Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-05-17

the pigeon noies Va ny -AS.s
wen stocked with the aphorisms OF
the sages. Through the simple effort
! of recollection became philosopher.
tbeologian. poet. To the soft pattsr
of their applause l even scared to
original heights. In the parlance OF
the stage. / made hit In fact when
one o'clock came and with It the In
timation from Mrs. Dace that she
must depart, 1t was only after little
sigh that reached my ears alone. and
a fash from her wonderful eyes that
quickly hid themselves behind the
screening lashes as looked deep into
them. OF the perpendicular bill paid
my half without pang. secretly philo-
sophized by the knowledge that the
| gods won't allow US to be In their
debt, and when man wines and dimes
with woman he must pay for It with
the glistening jewels Of his brow.
We prepared to depart
Edwards paved the way for me.
Mrs. Dace lives at the Arcadia, which
is not more than a mile from your
house. You can take her there. step
back in your carriage and be home ten
minutes later. Miss Lyddon and /
20 In another direction, and leave you
to your pleasant homeward ride. or
course we must all meet again. IT
win require another evening to talk
this one over"
We babe them good night. and hail
ing a carriage, assisted my compan-
ion into II. The rather long ride
homeward still fingers in my mind as
pleasant dream. The gentle sway
ing of the carriage as the rubber tires
rolled noiselessly over the boulevard
lulled US into half condolences. She
told me quite few things about her
self. Her husband. an Englishman.
had been In some diplomatic service
in the orient. had died year before.
and she had now come back to her
birthplace on matters OF business.
Unreseryedly, she seemed to accept
me as a thorough man of the world.
and even did me the fiattery to repeat
some of my witticisms of the evening
and laugh over them for a moment
the second time. When l say that
was charmed think I have ex-
pressed It.
In front Of the formidable entrance
to the building where she resided
assisted her to alight, and she thrust
out her fingers which took eagerly
The physical contact thrilled me from
|, head to toe and the enchantment Of
|, her smile enthralled me. You have
, entertained me delightfully."-. ! fee
/, fiattered to have met YOU" she muir
! INJURED. And since you are a busy
, man by day, hope you will call and
see me some evening when you car
think of nothing else to do. You car
reach me over the phone at almost
any time. l hope you viii not FORGE
me-"
That anyone once seeing her could
: ever forget herl Nothing could b
more ridiculous than the thought.
: lightly laughed the idea, to scorn as
= bent over her hand Mrs. Dace, thu
! old Roman general reported to hi
: emperor, I came. saw. conquered.
\ To you ! must report somewhat differ
! emily. came, I saw, l am con
4 quered.' l will pay you my tributes
: very soon. Until then life will be |
a necessity instead of a pleasure"
' She triRped up the entrance step
r and from their top sent me flute
Of her handkerchief and a hashinl
r. smile that made my blood leap a
q she vanished behind the heavy dool
v Back into the carriage l climbed an
N went home In an exhilaration Of spil
n its that the wine did not account fol
II The seine had been cast and was bt
II ing held wide to receive. Unsusp
Is ciously the fish wiggled on.
The next day I happened to Sc
Il Bruce. In the course Of our convers'
s. ton / casually asked him what b
ID knew of my companion Of the nigh
=; before, and he began digging his III
x gers into his head as though trying
e scratch out an answer. Presently
" came:
Is Let's see. l don't know that ca
n tell you very much-you know
,e never paid any particular attention
a her." he began in a quizzical glane
n at me. "Still, il you will agree
e. keep 1t family secret might r
ID member a few things. Promise. hol
as est Injun?"
Of Honest Injun."
lie We'll, then, here goes. Matte Ma
30 den was born in this town aoo'
so thirty years ago of poor but dishone
rs parents But she was beauty. eve
d. as a girl. and people forgave her pa
BY entage on that account She elopt
as out Of school with a more or less a
he count Englishman named Dace. WI
er afterwards got into the service OF b
as government over in India or some OF
ct er outlandish place on the back OF u
Id map. He died with his boots on"
en- How was he killed." | inquire
ne Bruce grew a trihe more serious.
ng well, now, that is something ] a
a no authority upon. can only repe
to you in confidence what ha'
a heard and read. But the report has
be that It happened in q disagreeme
ur with a Russian nobleman over her
In one of those cheerful little anal
ne that sometimes occur out that wa
We you know; referee and seconds to Z
to front; wine and jealousy in the BAG
TX. ground; moon in the distance-y'
zee understand. Anyway It made a r
1t ping good story for the journals. Ne
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