The Glenwood post., 1921-09-24
Edith's Little
Filtration
e. 1921. western Newspaper Union.)
BY HAZEL SMITH.

%. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
Monsieur RambOuche? You mean
that disgusting little Frenchman whoM
we all hated 80 at Bar Harbof Last
summer? He called himself tho couneI
Of something or other, didn't he, and
claimed that the wrong branch Il the
family had got hold Of the titlef 80 ha
has settled down in America and be-
come naturalized, has he2 And he;
really had money Of his own and wee
not q fortune-hunter Well, of course
that does put his persecution Of Edith!
Moore upon a different level. and 10
may be, as you say, that he loved hsR
and not her fortupe-only he cer.
tainly took a queer method Of showinq
his affection, not to speak Of her being
already engaged to George Turnet.l
And he's married whom? Elsie MOoreS
Edith's sister, Well, that surely 10
news, and now since you don't seem
to know all the circumstances about
last summer I'll enlighten you in turn.
You know / always stayed at quiet,
od-fashioned place up in Mount Des-
3 L
sister Elsie each summer since they
were little bits of things, so that when
she whispered to me the news of her
engagement to George l was nightly
well pleased. And George came up
for his vacation day or two later and
tell you it made me glad to see how
happy they were.
Monsieur Rambouche was staying at
the same place. You remember how
he used to vent his spleen on Amer
ical 1t was good enough to live in
for q while and to spend holiday in,
but as for being a citizen! He tried
me 4 little, but / couldn't exactly re-
sent man standing up for his own
country, though why should he come
here and then make fun of us7
What made me angry was when he
attacked American women. The won-
en- of his land, according to him, were
paragons of virtue, and we mustn't
believe those wicked plays and novels.
When they were married they stayed
at home, and helped their husbands
at their offices as well, and before
marriage they made their mothers
and fathers and brothers, and sisters
lives happy. And as for firting-why,
! hadn't France had to take over the
English word because there wasn't any
for 1t in French1
Monsieur seemed to be pretty fond Of
Miss Edith all the same. and believe
she really liked the little fellow, for
| all she used to laugh at him. Any
way when George came up he went.
| round scowling and muttering. and
George and Edith had no end Of fun
out Of him. Then George had to go
back, but he promised to run up
again for the weekend while later.
| And so Monsieur Rambouche got his
day after all.
Now It's q singular fact, my dear.
the way our womens tastes run. Ac-
tually, after George had gone back to
New York Edith entered upon quite
platonic Irritation with Monsieur Ram
bouche suppose she felt that, loving
| George, and therefore being perfectly
secure against a change of heart, she
might as well make the most Of her
last days Of liberty. But those French
men certainly know how 10 make love.
And so-well, one evening | was told
that Monsieur had been seen deposit
ing a little piece of hair in a locket.
I suppose they have different code
in France. Now that you tell me
Monsieur actually has money Of his
own 1 can acquit him Of the grosser
crime. Perhaps he was sincerely in
love with her and showed it In his own
fashion. But, anyway, the upshot was.
he told her that unless she married
him he would write to George, enclos-
ing the memento. and then there
would be pretty price to pay.
He did write to George, and sent him
the hair. and told him he was q
coward and that he and Miss Edith
had made him a laughing-stock, and
| II George would come over to France
with him he would show him how
gentlemen settled such matters In his
own country.
| OF course, In Mopsieur's mind that
settled everything between George and
| Edith And Monsieur, not dreaming
that George would come, was taking
the air upon the beach when George
| Turner and Edith came strolllng along.
| arm in arm.
At the sight of them Monsieur al
| most tainted. Then he stood up brave
ly and began to denounce Edith iu
unmeasurcd language. while she
smiled scornfully Mt him and clung to
Georges arm.
| "You little fool" said George, when
he had finished; 1--WE don't fight duels
In this country"
you don't understand" he STAN.
mered "s,he gave me her hair, this
lady who is engaged to marry you
Don't you understand now? She Ii
false, like NIL American women. Bienl
If she does that before marriage what
| will she do after? She is a firt"