The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11
Copyright. 1892, by Frank A. Muusey)
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

In the first chapters published on SUNDAY,
November So is uHTrdtrd She HaptSm and early
childhood life of riIT fUJ"rr Madame dH barry
iu the French garrison town OF Naucou3elifs.
in the t8la Bi the Maid of Orleans who
bonn and raised ia the same vicinity IS fore
Swallowed the strange destiny of the heroine
30 the age OF SIX she meets Louis Nv who
visits 'auCoucuTs on pilgrimage TO the
shrine uf Joan Of Arc. and acts Is his guide
Upon leaving fsugouleuTS the girl IS Installed
in fhe Partisan Convent of SainEe Azure, where
She remains seven years
ON sunday. November To- is narrated On,
i~t-rical meeting between jeanette and the
fortune teller. who predicts her future elva-
ton This oracle she iorgcts amusing
experience with q hair-dresser named LauIstZ-
-He returns home one afternoon and informs
inc mother that she has eng lSed herself as an
assistant TO Monsieur IsbilIe IN his milliBer
shop ID The Rue Saint Houore
Ni3h Dv4l she has her first love affair. which
is almost idylHc, and which gives glimpse of
che tTUe character OF the girl a ends with
letter which she writes Duval from the Chateau
de ,0ur NcHvr. where she has become com
panioH to Nine. La GaTdC Two sOHs OF thL,
woman fan IN love with FeaVnette with dis
astFuUs consequence
jeanette accompanies NmP. Ia Gardo 70 the
bone OF the Msrquise DIN QueSuoT and gets
her frst glimpse Of the Fashionable society of
Size period. with all its Pomp and glitter.
While driving from CUuT NPuT2 In the evening
tBc two women have q remarkable meeting with
stranEer-thF man who had told her for
rmF i'm the forest Of FGUtGiUCDlCaU. During
heroine meets the tonte Jean dg Barry who
invites her 10 his house Temple Of Chance
On Barry Is depicted soldier Of Fortune
for whom life VAS game To- be either lost
or Won with BoHchalance- His house was
palace.
jeanette finds herself In a WONDERLAND
seventeenth eanturs Temple Of Chance Mann
If the most beautiful women Of the d7v were
present and oiiiy Gent a further attr2ctiyeucss
20 q scene which to her seemed like a strange
MIRAGE thai n2d bcen summoned up 10y some
mysterious 7ni5uauoe-a wonderful drama being
PLAYED in the twilight OF the gods.
Engaging IN same with Iu Barry, she
Sums the highest card and wins an interest
Iu certain Cerslcan venture She promises
90 visit NcrSalIiCS and see tho prime minister
regarding ti5s {'rr=icau business.
There follows description Cf the daily life
% Louis ~ with all tie rEtravaCanf ceTc-
Wonv and ctiguetta by which DE 0as sur
rounded and which he =CTuuulousiv observed
jeanette goes 10 Versailles q few mornings
after winning interest IN the CoTSitasl
business from Du Barry The Soldier OF For
tune sent ms carriage Tor her II CoUr- &euve
and had her stop al his residence for iustrlIe-
mons Is to how 70 approach the Due C. Jh0i-
seul. On arriving AT Versailles she is COM
PEELED 10 await the Prime Minister IN The
room OF audiences. and is the means of draw
ing the anger Of the King down on Choiseul
who lndlscTeetly boosted OF his own power
not knowing thar Louis Ky had overheard
him.
Jeanette attracts the notice Of the King a.
he passes from The ante-ch8nhcT- She isl
followed by LebeI and Richelicu to the house
0f Du Barry, where they parIev with him
she IS TO meet has majesty al q masquerade
dinner IN the Lebel apartments at Versailles
TINS remarkable dinner follows thar even
ln2-with the wits Of Paris ard courtiers and
has been ransaoked TO furnish forth This feast
q Ia Panurge.