The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-03

lily was in need For several days
father and daughter had eaten moth
ing and hadn't even thought of pay
ing for my lessons. | intended to do
so when should have finished Now
| made up my mind, however, to do
so right away and, not to hurt the
feelings OF the sensitive old man. l
pretended that l would BE unable to
come for some time and therefore
wished to pay for the lessons | had
already received The old man at
first absolutely refused to- receive the
money, but at last he said: well,
you may do just as you please, sir"
He put the louisd'ors in his pocket as
II It meant absolutely nothing to him
and II had not known the fact |
should never have thought SO.
I let couple of weeks pass before
came to the house again and then |
found a very great change. Juliet
had become an unusually beautiful
woman having had plenty to eat she
had filled out wonderfully but the
old gentleman looked the same as
ever. When he was we'll enough !
fenced and danced with Juliet while
he criticised and corrected Thus
months passed, until one day the old
man said: Monsieur you have be-
come master. can no longer ac-
cept your money as can teach you
nothing more"
| begged him to allow me to con-
| tinue, giving as an excuse that | had
not yet learned to disarm my ad-
versary.
That is very true, monsieur, II
you want to learn that you will need
another course, but as my wrist is
just now as stiff as my knee. Juliet
will have to teach you alone. When
you are able toSdisarm Juliet. you
have nothing. more TO learn.
How strange things happen in life.
Just as my admiration of Juliet,
say admiration, not love, reached its
climax l fell in love with another
girl and as was accepted. my moth
er gave us her blessing continued
my lessons, but no longer took any
interest in them. Never had | been
hit harder than during these last
fencing lessons. There was an an
CRY glimpse in Juliets eyes when
her foil engaged mine like a serpent
and threw IL out of my hand as
easily as II had been a mere begin
ner.
During the dancing lesson Juliet
seemed to have lost all interest her
self.
The day before l was TO have my
last lesson | was walking with my
fiancee when | met M. de Bonheur
and his daughter. During the fenc-
ing lesson the next forenoon the old
gentleman was called away and
found myself alone with Juliet. Dur
ing pause she had taken off her
mask and stood In front of me play.
ing with her foil.
well, Juliet" began, "let us &c
on" We had become accustomed tC
calling each other by our first names
81 want to tell you, monsieur. that
my name is Mademoiselle de Bon
heur," she said coldly. "Who waS
that young lady you were walking
with yesterday"
MY bride to be. | expect to marry
her in a few weeks. What Is the
matter with you, Juliet, are yor
sick?"
"No a. 10 nnthinp-p
Pull down your mask please. W.
are no longer children playing"
| adjusted nv mask and we be
gan was absolutely cool, but sht
seemed as II possessed by a demon
and attacked me with fury. One,
when her foil passed close by m!
eyes noticed that the point was un
protected.
Il Stop" l cried. there is no buttoI
on your foil" a ,a a.H
81 know that, monsieur, | took 1
off on purpose. want to tell you
monsieur, that il you intend to mar
ry in few weeks you are not goini
to look as you do now The othe
girl loves you for your handsom
false face She shall no longer fin,
1t handsome, for | shall mark It,
shall never allow her to love the fac
which | admired from the day | frs
saw YOU Never"
But, Juliet"
Look out, monsieur my foil
sharp. | doubt If you will be alive
few weeks from now"
She began to attack me more furl
ously however, and 1t was only wit
the greatest effort that l succeeded 4
parryinS her thrusts.
Suddenly one of them tore ope
my arm all the way from the wris
to the shoulder. and as soon as sh
saw the blood she threw away he
; foil and rushed toward me. fell I
the floor. but still had strengt
enough to whisper: please break o.
the point. Juliet"
When | came to once more my arr
had been bandaged and | heard Ju
liet groan "Oh, Arthur, my beloV
ed! have killed him! have kille
him for whom | should have bee
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