The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-03
CHAPTER X.
MADEMOISELLE.

we were engaged about a business
which troubled me no little. Had 1t
not been for Jerome I fear I had never
come through it at all With credtt.
First, we repaired TO another house
which Jerome possessed in a more |
fashionable quarter, and thither by his
directions came a fawnfng swarm OF
~tailors, bootmakers, BARRIERS, wigmak-
ers; vendors Of silken hose and men
with laces, jaunty caps, perfumes-it
was a huge task, this making a gentle
man of meas Jerome phrased 1t.
l worried over 1t ~grieyousiy in the
beginning. but at length sulleniy de-
liyered myself into his hands,
ing an abject prayer for the salvation
of my soul. That, at least, was not to
be remodeled by all their fashionable
garniture. These heated discussions
concerning what l was to wear were
not for me to put a voice in. Verify,
| knew nothing and cared naught for
the cut of a shoe my lord Of Orleans
had made the style. nor did 1t matter
whether my coat vas slashed with
crimson or braided with golden furbe-
lows. Like some wretch a-quiyering
of the palsy / heard the earned doc
tors wrangiing over my medicine,
which they must needs hold my nose
to make me swallow. For all their
biases int twistings l knew full well
they could carve no sprig of fashion
from SO rough a block as /. Certes, /
must now have a squire to fasten this
new harness well upon me, for by my
word, I knew not one garment from the
other by the sight Of it. Jerome went
off into fits of laughter seeing me try
Ing to struggle into things I could not
ever guess the use of.
When the worst was over, late In
the afternoon, I felt like a play-actor,
dressed for his part. but who, for the
life of him, could not recall one sylla-
bic of his speech, nor breathe because
of his wig. Jerome surveyed me with
a half-crittcal, half-approving scrutiny,
until l essayed to buckle on my sword.
BY my lady, sir, that dingy old cut
lass Will never do for a drawing room.
AS well a miller's dusty cap TO cover
those glorious borrowed curls of thine;
We nus get thee one shaped in the
mode This quip cx~terminated my
patience.
I the foul fiend with all this ever
lasting style of hin I know this
blade, have tested It on many fields.
and by all the gods at once I'll not re-
place 1t with a silly toy"
"A most virtuous resolution, a most
cody oath, but my mettlesome friend,
I'll point out thy error"
To his i~nsinuating argument. even
in this matter, at length l yielded; sur
rendered with the better grace perhaps,
that he provided q most excellent
piece of steel, which he said had seen
good service. I tried its temper, and
the edge being keen. I laid rsy own
aside with some ~misdoubtings, casting
off an old friend to strap on a new.
He now added a QUO Of rouge here
and there. a black line to my brows
and IN the corner Of my eyes, stepping
back eve and anon to observe the eff.
feet. 1t called me raw. yet / must per-
force submit. When the whole job was
finished. and l was allowed to sit. T
gained no comfort. My clothes were
too tight In some places, while In 9th
ers rocked about as loose as a wash
~erWofnans arm in her s%crubbing tub,
Jerome now give me some les
song in experiment. he called 1t. 1t was
put another name for a Sinking end
ana a-grimacing, what was
~denominated the etiquette Of the
court" Jerome sat himself contented
dotSn, and u me through my PAGES
ike some farrier showing off a foun-
dsred nag. more thar haif believed
ne was all while making game OF
me, yet knew no better. At any rate
1t was the yertest nonsense.
After q series OF ~rehearsaIs Je.one
Withdrew d himself ready, Ieav-
Ing me TO practice my new acquire
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