The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-12

IN norfi, or Franco. Expo sriclced person
pr-f ar-,,,i. Sa,arr 80 francs Il year. Ap-
uiy .u the Grst instance - ". l. Baron
,i. Sauy,sny. Chateau De Ia Pepinicro.
Vauxmaaeour. Far Eire. Department dc
r. Nianch.'
'-'T!l,. salary IS small" added tho lawyer;
'le; me see-I hundred francs. four
HC,lads-;wenty pounds altogether. and I
DON, know r ore could exactly term YOU
an expcgI.uccd person: but. siiil. every
thing considered. tldng it would b. quite
worth your while 20 apply foc The situa-
ton
ssoliy helm. 81 thr same mind, he and
she cnu-olted AMI dispatched q letter In
thcir VERY best French. setting form tho
iltt.r's qualifications. and referring NJ
. ,ir s-auvI..-.y 10 her former employer. Mrs.
M..ruhv Tor particular a. {" fer chat'c-
3 .er. an instance ~ thc Irony 0f things. "
n rhich Inc eunadam h.!rcss of Castle
o'N,Gl WAS constrained TO !auSh some
what woefglly.
An answer came in ,lue course, written
in excellent English. explaining the du-
tres she would D. required 10 iuliin IN
tine event OF further inquiries proving
Z satisfactory. sac was to read. too. and
otherwise entertain, the writer's SITTER
tfr Cosut tess. DE TrcillCS. au elderly lady
afflicted with nervous complaint. The
salary WAS small. and the haron. while re-
greeting bis inability 90 Increase *, hoped
that the facility afforded cor obtaining
rro..ciencv IN IN. French lanEuage-on
vnie.. account lie offered the post ia pref
.res.c. To- a forc.gaC--would he consid-
cred some compensation. II his terms
were accepied. and ne were content with
Mrs.. Eurphys account OF Miss Macken-
zi.. he begged she would prepare to enter
a.. her new duties at once.
y very STRAIGHTFORWARD letter. I mus.
saw" commented Mrs. Mackenzie. 81 am
sl-c This old baron is nice. hind. faith
cry man. I don't think you could DO
better. MOLLY
Naout week after NJ. de Sauv;gny's 8
final ietter. all rrcliminarics having been
satisfactorily arranged. the girl prepared
10 depart. aud Mr.. Burke was invited 70
zen with her and her aunt on her last
u-cainS ~ home.
Airs. Nacicuvic was equally Fussy and
depressed. and Molly herself found IL
hard 80 keep up her spirits. though she
tried ~ conceal the fact ~ a brave ar
fectatipn III mirih. Mr.. Burke encourage
iuS her Ia the best Of hts ab,lity by vari-
Cus ponderoUs jokes.
Whatever YOU dc. Molly, come back
% Hs heart-wh0i"." hc observed. DO not
hCstow .olr affections on any conceitcd
u1Lssew-''
perhaps there are some young bar
ors." put in Mrs S;ackcuzi". aghast at
JEc idea. II hOye you viii be careful.
child-she French are 80 insinuating.'
Don't Dee afraid" laughed Molly. they
ar. to- Eai-sv for mo. / couldn't stand
nm adUl;Ter with = fringe and q waist"
--s>eusgale Eiri." commented Air. Burke.
who was particularly struck with the wis
Dom of This remark. Il :hink we may
consider her sale. Mrs. Mackenzie"
Molly Travelled straight 10 her destina-
tiuI-a long Journey. as 1t appeared 20
hc-. though In less than two days she
reached the chateau de In Pepinierc. The
drive from VauxmOncour took rather
more than m hour. through 4 lovely
wooded country that grew wilder and
more lonely the farther they advanced. ~
last the jingllng. rattllng open vehicle,
with its solitary occupant. and her couple
~ trunks. passed through a tumble-down
hamlet perchcd on the side OF a steep pine
grown hiu. ascendcd rocky path for
/ about n quarter of q mile. and finally
( stopped before a huge. rusty iron gate.
st in a high stone wall.
In answer % tn edrivers dcafening
shouts. a very Oil woman appeared from
the lodge on the opposite side. rafting q
bunch of keys; the great gate crcakc1
open. and the carriage proceeded at a
SLOW pace up \ narrow avenue. much over
grown with grass and weeds, and deeply
indcuied with ruts. The grass of the wide
eXpanso Of park grew too luxuTiantiy.
the branches OF the ovcrhanging trees
swept Mollv's face: here a fallen trunk
lay across the path; there broken down
pallng clung round an ill-thinned planta-
tiOn. An ancient horse. and measeF
cow or two. We're the only living thing;
about the place. and when they came IN
sight OF th- chateau itself the general
air of desolation appeared 10 b. intensi-
fed. The long frontal was dIscoiored
with damp. The th!ck coating Of Ivy
wholly untrimmed, and even in some
places detached from the stone wall; the
] woodwork 90 the door and window was
almost guililess oc paint and much de-