Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-12-05
An Artist 8 Honor

By Oss.~s Fsu1leA

| mel"
| Pardon me, my aunt, but she did
not dispose Of any time except that
during which you have permitted her
to be al leisure"
81 may need her at any hour, at
any minute"
mot while you are sleeping, aunt"
Does she think that | shall perpet-
ually harbor her that l may have the
| pleasure and tho advantage of seeing
| ner daub vellum?"
"She has not many recreations, my
dear aunt, and that is such an limo
cent one"
so innocent-that is question
I am not at all sure, for myself. Fa-
lrice is fine-looking, with sort Of
misty beauty, besides he has the pres
| tige of talent. Do you think that
those daily conversations between
the teacher and student will be with
| out inconveniences?"
Eyes, aunt, I believe it; when the
student is Mademoiselle de Sar-
| dome"
.All right" said she; but never
! theless you win see that something
disagreeable will be an outgrowth Of
ill.,"
Having thus relieved herself, Nine
de Montauron seemed to accept with
resignation, the lessons in water
colors. Consequently, every day there
| after, between the hours Of one and
| two in the afternoon, Beatrice took
| Ter place upon a folding chair by the
side Of Fabrice to draw or paint a
| corner Of landscape Or architecture.
By a natural sentiment of propriety,
they never went outside the view Of
| the windows of the chateau; besides,
| they found sketches enough, some
| times in the chateau itself, and some
times in the immediate distance.
However, the opening Of the hunt
| ing season, in the first days of Sep
TENDER, had come to the society at
Genets, bringing a new element of di-
version and animation. The young wo
men Of the company entered into the
| spirit of the sport much to the des-
pair and sensible terror of the serf-
Gus hunters. 1t was Pierrepont who,
obeying the desire of his aunt, per
formed the duties Of initiatOr and
moderator Of the young novice hunt
dresses; and particularly Marianne
de La Freillade who showed more OF
disposition for hunting than for al
most anything else. One can easily
believe that the Marquis gave his at
tentiOns to Marianne with a sort or
prediction, since he had discovered
that her great wondering candid eyes
hid in their depths treasures of pre-
Cious perversity. The truth is, this pt-
quaint mixture amused his diiettant7-
tsm.
Nine de MOntaurOn, who was al
ways on the watch, her eyes open and
ner ears pricked UP, did not fail 20
observe these appearances and to in
terpret them according to her desire.
She was resolved to seize that which
she called the psychological moment,
so one morning she called her nephew
into her room, at the customary hour
of their secret audiences. PierrepOnt
went, not without a lively anxiety,
for he felt that he was going to be
pinned to the wall.
My dear" said the Baroness to
HIM, with a pleasant manner, Il
hardly need ask you if your choice IS
made. The way in which you have
borne yourself toward Marianne de
La Freillade for some time. is, thank
Heaven! sufficiently suggestive, and I
have nothing else to do but extend
my congratulations
MY dear aunt Pierrepont re-
turned, Il am sorry to disabuse you OF
the idea 1t is true that MademoiselIe,
de La Freillade interests me. l even
admire her, for young as she is, she
is a comedinne Of the first order. But
l ought to tell you frankly that I can
never marry her"
How what is that you say?" ask
Nine. de Montauron, who had become
very red.
my aunt, that is it" He then re-
ported to her Immediately, and with |
out emitting a single detail, the con-
Tersation that he had heard one NOR |
ming at the window of Fabrice-s |
apartment, between Marianne de La
Freillade and her institutrice; III /
Lave not reported it to you before |
now, it has been because | very much |
disliked to infiiCt upon you this dis
enChantment."
Staggered for an instant under
such a revelation, she recovered her |
self. and in an angry tone retorted. |
Il see nothing at all in that Tut
Playfullness, the mockery Of girl |
who plays the madame. 1t would seem |
to me that that would not hinder her
being a true and excellent woman"
1T is possible" said Fierre2ont, |
but l shall not prove it."
Nobody will force you To, my boy, |
But if You expect to marry girl bred
in an obscure town, who has never
seen or heard anything, and who will
carry to- her nuptial chamber all the |
innocence of the cradle. you are simp- !
Ter than thought you"
My dear aunt, do not think Il
display ridiculous exaction in demand |
ing that my wife hold different ideas |
from those of Mademoiselle de La |
Freillade, to whom children are but |
annying punchinellos, who Temporal