The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-27
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Cbaperon
BY Virginia Leila Wenfz
Copyright. 1906, by L. c. PARCELS


ings brightness of the Tuileries gar
dens when the boy in the hotel lift
brought her Il cahlegram.
1t WAS message from her lord and
master in Chicago declaring that her
immediate presence was required. AZ
once all the brightness faded out of the
Tuileries. for the frivolous gayety of
Paris had been especially attractive to
this portly. easy going, good natured
matron of the west
but mother. you'll have TO go alone.
It'll be a whole month before my sing
ing lessons are finished. You know,
broke in Elya, who was having her
ilaxen hair shampooed by II real Pari
sian hairdresser
Mrs. Dix clasped her ring bedecked,
pndgy hands. She always clasped her
hands when she agreed about anything
You'll have 10 have Il chaperon. of
course, dear she added Now, who
can we get ON such II little notice."
There WAS silence for moment,
while the def fingers of the hairdress.
or ran through the flaxen hair with
soothing touch Then Elya's girlish
Voice sounded i'll Il delightful treble:
"Oh. mother. | know the very per
son. Shes terribly nice and awfully
ladylike" dElya always emphasized her
advcrbs and used indiscrimiuate ones
at thab, and she's an American, and
hints the best of all-oueh,' In her
eagerness shed turned her head II bit
too suddenly, and some soap had got In
her sapphire eyes
"Oh. | know who you mean" helped
out Mrs. Din. while her daughter strug
glcd with the soap. You mean Miss
Glemmens, the governess 10 that little
English boy who died last week? Yes,
she's looking for another engagement,
that's true. And she certainly is n
lady"
So Miss Dorothy Clemmens of New
York was engaged TO chaperon Elyu
Dix for Il month in Paris and then
bring her back to America.
To console herself for her mothers
departure. ElYa had Miss Glemmens
secure tickets for that nights opera
She sal in a box in her young beauty
set off by Il 5000 raquin gown and Sc
renelS allowed the audience TO stare.
Already she was learning that the
mission Of the hcauiy is To support
modistes and Ia be stared at Behind
her, rabed in some soft. inexpensive
gray stuff. with Il narrow white lace
collar. sat her chaperon.
The opera was "Sicgfried," the scher
10 of Wagner's great symphony AZ
Layignac has called it. Upon Miss
Clemmcns' music parched soul (she'd
not heard an opera for over II YEAR, it
fell like gracious dew and fetched a
sweet refrcshment When the orches.
ira tells the mood of Siegfrled in the
second act, feeling the first fret Of
awakened passion her eyes shoue like
stars, her lips parted slightly, and just
ut that iuncture man in the audience
caught her perfect profile as she leaned
slightly forward.
That same look. downward and side
wise and smiling, That exquisite head
in its clond of wavy dark hair, Paul
Demarest brushed away the years that
had blurred IT all. and then suddenly
he remembered Yes, he remembered.
ON II was so long ago. 50 mhnS wears
ago.
And she WIS in the SHINE box with
that gay little butterfly, that American
firt. Elya Dix. Rless ElYa Dix, II was
the first time he had ever felt grateful
to her He would make his way to her
box ut the end of the second act
"Why Mr. Demarest, I'm awfully
glad to see You | honestly am!
Thought you'd forgotten me And I'm
all alone now mother sailed unex-
pcctodly for home this morning and
I'm All alone now" Elya greeted him
in her Young untamcd enusiveness NJ
he entered the box.
an olonnP.. no questioned grayely
"Wel- there's Miss Clemmens here.
my cb.neron nv thn way she's an
Amo,ican too Miss e,Iommens Mr..
Demorest Yon've heard mother sneak
of him I'm surc OH here come
Di,,.io uorston and Rob sawver,