Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-09-25

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Il want to present my particular
friend, Mr.. Garre'son. Mrs. =" just
then the Misses Nesbitt. who stood
near, laughed in chorus. a little loud
ly for perfect breeding. and the name
was lost to Jinmie-'he Is such a
valued friend-l am sure" Mrs. Van
derveer ended in Il soft, unintclligible
murmur
The exodus to the dining roum be-
gan almost Immediately, and Jimmie
bad no time to observe particularly
his partner for the feast until they
were seated at the table. Then, un-
der the soft shaded lights, he saw
that she was ever p~rettier and young
or looking than he had at first
thought. She looked to be rather I'M
der than over %, was slender and ele-
giant in figure, her head small and
shapeiy, her large dark eyes far apar'
and her nose short and straight.
Conversation languished until after
the fish Jimmie was not in his most
laxative vcin-it was a little awk-
ward not knowing his companions
iame-and she herself was not com
municativc.
With the entree matters looked up
n little. They had cantorcd easily
through the convcntionalitics which,
with all but the very rare. are an os~
sential preliminary TO the steady tro'
or gallop over the conversational road
way, and now tho lady said to jim
mic, you arc an old friend OF Mrs.
Nandervecr's and must know every
II here, Will you not tell me who
some of them are? | know almost no
one"
Jimmie. by a carefully careless
glance of eye and cunning nod, indi-
Gated Mrs. Aldgatc, the celebrated
leader. and told the story Of her IA
nous necklace, which she wore to-
night, which had been stolen in Paris
and mysteriously recovered in st. Pc
t%crsbnrg, Mrs. Swan, the marriage Of
whose daughter with "A coachman had
turned her hair white in a single
night-therc were those malicious
enough to say that III" hair She wore
now did not undergo the chameleon
change IN Mrs. Swans Own head, but
Of this Jimmie said nothing. Then
he pointed ont Mr.. ASiel, whose bride
fell into a crevaSsc in the Alps during
their honeymoon 20 years ago, and
who had never married again, Miss
Al.airc. 80 beautiful, rich and intel
%lectual. no suitor had appeared whom
her parents considered even remotely
worthy of the bestpwal of her hand,
and vino, now, at %, vas threatened
with old maidcnhoDd through very tx
cess of the gifts of fortune. OF all these
and more Jimmie old the handsome
dark lady, and then he added: There
are just three strange faces here to-
night, the blonde lady on my left. the
little brunette in IA white lace dress
and the stout lady in green. one Oh
these must be the celebrated Mrs. 1t
Clair
There was the slightest possible
pause, then the lady said in a tone be.
~lokeninc mild interest, Mrs. -"
Mrs. lie Clair; haven't you heard OF
her."
Il have been in New York a very
short time"
so has shc-abuut four weeks OF
50. She from California ana Il
said TO be young and beautiful. Sh'
was written up in IT." Day You
don't see that dclectab.c sheet | fancy
Well, you are so much to the good
She Is known as the much married.
II seems she was welded first at TIT
tender age of IS. a few years after
ward her husband wen: north to TIT
klOndike gold fields, and, as he di'
not return, he was given up for lost
: After an interval Lf three years or 81
she married again, Il wealthy min
owner from The coast, but the ma
rage did not turn out well. She wa
unhappy and left him. A~f,erward
was discovered that the wealthy min,
! owner had "A wife living somewhcr
at the time of his marriage to Mrs
LIE Clair, 50 when later a young buSi
ness man Of San Jose fell in love wit
her it. was no, necessary for her I
get 4 divorce in order to marry him
This was rather "A pretty complication
as it stood, but the 81. anSeSt thing !
that after another year the origina
husband turned up alive and well, wit
"A thrilling story Of capture by Indians
shipwrcck or something. There wa
an affecting meeting bet wecn husban
=. and wife, for she loved him still, tn
new Enoch Arden did not hold tn
San Jose spouse against his wife-h
thought 1t quite natural and right 10
: her to wed again, but when, in tn
course of narration No. that Is NJ
2-lt's really somewhat complex