Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-16


"And II either Of them can show a
yellow band she'll regard the matter
liked beyond a doubt. Fancy you, with
an income Of a thousand, being caught
by a dowry Of two hundred year."
And fancy you, heir to big prop
erty, being caught by couple Of white
stripes representing $50 a year each"
do you know what think we de-
server said Wallace. eve deserve tc
be roasted over slow fire."
you mean you deserve that. You
made eyes at Fanchette the moment
you saw hAr."
you began 1t yourself by asking
her to criticise your picture"
Lets cut this fete and take the
evening train to Paris"
Wen take the train in the morn
Ing"
"Is that a go?'
Eyes. Here's my hand on it."
These words were spoken as they
entered the dancing room. There were
the two girls waiting for them.
by Jover exclaimed Wallace
your girl has double yellow stripe
-four hundred year. That with your
thousand would enable you to live in
this beautiful country and daub at
your inclination"
"Yours has but single white stripe.
But it's just as well since you have q
cool twenty thousand a year."
Each man walked up to the girl he
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dance. AS Atkinson approached Jeanne
she looked down to adjust the fall of
her skirt and gazed proudly upon her
two yellow bands. Fanchette, how
ever, looked upon her single white one
despondently.
The music was not bad, the girls
looked very pretty, and between the
dances there was moonlight outside
Somehow it seemed to each Of these
two young men that it could not be
possible that the girl he was with was
q peasant. There was just enough
Of his own thinking self left to make
him understand that he was looking
through rose colored glasses. Each
man danced inside, then strolled with
his girl out into flower garden The
flowers, lighted by full moon, did
not appear more heavenly than the |
girl whose warm hand rested on his |
arm. When the ball was over and the |
two men friends went away together |
neither spoke for some time. Then |
Atkinson said:
"Ive made an ass Of myself"
Same here
"Fve offered myself"
Same here"
II wish we could meet the fool kill |
er on the way home"
ut would be the only way out of It."
what are we going to dor
"What we agreed last night-take |
the train this morning to Paris. There,
away from these two girls, we may
find some solution Of the problem"
The next morning they breakfasted |
In silence, went to the train in silence |
and rode to Paris in the same unso-
cable condition. Each had given his |
fiancee his address and begged her to |
write him at once and two or three |
times day. On the arrival of the |
first mail that could bring a letter from |
Brittany each feared he would get a |
letter, and each was disappointed be-
cause he did not get one.
No letter came the next day nor the |
next nor the next.
"What does it meant" asked Wal
lace.
"Don't KNOW" replied Atkinson.
iy,1 To Gv,1
Like the man who jumped into the
bramble bush second time to scratch
his eyes in again."
you're right there. won't co.
At the end Of a week the two men
were in fever. Though they had
probably been let out of the affair COM
fortably, they would have preferred
That's the trouble in such matters
each party prefers to do the breaking
off. They were thinking of going back
to Brittany to find out what was the
matter when they met with surprise.
They received card. 1t read thus:
Miss Grace Nettleton and Miss Leola
Thorne would be pleased to see Mr..
George Allinson and Mr. Gilbert Wallace
at musicale to be given at II Rue de 8.
on the evening Of Oct. at p. m.
"Who in thunder are Grace Nettleton
and Leola Thorne?" exclaimed Allin-
son.
Wallace said nothing for awhile.
His eyes were glued to the card.
Presently he broke silence.
George, it seems to me there's a
niger in the fence"
"What do you mean"
Il have a theory. It's this: Those
two girls we have been counting are
either American or English girls
studying music in Paris. They went
to Brittany for vacation and for
some reason best known to themselves
probably to better mingle with the
people-assumed peasants costumes.
They just simply wiped the floor with
u.s."