Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-09
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With the abolition Of slavery tie
cavalier type Of tie CHER classes in
the south has passed away 1t is inn
possible for Us who live ia this COM
mercial age to Understand how much
/ of the cavalier spirit at that time re-
| NAMED. though it hickered like can
! ole before going out.
! 1t was in the ffties that HeIoise
| ThibadeauX, young creole of Lou
isiana, while attending garden party
| in New Orleans lost 4 fan that some
| one of her ancestors had received as a
mark of favor from the king Of France.
| Al diligent search was made, but the
| fan was not recovered. Miss Thiba-
/ deaux was very much exercised over
/ the loss and in a moment of impulse
/ said to several gentlemen who stood
about her discussing the probable
whereabouts of the fan, Il will give
to whoever finds i'll will give
"Yourself?'' asked one Of the men.
Eyes, and my fortune"
The words were no sooner uttered
than the lady regretted them as fool
| ish Besides, in those times they were
more liable to be taken seriously than
| they would now be, and a lady would
| feel it to lie more incumbent upon her
to stand by them. Tie man who had
| made the suggestion. Albert Mason.
was q sutton Of herS-a sutton she had
no intention of acceptiug-and among
| the men in the group was Henry Du
I,
| clined to accept The reason she had
not done 50 was because he had not
asked her, and the reason he had not
/ asked her was because she owned by
| inheritance several sugar plantations,
| while be was poor. Possibly she had
| fallen in with MasOns suggestion I'D
order to give Du Pont a chance to win
her by finding her fan. There would
| at least be an exciting rival search be
tween him and Mason.
When the next evening Du Pont call
ed on Miss Thibadeaux, she, supposing
he had come to bring her fan, met him
with a throbbing heart When he fail
ed to speak OF the matter, she said i'm
patiently:
MY fan-has it been found?"
1T viii be found" he replied SEN
tentiously
A servant entered with the fan and
. note from Mason saying: I claim
the first part Of the reward. The sec.
ond, your fortune, | do not claim"
Miss Thibadeaux was vexed Hav-
ing done one foolish thing, she proceed
ed to reinforce it by doing another.
Il will give myself" she said excit-
edly ito the man who will prevent my
having to break and yet not keep my
promise"
land then" said Du Pont you will
give yourself to the man who will en-
able you to break honorably with the
new winner"
"The next winner shall receive the
reward, and it shall be given willing
~"
1t was the averted face rather than
the words that gave him her meaning.
He understood it perfectly, but with
out word of reply left her and went
to the rooms Of Albert Mason.
Mason" he said, you certainly are
not going to take an advantage of Miss
Thibadeaux in the matter of her FAM"
Mason looked surprised. What is
that to your" he asked.
"This: / saw Miss Thibadeaux drop
her fan and saw you pick il up. You
had it when you suggested the re
ward"
Mason paled. Il certainly shall not
cannot-force Miss Thibadeaux to keep
her promise" he said.
'YOu should release her from it,
"That suggestion should come from
her,
"She is just the person it should not
come from"
'And suppose l refuse 2
II shall make known the fact that
you have taken an unfair advantage
of a LADY,
"Have you witnesses 2"
"None that l know OFFS
"Then it is your word against mine.
But it is not necessary that the lady
should be brought into the affair. You
have accused me Of a dishonOrable act.
1 suppose you will not refuse me salts
faction"
Certainly not"
"Very well, after we have settled the
| matter between ourselves you are at
liberty to so to Miss Thibadeaux with
your accusation against me-"
This was equivalent to saying that
Du Pont would be prevented, for Ma
son had been out several times and
| had always killed his man. The ac-
cusation would die with the accuser.
The next morning at sunrise the two
| principals were being placed at a
point a short distance up the Missis-
sippi under the levee when a clatter
Of hoofs was heard, and Miss Thiba-
deaux, mounted, dashed in between
| them.
Gentlemen" she said. Il know
something as to the cause of this af-
fair; can infer something, and of the
rest L am ignorant. Last night lady
| came to me and said that she had seen
! Fav,