Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-04-21
At a quarter to 5 M. Allard was

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members Of the Goudiner's family, for
it was the birthday of M. Goudinet as
well as New Years day. No one knew
| the secret, since M. Goudinet deter
| mined to contrive a little poetic coup
| de theatre. for the benefit of the fam
| ily. Everybody was whispering about
! the unwonted p%rettiness of Gabrielle.
| Eulalie had not come down; she had
| taken so much time arranging Gab~S
ellie that she was late over her OWL
toilet.
M. Allard entered-a gOOd-lOoking
fellow, dressed in English style, with
a manly air and a ervou manner.
M. Goudinet advanced to the door i'm
pressively and grasped his hand.
M. Allard, who at first looked horri-
/, bly, ill at ease, began to beam with a
joy obvious to everybody who gazed
at him. Nobody looked at Gabrielle,
who was standing beside Nine. Goudi-
net with downcast eyes.
Nine. Goudinet led her forward.
For the first time during the scene
M. Allard saw her. In a second his
eyes searched the whole room. The
color fed from his face; he gazed at
the girl as if he were a man gazing at
death.
Monsieur Allard, my dear nephew"
said M. Goudinet. joining the hands
of the two young people, "embrasser
votre fiancee.'
There was a long pause-thrilling
long. The man was gazing at the girls
face, a strange look in his. She raised
her eyes, the beautiful eyes her one
charm, eyes then brilliant with happi-
ness and affection. He bent forward
to kiss her forehead. Suddenly she
started, giving a cry Of pain.
"Oh, you have hurt my hand, Mon
sieur; you have pressed it SO hard!"
He tried to stammer an excuse. Her
eyes were fixed on his face. Ere he
had uttered two words she interrupt
ed:
monsieur Allard, was there no mis-
take? Was the letter means tor me-"
He gasped and suffered.
What does this mean?" asked NJ.
Goudinet.
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I saw in his eyes that he does not love
me-"
What does this mean?" said M.
Goudinet sharply to the young man.
There is a mistake" said the young
man mournfully. Goodness knows
how it happened! The letter was meant
for your daughter"
HWo11 huf-o iptorr,7pto6 M
Goudinet.
But" continued the young man with
dignity, when I saw what a mistake
there was, and the fault was mine;
when l guessed, too, l hope ~fatuously,
that Mile. Gabrielle had some liking
for me and knew she was willing to
accept me, ! determined, Is a true
Frenchman, to take the happiness Of
fered me, even if it were not that
which sought, and carry the secret
OF my mistake to the grave"
Everybody was profoundly moved
the ladies, all of them, to tears.
Il am still ready Said the young
man, with trembling voice; but Ga
brielle interrupted him.
Il know what I lose," said the poor
girl, the words forcing themselves pain
fully from her; "but l will not be I'M
generous. AS Monsieur Allard doe not
love me, I will not be his wife, since
he seeks love in MARRIAGE"
M. Goudfnet had been whispering to
his wife. Once more came an oratori-
cal wave of the right arm.
my friends" he said. At that
moment the door opened and Eulalie
came in.
my friends, Monsieur Allard has
just shown himself a Frenchman with
all the grand old traditions of our race,
l had aspired-legitimately, I trust-to
a more brilliant marriage for my
daughter; but how could she do better
than wed a man of such noble nature,
and so, if it be agreeable to Eulalie, ]
shall have the honor of calling him
my son-in-law instead of my nephew"
Two minutes later the brow of Miss
Eulalie was decorated with the be-
trothal kiss that had almost fallen by
accident to the lot of Gabrielle-George
Fordham-Spence, in Sketch.
Strength in Human Limbs.
Psychologists and scientists have
been making some curious expert
nents with a view to determine the
relative length and strength of right
and left limbs. Fifty and n~ine-tenths
FER cent of the men examined had the
right arm stronger than the left; 49,
per ent had the two arms of equa.
, length and strength and 32.7 per cent
had the left arm stronger than the
right. Of women 46.9 per cent had the
right arm stronger than the left; 24.s
=, per cent had the left stronger than the
right. In order to arrive at the aver
age length Of limbs fifty skeletons
were MISUNDERSTANDING of eacl
sex. OF these t~wenty-three had the
right arm and left leg longer, six thu
left arm and right leg, while in seven
teen cases all the members were more
or less equal in length.