The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-05-29

utes' ohly. JUST long enough to lose
say 500 francs.
Lynne (aside)-Neatly done! (Aloud)
What makes you smile, monsieur?
DE Sailly-Your mothers words.
Lynne (uneasily)-The 500 francs?
De sailly-No, her confding you to
my care.
Lynne-You will be a faithful
guardian, 1 trust?
De Sailly-Oh, the honesty of the
guardian, you know, depends upon
the value of the treasure.
Lynne should call that rather
weakened morality
De Sailly-In the presence of q
pretty-a very Pretty-woman, does
not morality consist in giving express
| sion to temptation, rather than in re-
sisting it?
Lynne Qaughing)-You appear to
| be lover of paradoxes.
| De Sailly-I see nothing paradox
ical in being deeply moved by the
sight of remarkable beauty-or in
confessing it.
Lynne (ostentatiously changing the
subject)-Have you been here long?
De Sailly-Let me see. Ten days
ago had the honor of being present.
ed to you by my friend Marcellin.
had arrived the day before. Have
you spent the whole season here?
Lynne-Almost. My mother and
are very fond of AK, and are among
the last to leave, as you see.
De Sailly-Are you going back to
Paris?
Lynne-No. We are going first to
Touraine, for the hunting. Mamma
bought chateau there last year.
De Sally tentatively ly)-Touraine :?
know the country thoroughly. What
part of Touraine?
Lynne (embarrassed)-A few miles
from Tours, near Valencay. Quick
ly and gushingly) Oh, how love the
grand, free, open-air country life,
with its horses, dogs, sports of all
kinds. Are you interested in the
country, monsieur?
| De Sailly-Very much SO. The care
of my estates occupies much of my
time.
| Lynne with a good deal of curiosi.
ty)-Then your estates must be ex-
| tensive.
De Sailly-Yes, very; and, as am
an only son, have the entire care of
them. In addition, have one pas
sion, yachting.
| Lynne-I have the same. I adore
the sea. When lived in Brazil often
went out on my uncle's vessels.
De Sailly-You are a Brazilian,
then?
Lynne-Yes. Do I not show it but
too plainly? My father, whom lost
q few years ago, made his fortune in
the diamond mines. But you must
know all this already.
De Sailly-No. How should I?
Lynne-Oh! watering place gossip
or your friend Marcellin.
De Sailly-He met you first at Spa,
you remember, and only passed
through AK. I saw scarcely any
thing of him.
Lynne-Why have you waited so
long before coming TOTO have this
friendly little chat with me?
De Sailly-How about the grand
duke?
Lynne-Which grand duke?
De Sailly-Come! You spoke of gos-
sip. 1t seemed to be entirely occu-
pied with your approaching marriage
to his royal highness.
Lynne (fatteredD - Oh! with a
cousin of the emperor! How absurd!
Besides, to speak frankly, his royal
highness is rather-mature. No. I
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? It 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 if I had been con-
vinced l could not with propriety,
considering the shortness of our ac-
| nave COuICSSCu tAou AAS
demonstration was agreeable.
De Sally (sadly)-What pity it is!
| Lynne-What is?
De Sailly-That ones wild dreams
cannot be realized. Qn an altered
voice) l do not know, mademoiselle,
whether we shall ever meet again
especially after what I am going to
tell you-but since you wish proofs,
l 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 fat
that I make it shows how strongly
you have interested me. Your words
of encouragement have made me re-
fleet that l was on the point of acting
very dishonorably-and I cannot so
act toward you. Speaking with ef'
tort.) Except that l am man OF
honor within the meaning of the