Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-01
CHAPTER K.

GAAAA III ~
There are ali kinds Of men In Paris.
All kipdu e failures IN life and all kinds
qE suecessssthe poor genius who dis
patches himself In an attic, and the
1aanclal magnate The Vicomte de Va
lslar was one Of those gentlemen who
miSht be placed IN the latter category.
Az bound he had risen from compare
tive 1bscurity to sudden wealth and such
sociai position as his title, having its
source IL the king Of the Belglans, could
insure him in society which cared rath-
er more for good dinners than old blood.
The ticomte de Valiar's great hit had
been tht successful floating of the City
and Suburban Messenger Company. Lon
Der iad refused to accept this scheme,
p fring 70 send its servants out into
lain and ruin Its liveries, to having
rs Instrument in the house by which
Auon at trifiing charge messen-
ger 4|octor or a cab. De Yaliar with
Az eye Keen as hawk, had watched the
career Of the enterprise in the English
metropolis. He saw that 1t was insult
e to the phlegmatic and exclusive tenn
permanent Of the Britop. In the Ameri-
can colony at Paris alone was to be
found a successful field for its opera
TONS
The projectors of the London com
pany, Americans, were glad enough to
sell the French patents They even
laughed N their sleeves at the vicomte.
aa they pocketed his cash, regarding him
already as ruined man. At the same
time they could not help admiring his
audacity. The Vicomte de Vallar was
andacious and he displayed consummate
tact In putting his scheme before the
public. lie opened large aud sshowy
esice. BE subsidized the most venaI Of
the Paris newspapers; he pulled thou
sand strings. Then, when all was ready.
be opened his subscription books. Hun.
dfeds came to his Office, rang up mes
senger, and having subscribed, called On
cab on the queer little buzzing instru,
ment, and departed rejoicing in theiI
hearts that there were such enterprisinq
men in existence as the Vicomte de Va.
liar.
All that was five years ago. Once
noated. the yicomte had promptly with,
drawn himself from the messenger enter
prise. and invested the increased capita
which that speculation had brought him
IN the Mutual Credit and Trust Com
pany. A very limited number Of share.
OF this concern had been offered to tn,
public. Such was the prestige Of III,
vicomte's name that they had been sub
scrlbed for over and over again in a vefy
-'few hours.
But it was not alone in the Geld 81
business that de Vaiiar had achieve
such a remarkable success The vlcom
Jesse was a brilliant, dark=eyed, handsom,
woman, whom de Valiar claimed to hav,
met abroad during his travels In the Yves
lndies-Martinique, tumor had II. He,
entertainments were much sought After
and who shall say that she was NOT
useful and excellent helpmeetf II ,
wealthy subscriber wavered, an invita-
non 10 the house where they could tall
the matter over almost invariably result
ed IN the closing Of the transaction. /
was not possible that a man with sue
an establishment-above all such a wifi
could go wrong. If the vicomte's ide
OF an Office was rather a loud one. tn
undoubted good taste Of his wife cor
rected these things at home.
Those deep blue eyes Of the vicomtess
-St mt July hllfdCllOn at the q
Naliar mansion. There was always hiR
play for those who relished that kind Q
thing, and sprinkling Of those ladie
whom such woman as the de Valiai
az she was Familiarity called at the club.
would be sure to gather around her. The
were women of great personal attraction
some Of them Divorces, others on th
high road to that enyiabIe state, til
quesi separation, which leaves the wife /
position to enjoy herself without dar
fef q comment. and supplies her, unde
INC hfeneh law, moreover, with the mean
Of doing so.
Of the maay frequenters of the vicou
tesseis establishment IN the Avenue wa,
ra-a perhaps ". Jules chabot was as we
GORE a CREST as any. His undonbted :,
ffefalilit5 made him an exceedingly A,
afle Acquaintance. NJ Chabot on n
QisT hand liked the free-and-easv n
d4siese Of the De Valiar mansion. .
eas man who always had som
fool dangling after him. d
seeing life. A certain portic
oneY only Of these innocen
diverted 70 the lnnumerable Al