New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-30
a Fools Paradise.
AN EPISODE OF MONTE CARLO.

An OF
She wore white serge adorned with golden braid.
tan shoes with stockings TO match. and hair-one
does not like to be unknd-that looked
featured the braid and matched It exactly.
Her complexion did not match. and the magnificent
curve and Eombre hue o. her eyebrows suggested
more courage than discretion
These details accepted, the general effect was
toIerabIe. She looked twenty-five from the back
and thrty-fve from the front Only her eyes
deemed her from vulgarity. They were clear and
gray, spiendidy set, and held the expectation and
trus; that rarely survive infancy She sat outside
the Casino in the sunshine that sparkled her
hair and braid. watching the crowd with delighted
eyes
There was a prime minister and lady from the
Boulevard Montmartre. not 10 give too accurate
an address; two dUChesses and bishop; fair
sprinklng o. gentlemen OF doubtful integrity. and
some fair-halrod English children 1t was al very
gay and bright.
Anne Foster watched the tide o: people surging
backward and forward with fascinating eyes. Two
years ago she had existed. now she lived Com
panion TO an exacting old lady In Hampshire at
the handsome remuneration o: go per annun- the
monotonous months had passed Unbroken By any
change but that % the varying seasons Spr1ns.
sumner, autumn. winter had come and gone,
bringing her nothing IN their traIn-not dis
appointments for Anne had reached the last stage
OF hopelessness; she expected nothing IN those
DAYS her hair was an indefinite brown. and she
invariably wore the wrong shade o. gray Mrs.
her attire, and sternIy repressed any attempt at
bedizeument People" she was fond OF asserting.
should dress BELTS their station so she wore
the silk that stands alone. and Anne wore the
unfortunate gray. After AL, what did II matter?
This was when despair set in Before that she
had tentatively essayed curling tougs. little just
a little. powder her nose and q becoming %"
beneath her chin. But Mrs Relton had put ner
foot down-a foot impossible 20 tgnore-and anne
had s11,-llr1beE She read aloud, drove Tor tWO
br-l-s i'm the afternoon (winter brOugham. both
windows closed, summer Landau. and realized the
anguish OF dependency 70 the hilt. Later MIS-
ReIton had died and apparently IN taruy I7cosLF
tiou OF the exemplary patience with which Anne
had borne her c4prices let her a large 4oi'-i'7'
and Anna had evolved with startling rapidly
passion for the bright side oS life had always burned
under her dull exterior 70 wear pretty CONES 10
s-fy.ol 10 know something Of the gay world Long
repression had intensified the oeslre- 81 -
vested her youth There was a dash OF pathos
in her Ingenious attempts at rejuvenatlon- II nad
taken her a year 10 attain this u-eretrlclou5
brilliancy. Her original manner reIlaiheu-'l-lllu
hating difident 20 fooHshness
Good morning said a voice behind ner- Mss
Foster turned with her inevitable start
.Your' she exclaimed. flushing and paling' and
ge,e-aJIv behaving as if it the most extraor-
binary thing in the world 20 meet some one VINO
was Shaving in the same hotel In tie grounds OF the
Casino on a fine morning
Arnold watched these symptoms with satlsiaction-
His rovers OF observation had stood him IN good
stead all his life. He lived BY his wits. and derived
fair income from their exercise Women OF means
Rad done much 10 help solve the eternal problem
char confronted hfrn-how 20 make both e1-ds meet
He Was uncornrnouIy good looking, and had con-
sis-anr1v studied the art OF fascination He could
have wished Miss Foster decade younger her
0oa-77s less vivid and owing something more 10
nature In some matters ne had an admirable taste
..F4ava YOU been tempting fortune ne asked.
ef++fnr down beside her. and mentally wondering
y-bv women so frequently omitted to dye the roots
OF their hair.
Il never gambler said Anne tn rather a shocked
,1ss and then feeling that this statement sounded
a t-lae provincial. she fastened 20 amend 1t al
least / never have so far
IRIS an attractive pursuit" signed Arnold VINO
VS. wishing ar that moment that he had never
heard Of f. that the Principally Of Monaco lay be-
meath the blue s. eet Of glitterIng water that
stretched before them. and that he mad not riSked
so much the rigEr before
4 suppose il grows on yoJ7' said Anne she had
heard this said by an authority in Ingieheld in
Hauts who had once lost IS Cd at family bridge
and had declined 70 play ever since
Terribly said M. Arnold. sadly He had pos
s.ssaf re taste developed TO fun flower az the
mature -ge q zsventetn but his handsome eyes
ersE .ritr- subtle melancholy a. they fingered on
the flush q red where the roses made sweet scent
the green Garnet % grass ''Au that Is IOveness .
ularrea for ne" they seemed % say; victim 20
compelling tare' Anne. dear Ingenious soul put
her own Interpretation on his p l1eless gaze.
You should right against it, she said In a weak.
little voice and then blushed IL ler Own tsmsrfty-
Il CO." said Arnold. with sha31w CT the Erenx
smile % lis EaS~