The Washington times., 1919-02-28


Then you can arrange the dinner
for Saturday"
!. saturday it is. B1t," she qUeriei'
aisn't Saturday the. I4ths"
The comts took IittIe calendar
from his pocket.
Eyes, it is the 14th.''
well, then, nothing is more
natural than that my father should
be detained at the bank, and l
should be at liberty"
SsYou are improving, Jnlfette,
said the cornte. You ere beginning
10 sec the Importance Of the small
est details in the largest enter
pssses."
II attend your school, My dear
ext /" She answered -tenderly.
While LucieH Delormeis fate was.
thus being. decided, the young man
Vas slowly returning 10 the -Aotsl
des otrVceIles-Hebrides
ssshe Is miner ne was crying out
IA. his heart. wild wiki joy.
Divine. ineffable wordsi Words
f1rflIinE win all his youth, ali his
loVes Everything around him seem
ed beautiful-a sunbeam was flood
3rr his heart aWaking ali the songs
Of spring.
A thousand plans were rising in
~ mind. Already he saw Geor--
eette, in a white robe, descending
The rhureh steps on his arm-at
last she would be wholly his own.
The little house in Eu would vanish
under its wealth OF flowers, and lie
would lead TO it Lis fair, fresn,
bIushing bride!
The very next morning, be- would
write to2his mother the real. cause
of his stay IN. Paris. The9ood ~om-
an who imagined thatshe,s was pur-.
sufnR some long, coIupT Heated trea-s--'
mentt But IS z not loyelg the. most
powerful OF Psmedies2 We're people
ever i'll when they were in love:
Later. he would go-to the surgeon
again. ask fpom his scatpsl the
cure OF ms. evil dream, the strange
nightmare in which he had hVed
for several nOnths-but now ne
wanted to IiTeswholly 100 his Tances'
TO forget everything else, 10 let
nothing distract his thoughts from
his happiness! 4
As he crossed the threshold of the
hotel. the landlady stopped him. she
v,as a most excellent woman, a.
teptiye and devoted TO her guests
regarding the younger ones as hes
children, the older as her FRIENDS
Don't make any noise going up
stairs. NJ. DeIorme," she saio. haS
po0r N. -Boistet-Is very III
'rbit- Was a young government cor
Move. who had lived az the Hotel
de- NouveIles- BcbTides for three
-esrs. occupying the room opposite
Ia I,ucien Delorme 3. Wasted bs ~
berculosis, he was dying upon ms ,
sick bed, alone ana aeSeLteu: .
BUT he had refused 70 allow hlmseh-
10 be carried to the hospital.
what's the Use@ he SAID Saoiy
=. r4,e nhvsician who came daily TO
,,;siF him EACH morning, Il know
s-erv we'll that I shall never recover.
44T-I,st needed was the. air OF my ma
tive province and my parents NJ
lie farm in the midst Of the green
fields. Oh! why did ever come 10
I his Paris, the devourer Of men ana
OF .tombsg' - go
The landIady's works trou 0led
I,ucien Defofme. He liked the
s-oung man and several times,
during his stay in The hotel, he had
zone TO spend a few minutes with
him. and carry him books.
what does the doct7- say he
asked.
! -,Fhst il is the end. He is dying.
A matter OF days two
POSSIBLY three"
Poor fellow, Do you need me
10 helm you watch him tonight?
Z NO" she replied, II can do very
Sve4f; I am not aired And besides,
there is nothing 10 do-e1cept
watt
AT any rate, you can depend
upon me-"
Thank. you, NJ. Deiorme, I know /
that you have a kind heart
And the good woman, after put
ting out the gas. followed her guest
up the stairs, and sat down by the
pilIoW Of the dying man.