The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

with whom is he in love?" demanded
Lescsut. stopping abruptly beside Nivette,
and laying a hand on his shoulder.
MY dear Anatole. how co l know"
did he describe the girls Were there
no details?"
"A rhapsody is not a description. Ac-
cording to Henri she is the only woman in
France worth a moments consideration"
He is wron. there" said the doctor.
"As for details, he met her half a dozen
times in Rouen, went mad and has been
trying to find her ever since" Lescsut
sat down suddenly, and laughed. Nivette
began to feel little uneasy.
Come, come, my friend. pull yourself
together" he said. Ring for wine. You
leave this house as glum as an owl and
return to it as excited as girl going to
her first dance. What has happenedF
Lescaut presented the case to Nivette with
great animation, and the lawyer took it up
with an enthusiasm which his richest eli
ents could not have aroused. He himself,
in view of Lescaut's preoccupation, rang
for another bottle of wine and the old
friends discussed romance and its particu-
lar application to this case as though ro-
nance existed only in the Rue Lamsrnne.
ESCAUT found it extremely dinscult to
Lrefrain from telling Pauline at once that
Henri Marmet was in Dourlaix. But his
devotion to Madame Corton demanded that
his visits should be continued, and it was
also necessary to convince himself that Henri
Marmet's love for Pauline was something
more than a youthful infatuation, for 1t must
be admitted that Marmet, to the doctors
knowledge. had been infatuated before. So
for a week the lovers were kept in ignorance
of their nearness to each other, and Lescau'
cultivated his opportunities with an ASST
duitv which did credit TO both his intelli.
pence. and to his heart. Then, unexpect.
edIv In them. but in accordance with a sim
ple plan devised by the doctor and Nivette
the lovers met one day in the Grande Place
When this news was communicated e
Lescsut BY Pauline, he said:
my child. it is now. perhaps, that you
real troubles begin. So far have been you
friend in secret; have convinced mysel
that Henri Marmet loves you devotedly
Nov Henri must approach Madame CortoI
in due form.
.aTben you knew that he was in Dour
lsiI?'
"Yes. He arrived the day after my frs
visit TO you. He is staying with my friend
NJ Siyette. In fact. it was NJ. Nivette an
myself who arranged that you should both
in the Grande Place at the same hour"
Glow wonderful you are. DR.. Lescaut!
"Rotb as doctor and as friend / did whs
sn,e,red to me to be my duty. Ihsd. 20
u,derstsnd. to eff -. . cure.
ct am better, much t~tter."
Nevertheless, for the present, WIS
Won 70 maintain the fiction that my visit
a.. necessary" The understanding thi
dashed into Pauline's eyes disconnected Les
caut
"Ab the little mother!' she cried; .
trsu that YOU would fall down and wor
ship her.
'I admit the worship" said the docto
smiling ''but l have not yet fallen dow'
THAT NAV come. however. In the meantim
and during your continued indisposition,
will contrive to introduce Henris nam
-.n,;nd Madame Corton that she met him
Rouen and beg for permission to introdu
a;r, 70 her house as the son Of my 10
friend. After that, the lovers must mama
their own affairs"
ssThe loyers-oh, yes, the lovers sa
Pauline. And Lescaut was conscious tn
he blushed.
When Lescaut, q few days later. led I
to the introduction Of Marmet's name WIT
as he imagined, infinite discretion. he v
disconnected BY Madame Cortons enisnat
smile.