The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-21

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near marrying an American SRI Y
said Paul Toachatd, 1T is now 15
years ago. was spending ny sssca'
lion iii b little town: on the lovely
shore oil Normandy where there y
always a broeze and where the cot cot
fagc ladies' gather on the beach 5ey.
cry afternoon to gossip. One even
ling IN August, It was between six
and seven, We saw tar away q cloud
OF smoke, and a little while after
ward 4 large, elegant steam yacht
come toward us. Itanchored, an&old
gentleman and a lady and . young Ilg
gin went into a boat and came
1ashorc: stss,
excuse me, Sir; but would you
lpiease tell me the nearest way to
1.-THE hotel?'l
Hotel Beau.Riyage, supposeg
"Yes, SIR
IL was me whom the young girl
addressed. While gave her the
j information / looked at her closely.
she was dark blonde with big eyes
which seemed to look straight into
your heart. Her features were beau
Itiful and / was especially taken with
the pose Of her head. sns
After she had left l could not help
thinking Of her andl'1 kept thinking
of her for a long time. The propri-
I.etress Of the hotel was an aniiable
and most eloquent lady and she was
not slow IN getting all the inforna.
Etion she could from the servants OF
1.-The new arrivals. It was not long
before knew that the new guests.
tthe Foggs family, were Americans,
and that Mr. Foggs had made an irtl-
+ nniense fortune in fur. His steam
yacht alone would represent q for
tune in France.
The next day the Americans came
down to the little pavilion built at
the foot Of the downs close to the
beach. s.,,.
Miss Annie Foggs wore a watse
dress with short sleeves and she had
the most beautiful arms l ever saw.
When she entered there was apause,
but only for asmoment, then the peo-
Ipie Kept on dancing. | went across
the floor and asked the American
girl to honor me with a dance.
with the greatest of pleasure"
she said.
She danced well and, never seem.
ed TO get tired.
Three times week we had hop
In the little pavilion,
Mr.. Foggs no longer thought Of
leaving his daughter, whose will was
law unto him and he decided to stay.
Tho Americans and / were soon in
separable, and the old couple were
exceedingly kind to me.
/ do not think they cared to know
my business, at least they never
asked me. Miss Annie and | took
long walks together every day, We
did not exchange sweet words, but
both OF US knew that deep in our
Hears a feeling was growing which
promised fair 10 develop into love.
None Of MS cared for the gossip of
the other guests and we .keptrOn with
our daily walks, although they were
far more dangerous to US than the
steep cliff which the goats climb.
Suddenly, one day, Annie said:
There is something you want to
tell me. Mr., Touchard,"
"And what should that be, Miss
Annie?"
She looked at me and her brown
eyes were soft as velvet.
"Yes, know there is something
you want to tell me, but you do not
dare because you are poor"
.yDo you want me to tell you what
It is? / believe you love me. dare
not say low that I love you but !
like you immensely. And then there
| is another thing. I'm engaged to
marry a young man at New York,
but | don't care for! him. He is a
miserable dancer and has big, ugly
| hands, and thinks too much Of his
1 business and very little Of me-"
care you going to break your en-.
gagement?"
@No; that cannot be. done. Ny
father has arranged the marriage,
4 and he will not break hts promise.
especially as my fiancee is the own
er OF some Of the largest oil wells
In the United States.
"Then l do not understand what
you mean" & ,3L,
@Don't you understand, Mr., Touch
ard, that you are TO 90 with US to
ENew York. There MY father will
give you a position in his business
land We viii ice each other as often
as possible, dear" 9Fs,st
p,Your father will offer tiea posi-
tion?"
Eyes, and he will give you $1,000 a
year. That will do for q, start"
] looked al her, for, \ did not at
hrst believe she was IN earnest, but
one glance at her face was enoggh
to Convince NE that she WIS. Taes
young. I loved Miss Annie, and ~
Was not clear TO ME what a difficult
situation Twas going into.
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