The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-17

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Ito buy the goblet back again. !
asked the price,
"'Ah. monsieur, answered the
clerk. the precious objects in that
case are IN the special care Of Nine.
Brunard, the proprietress, and she
alone attends TO any business con-
nected with them. Nine. Brunard
has Just gone out, and | can say
nothing about them. Perhaps ma
has some Instructions.
"'No,' answered the young girl
thus addressed, putting down her
embroidery and raising her eyes to-
me. Mother takes charge of all
in the case. monsieur, and | have
not even the kew. M,hmother will
return at 6 o'clock, and monsieur
will perhaps look in again tonight
Il said that / would do so and
left the shop"
"Well, my dear Octave said !,
interrupting my friend in his tale,
I'VE will both go there together, for
| do not mean TO leave your side
until this matter Is cleared up"
Cleared up he exclaimed impa-
tiently. There's no clearing up
about it. The solution is evident
and obvious. am forgotten, and
my token has been thrown away and
sold"
At 6 o'clock we returned TO the
shop. Octave entered alone, and |
walked up and down outside waiting
for him and looking in at the shop
windows. had TO wait a long time,
nearly an hour. Evidently the in
terview was not hurrying on with
winged feet.
At length my friend came, his
face radiant.
"Well," | cried, "have you got
your goblet
"Yes, no-that is to say, | have
il, and | haven't it. All, my friend,
! | hardly know what | am saying |
am so upset, SO happy! All, do you
know that women are angels: Don't
YOU understand me|
Il must confess that-er'-
"Well, I'll tell you all about it
The moment | entered the shop the
little girl with the embroidery met
me and said her mother had just
come in.
Il followed her TO the farther end
Of the store, where in the semidark-
ness l saw a woman coming TO meet
me
Madam said, there is ii
YOUR showcase an article that | fee
disposed TO purchase
" Yes, monsieur, know she
answered quickly. You refer t
the old porcelain goblet. regret !
exceedingly, monsieur, but it Is no
for sale. VI is only here to be KEEP
for the one person who has tn
\ right to reclaim it and to whom !
belongs
And how DO YOU know, madam
that am not the person?
"At this moment the clerk lit tn
gas. and we found ourselves sudden
" face to face in the strong light.
Louise.
: Octave
: "This unexpected meeting natul
ally caused long explanations. The'
Louise gave me frankly and freel
r When their house was pulled dow
7 Nine. Audry and her daughter lie
Batignolles to live in Paris. \ sho
I, while after there wac financi
: catastrophe which made a great st
+ and ruined many people, amor
d them Nine. Audry. The old wom'
!, shortly afterward died Of grief al
d disappointment.
"Without news Of me and in
| condition Of hopelessness and Z
| spair. Louise found herself at t
5. end Of her strength and resourC
in when an old friend Of her mother
NJ. Brunand, who kept a curiosl
in shop, turned up to help her.
ID was a widower, over sixty years
t. age. and with a young daughter
ry his hands he found himself rapit
e, going into decline.
m anxious to find some one "
would be a friend to the girl at
by his death and knowing the kl
nv heart Of Louise, he offered his nal
of his house and his home.
"That is how Louise became Nj
ng Brunand and was called mot
h without being a mother, how
mt goblet always remained in her
GU session and how ! have the pleas
now To announce our approach
ne marriage. III which, | trust, you
* do me the honor TO be the
mt man. "-Fron. Ike French.
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