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needed the money. So she reasoned that
since the Comtesse du Barry was to be
presented by some one. why should an
other than herself reap the golden har-
vostc ChoiseuI or no Choiseul. she would
take UP her bed and walk. CHANGING at
the clock on the mauteIpiece. she saw
that there was stiH time.
How remarkable" she declared. lis
that lotion you carry with you, Really
+, is uncanny."
1T has taken hoIdg"
Wonderfully"
The recipe was given me by "a
nous Romany chieftain in Gascony."
and such an adorable odor it has,"
The gypsics have a way OF distin-
ir- rose leaves and mixing the altar
with their medicines. How does the
abrasion feel now. Madame?"
VERY much relieved. The pain is al
most entirely gone"
Suppose you rest your weight on
your foot. You may be able to walk
without much Inconvenience now" he
suggested.
81 dare mott dare not"
''Madan,e-'
Yes"
Permit nc TO orer you another pre-
scri9;ion."
Dear me: You are n walking pher-
macy. Monsieur"
"I have tried II and II enables me 10
wall, very Vol. Perhaps it would help
you also
"Of what is II composed"
1T is composed OF three ingredients.
One OF them is the hundred thousand
livrcs for which I happen to have an
order on the royal exchequer in my
pocket: the other is a regiment for your
son. and the third
The third?"
rs an agreement 10 secure your law
suit for you. Your estates are heavily
iuvolved?''
ITO the amount Of iwo hundred thous-
and iivres-"
My third ingredient is then rather
potent
still" she objected. not wishing 20
capituIate too early. 1.-The risk incur
in walking so soon is considerable"
The commission for your son is worth
two hundred thousand livres, making
total Of a half million livres."
There is a vineyard in Touraine, con-
tanning four acres. which the engineers
deprived me OF eleven years ago in max
ing a canal" she said.
But you were recompensed at the
time .7r5.
For only half it's value-5.OO francs
exclusive Of the vines. which yielded me
a revenue Of Is. 600 francs"
THE wine was abominable.'
There was no better vintage in Tour
sine."
which is not saying much. But that
shall be granted you also.'
MY lawyers are very grasping- They
demand fee OF 5000 francs for gaining
my suit"
.Diablel Ny prescription only calls
for three ingredients and we already
have four. madame. It grieves me to
say that the bottle will really hold no
more"
you are goose
That lays golden egg Madame
he continued. taking out his watch.
your boudoir is yonder. May ] assist
you to #? There are stilI fifteen min
utes to spare II you are dressed by
that time We shall go
FIFTEEN minutes to dress! Monsieur
is a man
How original you are"
What you ask is impossible
Then twenty shall await you
here.
with this ne conducted the protesting
old woman 10 tho adjoining room from
which she emerged an hour later fully
dressed for the occasion.
Meanwhile courtIer5 we're swarmins
through the corridors OF the palace AT
Versailles. As yet IL was too early for
:he princcsscs o. the Iadies-in- waiting
10 have made their appearance. Most Of
the Iatter-and among them the Com
tosse du Barry-were 70 arrive from
Paris during tho morning. since it would
have been in bad taste for the fayorite
10 have gone merely from her apart
ment in tho palace TO the grand Gallery
OF Mirrors, where the presentation was
70 occur. II might be added that the
highly favored being who was 10 be pre- I
scented always arrived with the noise !
and fanfare Of a foreign ambassador.
Hence at her house in the Rue de Va |
lois Madame la Comtesse had resigned /
herself 10 Monsieur Petry. who was I
building marvellous edihce. II was the /
commencement OF the castles which the /
ladies Of the court of Louis XVI erected /