The Lambertville record., 1910-03-09

you saw her."
''You began 1t yourself by asking
her to criticise your picture.r
Lets cut this fete and take the
evening train to Paris"
"Well take the train In the morn.
ing"
"Is that Il 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 Joyer' 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 a
cool twenty thousand year"
Each man walked up to the girl he
was entangled with and ASKED her to
dance. As Allinson 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 1t could not be
possible that the girl he was with was
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 Il .
two men friends went away together
neither spoke for some time. Then
Allinsoa said.
I've made an ass of myself"
''Sume here"
I've offered myself"
Same here"
Il wish we could meet the fool kill
er on the way home"
1T 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 sIlencn
and rode to Paris in the same unso-
eiable condition. Each had given his
fianeee his address and begged her to
write him Mt once and two or thre.
times day. On the arrival OF the
first mall that could bring a letter from
Brittany each feared he would get n
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 1t mean?" asked Wal
lace.
Don't know" replied Alllnson.
I've Il mind to go and find out"
Like the man who jumped into the
brnmbIe bush second time to scratch
his eyes In again"
You're right there. won't co.
AT the end of week the two men
were In fever. Though they had
probably been let out Of the affair COM
fortably, they would have preferred
some other way Of being let out.
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 a surprise.
They received card 1t read thus:
Miss Grace Nettleton and Miss Leola
Thorne would be pleased to see Mr..
George Alinson and Mr.. Gilbert Wallace
at a musical to be given at IL Rue de q.
on tie evening Of Oct. at 9p. m.
"Who In thunder are Grace Nettletor
and Leola Thorne" exclaimed Allir
SON
Wallace said nothing for awhile
His eyes were glued to the card.
Presently he broke silence.
George, 1t seems to me there's
niger la the fence"
nut 90 you mean
II have theory. It's this: Those
two girls we have been counting nre
either American or English girls
studying music In Paris. They went
to Brittany for vacation and for
some reason best known to themselye
probably to better mlngle with the
people assumed peasants costumes.
They Just simply wiped the floor with
u.s."
"You don't mean it,
II do Look at their names. Nettle.
ton and Thorne. ! feel n prickly sensa-
tion all over"
WELL" exclaimed AlllnsoD, my girl
has made bargain. and I'm bound
to hold her to It,"
$50 ! will with mine II l can"
The two young men, Immediately
dressed, went to the musicale. where
they were received by the two girls
who had shared them. She who had
been Jeanne" wore two yellow silk
bands around her skirt, while Fan
chette's" costume was decorated by q
single white one. Jeanne turned out
to have 100000 In her own right,
and Fanchette was heir to a million.
They were both Americans.
The young men expected to see a
pair Of dancing eyes In each girls
head, but the triumph was well con-
cealed. Though two pairs Of lovers
made log wooing with many set
backs. the affair terminated In a dou-
BILE wedding.