Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-06-27
had some very heavy liabilitie

adam said Placide. Monsieur
Rehrens has called and wishes to see
you"
.Rehrens. the haberdasher?'
Yes. madame
SHOW him up" Then. turning to
Boehmer, You mistrust me. Take your
jewels away and keep them till Q
hear from me"
"Oh. madame. you are
II am the Baroness Sophie Linden,
a woman OF her word. Good day, Mon
sieur Boehmer."
Madame, if you Will but listen to
me-"
GOOD day. Monsieur Boehmer. All.
Monster Behrens, come in"
Behrens entered. bowling, while
Boehmer. astonished, ~half-angry, half
filled with admiration for the woman
bowed himself out. A of the
court would have raved or wheedied.
promised, threatened. AS he descended
the stairs his acute mind told
him he had been misled by the
rumors he had heard; that this
was too late now to rectify matters,
so he took his way Jack to his
shop, nearly certain that the jewels
would be X N paid for in the end.
We'll, Monsieur Behrens.: said the
baroness. land my gowns?"
AIcy are L1HlSnoQ, MaOamo.'
And my hatS?"
"Oh. madame, they are not hats
they are creations"
And my bill. is that. too, a crea-
tion?"
Your bill is 10000 francs, madame"
a large sum, Monsieur Behrens."
"Oh, madame 10000 francs! What
are they to the conquest-of Parts?"
PARISH"
Madame. the rose flamingo hat
alone. would conquer Europe"
We'll, these -conquerors of yours
nave you brought them with you?"
gowns! One can not carry those in
night" ~
That is we'll. And see that they are.
packed properly for travelling. Good
DAY, Monsieur Behrens."
"z Ant "a t q th yosr is my S,,l bin"
thought W . had spoken IKE 81
that You told me it would be unne-
cessary TO pay on delivery and thai I
could arrange with you before / left
When did I say that. madame?"
When! When l ordered he hinRs"
When o ordered the things?S
Certainly"
there u have been some
mistake. AS for myself, 1 am entirely
at madame's disposal, but I have q
partner. Monsieur Bompard-"
Il know. You mistrust me. Well
return to Monsieur Bompard and tell
him to keep the hats and gowns TIL
I send for them"
Behrens, inarticulate for a
seemed endeavOring to tie himself into
knots. "'o
IF madame will excuse me-.
With n1o00Nro ~ sofa
the door. Good day. Monsieur Beh.
"Ah, but, madame"
y have nothing more to say 60 Won
on tins subject at present. Later on !
sn Bebrena uni ate my Y wishes Wis to you
retreated, bowling. He had moth
ing to say. Rumor had been
talking to him. about Madame Linden.
and he was quite determined not to
deliver over the exquisite dresses, some
at 5000 francs apiece the marvellous hats |
without payment on delivery.
Madame Linden. having closed the
door, whent to the window and looked
out across the courtyard at the street
and he passersby.
Outwardly quite calm, she was rag
ing lnwardly. She had more than suf-
ncient money to pay Boehmer and Beh-
ens absolutely honest in h~er-dealings
With tr~adespeople, she would have paid
the JeWeler had the haberdasher at once
had they not come with their c1aimS
Immediately after the conduct Of De
Sartines and the insult of De Joyeuse,
she felt that Paris was falling on her.
that the t~radespeople were only fol-
lowing the example of their masters
and that the fountain or origin of all
this was De Sartines.
n was all the more bitter. as she
q wearing the necklace thai
evening at q reception to which she had
been invited by Madame de Stenlis.
While she was standing thus q knock
came at h door, and Placide entered
with q note.
From Madame de Stenlis. madame
She opened 1t, read it. and gave q cry
as though some one had wounded her.
Madame de Stenlis regrets that. ow-
Ing to sudden tn~disposition. she will not
be at home tonight"
Then, a little farther down:
ITO Madame la Baronne Linden
All h other yexations and INSULT
she had received that day paled before
this. The form of the thing was 70
abOminable: spurious politeness cover.
ing deathly insult.
"Placide." said his mistress. crum.
ping the paper up and casting 1t int4
q corner OF the room. you can tell
Rosine that h need not trouble t.
arrang my toilet for Madame de Stem.
lis reception"
Yes. madame"
~AThen go to vaudrin and order my
carriage to be sent round al q quarter
to eight
Left alone, she took the handkerchief
Of De Sartines from her pocket AMI
gianced at It as 9 soldier glances at hii
weapon.
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