The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-25


w. Il. Hereford
"H o you think she is bride:'
The duchess dropped the
ii sugar into her tea without
A1 removing her glance from
the young woman in queS-
ton. IL was Christmas day at Shep-
heard's. in Cairo. The subject OF her
inquiry was interesting enough 10 seem
a grateful present 10 the guests
Gould any one doubt it," replied
Baldwin. 1t Is rs evident as that the
smart. disagrecable male Is the hus-
band
-'Disagreeable!''
The surprise, almost protest. in the
duchess tone had warrant The young
gentleman was tall. of elegant car
rage and with the hall mark of breed
ing. His clothes were quite de rigueur.
Her grace wonld have pronounced him
distinguished without feeling con-
strained TO qualify his moral or intel
lectual traits. After another quick ap-
praising look at the man she said
bluntly. You think she is so very
charmingT'
Your grace must see that she is
charming" returned the young man
calmly. 1t was the man. not the girl.
who betrayed his disagreeableness.
Look at thatr'
The girl had drawn closer 20 her
companion and said something. he
compressed his thin lips and gave a
III K,. ~
her remark without turning toward
her. He was impatiently pushing on
after the porter. the girl pressing after
with a gliding briskness which kept
her close at his heels.
The duchess smiled again.
"Of course he might have turned
she said indulgently. But there's the
luggage"
"Of course they should have turned
There's the BRIDE" returned Baldwin
dogmatically.
Granting you the merit of your dis
covery." the duchess resumed with
playful sarcasm, there are other obvi-
Gus points. For instance, they are
Americans. That is as palpable as
usual"
Accept an Americans hanks" mur
INJURED Baldwin. mot for the truth. but
your forgiving tone. Yet. do you know
the note of the thoroughbred American
is to be faciieiy cosmopolitan-solyitu
cosmopolitando."
so few OF that kind come abroad,
replied the duchess absently. But how
never realize you as an American Yor
always seem to me a charming alier
| interloper at the United States embas
sy in London. Do American womeI
know Latin. by the wayf"
"Your grace knows everything" Th'
| young attache assumed the air of bein:
driven into commonplace as he add
| teous affectation."
| "You have seen me put three lump
| Of sugar in my tea." replied the duch
ess archly, land know that / like swee
things. Don't imagine that | shall pro
test. because you pay extravaganza,
pretty compliments"
She smiled brightly, then settled bacl
comfortably in her chair. raised he
lorgnette in n businesslike manner an,
went on: Let us pursue our analyst
Of your interesting countrymen. Sc
me right If l so wrong. She is-eight
eenf And from-New York; Not az
quainted as yet. aux fonds. with Nj
Husband? He is very rich" Ther
dropping the rising infection, she ado
ed, with an assurance that exclude
doubt: "She has a Raudnitz travelin
gown on. She will wear a smart Wort
gown at dinner"
81 need not tell you that you are rigt
about the gowns. l can only kno'
that such an exquisite figure deserve
to be clothed as acceptably rs poss
BILE. AS TO her age. you are possibl
right: almost certainly so as regard
the disagreeable husbands mean
Girls of her type marry money. As
her habitat I hardly think II is Ne
York. The New York girl Is quick al
too proudly knowing 10 hesitate
thought or movement. But she do
not hurry. That Is New Englandy I
western. Yet her soft. gliding graz
| NhtNH NiAt a.
By this time the couple under discu
sion had disappeared within the hot'
They had evidently just arrived on Il
afternoon train from Alexandria. She
heard's was crowded that year. II
little tables on the terrace in front
the hotel were nearly all occupied
people chatterins and laughing rs tn
beguiled that delightful hour of q
Cairo day with afternoon tea. New q
rivals are lawful prey for dodgers col
ments. and TO have come two days |
fore Is to hold residents vanta
ground. which warrants a critical
spection. Young married people. mol
over. newly arrived or not, are ev
and wheresoever targets for tong
shafts. Two youthful beings mated a
licensed for happiness surely suggC
the fullness of life. The human dou
l as to whether they have 1t makes &C
= lecture interesting.
The young attache consulted the n
lister later and learned that they we
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucien BOnvale, whe
II upon he recalled what friends had Il
o him of their marriage at the Americ
a chapel I'm Paris in the beginning of
Il cember The groom was from Bord'
foyrn and as the duchess had surmis