The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
THE END OF THE SEASON

a typical parvenue; rouged and enameled.
Marc de Sally. a good-lookiug young
fellow Of thirty with an engaging manner.
Lynne tglanoing. at. the sparse prom-
enaders on the avenuel-Well. this IS the
! end, and we have another season 10 our
credit"
Nine d'Ayna-1o our debit. rather. An
| other failure. The third this year. COUNT
| ing Spa and Houlgate. 1 have done the
impossible almost TO win you q husband.
Lynne-You have done too much. Sew
erai times, when I thought 1 had more
than a nibble. you arrived on the scene
| and pulled on the line so hastily that the
! trout slipped off the lire and got away.
| Nine. d Avili-Oh, yes. Insult your mo-
Their after all the sacrifices
Lynne-Were they not partly for your
self-chieflys I should say. seeing that.
! even if We had caught one OF your old
reprobates. it was not You. but I, that
would have had TO marry him.
Nine d'Avila-My dear, L had perfect
! confidence in your ability to tame the
worst of them after marriage. But we
never got that far.
| Lynne-And we never shall. with your
system. Your ideas are too grand You
aim too high
might have succeeded perhaps.
| if YOU had not made me waste 50
much time over your precious grand duke.
| You remember how he snubbed us. finally
Nine. d'Avfla-He appeared TO think
/ seriously of you for several weeks.
Lynne-Yes; as morganatic wife. per-
haps, certainly. not as a grand. duchess.
Nine. d'Avila-oh, I admit that / made
| a sad mistake. It. is time for action.
So2ething must DO done at cnce.
You saw our bank statement this morn
ing2
Lynne-Of. course Twenty thousand
francs. Say eight months respite. Then
the altar. or All. There is NJ de Sally
with his hat in the air. You don't know
much about him, do you?
Nine d'Avila-No- I have inquired of
several people, but their answers were
contradictory and unconvincing.
Lynne-He is not bad looking. at all
events. 1 could learn to love him so
much better than your old cripples.
Nine. dAvila-Well, ii IS the last chance
and it may be worth trying
Hat in hand NJ de Sally approaches and
pays his respects TO the ladies.
Nine. Avila after the conventional
vivilities have been exchanged)-Are they
stu playing in the card room?
De SaiIly-I think so. It is almost the
orly thing left.
Nine. dsAvili (going)- feel mad long
ing to hazard few louis. Allow me to
confide my daughter to your care NJ. d.
Sally.
Lynne-You will be a faithful guardian.
I trust.
De sainy-Oh. the honesty OF the guar
dian, you know. depends upon the value
of the treasure.
kneed morality.
. De Sailly-In the presence Of a pretty
a very pretty-woman does not morality
consist in giving expression TO tempta-
ton, rather than in resisting It?
Lynne 0aughing)-You appear TO be a
lover of paradoxes.
De Sailly-I see nothing paradoxlcal in
being deeply moved by the sight OF re-
markable beauty-or IN confessing 1t.
Lynne (ostentatiouslv changing the sub
ject)-Have you been here long2
De Sailly-Let me see. Ten days ago I
had the honor Of being presented 70 you
by my friend Marcellin. I had arrived the
day before. Have you spent the whole
season here?
Lynne-Almost. My mother and I are
very fond of AK.
Lynne-No. We are going first 10 Tou-
raine, for the hunting. Mamma bought
a chateau there last year
De Sally tentatively Touraine2 I know
the country thoroughly. What part of
Touraine?
e-(embarrassed)-A few miles from
TOurs-near Valencay. Quickly and gush-
inglyl OH how I love the grand. free.
open-air country life with its horses. dogs.
sports or all kinds. Are you interested in
the country. Monsieur?
Dc Sailly-Tery much 80. The care Of
my estates occupies murii ~ my time.
Lynne-(with a good deal OF curiosity)--
Then your estates must be extensive.
De Sailly-Yes. very; and J am the
only son I have tho entire care Of them.
You are a Brazilian
I.ynne-Yes. Do / not show It but too
plainly? Ny father. whom I lost Il few
years ago. made his fortune in the dia-
mond mines. But you must know this
De Saily--No. How should /?
Lynne-Oh, watering-place gossip-or
your friend Marceiiin
De Saily-He met you first at Spa. YOU
remember. and only passed through AK
saw scarcely anything of him.
Lynne-Why have you waited so long
before coming to have this little chat2
De SailIv-How about the grand duke?
Bynne-Which grand duke?
De SaiIly-Cone, You spoke OF gossip. |
II seemed to he entirely occupied with
your approaching marriage to his Royal
Highness.
ynne-(aattered)-oh with cousin Of
the Emperor How absurd, Besides. TO
Steak frankly. his Royal HIghness Is
r ther-mature.
De Sally Csadiyl--what 8 pity it is
Lynne-What is?
De SailIv-That ones wild dreams can
not be realized. In an altered voiceD I |
shall never meet You again-espe cially |
after what I am going 10 tell you. J viii |
make two avoWals. The second Of them !
viii be the proof Of the first.
Lynne (amazed)-How
De Sailly-My names not De Sally. but !
Mariner. I have no estates, no Yacht 4
no fortune l an a poor man. nv only 4
inheritance being n few thousand francs /
which I am sQuandering as economically /
as possible in places where heiresses con +
gregate. in the hope of finding one cred 1
ulcus enough or sufficiently IN love with 1
ne 10 mary me. There & my honest !
confession.
Lvnne-Whv do you tell me this2
De Sally Because love you
Lynne-Since this morning,
De Sally loved YOU at first sight. I I
have owed YOU a little more every time +
have met YOU
Lynne (much affected. dreamiiy)-You /
are RICH: L IS pity
De Saulv-That We are 50 far apaTt2
Lynue-No. but that we are too near to-
Cether I am in the same POSITION as
vou. ] have neither chateau nor ~ rses
neither Yachts nor diamond mines 7 am
hunting for 8 rich husband il tho came /
coverts that YOU are beating for "a dow
cred Wife and 7 am net very patiently 7.
awaiting the portion 81 raprinass ~ mis-
erv that fate nav bring me. = too. have
another confession n make. i VII g. -
harmless as Yours since our sUo Ir8rec1-
uions fetcs can aevsr oe one. IL TIE
short tiusa that have knog7 sen +