The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-10-16
CHAPTER v-(continued).

ATOuItU IlCII IlSth,r pGtlCill IlCA III Soos
she was wearing the diamond necklace
for which she had paid Boehmer tina
afternoon. She a also paid Behrens
for the hats and gowns which We're u
now to arrive; everything had been
paid for, and all her plans were com
plete for immediate departure, and as
she sat CHANGING round her at the room
which she was so soon to leave, and
which she would never see again, she
reviewed Paris and It's people. Their
falsity, and trickery, and GOODNESS. and
absolute want of heart; the polished
vileness of the court, the brutal misery
of the common people, the gliding of
the salons and the filth of the streets
all rose UP before her, visualized hem
selves, voiced themselves.
She felt as though she were escaping
from Gehenna, and a momentary i'm
pulse came on her to send at once for
her trayeling-carriage and, leaving De
Sartines unscathed and her dresses to
look after themselves, start at IN I'M
put the protecting frontier between
herself and these people whom she
hated. She had scarcely dismissed this
impulse when Rosine appeared at the
door.
MADAME, Monsieur Behrens a ar
rived"
.sShow him up" replied Madame la
Baronne, and AVE my hats brought
here"
Rosine vanished.
Madame Linden looked at the clock.
1t pointed to fifteen minutes past
eight. The guests We're late, but late
ness was a fashionable vice, and she
felt no fear Of their non-arrivnl. though
slightly disturbed by this want of
punctuality in De Sartines.
a moment later Behrens, following
Rosina through the boudoir, entered,
bowling.
Rosine carried three hat-boxes one on
top of the other, and after Behrens
came his assistant carrying three more.
The boxes were chocolate-colored and
powdered with golden bees.
"Madame,'' said Behrens, bowling
again, as Rosine and the assistant,
having deposited their burdens on the
floor, left the room, my compliments
And my hats, it SEEMS replied she
bow which she returned i'm. Ma fol,
Monsieur Behrens, your boxes are SO
beautiful that one might wear them
for hats"
.sThey are OF my " design, Mad
ame,p replied the delighted Behrens.
Your own design? Why Monsieur
Behrens, it seems to me that had you
but devoted yourself to n instead
OF chiffon you might have been Mon
ciG0if DOuSllSA A-IhhSSrlCdA A&6O11d1N
"Oh, Madame!' cried Behrens, on
whom fattery acted as a powerful
light, making him blind to ridicule.
"Monsieur Fragonardi Where would he
be without my creations? And Mon
sieur Boucher, who dresses the shep-
herdesses he copies? +, + alone. And
do + copy2 No, Madame, I create
AT this moment Rosine appeared a.
the door.
Madame de Stenlis."
Madame de Stenlis, wonderful In q
robe of lavender and all her diamonds
entered, bowed to Madame Linden anG
then to Behrens.
thought I was early said Mad
ans de Stenlis, but II find Monsieul
Behrens is before me.
ION the contrary, Madame" replied
the baroness, you are late, and Mon
sieur Behrens, I am sure, stands be
hind you as a Very faithful tr~adesnlan
not as a guest. Come, Madame, you ar,
he first critic In Paris. T leaNe for vi
enna In two hours tiile, and AN talk
Ing with me some creations OF Monster,
iBehren'sa which you may like to CIV,
your opinion upon. Monsieur Beh
rens!
sMadaine?
let us see what those Foxes con
tain