The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-01-28

ssilles OF Ro.isn lady ubo Tor mo
'ss Than 20 yesrs bad kept eli tbs sossips
ch The Pare salons busy concerning . m
sh ttrs that seemed 10 sunonpd ber. y
he 'sssons that 1 shall presently explain 81
to bscsns knov "a La Dame . 10 Cief.' No
m . nicknsne 10 PARIS mesps . great de
10 more than II does here. When one 10 mic
lie psmsd there. one csrries thai name 10 u
10 grave
The Doiioe 10 l., Joarnsi 1es Dsbal
70 mentioned Ls Dame . 10 Cief eel noris
II II did not sive her osn name Tb,
p vonld have sisrihsd nothing. The pspe
o concloded by ssyios that she died. sse
70 s5 10 eompie,c solitude. II seems the
. her husband. Who wss much older thai
she, bed Waited her regularly every 81,
. months during The pss. ten years sod the,
. had disappeared, no one knew where
. All vs mysterious about this Lady OF tb.
Key Oae day came to her the news o.
her husbands death. SAe survived him
bat s.bort time snd Il ws whispered
that che bad allowed herself TO die from
hunger That wss all the notice OF her
} death bad TO ssy about The matter. The
mystery still remained unexplained, and
The interest concerning her grew less and
lees end gradually died swsy altogether
NJ Lsbon psused TO reliett bis cissr
ette. which be had allowed to 40 out. Al
ter doiug this. be settled back 10 bis chair
pulled oncs or twice. but did no. seem st
oil inclined to continue the story.
Well, l fjscnlsted, 20 on. That 10 no
story. Why. you haven't even ssid what
the mystery wss. or why che wss called
La Dame Il Cisi'
Ab, yes. be replied. pepsiyeiy. quite
right. l bad forgotten. Gentlemen, 1
hsve no, said that she vas besutifui yet
such vss the case. Her iscs was one OF
the lcvsliest tbst hsvs ever seen, her Ha
ure was perfect. and =
Well9 Interrupted M. Bouet somswhs,
impstienily.
Gentlemen, will not bore you, contin
ued M. Lisbon smiling. Simply imseine
her beautiful 10 fscs and form, then. gen
tlemen around her neck. which was OF lh.
purest mold. was rivited q golden chain
to which was attached this key. And. gen
slemen, from The 1t OF Jone, ls48. to the
day OF her death the chain never left her
neck. nor the key.
He spsused again and onoe more seemed
iisinclined 10 a. 90.
Well. said M BIouss, We havs the mys
cry; nov Tor tbs solving OF il.
Gsntlemen. c'ntinned M. Dsbon, smil q
nS ssgely Is be tipped a be ashes OF bis q
issrsite. ! have told yen oil that sny body II
ut myself knows. Is that not enoueh2 q
lou COW know what ell Paris knew. Are
ou not s,'isfi ID and be lsughed quietly
D himself
We smoked for few moments In oil
noe, both NJ Bloust aud myself surmis =.
,g that The best way TO hear the res, OF : :,
be story was 10 leave the psrrstor com ~ :,
ietely 10 himself 10 moment The latter ~ :,
eesn sssin. speaking rapidly and 10 short ~ ~
,ntencee' "
10 lSiS her husband owned O country =,
ouse near Psssy. She was then young "
I'D gay. No chain or key adorned ber '"
sct then. Ooe day she wss surprised .
her lord. shutting somebody in The ~
ardrobe. A servant hsd betrayed her :, =,
be nuscovite Othello turned the key -.
ice 10 the wardrobe. took /, out. then w. w.
Id bis wife to follow him. A travelling ''
issks stood few PAGES from the wills. ~
ore dead than slive, the uphsppy uomso M ~.
eyed. When The husband had plsoed '''
10 the carriage be gave 90 order 10 =
low voice to the coschm.n. Keep tbie =.
=, be said TO bis wife. have forgotten ~ =
methipg snd will return. snd then vent ..N'
Ok to The house, ~.
BE retained, aoceriiug to bis promise,
ss the carriage descended the bill the =
Or womsn saw a ,mes issuing from the = ~
,dows OF the villa She isiotsd. Three -. -
70 she remained unconscious. On re ~
ming her senses sbo perceived that ~ ~
d ohsin Wss rivsted around her mech. "p
which vas attached . golden key, The
OF counterpart OF The original. bearing IN
nscripi ion. She wished to kill herself
her husband pointed to the inscrp w" wv
, and added tbst II che would ssve her ''.o
lily from dishooor she must ever oh .0''
70 II, She vas therefore condemned "on
I've. Her strange necklics excited much " :"
osity 10 Paris. At lsst her tyrapt al Wv
I'd ber 10 retire TO . quiet retre.t 90 'A.e
express stipulation that she would ~
sttempt 10 destroy herself during bi. -
iue. BIS death released ter from ,his 'po.
lition. p"oo
Ripl'
Ime three Seeks lister I YES csilioe on 'o' :
fiieod L'bon. who wished 10 shov O.1
souo oIi n.nnsor,. 80. rity,
o,iisciioa Hs produced q Isree boz ''io'
sssood. vbicb he casually remarked
sioed be family papers, To ny ..
hment. be drew from his poke, The Ua
orions key snd Inserted It The lock. IVA
b yielded readily to bis pressnre, ,spi .t IA.
ID G,v bsck. ~;
BY. ! exclaimed 10 wonder. tbs. 10 7,
cyl .,a,.
Q keyi be irterroeAsed. Theo be o.o,,
'ed long snd loai. Aod you swsllov W.
j ibs', be said vheo be could con ., "
bis msrriment
'tslniy, ! replied erinly. ~,
the wy. though, II wooidnt make ...,s,,
story. woult IN / think / viii h... ,
II Up elaborate I. a little. you ~,
Wei
eft tie house feeling deeply merit WI