The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-02
"A STORY OF
THE CARNIVAL.


people who are only happy in sunshine.
! am one OF the latter kind ] detest
winter, summer Is my delight. This is
often The case with those who are
ideal, imaginative. impressionable. To
escape The cold season Of 1so-- went
TO Nice and took rooms In hotel look.
Ing out on the quay. decorated with
tropical plants, and the Mediterranean
beyond. Going 10 window to take
In the pleasant view, noticed name
that had been scratched on The pane
with diamond.
! have said that | am Of an impress
sionable nature. but this does not ex.
plain satisfactorily the effect this name
| Marguerite, had upon me- Besides the
| curiosity natural to any one under the
circumstances as to who Marguerite
might be, felt some mysterious link
Ing of her personality with mine
remained in Nice for the carnival.
When the streets We're full OF merry
makers | sailed forth to mingle with
the fun. | walked back and forth,
1 "a,
was about TO return to my hotel when
met two girls sandwiched between
two men. My attention was called to
them by receiving handful of con
fetti-bits of paper the size of snow
fakes and somewhat resembling them
thrown in my face by one of the
girls. Her eyes scintillated with mis-
chief. A few seconds was the period
we looked nj each other; then | was
again confronted with the crowd in
which had no interest ! walked the
street till the last merrymaker had
left II. hoping TO see her again. but
was doomed to disappointment.
! went to sleep thinking of the pretty
face of the girl who had covered me
with confetti and the next morning
awoke to see the laughing eyes looking
into mine, and, to my surprise. they
did not fade away with time.
| spent the coming summer at Paris.
Whoever has been there in the month
Of June will not be likely to forget the
gay throngs, the sparkle of sunshine
the young leaves in the Champs defy
sees. the universal brightness. While
reading my paper one morning Mt
breakfast | came upon an article at
variance with all this lveliness. 1t
was an account of the case of Nine.
Thurier, who had married an old man
for family reasons, who had been bru-
tally treated by him and a few weeks
after her marriage had been accused
by him Of lnfidelity. 1t suited his pur-
pose to get rid of her, and he hired |
people to swear to facts that were UNI
true. BY her adroitness she exposed |
the plot and got counter divorce. I |
was much interested in the case, espe- |
clally In the ingenious methods by |
which the lady proved her innocence |
and exposed her husbands yillalny. |
The article stated that she was much |
broken down 10y her trying experience.
A year later / was in Paris again. |
One night at the opera my friend Jean
Chapporal between the acts told me
that he wished TO present me TO his
cousin. was about to leave to keep
an engagement and suggested taking
another opportunity. Il have no right
to say So he said, "but she will be
This was enough, and
/ went with him to his cousins box.
mile. Martel, have tho
| heard no more There before me- n
vision of lovellness in silk and lace,
was the girl who had covered me with
confetti She had noticed me sitting
in the parquet and had seen her cousin
speak to me: hence the Introduction.
The only change | noticed in her was
that her face lacked the roundness 7
had noticed when ! had first seen IL,
and there was something in ii 10 re-
mind me Of a fair landscape on which
the sun is shining but over which o
storm has recently crossed.
II will leave you for few minutes"
said Chapporal. with Nine. ThurIer.
| mean He retired In confusion.
An expression of pain came over the
ady's face.
do not think" she said, that | am
sailing under false colors. Everybody
knows that am Nine. Thurier. though
pass under my maiden name"
She was about to explain further
when | spared her the pain Of doing
so by telling her that | knew her
story.
What she said to me and | TO her
Turing those few minutes that | was
eft alone with her ! have no remem-
Drance. was wholly taken up with
4 great joy that ! had found the girl
u whom had been dreaming since
he carnival. Just before the curtain
-ose Chapporal returned, and ] arose
% leave
my cousin" said the lady. will
.how you the way TO our house. Won't
Tou, Jeang"
Certainly, Marguerite"
I started
"whafs the matter nowT exclaim-
d Chapporal. Have Numbered
lgaing'
"Mademoiselle." I said. 'were sou
EVER at Nice before the season during
which | saw you thereI"
ayes: several times"
ibid you stay at any time at the
Hotel
81 did"