The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24
The Pursuit of the 7
BY MAX PEMBERTov
Copyright-All Rights Ress,,.

nerdo IN the very Rue BoI.ga Y
Mademoiselle Bender iIyes ''1n:
10 save her though tho a..
confession and my liber,, so
He had ceased to spent
off the remainder OF his aL du9
his amazing story, which p'lnl
way believe. went whirlinr
brain, and yet gave me M
ity. AT the first I WAS lea G snab
he was the madman. ara 70
sitting there, and hearing -
dinary narration he had eon, ~
there was something In n.
which forbade any long con m
the assumption: and while IT
ure TO bring critical scrnt,.s
tale, 1t yet Impressed me ~
action.
Come" said / "pres,,,.
picture ls not highly coIoraa
time we were at the opera
half past twelve now. vi
women are, Mademo,selieo = -
wear the bracelet I'm The
thing ! have said; and scs
think with you that It Is IN nj
her TO do So" noI
God forbid that she shor,.
and with that we went on,
The weather at that 'o5
and cheerless; a bleak wInd
the corners of the streets. W.
which illuminated the perissy'. %
great building swayed and All,
tapping tongues of red and ys',,
once inside, the glow OF lirhi
passed description. Here w5iS, 5
Ing dancing. leaping. the nnasS,
almost drowning with their
blare Of the band; the snns.5
was ablaze with the flash AZ ~
els and shining raiment. ~.
queens, knights and cmir,,.A
and clowns, swarmed mn ~
staircase, struggling. scresmIns
regardless Of everything but ~.
OF the scene within. II vs M
greatest difficulty that / rescS.1
box. and therefrom looking A.
the wild carnival, seeIny ~ ~
but a medley of form and cJo-
less horde OF dancers. er,Sse.
herdcsses. over whose hesSs
hurtled, or the spirales which IA.
loved. What with the dus,
scream of voices. and the ch>u.
thousand tongues, and the hc,<
OF the fiddlers, il was almost T.
to locate anything or nnyon.,
Italian. reader than l, poIn,z<
me at last the one VIC sons<,
observed her sitting In a boS g.
10 us. where she seemed IA n
all a girls esprit TO the youn,
at her side. 4 falrer spectacle 4
than that OF this Childish I,
quantity dressed In a sinpIe
white and black. with a necklss<
about her throat. and a bouopS
in her hand, but the very M
turned me sick with fear. for
upon her arm the cursed topaz
could sec the light Of 1t hsu ,
house.
The Italian and I perceived d
at the one time; indeed, We d
our seats together. ~
For the love OF Heaven %
said he. tell the whole st6r3
OF them; she may not have "a
TO live" d.
He had need 10 say no more.
In the foyer as he spoke: bur 4.
| opened the door OF Barres n
was upon the ground floor. aIu1
level OF the dancers-whena "a
scream rose up even above the
the throug. For one moment, q
quaking with my fears. and sqa
TO draw back. | saw nothing N
OF white smoke, Il vision Of d
. and black forms, and sharper u
ali. the figure Of Barre himsI
. over the body of the insensible q
amidst the babbling OF voires
! sobbing of women. and the q
man, which was the most u
imaginable, | heard the wordE
student in the black cloak-bs
: mademoiselle,'
But the girl lay dead. viii
through her heart! Il
The tragedy al the opera y
/; talk for many days In Parn;
assassin was never taken. %!
! heard Of. The police inclire'
} theory that some masqueradcf'
charged a pistol by accident "a
r OF the riot. and to this theoT
r pIe Inclined. But there wa
!. sympathy for NJ. Georges Barre
J near 10 death for many weer
? shock. and who quilted the ay
! seauently to take up his reg
I London. ! told him the stoT 2
I had narrated TO me so soon e q
: we'll enough TO hear It; buI, llx'
Z, lice of Paris, who had II also
see that he did not believe ?
t He sold me the topaz oracae,
( and I have IL to this day. 10
4 courage to sell 1t.
2 or the italian ] never hean
4 saw him last Immediately afef !
5 of the ball when he lurcned y
r me, wringing his hands piinulll
E me 10 tell his story TO the p
= crying that a curse was upon
+ take II, In conjunction win 2
4 sion, as a little curious tnat
E described as an eeclesiasile y
/ should have thrown himsen
\ train in the Care du Nord tHo
e the death OF MademoiselIc Se''
S Next week; "The Ripening
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