Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-16


de La Freillade upon her marriage.
That pretty girl married. She married
Baron Jules Grebe, junior Of the bank
ing house of Grebe Brothers, already
the possessor Of a dozen millions from
his father and heir presumptiVe OF
his uncle.
At the time when PierTepont pre-
scented himself Nile. de La FreiIlade,
very busy and with her arms full OF
precious pictures, was about to go out.
| She begged him to excuse her if she
left him alone with her maid and Miss
Eva, but they were awaiting her at
the bank upon the Boulevard.
If heretofore Pierrepont had not ap-
preciated Nile. de La Freillade upon
the point Of view of marriage, he had
none the less judged her worthy his
! interest in other regards, and he con-
tinued to cultivate, from time to time,
at every occasion, as person Of the
| future.
"AIademoiselle," said he to her, seat
, ing himself, in a slightly eQuiVocal
tone Of gravity, permit me to extend
| TO Won my most sincere congratula-
tons. You marry one of my young and
good friends, a perfectly gallant man
and an excellent fellow, who will do
all possible for you"
Il do not know" Marianne answer
ed, looking at him full from the depths
of her laughing eyes, Il do not know
whether he is so exemplary as you
make him out to be, but in any event
he gives you an example which you
| ought to follow. He comes to an end"
Unfortunately" said he, every
body does not find such happy occa~
sion"
And note, ALSO" continued Mari
anne, that he is younger than you by
several years"
yes; but as for me, Mademoiselle,
l am very young for my age"
THAT is what they say
They are perfectly right; mean
while for him-Jules- is very settled
for his"
4 am pleased with that" Marianne
retorted, "and you could not eulogiZe
to me in a way that would please me
more. / myself, am so soft, so tranquil
and sensible, that a lively husband
would be extremely disagreeabIe to
me"
81 have long been convinced Of
that, Mademoiselle, and to such a de
gree that l permitted myself to in
form my young friend of it."
How is that, my dear sir?"
Gracious! yes-my dear Jules, l
told him. for at that time we were one.
have had the pleasure of meeting
MademoiseIIe de La Freillade in the
country, at the house of my aunt. l
had occasion to study her, and I no
ticed in her a kindness and a sensi-
biIity, and-pass the word, Mademoi-
seIle-a candor, which demanded the
highest consideration.
Monsieur de Pierrepont, [ truly do
not know how 1 shall ever thank you
for your kindness to me-"
They have only just commenced,
MademOiselIe; if you only would en-
courage them!"
Well, I will encourage them. Will
you come to see me when / am mar
ried?"
Every day, Mademoiselle, if you
Will permit me-"
Every day, perhaps that is too
often. That would be very fatiguing
for you, for we are going to live on
the Rue de MOnceau, that is very far
from your frightful Rue de Varenne."
Pardon me, Mademoiselle, but at
the same time that l am keeping my
hotel on the Rue de Varenne, I am
keeping my entresol on the Boulevard
Malesherbes."
why, Monsieur"
ITO have the honor of being your
neighbor."
Truly, if you only knew how pleas
ed am, Monsieur de Pierrepont"
No more displeased am I, l assure
you Mademoiselle."
This dialogue, which seemed to very
much divert the young instructress,
was interrupted by the entrance of
two or three young people, who en-
tered abruptly into the salon of Mari
anne, throwing off their fur wraps The
fresh American face of Katy NichoI-
soG-one of the new comers-took the
hue OF Bengal rose when she per-
ceived Pierrepont. Unfortunately the
Marquis believed that he should not
prolong his visit and retired after hav-
ing pressed the hand of Marianne,
who said TO him as he went out:
Il trust this is not the lastl"
Il hope not said Pierrepont
After the preliminary embraces,
Mademoiselle Cha!o,n and d'Alvarez
who accompanied Miss Nicholson.
asked seriously if The day OF the mar
riage was fixed.
Yes" said Marianne, 1T is fixed
for the 5th of January, for my con
yenience. or rather for that Of my
husband"
Would YOU believe. my dear said
MademoiselIe Chaloin, chat have
never met him. am Just dying to see
hint"
"Gourmande," said Marianne"
We'll, be happy I will await you.
They say he is charming my dear.
Yes he is, dear. I even ind the
word charming a little weak"
A moment after the door opened
md Baron Jules Grebe entered,
otherwise called Fin de Steele. That
was his nickname. or rather nerhans