The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-04-17
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me for my opinion of It."
And your opinion, madame r.
IS tnat IL would suit you admirably,
potn IN Its exquisite color and superb
Madame de stenlis turned this com
pliment over in her mind, mumbled II
as a fish mumbles a bait to see II
there Is a hook in 1t. and, finding none,
bowed sraciously and looked al the
SILK anew by way of finding safety.
Az this moment. at the same door
way by which Madame Linden had en-
tered. appeared the form Of a young
man. a., NJ ~ETT -
IL was the Comte de Lussac.
deeply this gentleman may
lave peer STEPPED In the philosophy OF
Rousseau, he did TOT at all events imi-
late that master in his dress, which
was superb. and standing between the
crlmson silk curtains of the doorway
ne made q picture worthy of the brush
Of monsieur Drouais. Handsome. with
All the elegance OF a. man OF the court,
there was yet about him something
tnat him as a man apart.
something of the visionary. the en-
tnusiast and the poet, rare in thai
OF animal lust, chilling wit and
embroidered brutality. -
Inc Comte de Lussac bowed TO the
ladies', glanced with amusement al
Benrens. n advanced to the side OF
the baroness Linden, who was still
s'analng opposite Madame de Stenlis.
Monsieur de Lussac," said the bar
oness, your opinion on this silk p"
Madame" replied the young man
with q little laugh. Il can only liken
~ 20 the poetry Of silk worms, unhappy
In the tate that deprives them OF the
eyes which would enable them to sec
Inc majestic form of Monsieur Behrens,
the publisher of their work"
An, ma foil" cried the delighted
Behrens. 1T is easy to see that Mon
sleur le Comte 10 himself a poet"
De Lussac bowed. "
Enriching all that he touches. be
they SILK worms, mem" -
Ut women" put In Madame de 10Y
euse, with a glance at Madame la Bar
onne Linden. -
De Lussac flushed; he was about to
make some reply, when the Baroness
Systerman and Madame Ia Confess
dHarlancourt entered the room. pre-
ceded by a female assistant carrying
q huge hat. "S
IIne nat was being conveyed before
the ladies' into the dress department
seeing DE Lussac n his companions,
however, they turned, bowed to the
seateG ladies' and passed on, Madame
casting q penomous
etaNSC upou De LuSSaC and IGNORING
utterly the woman who was standinS
beside him. . 0-o
Madame de Stenlis and Madame de
Joyeuse laughed. Madame . Linden
paled for q moment at the insult. then
she laughed, and turning to Behrens
That reminds me, Monsieur Behrens,
or the question i wished to ask you.
Is there not a robe Of green among the
dresses / am ordering from you to take
to Vienna?" =
why, yes, madame, the robe to be
worn with that hat Of half blown APP
pie blossoms is Of au bord de riviere
green" w
Then countermand 1t, or lie already
made, send 1t with my compliments to
Madame la> Comtesse d'Hariancourt."
But why, madame ?" cried the aston
tsbed Behrens. "Only the other day
you were in raptures with the costume
as sketched by me for your imagination
TO dwell upon And to the Comtesse
d'Harlancourt! But why, madame ?"
Because, my dear Monsieur Behrens,
I have just remembered that green lie
h color OF arsenic"