES,
as they call him. All. he is looking up,
he does see me. Bonjour, CASTOR; bon
jour, darling"
In another minute or two he was in the
| room and kissing his mother tenderly on
both cheeks. subsequently submitting to
be embraced and wept over for about five
| minutes, while he surreptitiously TOOK
stock of Molly over his parents shoulder
| Though not. altogether an Adonis, he
| was certainly a good looking young man.
| blue-eyed and fair-haired, with a mooIe
| expressive face, and pleasant smiie'
I displaying exceeding white teeth. He was
of medium height. slight and erect, ana
was dressed well, but without foppish-
ness.
After few minutes Molly made her es-
| cape, feeling herself, de trop' in this re-
union. and went out to the garden, whith-
| er. however. to her surprise, NJ Gastoh
| followed her in about half an hour.
My mother is fatigued," he remarked,
land | have persuaded her to lie down
| till dinner time. / come to breathe the
| fresh air-oh. the delightful purity and
| sweetness of this country air! how II
| invigorates one! How it calms and re-
| fresnes one after the heated atmosphere
! of town"
| Fnr some Time he walked up ana uoWu
| beside her, prasinS the trees, the sing
| ing OF the birds. the scent of the flowers,
! in his delightful Partisan French. which
Nelly found very pleasant to hear.
though from Its apparent redundancy OF
| rs and the great rapidity with which it
| was spoken, not very easy to follow.
| once. indeed, she missed the gist OF re-
marx, and ne oblgingly repeated 1t for
| her. with an apology Tor being unable to
! talk in her native tongue.
My uncle speaks English very vel. 1
believe: does he not?' he added. But
then he was educated in England. and for
two or three years was attache de lega-
! ton in london"
| WAS he?' cried Molly amazed.
What. did You not know, mademoi-
| selle? My uncle was brought up 10 be a
! dipomatist. andh ad he persevered. would
probably be now ambassador extraordi-
nary. or minister plenipotentiary some
/ where or another: but circumstances
arose-ah. you did not know? / am sur
[ prised."
No. | had not heard"
"Tenez" said CASTOR, whose quick
| glance had been sweeping the frontal of
| the house. there is justement our diplo-
| matist at the window" lie waited an
| airy kiss from his finger tips TO the baron
| who responded with u grave nod, and re-
! manned surveying the couple with an in
tentness which Molly found embarrassing.
"Ah. you had not heard that my uncle
! had been in diplomacy repeated NJ. de
! Treilles, "anJ you did not guess. made
1 moiseile? That astonishes me. l should
! have said the fact accused itself Only to
! look at him. for eXampie''-turEing his
! head on one side. and glancing critically
! at the figure in the wlndow--''ce petit air
| Vif ct eveille qu'll 4, and then'-as his
| relative with final frown jerked down
/ the window and turned away-"those in
/ s;nuating manners"
! Molly could not help laughing, and yet
the speech Jared upon her. At dinner,
however. she was Obliged to admire the
/ eavetv and good humor which NJ. de
/ Treilles preserved under somewhat trying
/ circumstances. Never had Molly seen the
/ baron i'm 50 unpleasant a mood; his face
/ wore its most ''kll-ioy' expression, his
/ manner was absolutely bearish. and save
/ to laugh sardonicallv TO himself, or To
! gibe at his nephew he lid not open his
/ lips. Meanwhile the latter prattleG and
! laughed. was affections to his mother,
| entertaining to Molly, imperturbaby Sc
rene towards Raoul. Molly was both
: amused and attracted: there was some
I thing frank. so bithe. so ingenious
! about this young spri% of nobility; he had
/ quaint ana pquant way of saying
! things ana his very mirth was infectious.
so thou art going away?" said Nine
! de rreilles. all at once with a little pout
/ thar might have been ascinating on less
I elderly lips. "rhou art abou: To leave us.
( naughty boy? And whittier art thou GO
/ ing?"
I "Ah. little mother. my ideas are OF the
/ vaSuest. Geography is a study that /
! never could master. For me the globe Is
/ divided into two parts: Paris-and the
/ rest OF the world. | quit the one, and the
/ other is before me"
Perhaps by a little effort your mem
ory may improve" sneered NJ. lie Sau
vigny. "Who knows? You may even
recollect the existence of an obscure for
eien resort called Homburg.'
"Ah, who knows" repeated CASTOR
/ lightly. Now that YOU mention it. my
uncle. | verify do remember there is such
a place"
1T is possible that YOU may revisit it,
! ".As you say" returned CASTOR, blandiy,
III Is quite possible
'IIomburg t. a charming place. said
Nine. de Treires dreamily. II have been
there formerly. 1t is a place whore one
amuses oneself well-wneu one has plenty
of money
at is easy TO amuse oneself anywhere
ana under any circams tances. if one only
sets about it in the right way" remarked
! hcr son oracularly.
| "As to money-thlt is doubtless good
| thing in Itself, but une can do without
il"
Dame said the baron 50 suddenly.
nor to say violently. as to make this ex-
I plctivg, in itself sufficiently innocent.
sound as naughty as its English homonyn.
''Oh I assure you,'' pursued CASTOR,
! serenely addressing himself to the re-
doubtable Croquemitane, lit is a most
mistaken idea To suppose that riches help
one To get on in the world Mon Dieu so
many people are rich nowadays ca ma
plus de cachet. Poverty is respectable
Up 10 n certain point
II quite agree with you-up to n certain
| point" returned his uncle severely
when that limit is passed. not only
does one cease to be respectable. but one
loses ones self-respect."
"Well said" cried the young man ad-
miringly. "Very prettily said; eh, moth
| er? DO you not think so, mademoiselle
| But he is a Demosthencs, my uncle
lie gently clapped his hands, still gaz-
ing at NJ. de Sauvigny with an expression
of innocent satisfaction while the latter
looked for moment as if it would have
! AFFORDED him the keenest pleasure to have
| raped him ON the head.
Early on the following day, CASTOR left
| the chateau, being obliged, as he said.
! to return to Paris to finish his prepara-
items for departure.
Nine de Treiles, after an afectionate