The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-01-14
ADDRESSED
TO A HAT
Monologue Giving the History
OF 4 Love Affair.
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lME. lQe present Gay. Sceue, Tue
chateau of Baroness de Varjolis,
Just outside of Paris.
Baroness De Varjolis entering and con-
tinuing to talk through the door:
Until later, then, have good time.
No, you cannot persuade me to go with
you. l am rather tired. Good-by.
Coming down to the middle OF the
stage) There, they're gone at last!
Gone for a whole hour; that means an
hours rest and quiet for me. But they
did seem dreadfully anxious that should
60 with them.
II should have had to dance. to open
the ball, anyway; and NJ. de Ludre
would have been sure to ask me 10
dance with him And talking OF NJ. de
Ludre, where did put his letter? won
der If he thought l would read it am
perfectly furious with him. Did anyone
ever hear of such insolence?'
Taking the letter from her pocket, she
starts to tear it up. then. changing ner
mind, throws it on the table.
mo, WON'T would only want to
read it later-suppose / save this sugar
plum until I'm hungry"
Getting up and walking about the
room
Gracious. what a relief to get rid OF
ones guests! Friends are charming
but in the country they think they are
In an enchanted land where the horses
are always ready to go anywhere, the
servants always on the watch to or1ne
them something good to eat, where the
fires never 60 out and (smelling the odo!
of lamp smoke, she turns down the wick
where the lamps never smoke.
ITO be frank about it, shall MARI,
again. If only for the comfort OF con-
iding to my husband, besides the care
of my own happiness, the direction O
the house
Marriage! 1t is great problem,
very great problem!
-Four years of widowhood give yo'
a taste of independence and habits Of
OF mastery that would be hard to CIV
back into the hands Of real master.
Goodness, this lamp smokes out
rageously."
She rings.
For PHYS sake. where are all tn
servants? Oh! l remember now; toll
them they might go to the celebration
but certainly told Joan to wait in tn
ante room"
Opening the door.
Joan. Joan! Go and prepare tn
rooms for my visitors"
She turns down the light even lowel
"To maryland marry NJ. de Ludrs
for he has asked me formally for m
hand. He is such funny fellow! Didn
he come just now. with deliberate al
and. taking off his hat-why, here it II
now. He must have gone out with hi
straw hat
well, he took of that famous hea
covering, and unfastening letter ths
he had stuck in the hat band. presente
It to me, saying:
MADAME, as / rode up to yot
chateau just now met miserable so
of a fellow who asked me how he eou
manage to give you the piece of pap'
that he held in his hand. | o1ered
undertake the commission myself. ar
since l always carry in my portfoi
what / need for my correspondence
was able to put the aforesaid piece
paper into an envelope, and here it il
II blushed angrily. and inquired vii
an air of affected compassion:
WAS it one of your own protege!
In any case ! added, drily. you ha'
undertaken a useless commission, Il
| shall not give him anything, and
pat the letter in my pocket.
Il was completely provoked h'
already told him, once for all. tnat
would never. never, never marry NIL
Why can't be leave me alone?
To-day he makes use OF the stratel
of this poor man to make me accept .
letter. Who knows hut what to-mo
row be will have recourse TO violenc