The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-08

there swept into the hsn. rs tho,ah
swimming upon the food % ibis AIDED
brilliance. a figure stirling enough N
arouse attention eve2 at that time and
place. even among the beauses Of the
court OF France. There advanced.
calm and stately. with the gliding ease
OF perfect carriage. the figure OF a
woman, slender. with full bright eyes
and somber hair.
She stepped 10 the place al the re-
gents right hand, with head hish and
eyes undrooping For p dramatic IN
slant she paused. as though in the re-
hearsal OF a part-a part OF which II
4 might be said talt the resent vas not
alone the aathor. Tas triumph OF
woman over other women, this tri-
umph of vice over other vice, VI ef-
frontery over effrontery aldn-this
could not have been so planned and
executed by any but a woman. One
another these beauties might tolerate,
wing one anothers irailties as they
did; yet the elegance, the disdain, the
indifference OF this newcomer-this
they could not support! Hatred sat
in the bosom of each woman there as
she swept her courtesy to the new
guest of the regent, who took her place
as of right at the head of the board
and near the regents arm.
"Our gentlemen are somewhat late
this evening" exclaimed Philippe
'Tis too bad the Able Dubois could
N kn will to- iehf To int
clerical consolation"
"Ah! lie drole Dubois!" exclaimed
Mademe de Tencin.
And that vagabond, the Due de
Richelieu-but we may not wait |
Again ladies, the glasses, or Bechamel |
will be aggrieved And finally, though !
perceive most of you have graciously |
unmasked, let me say that the moment |
has now arrived when we make plain
all secrets"
He turned his gaze upon the woman
at his right. AS though at signal, she
half rose, unclasped the circlet of gems
at her throat, and swept back across
the arm of her chair the soft garment
which enveloped her
A sigh, long breath of amazement
broke from those ether danes of Paris.
Not one of them but was stated with
the blaze of diamonds, the rich, red
light of rubies and the fathomle3s
radiance of sapphires Silks and satins
and cloth of gold and silver had few
novelties for them. The costumers of
Paris, center of the world of art, even
n those times of unrivaled extrava-
,ance and unbridled disqualification,
leld no new surprise for these beau
les, possessed so long of all that their ,
required or that princely
iberality could supply. Yet here in
Iced was surprise.
AS she stood at the regents right, :
almly and composedly looking down
he long board as she arranged her :
rapery before reseating herself, this | I
ew favorite of the regent appeared
4 the full costume of the American n
alive! A long soft tunic of exquisitely Ii
ressed white leather fell below her Ii
Ups, intricately embroidered in the ma q
we bead work of America, and stained "
18th great blotches of colors done in a
ne quilts of the porcupine-heavy T
eds, sprightly yellows, and deep blues S,
own the seams of this loose-fitting II
lnic depended little waving fringes a.
he belt which caught it at the waist
as wrought likewise in beads. Be- q
cath the level of the table, as she OF
God, the inquiring eyes might not N
, clearly see; yet the white leggings, III
inged and beaded, and covered by oil
weeping blanket Of snowy buckskin
light have been seen to finish at the fr
lkle and blend in texture and orna- H
entation with tiny shoes, which Gov la
ed the smallest foot yet seen in ~
aris-shoes at the side of which there II
lngled the little bells of metal whose W;
mes had told her coming. y.
Here and there upon the bead work re
the native artist, who had made this
tire at the expense of so much pa ha
mt effort, there blazed the changing bl,
VS. of real gems, diamonds, rubies, adj
stone known as pre- of
)us. AS the full bosom of the scorn- an
Ucduty TOSc dul l0ll IucIC WSIc | OIL
st about in sprays of light the reflec- Sc
ms of these gems. Bracelets of dSl1, i'm
aten metal hung about her wrists
her hair were ornaments of some tr1
II blue stone Barbaric, beautiful ev,
savage she surely seemed lit
she met unruffled the startled gaze no
these beautiful women of the court, :
10 never, at even the most fanciful ex,
masque in all Paris, had seen cos
ne like this. sc yo,
Ladies, la voila!" spoke the regent sw
"a belle sauvage!" foe
rhe newcomer swept a careless cour- wo
v as she took her seat AS yet she ha,
/ not spoken a word
Your grace" said Madame de Sa- wit
IN, was it not understood that we thr
re to meet tonight none less than sue
, wizard, Monsieur L'as?" car
Monsieur Las will be with us, and TAX
brother" replied Philippe. ''But Zee