Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-08-01

TO his royal highness.
Lynne (hattered) - Oh! with a
cousin of the emperor! How absurd!
Besides, to speak frankly, his royal
highness is rather-mature. No. !
am one Of those rare and peculiar
women who do not believe In mar
riage without love.
DE Sailly-Then you ought not to
have interrupted my-paradox, as you
called it.
Lynne-Were you going to speak OF
love? II is easy to talk about, but
difficult to demonstrate.
DE Sailly-Meaning that you would
not have been convinced by my dem
onstration?
Lynne-Even II / had been con
vinced | could not with propriety,
considering the shortness OF our ac-
quaintance, have confessed that the
demonstration was agreeable.
De Sally (sadly) y)-What pity IL is!
Lynne-What is?
De Sailly-That ones wild dreams
cannot be realized lin an altered
voice) | do not know, mademOiselle,
whether we shall ever meet again
especially after what ! am going to
tell you-but since you wish proofs.
will make two avowals. The sec
ond OF them will be the proof Of the
first.
Lynne (coquettishly)-Begin with
the second, then.
De Sailly-It is not so easy or so
pleasant as the other, and the fact
that | make IL shows how strongly
you have interested me. Your words
OF encouragement have made me re-
feet that was on the point of acting
very dishonorably-and cannot 80
act toward you. Speaking with ef-
fort) Except that am a man of
honor within the meaning of the
code, ! am in no respect what | ap-
pear or profess to be.
Lynne (amazed) How?
DE Snilly-My name Is not De Sail
ly, but Mariner. have no estates,
no yacht, no fortune. am II poor
man. my only heritage being a few
thousand francs which | am squan-
dering as economically as possible in
places where heiresses congregate, in
the hope OF finding one credulous
enough or sufficiently in love with
me to marry me. There is my honest
confession. hope you will pardon
my former words, which were simply
professional falschoods.
Lynne Why do you tell me this?
DE Sailly-Because-nnd this is the
first avowal, which you would have
last-Decause | love you.
Lynne-Since this morning2
DE Snilly-I loved you at first sight
] have loved you little more every
time have met you, and have tried
to meet you every day. But In love
] am skeptic, almost an atheist, and
that have dared to tell you my love
shows how completely it has mas
tered me. This is, perhaps, the first
time in my life that | have acted up
rightly. Do not be too angry with
me.
Lynne (much affected, dreamily)-
You are, right. II is'a pity.
De sailly-That we are now so far
apnrt2
Lynne-No, but that we are too
near together. | am in the same po-
sition as yourself | have neither
chateau nor horses, neither yachts
nor diamond mines. am hunting for
rich husband in the same coycrts
that you are beating down for a
lowered wife, and | am not very pa
tiently awaiting the portion of happi'
ness or misery that fate may bring
me- am tired Of playing the role
OF candle to decrepit moths with
golden wings. | am pretty you see
too pretty, and 80 | have no right
TO anything but what | may fetch IN
the market. | am only u chattel like
a railway bond or u Sevres vase. Your
frankness deserves u return. and II
shall have II. !, too, have another
confession to make. II will he rs
harmless as yours, since our two i'm
, pecunious iates can never he one. II
the short time that | have known yOt
| ] have guessed, from various tritlinl
, signs, that you were not enormousll
rich, hut still | believed you had
, oh, how shall | express IL?
DE SNiny-A modest competence, IA
, people say2
, Lynne That is IL, And on thi
foundation | built "A romance tn
? first heartfelt romance Of my life.
I gave up pining for the stars, and wa
happy in dreaming OF u modest, sim
4 pie existence with you.
}. De Sally (SNdly) were de
g signed for each other, but destine,
), never to realize the design.
Il Lynne-l.ike SO many others in thi
e queer world
DE Sally And, loving each other
Z we shall each contract the most stu
y pidly conventional of marriages wit
some one else,
l. Lynne And regret II all our liveI
/ a long silence. Then their hand
clasp as II by instinct)
n Lynne Tin II choking yoice)--ls
u Rdieu?
= DE Sally -Au revoir, rather, to
who knows2 Are you doing Nice tn
g winter7
II Lynne Yes, and your
DE Snilly-of course. Perhaps "
D. can help each other.
Lynne (more cheerfully) Agreed
II Au reyoir, then.
It De Sally presses her hand and
II gomez
u Mime. dAvila (rcturning) Wei
How about De Sally Is he col
ing on?
Lynue-0h, mamma, mammal ]
-colleague.-N. Y. Post.
- WHY GO EAST