The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-24

nAo .oo Etts had told the ffehon
oeeu .hat she could not marry Ill.,,
Her invitation to dine coucn.t .,e first
,,suoI friendly words. had been IN aIIed
usu" in that game commonly ca',e1
NJ, Clsnde de C~hau1viiies a.
"oiun. ~ n. same had been 'he
senond move. And these TWO .,har
80 we're not afraid OF each 49, -
w. hands with a pleasant smle
Nootsns while Paul hurried 'oNa'o
,hem through the busy streets. 70
Am I forsiven-that am 80.
d,nner.r asked De Chau1vhie my ~.
unne when the servant had iei'
them alone. ,,a asked at
,eng+h in that ~preoccupied tone oil WY.
Hhiob tolls wise men that only ques
+,ons Of dress will be considered.
IA C~hsuyyille shrugged his snoui-
1ers in his graceful Gallo way
.>fon Dieu" he exclaimed. re a
crime which requires no excuse anu
exclamation other than 3 mirror,
She looked up at him innocent!'
"A mirror? ,-
"yours Have you forgiven me io'
falling in love with EouE II Is / d"
mid a crime that women soine'iihe
condone.' Che
"1t was no crime" she said. Sue
hed hoard the wheels Of Pauls car
1see TT was q misfortune, Please
lot ms forget that it yer happened.
ne Chau1ville twirled his neat mus
tsche, looking keenly at her the whiie.
"you forget" he said. But Twill
remember"
She did not answer, bu turned Will
a smile to greet Paul.
.I think you know each other' Sic
said gracefully when she had SHAKEN
hands, and the two men bowed. 1hes
were foreigners, be it understood
There were three languages In which
they could understand each other with
equal ease.
Where is Maggie:" exclaimed Mrs.
scarborough. She is always late
When l am here" reflected De
Chau1ville. But he did not say il.
Miss Delafield kept them waiting a
few minutes. and during that time
Eta Sydney scarborough gave a very
fine display of proves with the dou'
BILE stringed bow. She had a smile and
an epigram for Claude de Chauxville
a grave air of sympathetic interest il
more serious affairs for Paul Alexis
She was bright and amusing, guileless
and very worldly wise in the same
breath-simple for Paul and a match
for De Chau1ville within the space OF
three seconds.
Paul was asked to take Mrs. Sydney
scarborough down to dinner by the
lady herself.
Mon ami she said in a quiet aside
to De Chauxville before making bel
request, III is the first time the prince
dimes here"
She spoke in French. Maggie and
Paul were talking together at the 9th
er end of the room. De Chauxyille
bowed in silence.
AT dinner the conversation was nee
essarily general and as such is moi
worth reporting. No general conyers
ton, one finds, is OF much value whe1
set down in black and white. 1t is no,
even grammatical nowadays. To be
more correct, let us note that the talk
lay between Eta and NJ. de Chau1.
vile, who had a famous supply of epi
grams and bright nothings delivered If
such a way that they really sounded
IKE wisdom. Eta was equal to him
sometimes Gaping his sharp Wit
sometimes c%ontenting herself with sill
very laughter. Maggie Delafield seemed
rather distracted, as De Chauxyill,
noted. The girls dislike for him wa,
an IRON that entered the quick of hi:
vanity anew every time he saw her
1neFe was no petulance in the aver
sion, such as he had perceived witt
other maldens who were only resent
ing a passing negligence or seeking Il
plque MS curiosity. This was a stead,
and II you will, unmaidenly aversion
which Maggie conscientiously attemnt
ed to conceal.
Maggie was by turns quite silent an,
very laxative. When Paul and Err,
were speaking together she neve
looked at them, but h1edly at her ow,
plate, at a decanter or q sa,,caIla,
when she spoke she addressed her "a
r Valueless enough in themselves
exclusively to the man she disliked
Claude de Chau1ville,
Ahefe was something amiss in th
pretty little room. There were sbad
o~s seated around that pretty i'm
ubie beside the guests in their nrerT
dresses INC their black ~coats-si,an,
cold shadows who ate nothing wh,,
tney chilled the dainty food and to-,
me sweetness from the succulan, di,,
Is. These shadows had crept in m
a"afes TO take their phantom nlaco
AT the table, and only Eta seemed oh,
70 1ostle hers aside and talk II 1ow,r
Sne LOOK the whole burden of the ~,
'ersatlon upon her pretty. shou,do,
ana DOT 1t through the little hsnons
WIN unerring skill and u%nf,inchin
good humor.
Claude de Chauxville was fo- ;,
moment forced to assume an hmm,
Ioae he had no choice. Magej
uelaheid was passive for the time :.
ing because that which wo,,,, -,