The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-04-10
An American
Lady Of Lyons
By RUTH GRAHAM

The celebrated play The Lady Of
Lyons is based on the theme that the
heroine's discarded lovers palm OF
upon her Il cOuntryman rs II prince.
Something similar happened recently In
Paris to Betsy Baker Of South Dakota.
Betsy. who hadn't much idea OF
proprieties except such AZ she had
learned IN Dakota. went abroad all by
herself and. rather liking Nice. spent
Il good deal OF time there. She fell
In with some very nice persons and
some who were not very nice. They
were all pretty much the same to
Betsy-ut least. they appeared to be
for she seemed to have no power Of
discrimination between classes.
Two young l'arisians. Jacques Gau-
tier and Edmond Villiers. comparing
notes. discovered that they had both
proposed to Miss Baker and had been
turned down. Whether or not they had
seen the Lady Of Lyons" played ana
taken their cue from 1t doesn't appear.
but they concluded to fOist a spurious
nobIeman on Betsy. They selected q
SJOupIt.I ~ q SutllDIlA6 uouSC u"~
found his employment on count of 4
very distinguished appearance and .
mellihuOuS voice. the latter being
advantageous In calling upon players
to make their bets and the winning
numbers. They introduced him to Bet
sy ~ Count ChurbOulier. q member Vt
one Of the Oldest families In France.
1t Is quite possible that had Betsy
been fancy free the croupier migk
have deceived her as to his real posi-
don and won her: but. unfortunately
for the plan. she was already pledged
to Jack Rowland. q young New Yorker.
who had taken q fancy to ranchlng
and had spent much Of his time on hte
property in the neighborhOOd Ut Bet
sy's home In Dakota. he had fallen
desperately In love with her. and. while
aware OF the fact that she was not of
the conventional type Of girl to whom
he had been accustomed In the east, he
was only too happy when she consent
ID to marry him. She therefore 70
fused the croupier. and since he hal
nothing to gain BY persistence an4
must have q living he went over b
Monte Carlo. where be had been n
pioyed before being introduced to Bet
o.. and resumed bis calling.
Rowland joined bis 0ancee at Mica.
and the two made q trip to Monte
Carlo. where they sal the bogus count
presiding at the gaming table. Betsy
recognized him at once and told her
lover Of the trick that had been playe1
on her BY tho Aessrs-. Gautier ana
Villiern.
That's the best joke I ever expert.
enced." she said. laughing merrily.
Joke! You don't cali such q VI.
famous scheme a joke!
-Of course l do. But I must get u
back on them. Let me see. How shan
1 manage III"
For heavens sake. I'd let them
alone"
mot till have paid them in their
own COIN"
Leaning on her lovers arm. Betsy
approached the croupier. giving hh
mOnotonons call: Make your bets.
Make your bets Red or biackT"
How do. countY' she said.
The croupier looked up and. seeing
her. turned red as a cocks comb.
Come and see me. count"
The man looked as II he would break
for the door. but made no reply.
Come tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. Don't fail me. You have
nothing to fear and something to earn
quite easily"
which was his real name. presented
himself to Betsy and was offered 1000
francs to aid her In turning the tables
on the men who had introduced him to
her. Returning to Nice. she sent wore
to Gautier and villiers that II they
would come and see her she would in
troduce them to her fiance. They. be-
ing ignorant Of what had recently
t%ranspired. wondered II their game hal
succeeded. Repairing to Miss Bakers
hotel. they found her with an Ameri-
can. whom she introduced to them.
and the crOupier.
you know the count. Of course and
there is no use for me to make You &C.
quainted. Count. stand up there ana
exhibit your fine voice to the gentle
men"
Boyer arose and. posing himself. b.
gau IL make the calls pertaining to q
roulette table. The two conspirators
looked at each other in CONSERVATION.
There was no installing the sonor0us
singsong manner In which the profess
siOnal makes these calls. When ho
had gone over the same routine several
times Betsy turned tn Gautier and Vii.
Tiers and said:
II promised to present You to my
dance. This is he-Mr. Rowland. from
America"
They bowed in a constrained manner
to Mr.. Rowland and appeared at the
same time to be looking for IN exit.
Gentlemen" said Rowland impa-
dentiy. I'VE have bad enough Of this
farce. have yielded reluctantly to
Ass~s pakovs 6oeirn y" NV von for
vvut unSaoAu.y laaAA IA ucA vvu s~s.