The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
LUPIN'S MARRIAGE

.sMonsieur Arseue Lupin has the
honor to inform you of his approaching
marriage with Madcmolsello Angeliquc
do Sarzeau- Vendome, Princesse de
Bourbon -Conde, and to request the
pleasure of your company at the we'd
ding, which will take place at the
church of SainteClotilde. -.
"The Due de Vendome has
the honor TO inform you OF the ap-
proaching marriage of his daughter
Angelique. Princesso de Bourbon
Conde, with Monsieur Arsene Lupin,
and to request. :"
Jean Due de Sarzeau Vendome could
not finish reading the invitations which
he held in his trembling hand. Pale
with anger, his long. lean body shak'
ing with tremorsi
"There!' he gasped, handing the
two communications to his daughter.
EThis is what our friends have re,
ceived! This has been the talk OF
say to that dastardly insult, Angellquef
What would your poor mother say to 1t,
if she were alive7"
Angelioue was tall and thin like her
father skinny and angular like him,
She was 33 years OF age, always dressed
in black stuff, shy and retiring in man
ner, with head too small In proper
tion to her height and narrowed on
either side until the nose seemed to
nut forth in protest against such pRrsi-
mony And yet it would be impossible
20 say that she was ugly, for her eyes
were extremely beautiful. soft and
grave. proud and a little sad: pathetic
eyes which TO see once was TO remem"
Der,
She flushed with shame at hearing
her fathers words, which told her the
BUT. as she loved him, Notwithstanding
his harshncss to her, his injustice and
despotism. she said;
oh, | think it must be meant for
Joke. father, TO which we need pay no
attention.
"a jokcl Why, everyone is gos'
sipinp about it, 4 dozen papers have
printed the confounded notice this
morning. with satirical comments. They
quote our pedigree, our ancestors, our
illuslrous dead. They pretend to take
the thing Seriously
s.Still, no one could believe -"
:fOf course not But that doesn I
prevent rs from being the by-word OF
Paris. -
''It will all be forgotten by tomor-
row.
Tomorrow, nay girl, people will re,
member that the name OF Angelioue, de
about as it should not be. Oh, II l
could find out the name OF the scound-
rel who has dared
At that moment, Hyacinthe, the
dukes valet, came in and said that
monsieur lie due was wanted on the tele-
phone. Still fuming. he took down the
receiver aud growled:
"Well9 Who is it'll Yes, it's the
Due de SSarzeau Vendome speaking.
\ voice replied:
fI want to apologize to you, mon
sieur le duc, and to Mile. Angelioue.
It's nv secretary's fault.
tYonr secretary?'
':Yes, the invitations were oulv
rough draft which | meant to submit to
you Unfortunately my secretary
thought ~
"But, tell me, monsieur, who are
yon9'
.sWhat, monsieur lie due, don't you
know my vocel The voice of your fu-
ture son-in-law:'
What
Arsene Lurin.'
The duke dropped into chair. His
face was iivd.
"Arsene Lupiu it is he
Arsene Lupin,
Angeliquc gave smile;
You see, father, it's only a Joke,
a hoax"
But the dukes rage broke out afresh
and be began TO walk up and down,
moving his arms;
II shall 90 to the police. :.
The fellow can't be allowed TO make a
ool OF me in this way, Ii
there any Law lett in the land, it
must be stopped!
HyacinEhc entered the room again.
He brought two visiting cards.
'Chotois' Lepctit! Don't know
They are both journalists, monsieur
lc due.
What 10 they WANT
'.'Thcy would like to speak TO mon
sicur Ie due with regard to :
Turn them OUT exclaimed the
duke. Kick taem out! And tell the
Porter rot 20 admit scum of that sort
TO my house in future. -
Please, father - Angcliquc
ycnturcd TO say.
CAS- for Won, shut up! If you had
consented to marry one Of your cousins
when | wanted You to this wouldn t
have happened.
The samc evening, one of the two re-
yortcrs priDtcd, on the front page of his
paper. a somewhat fancitul story o.
his expedition to the family mansion
Of the Sarzeau-V -Vendomes. in the Rue
de Earennes, and expatiated pleasant
" upon the old nobleman s wrathful
protests.
The next morning. another newspa
per published an interview with Ar
sene Lupin which was supposed TO
have taken place in a lobby at the
Opera. Arsene Lupin retorted in a
letter 70 the editor:
81 share my prospective father-in-
law & indignation to the full The send
lug out of the invitations was a gross
breach Of etiquette for which / am not
responsible, but for which ] wish to
make a public apology. Why, sir, the
date of the marriage is not yet fixed
NY brides father suggests early in
May. She and l think that six weeks
is really too long to wait! :"
That which gave special piquancy
TO the affair and added immensely to
the enjoyment of the friends Of the
family was the dukes well-known
character: his pride and the uncom.
promising nature Of his ideas and prin.
ciples Due Jean was the last descend,