Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-20
sALvE FOR THE SLAP.
A BOX on the Ear and a box With I
Diamond Ornament.


DiamOnd Ornament.
The following anecdote was written
autobiographically by Nine. Feulllet,
wife of the famous French writer. At
the time Of the incident she was a
young girl of seventeen, living With
her parents in a provincial town of
which her father was mayor. One
day news came that Louis Napoleon
intended passing through and would
spend one night in the town. AS may
or Nine FeuIllet's father had to ar
range the details OF the reception and
festivals to be given in the emperor's
honor. while II was agreed that his
daughter must present him with a bOu-
Quet at the ball to be given in the even
ing
Father and daughter were pleased
enough, hut one person in the mayors
household suffered acutely. Nine Feuil'
let's mother was an ardent royalist,
and to her the new imperial dynasty
appeared an intolerable usurpation.
According TO her daughter, the ar
rangements for Napoleon's arrival
pulled her two ways, She was pleased
that her daughter should have been
chosen for prominence, anxious that
her ball dress should be the most be-
coming possible, proud in her maternal
Instincts and at the same time exas-
perated. reluctant, furious royal re-
ception should be given &C all TO a man
she considered an upstart and an adj
yenturer. The day came, and the flu
ture Nine FeuIllet, with a string OF
other young Girls dressed In white, was
placed along the line OF procession.
When IL passed everybody shouted and
cheered, and the girl, carried away by
the excitement ON every side OF her,
did the same. Suddenly she felt a
burning, singing sensation upon one
check. aud before she could realize
what had happened she was being
dragged bacS out Of the crowd by her
mother. whose face was crimson and
whose eyes were blazing with anger.
Then the girl understood. Unable to
bear her own daughter Joining the en-
envy ana crying out Long live Napo-
leong' she had publicly and furIously
boxed her ears aud was now dragging
her ANONYMOUSLY home Ike child In
disgrace.
The girl spent the afternoon on her
bed sobblng with the shock aud the
shame OF what had happened. The
great big bouquet for the evening
stood In a jl,g and perfumed her little
bedroom: her snowy ball dress lay
spread over a chair she dressed flnal.
~, feeling the SAVIOR gone out on NE
but when FROM under an arch o. how'
ers In the hall room she made her little
speech and presented her bouquet ex'
element returned 90 her louis Napo-
leon took them. she thought, somewhat
coldly. and icing very pretty as well
as seventeen. the GIRL felt chilled aud n
little Inclined 10 go over 90 the political
views OF her mother Hut The next
morning as Louis Napoleon was step
ping into his carriage % leave he asked
that she might be- sent for When she
came lac thanked her again for the
beautiful bouquet Of bright iowers she
had given him the evening before
though they had not be'n more bright
,han the lovely eyes above them aud
no return be bpecJ her 90 Accept a
small remembrance of his pleasure apd
gratitude. Tho carriage lell, and the
plH opened the little ease be bad pui
Ia her hands. a beautiful diamond pf
nameut lay on % surface Of white sol.
u.rfn huU4fss.