Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
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1T u terribly good Of you to say
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shows how generous you are"
'"But you attribute qualities to me-
I DO not deserve. MGdemoiselle."
"You deSsfve them and much more,
Madame loved you ,ths nrst day !.
saw you; no one could help loving
you"
julia Redmond was Irresistible. The
Comtesse Do 10 Maine had remarked
her capriess, her moods. her sadness. :;
She had seen that the good spirits
were false and. ~ keen women do,
she had attributed It to Z love afIairi
with the Due do fremont. The girls;
frankness was CONTAGIOUS. Tho Com
teBse dc ID Maine murmured:
\ think the same Of you. ma chers,
vous etes cnarmante.
Julia Redmond shook her head. She
did not want compliments. Tho eyes
Of the two women met and read each
other.
Couldn't you DO frank with me.
Madame? It 10 90 easy to be frank"
It was. indeed. impossible for Julia
Redmond to be anything else. The
comtesse. who was only trife older
than the young girl. felt like her
mother just then. She laughed.
"But be frank-about wiiat!''
''You see," said Julia Redmond.
swiftly, Il care absolutely nothing fo1
the Due de fremont, nothing"
You don't.love him." returned Ma
dame de Ia Maine, with deep accentu-
alton. rs It possible ?"
The girl smiled.
"Yes. quite possible. I think he II
q perfect dear. He Is splendid
friend and I am devoted to him. but
I don't love him at all. not at ALL
"Ah!" breathed Madame de ID
Maine, and she looked ct the Ameri.
can girl guardedly.
For . moment II was like passage
Of arms between a frank young In J.
dian chief and . Jesuit. Julia, as it
were, shook her feathers and her
beads.
And I don't care in the least about
being duchess! My father made
his money In oil. I am not an aristo-.
crat like my aunt" she said.
Then" said the Comtesse do la
Maine, forgetting that she was al
Jesuit, you will marry Robert do
fremont simply to plesse your aunt? -
But nothing on earth would In
duce me to marry hint" cried Julia
Redmond. That's what YIN telling
you, Madame. don't love him.
The Comtesse de II Maine looked
ut her companion and bit her lip,
She blushed more warmly taan IL per-
mitted in the Faubourg st -Germain.
but she was young and the western
influence IL pernicious.
II saw at once that you loved him.
said Julia Redmond frankly. That's
why speak a. I do
Tho Comtesse de IL Maine drew
back and exclaimed.
oh" said Julia Redmond. don't
deny It. shan't like you half 50 we'll,
II you do. There 10 no shame In be-
ing IN love. 10 there? especially whsn
the man you love, loves you E
Tho Comtesse de 10 Maine broke
down. or. rather. she rose high. she
rose above al the smallness OF com
vention and the rules Of her French;
formal education.
you are wonderful" she said.
laughing softly. her eyes full Of tears
will you tell me what makes yo1
think that he IL fond Of me!''
But you know It 30 we'll" said
Julia. Hasn't he cared for you for
q long timer"
Madame de IL Maine wondered just
how much Julia Redmond had heard.
and rs there was no way OF finding
out, she said graeiously:
He has seemed to love mo very
dearly for many years; but am
poor; have child. He Is arn-
bilious and he 10 the Due do Tre-
mont"
Nonsense" said Julia. He loves
you. That's all that counts. You
will be awfully happy. You will
marry the Due dc fremont, wont
you? There's . dear
Happy" murmured the other wom-
an. happy, my dear friend, never
dreamed Of such thing!"
Dream Of It now said Julia Red
mond swiftly. for It viii come true
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